Baby Day Crawls!

She's no Speedy Gonzales (yet) but here she is showing off her new moves!


Oh, and tooth number two is making its appearance :)

December Layout

Day and I like to have a little mini photo shoot together once a month or so. I tired to get creative this month with a pink sheet but it didn't turn out quite as planned. Day is so cute though that I don't mind the wrinkles. Plus it give me the chance to play with my photoshop techniques. One of my favs from our pictures last weekend is now the new December banner. Sure it's pink, but pink is a Christmas color right?

Here are a few more pictures from last weekend:

So maybe she isn't all Daddy

Since Day was born we determined that she and Daddy were twinies. But I just found this old baby picture of mine and I'm starting to think Day may have some momma in her too. What do think??

Thankful

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. As always I have so much to be thankful for but this year I am especially grateful for all the blessings in my life. I could write an endless list but I will spare you all my gooey cheesiness and just say simply that I am thankful for my family, my friends, good health, and the beautiful life that God has given me. I don't know what I did to deserve all this love that surrounds me but I am so happy to have it.

We have a Tooth!

Sometimes it feels like baby Day has been teething since she was born. I had so many comments from people that she was teething early since she constantly chews on her fingers and drools buckets. So of course, being the "monkey mom" (a constant picker of my child) I am I have checked her mouth for teeth a few times a day for the past few months. These last few days it seemed her emerging teeth bothered her more than usual. Her little checks are bright red and slightly chapped from her hands constantly being in her mouth, she was chewing and drooling more than usual and would get really frustrated often for apparently no reason. So when I checked her mouth yesterday I wasn't too surprised that baby Day had cut her first tooth! I can now see and feel three tiny sharp bumps on her lower gums. I have to say I'm pretty proud of my baby girl, as much as she has been fussing I expected worse. To help alleviate the pain we alternate letting her chew on an Ice Tickle (in a plastic bag) and chewing on her Sophie so her cheeks and hands don't get too cold. When that isn't enough we give her a bit of baby oral gel which works like magic! I really don't like giving her and meds though so we have only used it a handful of times but its nice to know it works when nothing else does.
My little princess is growing up so fast....
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Milestone Updates

So Day still isn't crawling but she is SOOOO close. I'm expecting her to take off any day now, but you better believe I am cherishing every moment that I won't have to constantly chase her when I put her down. Baby proofing anyone?
But Day did just take two big steps in another way yesterday. When I picked her up from daycare (side note, its not technically a daycare because its just Grammie Cheryl and Day but do you get it, Day-care? Hehehe I'm a dork I know) Cheryl told me that while Day was playing with her bottle she tried to put the cap back on herself! Obviously she doesn't quite have the fine motor skills to actually put the cap on but she was holding the cap, saw the bottle across the floor, scooted to the bottle and repeatedly hit the cap to the bottle top. That's a lot for a 5 month old to put together!
Then, to add to that, when I was giving Day a bath last night she leaned forward and sat up in the bath. She's never tried to do that before. And as if that wasn't enough to shock the hell out of me she then proceeded to grab her bath tub and pull herself up nearly to a standing position! I'm pretty sure my mouth was on the floor at this point but I did manage to catch her before she hit her head as she fell. I can't believe how fast she's growing. It blows my mind. The picture is a few weeks old but what's a post without a picture? ;) I love this one because Day looks like she's plotting her next move. I can't even imagine what she'll do to wow me next.
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Rice Cereal #FAIL

Day has a love hate relationship with cereal. Some days she can't get enough, and other days look something like this:

Love my little piggie