Slowly taking over ... :)

Since I have been moving around a lot lately, my mommy and daddy decided I need more space to move and play.  So ... they sent the dining room table to the basement!  Here is our new dining room furniture:

I really love my new play space.  I get to have all my toys out without having to share them with Maggie (which I don't really mind, but for some reason Mommy doesn't like it when I let Maggie chew on my toys).  Some of my toys can even hang up on the sides of the play yard.  Now that I have my own space I am sure I will be able to figure out that crawling thing soon!

In other news:

As you know I have been branching out and trying new foods.  So far I have eaten rice cereal and green beans.  My mommy and daddy can't figure out if I like the green beans or not.  I take one bite and eat it all up like it's yummy.  Then I take another bite and make the icky face and spit it out.  Really, I like the green beans, but I just like to keep Mommy and Daddy guessing.  Here I am in my new eating chair.  It's fun to eat and play in that chair! 

Lots of Stuff

I know it's been a while since I last posted.  That's because Mommy and I have been super busy lately.  She is stressing out at work a lot, so I have to work super hard to help her have fun when we're home after school.  And, since she is the one who normally helps me blog, we've both taken a little break from the blog.  A lot has happened in the past couple of weeks, so I will try to catch you up just a little bit.  On August 23rd we celebrated Daddy's birthday.  I got him a card and drew a special picture in it just for him.  I wanted to draw more but Mommy kept taking the markers away from me before I was done!  I read the card to Daddy on his birthday.

I have recently decided that I can get pretty far by rolling and I have even started to practice getting my knees under me and my bottom up in the air so that I can start crawling soon.  Here's a video of my new talents:

I've also really discovered my feet recently and even like to hold on to them while I'm napping just to make sure they don't run off without me!

With all the rolling that I'm doing during the day, I cannot help but roll during the night as well.  So, many times over the past couple of weeks my Mommy and Daddy have found me like this in the morning (even though they put me down on my back to sleep).

This past weekend we went to Hilton Head Island again.  The last time I was there, I was only four weeks old.  It was a lot more fun this time.  I was a little sick (first cold from daycare) so I didn't spend a lot of time on the beach, but I did go swimming.  It was a fun,

 relaxing weekend at the beach!

(My Grampa said this is how golfers wear their sunglasses on top of their hats.)

That brings us to this week.  It has been a busy week ... back to work and school, but I have started eating semi-solid foods this week (mostly just rice cereal so far ... next week I will start on some vegetables).  I did sneak a teeny piece of lettuce when we were watching the UGA football game on Saturday.  My daddy thought he saw me sneak something and chew it, but I was so sneaky that they couldn't find anything in my mouth and didn't know if I really 

ate it until the next morning (if you know what I mean...).

Here are some pictures of my rice cereal experience:

As you can tell I have been a busy girl.  I will try to make time to update the blog more often.  Maybe soon you might see a video of me crawling...

Look what I can do!

I am getting really good at sitting up.  It is my new favorite thing to do.  I can sit up unassisted for a long time.  

Oops!  I still lose my balance sometimes!

Sitting up and playing with my toys is even more fun than lying on my stomach and playing with my toys!

Aren't I super awesome?

Chattanooga!

On Saturday we went on a fun day trip to Chattanooga! We stopped on the way there to do a little outlet shopping (mostly for me!). I got lots of new clothes for cheap! Then we continued on to Chattanooga where we visited the Aquarium and walked around the town. It was fun. I especially loved the penguins. It was SO funny when they swam up next to me at the window and swooshed by! I laughed and squealed at almost every exhibit.

Some of us petted the stingrays (not me)

I saw a butterfly up close!

Almost eaten by a shark!!!

"Underwater"

Having fun with the fishies

My new friend Gwennie (the penguin)

Eating dinner at the yummy Chattanooga pizza place :)

It was a fun day! I hope we can go back again soon!

First Day of School!

Today was my first day at my new school.  My teacher's name is Mrs. Angie, and she is so nice.  She took really good care of me and we had fun playing together.  

I went outside and went on a tour around the school.  I even did tummy time and enjoyed playing with the water mat.  I wanted to get that yellow fish out of there, but he didn't want to come and play with me.  When I couldn't get him with my hands, I tried to just put my face down there and eat him, but he still wouldn't let me get him.  I'm going to work on him some more tomorrow!  

I had two other friends in my class today, and I really enjoyed playing with them.  

It was a great day!!!

Mrs. Angie and me in my new class

Mommy's work, Grammy and Grampa, the Beach, and More!

If you were wondering where I've been and why I haven't posted in a while, you're about to find out what I have been doing that has been keeping me so busy...

Mommy went back to work on Monday.  I was supposed to start school, but Grammy came to keep me for the week instead.  Grampa joined us on Tuesday night, so I got to spend some quality time with them both while Mommy was at work.

Here are some pictures from my busy week:

At the beginning of the week we visited my new school and I tried out some of the new toys in the baby room.

Daddy finally got a picture where you can see my teeth growing in.

I went to the PGA Super Store with Grampa.

And to Garden Ridge with Grammy.

We actually went to a lot of places all over town, and had tons of fun.  Here we are eating lunch at McAllister's Deli.

On Friday when Mommy got home from work we left to go to St. Simon's for a family reunion.   On Saturday we got to go to the beach!  I haven't been to the beach in ages ... since I was 4 weeks old, so I was awake to enjoy it a little more this time.

I liked playing with my feet in the sand.

Mommy and Daddy took me in the ocean.  I almost got swallowed by a wave, but Daddy saved me!

We enjoyed meals out with the family.  Here we are at Brogen's.

And of course we had to take the cousin picture.  Lots of the cousins were missing this time, so Mommy was the oldest.  (They always line up youngest to oldest.)  I got to be on the oldest end since I can't stand up yet. :)  

It was a very long car ride, after a very busy week, but we had a fun relaxing day at the beach.  

Today we are washing clothes, labeling them for daycare, fixing lunches and bottles, and doing all the other fun stuff to get ready for my first day of school tomorrow.  I'll write more later!

Swimming!

We went swimming at Pop and Honey's house tonight. I had so much fun splashing and playing in the water! Here are some pictures from our fun pool time:

Getting ready

Outside, ready to get in the pool

Floating with Mommy and Daddy

Daddy is silly!

Daddy! Stop splashing Mommy!

Fun in the pool with Colleen (and her nose) :)

Don't I look like I'm having fun?

I could swim all day!

Thanks for letting us swim in your pool, Pop and Honey! I can't wait to go for a swim again real soon!