Wheelbarrow Baby, New Foods & My Surprise

Phil and I had fun getting a little video of Taeya doing the wheelbarrow the other day. She's not yet crawling although she's working hard on it. If you'd like to see the wheelbarrow video, click on the link below. I was unable to embed the video for some reason this time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFe6boKWc40




I have this weird desire to take pictures of Taeya when she's eating new foods. I think it's so funny to see how she feeds herself and how much she enjoys her food. Here are a few pictures of her this week eating spaghetti and biscuits and gravy for the first time. She thoroughly enjoyed both. Although I didn't take pictures of it tonight, she had rice and beans for dinner and looked like a porcupine meatball by the time she was finished. It was straight to the tub for her.


This first picture is what happens when I try to feed her if the lawmowing people are working outside. It's hard to feed the back of her head I've found.
Stuffing the spaghetti.

From this point on, she started to smush so much so much gravy on her face it blocked her nose. Crazy girl.

This was AFTER I had wiped her nose off so she could breathe.

Surprise to ME! Phil gave me a big surprise yesterday when he brought home flowers for me just because. Awe, what a sweet guy. This was extra special because it's the FIRST time he's EVER given me flowers. (He's given me many other sweet gifts but never flowers). I really appreciated them and they made my day.

Eating and Drinking

I know, I know, this kind of stuff will bore most everyone. However, because I love my daughter so much, I think everything she does is amazing. :) So, bear with me as I share pictures and video of her eating and drinking.
One of her favorite foods these days is graham crackers. I was letting her feed some to herself and she was trying to cram this really wide piece into her mouth so I tried to get a picture of it. I didn't manage to get it before she was able to cram the whole thing in her mouth but I thought I'd show you what I mean. She does this with most of her food. If it doesn't fit the first time, just keep cramming and it'll go in.







This past week, she's also gotten much more consistent about being able to use a sippy cup by herself. She still likes me to help her sometime but quite often, she'll hold it with both hands and drink away on her own.

The funny face she's making in a few of these pictures she often makes during meals. Sometimes she does it with food she likes, but usually it's with foods she's not as fond of. She just cracks me up!

Enjoy!

Taeya's New Toy & My B-day

Well, today is my birthday. I am now 27 years old. I'm feeling less like a young adult and more like an adult as the years go by. I have had a nice day with several family members calling and Phil, Taeya and I are planning on going out to eat tonight. I'm thinking Thai but that might change. I did go to the dentist today...silly of me, I know. When the receptionist called yesterday regarding my filling that had partially fallen out, she said they had an opening today. Since my schedule was open and I thought I could find someone to watch Taeya, I took the spot before remembering that it was my birthday. Thankfully, it wasn't a bad trip as they didn't have to numb and drill anything, they just put a tiny patch on my tooth so it turned out alright.

Over the weekend, we went to a friend's house to celebrate her first birthday. While we were there, they let me borrow their jump-up seat because their daughter didn't like it at all. Click on the video to see Taeya's reaction.

My Little Food Monster

Taeya is LOVING eating these days. I've been trying to feed her what we're eating for dinner and she's done really well. The other night we had chicken cassarole which she enjoyed. She loves chicken. Last night we had grilled cheese and she fed herself the entire half of a sandwhich (minus the crust), 1/4 of an avacado, 3 graham cracker triangles, 1/2 a yogurt (I fed her the yogurt) and a small piece of cornbread.

This morning for breakfast, she ate a graham cracker, 1 1/2 blueberry pancakes, 1/4 of an avacado and some of Phil's egg. She was so cute eating the pancake. She just kept cramming it in. As Phil said, she still doesn't have very good table manners. I'll have to get a video of it as we find her hilarious to watch.

She's so much fun these days. Full of giggles and trying to do more and more. I have a little booster seat that she enjoys sitting in. She gets this very proud look on her face because she's sitting in her very own chair. (I have a picture of this but it's still on my camera). She loves knocking over blocks and banging them together.

One of Taeya's favorite games is peek-a-boo. I've uploaded a video of Hayley playing peek-a-boo with Taeya. Oh, I just love my little girl. She is my joy!

A Few Videos

Here are a couple videos of Taeya eating her avacados and rice cereal and one of her giggling from yesterday. They're not all that exciting but I enjoy watching them. :)



First Avacado







First Rice Cereal







Lots of Giggles





Taeya got the first of her 6 month shots today and I was really surprised when she didn't cry at all! She didn't even seem to notice it. The music mobile overhead helped a lot!

A Talented Toe Sucker

As I mentioned a few posts ago, Taeya found her toes on May 27, 2008. She has a great amount of fun with them which also amuses me. Here's a cute video demonstrating some of her toe sucking talent. It's a bit long but the first part is fun to watch.



Oh, and even though she's 5.5 months old, she's wearing a 0-3 outfit. She's still a little peanut.

Video of Taeya's First Roll

I know I sound like a dork. Enjoy the video though.