Thankful We Are

Words cannot describe how blessed and happy we are to be able to share in the joys of parenthood as we spent our first Thanksgiving with our daughter. She really is a blessing! We are so thankful to have her here with us. She has enriched our lives in so many ways, and given us a new meaning and purpose in life. We are thankful for the role that each and every one of you plays in her life as well as ours. May she bring as much joy and happiness to you as she does us.

Ok, enough of the mushy stuff. Before I cooked the ham for Thanksgiving we decided to torture the other ham and put her in the roasting pan and take pictures. She is such a good sport. I think she had just as much fun with it as we did. You will have to visit her other website to see all the pictures. We then had to split the day with both families, and goody for us we got to eat twice! I had so much fun dressing her up in her little dress and tights. Yes I did say tights. Can you believe they actually fit over her thighs? She looked cute as ever and surprisingly enough she kept her dress clean all day. I am so proud. All in all, we had a wonderful Thanksgiving and plenty to be thankful for.

Now lets move on to how the little ham is doing. She is getting around pretty well these days. Not crawling yet, but I am sure that will happen any day now. She likes to get up on her hands and knees and rock back and forth. This results in her crawling backwards. I guess they call that the army crawl, or something like that. She is very good at turning herself around and getting to things she wants. I think we are past due baby proofing the house. She is making progress on sitting up by herself. It is only when SHE wants to. I think she is getting too used to the idea of mommy doing everything for her. I am working on trying to break her of that. We have also added to her menu selections. As of now she is eating green beans, peas, carrots, sweet potatoes and bananas along with her cereal. I don’t think we are going to have any trouble getting this one to eat her veggies. She is definitely a good eater. Well that is it for now. We are going to put up the Christmas tree now. I wonder how much trouble she can get into with that?

Food For the Soul

Looks like we have an 18 pounder on our hands. If only she were a turkey, we would be all set for Thanksgiving. Can’t say I have ever seen a turkey as juicy as her. YUM! Our little (not so little) butterball sure is growing fast. We are still waiting for her to grow more vertical instead of horizontal, but I don’t see that happening anytime in the near future. Her doctor is very happy with her progress and that is all that matters to us. We love our little chunky monkey just the way she is. She is ranking above average in her height (26 1/8”) and her weight (18lbs.), which is really good considering she was born four weeks early. That worked in my favor. And now back to our favorite topic…food! We had to give her a break from her cereal for a while because it was bothering her tummy, and after things settled down a little she was able to have it again. And good thing, she was not a happy camper. We couldn’t go near that high chair without her getting mad. I tried to put her in it one day so she could play while I cleaned the kitchen but she was not having any part in that. Lets just say I won’t be doing that again. I should have known better, being that she belongs to this family. We don’t like change, nor do we like our food being messed with. So to say the least she was very very happy when we started her back on it. Except for when I mixed it with water. There was a little gagging action going on with that one. What can I say; she likes her mommy’s milk. For being such a good sport about everything, we decided it was time to add a little variety to her menu so we started her on some vegetables. She got to have green beans for a week and this week she has started on her peas. So far she seems to really like both of them. She eats like her daddy so I’m not too sure she even gets a chance to taste it before she swallows and moves on to the next bite. Her personality is developing more and more everyday. She keeps us entertained with all her little quirks. And they just keep on coming.