June 19, 2005...Daddy's first official day!!

We had a relaxing day today. Justin lost his tennis match in Tyler last night so he drove in at about 1:30 am. We stayed up till 2:30 chatting...we prayed Makena would stay asleep until at least 8:00. No such luck...she was wide awake talking to herself at 7:30...I guess we shouldn't complain since I know a lot of 7 month old babies are up at the crack of daylight. She had her usual morning bottle played for about an hour and we were all asleep again...we finally started our day at 10:30. We cooked out on Justin's used but new to him gas grill. Lance was so thoughtful in sharing this special grill with a great story with us!

Makena crawls all over the place these days. She actually crawled from the living room to the kitchen and pulled up on the dishwasher...all the while screaming her head off because she couldn't see me. I adore the need she has for her mommy and daddy...but when I have to carry her into the bathroom with me because I can't be out of plain view is exhausting. I am sure these are the things I will miss someday when she is grown and is giving me the Miss Priss attitude.

So we had started her on baby food when she was 4 months...really going for it at 5-1/2 months and yet I still find it frustrating to feed her. She is constatnly grabbing at the spoon and if I give her her own spoon, I can't seem to feed her because she won't take the spoon I gave her out of her mouth..."her" was typed 5 times in one sentence...is that some kind of record?? Anyway, she really enjoys feeding herself and loves the Gerber fruit and veggie puffs so I thought...what the heck lets go to finger foods. I bought those Gerber Graduate turkey sticks and some mandarine oranges and broke them up into little chuncks. She loved them! I know most would say she is too young for these kinds of foods...but if they knew how torturous it is to get a spoon with pureed food that I wouldn't even eat into her mouth they would understand. She doesn't have one tooth and doesn't seem to be getting any anytime soon, but to watch her chew with her gums is so sweet.

I am still trying to work out the video and photo postings...hope to manage this blogging thing like Holli has!!