Showing posts with label Firsts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Firsts. Show all posts

Grace's First Vegetable

We started Grace on solids this week!  First up....sweet potatoes.
As you can see, she was very excited about being in her high chair!
She finally is big enough to sit up in it!
I plan on making her babyfood, so I started by pureeing the potatoes and
adding a little milk to smooth it out some.
This is how the next 10 minutes went. I took the pleasure of adding what I think was going thru Grace's mind.

{Yum. This has FLAVOR!}
{Oh my....I'm not sure I like FLAVOR!}
{Oh no....not a fan of FLAVOR. AT. ALL.}
Not wanting to traumatize her, I stopped shortly after the above face. Baby steps.
I thought it might be fun to let her play with it and feel the texture and maybe put a little in her mouth herself.
Nope.
She didn't want anything to do with touching it. Can't really complain about that now can I?
She ended up eating about 1/4 of a tablespoon the first night.
We have slowly worked our way up and last night she had almost a whole tablespoon!
My big girl is eating vegetable and she is tolerating it!!!

Grace's First Cereal

We started Grace on cereal when she was 5 months old.
We attempted to feed her in her highchair...but she was still not big enough for it.
But she liked sitting in it for a few minutes.

We ended up moving her to the bumbo and she did a lot better with that...while she faced forward.
She is a little wiggle worm!

That worked out pretty good, but every now and then it was easier to feed her in the bouncer.

She will start to fuss and scream if you take too long in between bites.

We started her out with one tablespoon in the evenings vis spoon, and then moved it up to 2 days and she has some at lunch too.

I can't wait until she gets to try something with flavor!

Grace's First Thanksgiving

Happy Turkey Day!
It's Miss Gracie's first Thanksgiving. 
She had to get an outfit to celebrate the day. 
And of course a matching hairbow!

The bib says it all.
She is so thankful for her wonderful daddy. 
She loves staying home with him while Mommy is at work. 
He gives good hugs and kisses and makes her giggle!

We spent the morning watching some of the Macy's parade while nursing and getting sweet potato casserole 
ready to take to Uncle Tom & Aunt Cheryl's for dinner that night. 
I made the mashed potatoes the night before and put them in the crock-pot so all I had to do was heat them up 
and throw a little more butter on top before heading to my in-laws for lunch.

I am so thankful for my healthy and happy daughter who gave me the gift of motherhood.
I am blessed to have a wonderful husband who loves us both so much!
I am thankful to have a good job that is close to home and allows me
the flexibility to be there for my family when I need to be.
I am blessed to have a wonderful and crazy family that lives close and stays in touch.

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Grace's First Halloween

It's Grace's first Halloween!
We had trick or treat in our neighborhood the Thursday before, 
so we got Grace all dressed up and took her over to see some of the neighbors. 
It was chilly outside, so the warm costume was great and we had a hat that matched perfect! 
I think she was supposed to be some kind of dragon or something but we called her our slobber monster. 
Cutest monster I've ever seen!
 
On Saturday, my aunt and uncle had their annual Halloween party so we all got dressed up and went there.
Enter costume #2....my little ladybug! 
When I saw this costume on Carters for 50% off I had to get it, even though I had already bought the fuzzy monster. 
The whole time I was pregnant, she was my little Junebug. 
And everyone knows I love ladybugs...so I think this costume is really what she was meant to wear!
Isn't she an adorable ladybug? A happy ladybug to boot!
I rarely dress up, but since this was our first  Halloween as a family, I knew I had to. 
We were making memories!
Daddy was a personal alarm, which he pulled from Kentucky Fried Movie. 
His light spun around, Grace liked looking at it. 
Mommy dressed up as Sue Sylvester from Glee. 
I haven't watched the show, but knew who she was. 
I thought maybe Grace would be afraid of me in a wig, but she was fine with it.
My little family. Eeek-I love it!
We spent most of the night inside since it was chilly and rainy, 
and the Ohio State game was on so it was good. 
{We ended up winning and beating Wisconsin! Woohoo!}
Grace spent some time on Daddy's lap and was as content as could be. 
Just chillin and sucking her thumb watching everybody come in and out.
Wait...did I say sucking her thumb??? Oh yes I did!
Our little girl has mastered that over the last few weeks! 
No longer is she sucking her whole hand, which she still does occasionally.
But its not long until she moves her thumb up in there.
Love it!
 
It was so fun having a little one to dress up and I can't wait {but I can} until we can take her trick or treating next year!