Project Rosalie - 34 Weeks!

Rosalie's lovely mosquito bitten head!

Rosalie had a great week! She got new toys from mom and dad and granna, she LOVES new toys! We got to see Uncle Jake, Aunt Starleigh, Jane and Sawyer who were up to a visit, which was so much fun!

Two moments I wanted to remember were:

1. Rosalie is working on cutting her second tooth and has just discovered how comforting a chilled teething ring can be. She has really cool teethers so sometimes she's so busy investigating them that I need to remind her that they go in her mouth! So one night we were in the glider chair before bed and I took her hand with the teether in it and moved it up to her mouth. That was apparently pretty funny! SO funny in fact that she needed to SHOW me just how funny it was! So she shoved the teether into MY mouth and laughed and laughed! Now every time I give her one she thinks that we have to take turns! Of course I don't really chew on it ;-)
2. Another moment in the glider... Rosalie gets really silly before she goes to bed... we were reading books as part of our bedtime routine and her Peter Rabbit book has a wheel that turns and Peter pops his head up in different places through the garden as you turn the wheel. She found this too hilarious and her laughter turned to cries as SOON as I'd turn the page so we just turned and laughed and turned and laughed until her laughs got shorter and quieter and she turned around and snuggled in and fell right to sleep. So sweet and cute!

...See? She IS cross-eyed!!! I TOLD you!!!

Project Rosalie - 33 Weeks

Sweet little girl. Not much new stuff this week, just the usual sweetness. She's sleeping a little better and her second tooth is just starting to pop in. But she is getting a little more separation anxiety, not wanting to play on her own as much as she used to. I think part of that is just the teething though. She so desperately wants to crawl, but she just hasn't figured it out yet!

Project Rosalie - 32 Weeks

Rosalie is turning into a big girl right in front of my eyes! This week we really got rolling on finger foods and she LOVES it! Usually she just shares whatever I'm eating (this is going to be very healthy for me I think *eyeroll*) , but she is also eating puffs and freeze dried fruit thingys. She can't get them to her mouth on her own, but she attacks my hand when I pick them up! It's actually really funny because she picks up as many as she can in her right hand and just holds them. Sometimes she gets frustrated and starts crying, but other times she just holds onto them and I find a little pile of snacks next to her empty hand when she falls asleep. One day she'll get the hang of it!

Pool time at Cally's uncle's beach house! Rosalie LOVES the pool!

I think she looks like she's doing a magic trick in this shot with her flutterball

Project Rosalie - 31 Weeks

Have I mentioned lately how much I love my little chicken snugglet???? It amazes me every day how much I adore being her mom. Being A mom. She's getting really close to crawling, she'll lean way over but can't usually get all her limbs in the right position to commence mobility, usually one or two limbs are askew! I get so excited for her because I can SEE her thinking about how to accomplish her little yet HUGE goal, but I know that she is going to be a whole HEAP of trouble when she gets the hang of it!

P.S. One of my favorite times of day is when I bring her out of the bedroom first thing in the morning. I always watch her little face light up as she sees her play area and toys... her world. It's like she's seeing old friends. Love it

Project Rosalie - 30 Weeks

She is getting SOOOO BIG! Ahh! It's fun and sad at the same time! Her little tooth is getting bigger every day and keeping her (us) up a lot at night, but this too shall pass as "they" say. Don't tell her Dr.... but we are really not eating solid foods very often. She is just not interested and I think that we can all agree she's not missing out on any nutrition! Even her 6-9 month clothes don't all fit over her... ahem... voluptuous... thighs... Anyhow, she gets what she needs from breastmilk and it saves her the tummyache that she gets with the solids. We'll get there, but it'll just be a slower process for us. She seems to do best with just little bits of whatever I'm eating than even homemade baby food, so just like she skipped that whole "bottle" nonsense, maybe she'll just skip that whole pureed/mashed "baby" food business. Picky girl. Don't know where she gets it!