Happy New Year!

I can't believe the invitations for Beatrix's first birthday party went out today. The year has gone by at the speed of light....
We had a great holiday season with a lot of family.
Thanksgiving we spent the afternoon with Nana, Aunt Lisa and the cousins in Glen Rose, TX. It was a pleasant road trip on a beautiful day.
Christmas was a non-stop family, food and gifts. Santa visited grammy's house and left a load for the little one.
We rang in the New Year with Nana over a pot of black eye peas and cabbage.
The Bea thoroughly enjoyed herself!

She has been completely mobile for about a month now. Walking, running, twirling, and now climbing. She is really picking up her signs, and can sign about 5 signs give or take.
We had a rough patch with the potty for the last five months. She had been putting her focus on getting up and moving; but, now that she has conquered that, she has taken interest in her potty. She has even sat on it and did a poop on her own!

8 month old bike wrench

She eats, she sleeps, she walks and she talks!

A Half Birthday!

Six months! It is really true - time does fly. Beatrix is 6 mos old and we couldn't be happier with her progress. She is such a sweet girl and very adventurous. She likes to do this crawl wiggle around the house after momma.

We started her on solid foods last week and she loves it - she has always showed interest in food - so far she has tried mashed bananas in breast milk; organic apple sauce (not crazy about); organic carrots, organic peas, and organic sweet corn pureed in breast milk; organic brown rice baby cereal (today).

Progress: signed 'dog' and can stand up from sitting on potty

back to the potty

Whew, after a few weeks of only using the potty as a sitting place, B has resumed using it to eliminate into. I have not had to wash a load of diapers in days and still only have a partial load in the wash today.

5 Months

Strong and healthy!
Beatrix is crawling and she is crawling fast. She can climb Mt Mommy with ease.
She loves to play with her best friend Irina (13mos) and will mimic her as much as humanly possible at this point.
Mommy found a new furbaby and he's turned out to really like the baby and vice versa, so I guess he is staying.

Shame on Mommy!

I am really slacking on the posts and I am sorry. Tuesday B turned five months and daddy turned 35 years! She weighed in at 15lbs and 25". Pictures to follow... I SWEAR!

12 weeks

I wanted to post this picture to give everyone a frame of reference to how big Beatrix is now; and, it is also a great demonstration of how much muscle control she has gained.
She has sat up alone for over a minute this week, rolled over to check something out on the floor and rolled back over to go about her business. We are amazed by her progress everyday.

New favorite toys:
Octopus, hands, and mouth.