First Taste of Cereal

Hey.... What IS that????

Hmmmmmm........

Here, let me help you...

Hmmmmm, not too sure about this.....

What IS this stuff???

Well..... maybe it's not soooo bad....

No, it's definitely awful....

WHY did you do this to me??????

Noooooooooo......

Really.... no thank you......

Why do you keep trying to put this stuff into my face???

I'm not mad at ya.....

Here, let me try it by myself....

But really... I really don't like this stuff.....

Let me try to get all this yucky stuff off of here....

She was not impressed... In fact, after that first initial bite, she did not want me to go anywhere near her face with the spoon. It was actually comical how much she seemed to dislike it. We tried several bites and while she was very interested with the first bite (until it got into her mouth of course) after that she did not want to eat anymore. After gagging and turning her head away I let her take hold of the spoon and she kept examining it until all the cereal was gone and then was happy to chew on her spoon. It was too funny watching her - I hope the next meal goes a little smoother for her.

Happy Birthday it was...

I had a great birthday today - Thanks to all my family and friends who made it special. I was treated to breakfast, a yummy lunch at Chili's - Thanks Don and Darla! Roses from my Mama, a pedicure from Rachel, lots of sweet and special cards, a nice dinner out with my sweetie and a great cake! I also managed to fit a mini-shopping spree at Old Navy in there too which was wonderful!!! I am so blessed to have such awesome family and friends.

Also want to send out a special birthday message to my niece Olivia --- HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you too Sweetie!!! Hope it was a great one! ;)

A Visit With Stephanie and Hayden

The kids and I headed down to Athens, Tennessee to spend the afternoon with our friends Steph and Hayden a couple of weekends ago. It was good to see Stephanie and catch up. We try to get together when we get the chance, but it seems to be too long between visits. The last time the kids saw Hayden, he was just a tiny newborn, so they were surprised to see him up and walking around and playing. We spent the afternoon at the local park (okay, so it was really a school playground- Why does Athens not have a park?). The kids had fun and it was cute to watch Stephanie and Hayden together. =)

5 Months Old

Kate is five months old and it is so hard to believe that that much time has already gone by. She is doing great - smiling, laughing, rolling over, working on sitting up, teething for sure and getting a very sweet little personality in general. She weighs around 13 pounds, is wearing 3-6 month clothing and size 2 diapers. She nurses every 3 to 4 hours and will sleep 10 to 11 hours a night without waking up. She is very mellow and happy most of the time although here lately those two front bottom teeth have given her more than enough reason to fuss - but she just smiles and chews on what ever happens to be near her face. She loves to watch the kids play, have them talk to her and play with her and she has even started to take intrest in Phoebe-dog. She loves sitting in her bumbo seat and being a part of what ever happens to be going on. We're working on sitting up, but not having much luck as of yet - still a little too top heavy. She has gotten very good at reaching out and grabbing things - especially hair. She still loves her mobiles and playmats and now her exersaucer and rattles. She still sleeps quite a bit during the day at least one nap between each of her feedings. She's still sleeping in the cradle at night but naps in her crib during the day. We all adore her and watch and wait to see what she'll do next.

Cutie

A few shots I got of miss Kate when she was 21 weeks - one week before she turned 5 months old. Such a little cutie!

Alcoa -vs- Maryville -- A House Divided

Alcoa beat Maryville (HUGE rival teams for those of you from different states!) for the first time in years tonight with a score of 41 - 24. Yay!!! Doug graduated from Maryville High and I graduated from Alcoa. After a trip to the local sports shop to purchase team shirts the girls of the house were dressed in the winning colors tonight! Go Alcoa! We were happy to have our good friend Marshall from school (who actually introduced us way back in the day!) join us for the game. It's great to catch up and hang out. =)

Also an extra big thing happened today with Miss Kate -- She has TWO NEW TEETH!!!! They just poked through today. Wow!!!!