9 months

Wow! So much has been going on that I haven't had time to blog lately. I celebrated my 30th birthday a few weeks ago. I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about it. It was awesome though! Lee bought me a really nifty blue mountain bike. We ordered a kangaroo seat for Autumn. I can't wait to take her for a ride on it. I'll have to post some pics of that later. My mother-in-law came into town this past weekend for a visit with Autumn. I think Autumn enjoyed visiting with her, although she doesn't know her very well. Today, we went for her 9 month checkup. Autumn weighs 15 lbs and is 26 inches long. They checked her iron levels and poor baby got a flu shot. The nurse had to get a blood sample from her tiny, little finger because she couldn't enough from her toe. Autumn was such a trooper. She smiled and waved bye-bye to the nurse every time she came in and out of the room. She was so good, mommy bought her a baby doll when we went ot Wal-Mart. She has been dragging it around behind her all evening.

Things Autumn is doing at 9mths: waving bye- bye with both hands, saying dada & mama, cruising around furniture, eating some table foods ( she loves ice cream & mashed potatoes) and of course growling at anyone that will growl back! She is such a sweet girl. We love her so much.

My New Nightgown!

We have been looking everywhere for Autumn a little nightgown. They just don't make them in her size. Thanks to her Grandma, she now has one though!!! Mom bought this cute, soft pink fabric and made her the nightgown in the pictures above. We love it!!!!! As you can see, Autumn loves it too. She fell asleep on the table as soon as I put it on her. Thank you Grandma. WE LOVE YOU!!!!!

8 months old!

Our baby girl will be 8 months old this week. It's so hard to believe!!! She is growing up too fast. I put this one outfit on her last, and I promise she looked like she was 8 months going on 8. .... She is at such a fun stage right now. She is crawling all over the place now. She is trying to pull up on everything. Before we know it, she is going to be walking. She is so happy and laughs at yand everybody. People are constantly stopping me in the mall or Wal-Mart and telling me how cute she is. We love her so much!!! Saturday afternoon Lee and I took Autumn for her 8 month photos. I hope I can figure how to post some of them. We went ahead and had a few shots done in her Halloween costume. She is going to be a ladybug!!! Autumn also started her 3rd foods today. She ate some cottage cheese, yogurt, and some oatmeal today. She didn't care for the textured Gerber foods in the jar. I guess, we will have to keep trying those.

Caught Red Handed!

Autumn has been rubbing her eyes for the past two and half hours. That is a sure sign that she getting sleepy. I put her in her bed about 35 minutes ago. I sang her a few songs and I thought for sure she would be out. I came back in the office only to hear her giggling 15 minutes later. I went into her room and caught her climbing up the side of her crib again. Busted!!! Little stinker just smiled and laughed. Of course, I had to get the camera. I love her so much. She is such a little mess! I am going to miss her terribly tomorrow. It's that dreaded time of year again... Back to School.

Beach Trip!!!

Last weekend Mom, Gena, Autumn, & I loaded up and headed to Jacksonville Beach for our girls trip. I couldn't wait to see how Autumn would react to the beach. We had an awesome time. We spent the morning shopping in the St. John's towncenter and eating at the Cheesecake Factory. Autumn enjoyed some yucky guacomole dip and the whipped topping on my cheesecake. Afterwards we checked into our hotel and hit the beach. Autumn sat down and instantly started trying to eat the sand. We had our work cut out for us. She loved that stuff!!! The waves tickeled the bottom of her feet, but she loved splashing. She also loved the pool!!! She floated around,splashed, and kicked. She is such a sweet heart. We all had a wonderful time and Autumn was so well behaved. We really can take her just about anywhere.

Autumn turned 7 months this week. Her top two teeth are trying to come in. They are killing her. She had figured out that she can try to bite at us with the bottom two. She is so funny. She loves to sit up in the floor and can get into just about anything. She has just about gotten the hang of crawling. I think she really wants to pull up on stuff though. She keeps trying, she just isn't tall enough yet. Thank goodness. I am already having to watch her like a hawk. We love her so much and I know I am going to miss her tremendously next week. The joys of going back to work. :(

Random pics from the past week....