fun with Grammy & Gramps!

I always love it when Mommy and I visit.  Gramps hogs me whenever he's home, but Grammy doesn't mind... after he fed me a delicious dinner of pureed meats, they got to give me a bath! 

It's a very dirty job... but Gramps is happy to do it! 

Bath time!  Apparently I didn't get enough food, b/c I'm going' at that rubber ducky...

(got modest for a split second)

 not a fan of the overhead pouring, people!

Finally, they relinquished the cup!  By the way, bath water?  Doesn't taste as good as you'd think...

I try to help out by washing my gums... :)

play date

my friend Caroline came over on Halloween... we had a great time.

Of course, it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye...

mom, please...

she insists I have the cutest tiny hiney ever, and wanted all the world to see! I guess I'll be officially mortified when I'm in my teens... so we've got awhile to laugh about it.

warming up to the solids...

...finally, my palate is ready to welcome something NON-formula! Mom bought some YoBaby yogurt and I sop it up like it's goin' out of style. My other favorites are pears, apples, prunes, squash, sweet potato, pumpkin, oatmeal/banana. Tonight I tried Lentil Brown Rice Dinner. It was chunkier than I'm used to and looked like something that should have been in my diaper, but it was surprisingly tasty!

Pumpkin Patch Fun!

We had a great adventure at the Arboretum... mom and dad showed me the pumpkins, water fountains... I just love the outdoors!

Presenting: Baby Blossom!

Well, Mom thought it would be fun to dress me up as a flower... it was quite a cumbersome costume, but I guess you have to suffer for cuteness! We had a photoshoot at the Arboretum to capture the exploitation in all its glory.

Halloween costume preview:

It's Baby Blossom! Yesterday we went to the Arboretum for a photoshoot with the babies in my play group. It was so much fun! Mama said I was the prettiest flower in the garden. :)

She'll post the professional pics when she gets them from the photographer. In the meantime, this headshot will just have to satisfy your craving for the cuteness!

It's the Cute Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

Grandma got me this cute pumpkin onesie... orange looks pretty good on me, if I do say so myself! As soon as my Baby Blossom costume gets delivered, I'll be ready for Halloween! Now if only I could trick or treat...

heart-shaped box

Poppi gave it to me. It's kinda tricky to get open, but fun to figure out. It works those noggin' muscles!

Puddin' loves pears!

After a couple weeks of avoiding solids... mom decided it was time to try again (sans rice cereal). I kept an open mind and as a result: my taste buds were awakened. I like pears! I even grabbed the little spoon and put it in my mouth myself! Anxious to see what other kinds of flavors are out there in the world...
mom said I'm just gonna LOVE pureed meats.

Mirror Mirror on the wall...

...who's the cutest, sweetest, most specialist baby of them all???

where the wild things are

Nawni and Poppi gave me some funny looking stuffed animals...
They certainly don't resemble my brown bear or pink pig, but they're just as fun to play with (i.e. eat).

Bath time is my fave

I love taking baths! Mom says it's because I'm a Pisces...
either way, it's the time where I can eat my washcloth and play with the toys that squirt water. I could hang out in the blue bucket for hours, but mom says I'd get "pruny", whatever that means. Daddy likes "dry off duty", where he gives me a baby massage with some yummy smelling lotion, then wraps me up in my soft bunny towel!

won't let the cold get me down...

Unfortunately, I came down with my first cold. Boooooo! I have all this congestion & stuffiness and am coughing a lot. It's not fun... however, mom is keeping my nose as clear as she can (with the suction bulb that came straight from the devil himself). It'll take more than a measly virus to impinge upon my playtime!

we may be at a stalemate as far as foods are concerned...

...but sitting up by myself is a milestone I reached happily!!! Thanks to mom & dad, who had persistance and propped me up even though I kept falling over. I now have new, wonderful vantage point. Lying down is SO August, 2009.