A Tall, Skinny Baby

That's what I'd call Caroline after her 6-month doctor appointment today. I'm sure that at least the grandmas are interested in how things went. She's up to 14 lb 6 oz, which is 20th percentile. She's 27" long, which is 90th percentile. And her little head is 8th percentile. They're going to keep an eye on her head size though they don't think it's a big deal, but I'm not worried about it because my head is small and I turned out just fine (relatively speaking, anyway). :-) Plus, all of these numbers are somewhat useless anyway. They don't worry about them too much. And the nurse said that it's not necessarily that Caroline's head is so small, but that the shape of it just has a smaller circumference than most. But whatever...enough about Caroline's head. It's fine. :-)

The shots didn't go as well as usual. She's got strong little legs, and her kicking made things quite difficult. But the good news is that at her next appointment (9 mos) there aren't any shots! Though there is a blood draw.

Well she just woke up, so I better go! Here are some pictures of her today after we got back from the doctor's office.

Happy Half-Birthday!

Caroline turned 6 months old yesterday. Unfortunately, it was a pretty uneventful day with me going to work and her at daycare. So we didn't do anything special, but oh well. Greg is hoping to be home towards the end of the weekend or early next week, which will be nice. She's definitely changed in the 3 weeks he will have been gone. She's sitting up really well now...she still does a face plant every so often, but that's just how it is! Today at twinkle babies she sat up by herself for almost the whole time.

I like how she's using the boppy like a lounge chair.

Well that's all I have time for right now...things are pretty busy around here lately!

"Aunt" Karen Comes to Visit

Caroline and I have had a lot of fun with "Aunt" Karen the last two days. She came out to visit all of her friends in CO, and we had the pleasure of her company yesterday and today. Last night we went out for mexican food, and then we hung out all night long. After the three of us got up this morning, we went to the Huckleberry for breakfast, took a long stroll on a trail through Louisville, then headed to the mall for a bit. My friend Amy had her baby last night (a boy, congrats!!!) and so we had to pick up an outfit for the little guy. So we had a lot of fun! We hope Karen comes to visit again soon. :-) Here are some pictures of our adventures.

Pretty girls...

Hmmm...maybe I needed the flash after all. :-)

Helping Karen get some work done

So excited to go on a walk!

Twinkle Babies

Today we went to our first session of Twinkle Babies for the summer. It's a little program at the library where we get the babies together and read stories, sing songs and stuff like that. It was fun! A few friends of mine were there, and I met some nice new people as well. Caroline was younger than most of the kids but I think she still enjoyed it. Since she missed her morning nap I was wondering if she'd get cranky, but she did just fine. After we left there, I headed to Starbucks as I often do when I'm out and about...and as I strolled in I saw another mom there who had been sitting right beside me a few minutes earlier! We kind of laughed because we were both there for the same reason. So we chatted for awhile longer. Apparently I'm not the only mom who feels that there are worse habits than going to Starbucks multiple times a week. :-)

Caroline has been very busy lately. She rolls over constantly, and she wants to crawl so badly. But I think it's going to be awhile yet. She creeps, and scoots her way around...gone are the days of setting her down to play and walking away for awhile. Now I always have to try to keep one eye on her. Luckily, the layout of our house is pretty conducive to baby watching. She's getting so big too...she was just over 14 pounds when she got weighed last week!

Here are some recent pictures.

Surprise Visit from Grandma & Grandpa

We had a nice surprise today...my parents had a flight from Tucson to Akron with a connection in Denver. Supposedly due to our rains here, their original flight from Tucson was delayed and so they missed their connecting flight here in Denver. But, the silver lining was that they were stuck at the airport for quite a few hours, so I went and picked them up and we hung out. They haven't seen Caroline since she was about 3-4 weeks old, so they were happy to see her again. It was a fun little surprise getting to see them! The only downside is that with the flight they had to take to get home, they won't be getting home until probably 4am or so. That stinks.

Here are some shots with grandma and grandpa.

Rice Cereal: Take 1

Tonight we decided to try giving Caroline rice cereal. I was a little nervous actually...I had visions of her spitting the cereal all over me, of her rejecting the spoon, of her making horrible faces and screaming/crying...

But she did awesome! We were pleasantly surprised. She probably ate a couple dozen spoonfuls which is pretty good for her first time, I think. It wasn't overly messy either (this time). I hope this means she'll be a good eater! Towards the end she was opening her mouth up pretty wide!

Earth's Best Rice Cereal: cereal of baby champions.

This video clip is of her first spoonfuls.

And here are a few snapshots...and also a cute one of her and Greg from the other day.

Caroline Goes to Conor O'Neill's

I know this post is a bit behind, but oh well. I've been a little busy. :-)

Last Sunday we took Caroline to her first bar. Why? Some friends were having a going away brunch because they have moved to Maryland. Everyone is sad that they're gone. But, what better way to have a send off than brunch at Conor O'Neill's? (Sara and Jason - I think of you guys every time we go there!) So this was a great bar for Caroline to go to for her first "bar experience"...

I was unsure about how the food would be, but I must admit that my corned beef and hash was quite tasty. And everyone was definitely enjoying the $2 bloody marys and mimosas.

Greg didn't understand why I wanted a picture of me and Caroline in front of the bar. I had to explain that this is for the blog!!! The blog causes me to take my camera with me as much as I can remember to, and makes me take pictures of things I never would otherwise. This is for your reading enjoyment, so you can keep up with our many....no, that would be infrequent... adventures.
So anyway, here we are!

Ok, so I wasn't ready for this picture, but apparently Caroline was.

Here is Melissa...one of our guests of honor who has since moved away. Her husband Chris is there too. Melissa is pregnant and due in October! We hope she'll be back this summer for a baby shower.

Here is Caroline sporting her Sunday best. What a cute little dress!

Have Cindy and Jeff had too many bloody marys? I think not...

Now it is a week later, and there's not a lot new to report. Caroline turned five months old yesterday. And she can sit up by herself for a few seconds now so that's a new trick. Yesterday we went to a bbq at a friends house...and I saw one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time - a 2.5 year old doing karaoke with his dad. Seriously hilarious. And they weren't singing kids songs either! He loved having the microphone and would dance around with it. So that was a fun party.

I hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend! Greg has unfortunately had to work for all of it, so we haven't done anything overly exciting. But Caroline and I have been hanging out which is nice. Gotta run- she just woke up from her nap!