Swimming Girl

**SO Sorry!  This post has been sitting my drafts for two months now and for some reason never got posted!!!**

I don't know about you all, but Adam and I always talk for Vivian.  We used to do it with our dog (and still do), so this is a post of me doing that for her as well.  The pictures tell it all though :)

What?!  Swim lesson?

I thought it was a stay at home day!  I'm not sure about this.

Oh, the kids will think I'm so stylish with this hoodie on.

Wow, there are a lot of people singing to me....are we on a bus?  What are they singing about!?

Dad!  Why won't you get in the pool with us?!

Mom, I can do this on my own, please get out of my way!

Missy Franklin....eat my dust.  Just need to practice my turns and push offs. 

Mom!  Put it in my mouth!  I need to chew....don't you know I have a tooth in there? :)

Seven Months

Yet another month has come and gone.  I remember once my Grandpa telling me that after you have kids your life just flashes and you wake up 60 one day.  I'm not quite 60 yet, but I can see how that can happen.  We enjoy ever day we have with this little gal, and it's hard not to because she really is an amazing baby.  She is so lovable, happy and fun to be around.  She has latched onto the army crawl and grunts her way around the house.  Recently she's learned to follow us into the room we're in and peak around the corner to see us.  Isn't that the cutest thing?  She also loves to get up close to our dog, Charlotte, but then gets a little scared when Charlotte slops her tongue all over her cheeks.  I can't get enough of her giggle-fests.  There's not much sweeter than a baby girl who can't stop laughing at her Daddy.

Such a lovey girl! :)

Army

Somebody at our house has learned something new........

....the Army crawl!

Six Months

August 4th marked Vivian's 6 month birthday!  I can hardly believe she's halfway to 1 year old and we'll be planning a big Birthday bash in a few short months!!  AHH!  This little girl has changed our lives and we couldn't be happier with all the new adventures she's brought us.  

Vivian's newest interests this month:

**Sleeping on stomach**Eating cereal (and her dad's)**Sitting up on her own**Rolling and rolling**Cleaning the floor with her tummy**Loving every dog she sees**Trying lots of different fruits and veggies**

This little gal began eating cereal about a month ago.  We knew it was time when she reached into her dad's cereal bowl and tried a piece before he even realized it.  Here are some pictures of her first taste of baby food:

She decided it would be easier if she just leaned over as far as she could to get it in her mouth faster.

She doesn't like to waste a drop! 

Oh the beauties of daycare.  Can't be upset about it though because I'm sure she'll give biting a try some day.

We took a weekend trip up to Grand Lake, CO.  It was Vivian's first trip to the mountains and we had a great, little family getaway.

First time putting her toes in the sand.

Our hotel room had a bunk bed and she loved hanging out on the top bunk like a big girl. 

Modeling her new bonnet from Grandma Julie and Grandpa Fred. 

First time eating bananas! 

Reading the newspaper is boring, you have to eat it.

One of her many goofy sleeping positions.

I wanted to do something a little special for her 1/2 Birthday and since she can't dig her hands into a big chocolate cake just yet, I decided to make some "baby pancakes" for her.  I made them with half a mashed banana and pureed sweet potatoes, plus a little rice cereal to thicken them up enough to somewhat stay in a pancake-ish form.  Then I cooked them in a little olive oil.

She loved that we sang "Happy Half Birthday" to her! 

And loved me blowing out her candle before she could grab it. 

 Everyday is so exciting with this little nugget growing to become a little girl.  I have a feeling she'll be crawling any day now.  She is determined to figure it out and just started getting on her hands and knees.  Next step- baby proofing every inch of this house!