New adventures!

I couldn't catch one of her smiling, but she loved this!!

Last few days....

First trip to the play place at the mall....napping on the way home...playing with kitty.....first time she tried to put my sunglasses on her face instead of eating them. :) aww, I love her so much!

10 months!!!

So, what is new? Here are what friends and family are saying...

"Look at her doing squats!"
"She looks like a toddler!"
"Her hair is really filling out and getting long."
"She loves giving kisses to everything!"
"Cute little hair curl."

She is becoming more stable on her feet and is very fast at crawling. She seems to understand a lot of cause and effect, and she is playing with her toys in new, creative ways. She has decided she no longer wants to sleep in bed with mommy and daddy, so although she doesn't sleep all night, she does exclusively sleep in her crib. We had to lower the crib to the lowest setting since she wants to stand up in it now.

We offer her a variety of food at least once a day. Only whole food that she can feed herself. She does NOT want to be fed. I have also read some research to support the idea of giving babies a variety of food and letting them select what to eat, while being impartial and neutral about how much or what they choose to eat. Of course, the choices are only healthy...fruits, vegetables, meats, and some very limited starches (potato, rice). She particularly enjoys "eating" when the family is eating. She isn't really consuming very large quantities yet, maybe only a few bites here and there.

One of her favorite toys is a vtech toy that Grandma Shari bought her for Christmas. She loves sitting on it, pulling up on it, doing squats while holding onto it, and playing with the blocks. It is not a toy I would have necessarily ever selected for her, but it has really been fantastic! We love it! It is so versatile that Raegan has many different uses for it. I also think that it is really helping her develop her motor skills. Highly recommended!! Here is a link to one on amazon for any interested parents out there! http://www.amazon.com/Vtech-Sit-Stand-Alphabet-Train/dp/B0015399MG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329883018&sr=8-1

Looking forward to planning her very first birthday party! Any ideas or suggestions?? :)

New tricks!

The case of the missing Kitty and Sophie (My Toy Story)

Raegan has two favorite toys since she was a teeny baby, and they are the first ones we throw in the diaper bag for an outing. 1- Kitty: Striped skinny sock cat, and 2-Sophie the squeaky rubber giraffe. She has always adored these toys. When playing in the midst of all of her toys, I can ask her to go find Sophie and she will plow through the toys to find her (or him, as it might be). I have seen her holding into Kitty's arm, sitting her on the train or dancing her on the floor. So, on Monday morning when I was packing the diaper bag to run a few errands and I went to throw Sophie and Kitty in the bag and they were no where to be found, I was baffled. We had run some errands Saturday, and suddenly the last place I remembered seeing them was at lunch (at Chili's). It was a chaotic lunch and we were rushed to leave because Raegan was way past nap time. I wondered if in our hustle out of the restaurant, had we left Sophie and Kitty? I was slightly horrified. I called Chili's and asked the hostess "Have you by any chance seen a rubber giraffe and a striped kitty?" Nope. No baby toys at all in the lost and found. :( Where could they be? I spent most of Monday looking in every crack and crevice for these two missing toys. I have to admit that Toy Story the movie crossed my mind. Maybe the toys came to life and were lost somewhere. So, after admittedly losing my mind as well, I decided I would simply buy Raegan replacement animals. Of course, Sophie and Kitty aren't cheap baby toys. Sophie - food grade die and 100% rubber is a steep $20 and Kitty- 100% organic cotton runs about $15 plus shipping...plus, she was a limited edition and I was having trouble finding any place on the internet that wasn't "sold out." I must keep searching! I looked all over the house again.

Next, on my way home from work Tuesday, I cruised the Chili's parking lot. On Valentine's day. Cruising the parking lot for a cat and a giraffe. Wow - parenthood is nuts.

Maybe I had lost them there, when I was getting in to the car? I imagined a tire marked Kitty and a dirty Sophie laying "dead" in the parking lot. But, they were not there. I grimaced. They were gone! Out of thin air! Toy Story seemed like the most legitimate explanation at this point.

I cam home and decided I would give it a week, before forking out the money for replacement toys. After being home for about an hour, I'm sitting in the chair when Jasen says non-nonchalantly, "Oh yeah, look who showed up." And there they were. Laying on the living room floor. Jasen found the duo when moving around the ottoman in the living room. One was shoved under the media center, and the other one stuck under the ottoman. I swear I looked there! Twice!

Thank goodness! Raegan was so happy to see them both. She grabbed Kitty by the arm and waved her in the air, squealing. I was just sitting back, wondering if a slinky dog and a short armed dinosaur had rescued them! ;) I think I'm a believer in the Toy Story idea. Either way, I have an eye appointment coming up soon.

Soaking up some vitamin D!

My second blog

I have another blog! After writing the post on Autism, I decided I would really like a place to organize all of the information I gather. Check it out!!

http://siftingthroughthechaos.blogspot.com/

Comments welcome! :)

A few pics!

She had her well baby checkup yesterday! 19 lbs 10 oz, 28 inches. :)