(Almost) 25 Weeks..

I need to start coming up with better titles pretty soon.

I cannot believe that Caroline is so close to being 6 months old! I know this is cliche but time is flying by so fast! Miss Caroline is still not rolling anymore but she can spin around on her tummy. She is enjoying eating solids! She loves green beans right now. The food processor that I ordered came in so I made some green beans and carrots. I thawed some of the green beans yesterday and attempted to feed them to her..she hated them. I guess it was because of the texture..it's hard to get green beans completely smooth. I'll have to keep trying them..I hope she learns to love them.

I'll do a longer post when she turns 6 months.

(Almost) 24 weeks..

Caroline turns 24 weeks old on Tuesday but I actually had time to upload pics and post a blog today. I really feel like she has changed so much this past week. She has found her voice and loves to talk (yell) in public now. She lets us know when she's frustrated or bored. She's getting better at sitting unassisted though she still doesn't do it for long periods of time.

Her sleeping for the past week has not been good. She's waking up 1-3 times a night now and it's getting harder to get her to go back down. I think she might be having gas issues again and it's probably from the solids. This week we've done carrots and apples. I think it's from the apples. Speaking of solids, I'm going to start making my own baby food once the food processor thing I ordered gets here. I'm looking forward to it..it should be fun..and cheap.

And now for the pictures..

Unfortunately her outfit did not help the Texans today.

Videos..

As I mentioned in a post a month ago, I got a video camera for my birthday. We've taken a ton of videos but I've had a problem uploading them because they're in the wrong format. I was able to upload them to photobucket but then I had issues getting them from photobucket to blogger. I think I've figured it out.

Anyway, here's a video of Caroline on her 5 month birthday. Please excuse my mommy voice. Isn't it funny how her hair is trained to go in a pony tail. Even after baths it sticks up like that.



Here's a video from today of Caroline playing in her new walker (I know, I know..walkers are evil). She seems to like it so far..even though her feet don't quite touch the ground.

23 weeks old..

Miss Caroline turned 23 weeks old yesterday. We are definitely in the throws of teething right now. She has not been her normal self for a few days and she keeps running a low grade fever every evening. Anything she can get her hands on (and her hands themselves) goes into her mouth. I haven't been able to get a picture of that first tooth yet because it's still barely visible.

We've been practicing sitting over the past week and she's become pretty good at tripod sitting. She can balance herself for a few seconds without her hands down but she seems to freak out and fall backwards. She is still not rolling from back to belly but she's very close. Here are some pictures from the past week.

My dad went to Minnesota for work and bought this onesie for Caroline.

Practicing sitting with the Boppy

We bought her a mesh feeder and she seems to like it. We bought some frozen melon and veggies to try in it.

At her first Texas State football game. She was so good. We stayed for the whole game and fireworks and she didn't fuss at all.

She loves reading books!

First tooth and First fever..

Caroline's first tooth broke through yesterday. I knew she was showing all of the signs of teething but thought it was a bit early for a tooth to actually come in. I guess I was wrong. There's not much to see yet but I can definitely feel it. We are very greatful that we made it through the first tooth breaking through without any sleepless nights or major fussiness. (knock on wood!) Maybe she'll be as laid back about teething as she is about everything else.

She experienced her first fever last night. After her bath Mario put her in her jammies and was feeding her when he noticed that she was shivering and her hands were blue. She was dozing off and we tried to wake her but she kept falling right back to sleep (she's usually asleep by that time anyway) so we had a minor freak out and called the pedi's after hours line. Her pedi called back within 5 minutes and we explained her symptoms. She told us to take her temperature so we did and it was 102. She said to give her Tylenol and come in first thing in the morning. We gave her the Tylenol and she was back to normal within 30 minutes. She woke up this morning and was her normal, smiling self.

We went to the pedi's office and I felt kind of dumb for taking her in because she was perfectly fine. They couldn't find anything wrong with her but said that several viruses have been going around. If she's fever free for the rest of the day she can go back to daycare tomorrow.

I guess the bonus of taking her to the pedi's office was that we got to see how much she weighs. She's up to 16lbs 9oz.

I hope the fever was just a fluke because we're planning on taking Caroline to her first Bobcat football game on Saturday and we have free tickets for the Round Rock Express game on Monday.

5 Months..and 22 weeks..

Miss Caroline turned 5 months old yesterday and 22 weeks old today. I know I say this all the time but I love this age! Here's what she's been up to this month..

• She's tripod sitting
• She passes toys from hand to hand
• She is really laughing now..she has been giggling for a while but she belly laughs now..especially at Jake
• She loves mirrors..she loves looking at herself and us in mirrors..if she's in a cranky mood she will always cheer up when she looks in the mirror
• She has rolled from belly to back a few more times so I guess she does remember how to do that
• She is very close from rolling from back to belly..she will twist her entire body around except her hips
• She loves grabbing her toes, especially during diaper changes, which can make things difficult
• We're still dealing with separation anxiety. We went to Pearsall this weekend and she was playing in her Jumperoo and looking around and she saw Mario's dad and just started crying.
• She's still in size 2 diapers but they are getting a little tight.
• She's still in 3-6 month clothes and a few of them are getting a little tight because she's so long.
• She loves to be outside and she loves to stare at trees.
• She's still only had rice cereal, bananas, and sweet potatoes so far and she loves the sweet potatoes. We're going to try a new veggie this week.
• I'm pretty sure she's teething..she drools like crazy and has had a runny nose for a week (she hates getting it wiped!). I can feel her two bottom teeth right below the gums.
• She hasn't been very consistent with her night time sleeping for the past two weeks. Sometimes she wakes up once and sometimes she doesn't.
  

We had to move the Jumperoo up a level because she's getting so big.

This is what Caroline thinks of the way the Astros have been playing lately.

Listening to her cousin read to her.

21 weeks (4 3/4 months)..

Miss Caroline is 21 weeks old today. She'll be 5 months old on Monday and I can't believe it!

Our always happy, smiling baby is starting to experience some separation anxiety. When someone else holds her she gets a big pouty lip and tears start streaming down her face. It's cute and sad at the same time.

We're moving right along with solids. We did rice cereal mixed with bananas, then just bananas last week. She didn't seem overly interested and wouldn't really take more than a few bites. This weekend we started sweet potatoes and she loves them! She can eat a tablespoon at a time. I can't get the spoon into her mouth fast enough. She grabs for it. I'm not sure what we're going to try next. Maybe something that isn't so sweet.

She either forgot how to roll over or is just refusing to do it anymore. I guess we should enjoy her being immobile for now. She has started lifting her arms and legs while she's on her tummy..it looks like she's paddling on a surfboard.

We tried putting her to bed with her arms unswaddled last night becuase she always seems like she's struggling to get her arms out and it was a big fail. She woke up at midnight. We reswaddled her with her arms down and she slept until we woke her up this morning.

Here are some pictures and captions from the past week.

Eating bananas

She has really started to notice Jake this past week. She likes to touch him. He's been great with her. He lets her grab his nose and he licks her toes.

She started tripod sitting this week. She can stay up for about 30 seconds at a time.

She reaches for us all the time..pretty much anytime we put her down.

Caroline had her second play date with her friend Kadence. Kadence is 6 weeks younger than Caroline. It's cute to see them look at each other.

Here they are when Caroline was almost 13 weeks and Kadence was almost 7 weeks.

Here they are now..Caroline is 21 weeks and Kadence is 15 weeks.

She went to her first birthday party this weekend but she was tired from her play date.
Yummy sweet potatoes.

We bought her a swing for the front porch. She's still a little small for it but she should be able to use it for a while.