Mmmm Good!

Clover ate food for the first time this week. My little girl is growing up! She has been curious and wanting to try what we have been eating for awhile now, and I've been letting her taste some of the foods that we eat but I didn't want to start her on anything too early. I finally decided at 6 months it was time to start letting her try some "real" food, if you call whole grain rice cereal real food. She took to it right away and seemed to love it. She gobbled the whole amount down with no trouble. She hasn't quite gotten the swallowing thing done yet, but she's getting there. I can't wait to try other foods to watch her face as she explores her new world of big people food!

Goofin' Around On Valentine's Day!

Clover's babysitter made her a fun little bag of treats and presents for Valentine's Day. One of them was this pink elephant. I was trying to get Clover to hold the elephant while I took a picture of her, but she wasn't exactly cooperating so I just ended up putting it on her head. Another one of her gifts was this little cylinder that when you shake it, it makes a weird noise. I started to shake it in front of her and it scared her, but then she started laughing hysterically at it.

Fun With Bath Time

Sunday Stroll

It finally started to warm up here into the mid 60's so we decided to take a nice Sunday afternoon stroll around the neighborhood. Clover is able to sit up pretty good now so she can see what's going on and enjoy the ride better (she is 5 1/2 months old now). She had a good time as you can see in the pictures. I am lucky I was blessed with such an easy going happy baby.

Just Like Daddy

Here is Clover sporting her corrections gear. She's ready to take you down so watch out!

Roger's Graduation

Roger had his graduation from his 8 week training academy for the jail yesterday. He is now an official correctional officer of the state of Nevada. His graduation was at the jail and we got to go on a short tour of it. That was a little creepy. I saw the area where they eat, the kitchen, the medical facilities and the yard. We even saw inmates up close and personal, and let me tell you they scared me. I know I for sure don't ever want to go to jail! Here are some pictures of him getting sworn in and accepting his certificates and badge.

Clover's New Tricks

Clover is able to sit up by herself, kind of... When I sit her up she can hold herself up on her own usually but she is still pretty wobbly and topples over after a minute or two. But this is a big accomplishment. She is almost there and I'm so proud of her. Also last night while we were sleeping (yes, she sleeps in bed with us. I know everyone thinks it's bad but it works for us) she woke up and rolled over from her back to her tummy. I was so excited I woke Roger up to tell him. She is also talking a whole lot. She does this babbling screeching thing that is pretty funny. One more thing, she has also figured out how to stick out her tongue and blow raspberries with her mouth. It seems like she learns something new everyday. They grow up so fast don't they....

Doing Some Laundry

This is what it looks like when I try and get some laundry done. I put the baby in the basket and take her along with me to put the clothes in and out of the wash. She actually enjoys this little adventure. I tell her she's the baby in the basket and i'm going to wash her. She is almost too big and heavy to be doing this anymore (she weighed just shy of 18 pounds and was 25 1/4 inches long at her last doctor's visit last week. The doc said she is off the charts for weight and in the 95 percentile in height). She looked so cute today i had to take some pictures of her and share this story with you. Hey, you've got to think up some inventive ways to get things done around the house when you have a 4 1/2 month old right moms?

Baby's First Christmas

Clover had her first Christmas this year & at 4 months old she didn't really understand any of it. She got her first taste of the loud and crazy family gathering, (which I don't think she liked too much), all the weird and strange people holding her and her first Christmas presents. At this age I guess all you can really do is just take lots of pictures and show them when they get older because she pretty much could care less about Christmas. But I did get to dress her in a cute little outfit!

Yeah For Presents!

Clover got some really nice presents for her first Christmas. She got some really cute clothes from her aunties, a bouncer play gym from grandma and some organic stuffed toys from mommy & daddy. Thanks for the presents everyone!

Family Pics From X-mas

Christmas Idiots....

For Christmas eve we went over to my aunt's house for a dinner and white elephant exchange. The boys, (i.e. Roger, Chad, & Michael) thought it would be funny to start the tradition of wearing hideous Christmas sweaters. We had to go on a hunt for these horrible things to 3 different stores before finding them in the women's plus size department at Walmart. Michael borrowed his from aunt Di but his was just as disgusting. So they got all gussied up and did their hair, which made them look like chester the molester. So luckily I got some pictures of them looking extremely boy band gay. Enjoy!

New Friends

At Thanksgiving we went and visiting some friends who live in Springfield, Oregon and got to meet their daughter Emma, who is 2 months older than Clover, for the first time. We put the two of them in the crib and on the floor together to see how they would interact. Clover (3 months) didn't really know what was going on, but Emma (5 months) was fascinated with Clover and just stared at her and kept trying to touch her trying to figure out what this little thing was. It was pretty funny. I think they each made a new friend that day....

I'm A Big Girl Now

Clover is finally able to sit in her bumbo chair. This little invention is really quite nice because they can sit up and see the world before they are able to sit up on their own. Also you can put them in it and get a few things done around the house. Clover doesn't really know what to think about it yet, she will only tolerate it for about 10 minutes. She's still a little wobbley in it but once she gets used to it I think she'll enjoy it a bit more. So thanks auntie Connie for our present....

Trip to Oregon

During our trip to Oregon for Thanksgiving we spent a few days in the town of Rogue River (which is near Medford) with Roger's aunt and uncle at their 18 acre farm. They have a beautiful piece of land with farms all around them and the Rogue River about a mile or two away. We took a walk around the neighborhood to show Clover the donkey, horses and the cows. I don't think she quite new what was going, but we enjoyed it.