Happy Halloween!

Jemma dressed up for Halloween as a sweet little bunny! I made her costume, and I think it came out pretty well. We walked around with her aunts, (who were a hippy and Batgirl, respectively). She waved to everyone and stared at all the costumes. Tom didn't get to come as he had a paper to write for class (he is working on his Masters), but we dressed her up and took pictures at home!





PS: On a side note, I will be adding Jemma's Christmas/Birthday wish list to her blog soon since the holidays are fast approaching!

"Bubble wrap is not for babies" and how Jemma is growing!

I found myself uttering those words recently, as Jemma has decided to explore everything! She is so active right now. It is really fun, but we definitely have to watch her every move or we find her doing things like, biting bubble wrap, chewing on our plant, pulling the cat's tail, etc. She is a very curious little baby, and of course, she learns about everything by putting it right into her mouth :) She has grown so fast this past month - I feel like she learns something new everyday! Here's a quick recap for everyone:

1. Not only is she crawling, but she is cruising along furniture :)
2. Her first tooth broke through about a week or so ago (it was the bottom right tooth), and I think she's working on the bottom left. She looks cute with her little teeth.
3. She loves to walk holding your hands.
4. Jemma babbles constantly - mamamama, dadadada, nananana, bababab. She says mama most consistently and with the most meaning. Makes me smile.
5. She's going to be a bunny for Halloween.
6. She eats most foods now, except for the baby no-nos, like dairy, egg, etc.
7. She has learned to wave!

Jemma is just a fun child to be around, and everyday is an adventure!! I love this age!

October Update :)

Jemma is growing so quickly. She's up to 19lbs, and about to outgrow her carseat in length! She is like 99% for height or something, so we're expecting a tall girl. She also has mastered crawling, pulling up to stand, and she is starting to cruise! We are going to have an early walker on our hands, I think. She loves toys now, and wants to play with everything, as she thinks everything is a toy :) We've had to give her a spare remote so she will leave ours alone!!! She is babbling some, but her most consistent phrases are still "gee," "eee," "huh," "ahh" and sometimes "mama" if she really wants something or is super sleepy.

Her hair is coming in more now, so she can finally wear a bow! I tried headbands, but no matter how loose they were, they always left marks on her head. Of course, she still looks bald because her hair is so light, but it'll get there. It's really grown a lot in the last few weeks. She also refuses to keep her socks on and kicks/pulls them off, even though her feet feel cold to me! She loves to eat and loves almost everything she's had, except she didn't like avocado or plums, I think. Speaking of eating, she seems to be hungry, so I have to run, but look for an update again soon!

And we're back!

Well, Jemma has been keeping me so busy I have hardly had time to do anything! Sorry for the delay in updates, but I will do my best to get everyone up to par on our lives since the end of July!

School has started up again for Tom, so Jemma is back to Grandma's and Nana's every week. She loved spending time with her daddy this summer, and they got to be really close. They love to play together, and Jemma gets to do fun things, like be a plane or rocket ship and fly all over the house! She sits by herself, and has just started belly crawling this week! She gets up on her hands and knees and rocks and rocks, but she can't quite figure out how to move her arms and legs together. She does the inchworm, if you know what I mean! She gets up on all fours, moves her legs, and then pushes out with her hands, and ends up on her tummy again. Then she starts the process all over again! She's getting pretty quick, and last night she chased a plastic bag all over the room - not matter where we hid it from her!

She has lots of toys to play with, but her favorite thing at the moment is an old remote. I was tired of her stealing ours to chew on, so I let her have an old one that doesn't work, and you'd think we gave the kid the moon. She is so happy and proud to hold her little remote and swing it all over the place. Of course, she likes to chew on it - along with everything else! She doesn't have any teeth yet, but we have been going through some serious teething phases...up all night, every night for a week, slobber, crying, drool, crying, biting, etc, etc. It seems to have calmed down a little, but I'm sure we'll be going through more soon.

Hmm...I don't have any pictures right now because our camera broke, and I don't have a new one yet (but my birthday is next week, so keep your fingers crossed!). We did get 6 month pictures taken, but they are not uploading for me, so I will try again later! We were in Babies 'R Us, and the picture place in there (Kiddie Kandids) was training a new employee, so we got a session for free, and a discounted package. The pictures turned out great, so I decided to go ahead and get them! Here is the link until I can get them uploading: http://mystudio.kiddiekandids.com/EditImage.aspx?im=33404270&sit=0

That's all for now, and we'll be in touch soon!

Boom Boom Wow!

Jemma likes to get down with the Black Eyed Peas :) Could Jemma be the next Fergie? We don't know...

Sorry for the sideways shot, can't figure out how to turn it!

Jemma Gets a High Chair...and Bananas!

I have been keeping an eye out for a high chair for little Miss Jemma. We've been doing some mashed bananas in very small quantities, but we hadn't really had anywhere to put her other than her bouncy chair, which is just a huge mess waiting to happen! So, I happened to stop in Once Upon a Child today after work, and they had a Fischer Price Space Saver high chair for $15!! These are normally like 60 bucks or something! I had been pondering where I wanted a full size high chair, but I really like this one, especially at this price. I just love consignment shops. You can find such good deals! Anyway, here is Jemma pre-bananas trying out her new to us high chair!

Of course we had to try it out, so here are some of our mealtime photos!!

Wordless Wednesday