Big Bathtub

Cara became too "splash happy" to stay in her baby bath tub. So today, we took our first bath in the big bath tub. She loved it!

Night Owl

I haven't been up with the baby at 1:30 in the morning since she was about 4 weeks old. So why are we up tonight? Right now as I type this I have Cara sitting in her exersaucer playing. Cara went to sleep at 9:30 tonight, but for some reason she decided to wake up at 11 acting like it was morning and she was ready to play. We put her in bed between us for quite a while, that usually works and when she falls asleep we put her back in her crib. Not tonight! I tried EVERYTHING to get her to go back to sleep, in fact I tried to let her cry it out in her crib, which I never do, but even that didn't work. So after 2 hours of restlessness we are downstairs hanging out. We needed to leave the bedroom so Daddy could maybe get a little sleep before working in the morning. Hopefully letting her play for a bit, she will expend some energy and get tired! Wish me luck!!

What a Fun Weekend

Daddy onstage conducting his middle school band

Getting hugs from Seth

Mommy finally put me down to play at the concert, I was tired of being held

What a fun weekend I had. On Friday night Mommy and I went to Daddy's school for his middle school concert. I got to spend some time with the choir director's son, Seth. He kept giving me hugs. It was fun "talking" to him. I was pretty talkative and fidgety during the whole concert, Daddy could even hear me babbling all the way onstage, and Mommy and I were sitting in the last row.

Then on Saturday my Grandma and Grandpa A came down for a visit. It was so fun playing with them. Daddy was busy at school all day and Mommy had to work that night so it was great that they could come stay with me. Sorry I don't have any pictures of their visit!

On Sunday we went to my Grandma and Grandpa F's house for a birthday party for my Daddy and Grandma. It was great playing with all my cousins. Here is a picture of all 5 of us playing with Grandpa.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

New Car Seat

This week Cara has been upgraded to her new car seat. She was outgrowing her infant carrier. So far she loves her big girl seat, she has a musical light-up toy that hangs on the back of the seat, and now she can push it with her feet to make it work. She thinks that is pretty neat. She sits up taller and can see out the windows now, so she thinks she is such a big girl.

Daddy and Grandma's Birthdays

Cara giving Daddy his presents to open from her and Mommy

Daddy letting Cara help him open his birthday presents

Cara's first experience at trying Cheerios, while out to eat tonight, despite her facial expressions from when the Cheerio was first put into her mouth, she did manage to gum/chew quite a few

Daddy enjoying his King Crab Legs

Grandma enjoying some Cara time after we ate

March 14th is a special day in our family because we have two birthdays to celebrate, Scott's and Grandma F's. His students started off his birthday celebration by decorating his classroom early this morning before he got to school. One student even cleaned up his office for him! Then after school he came home and opened his birthday presents from Mommy and Cara. For his special birthday dinner, we went to Red Lobster so he could get King Crab Legs. Grandma and Grandpa joined us for dinner so we could celebrate with Grandma as well. Following our fabulous dinner we came home to celebrate with a Maggie Moo's ice cream cake (this is in addition to the chocolate cake we got at Red Lobster!). Now that we have super full bellies and out sweet tooth is sweeted out, time to adjourn for the night. Hope Daddy and Grandma had a terrific birthday!

New Wagon

Cara and I were left with quite a dilemma today, Daddy had the stroller in his car and he was at work, and it was 77 degrees and sunny out. Hmm... How do we take a walk without a stroller? Mommy came up with a great idea, go buy a wagon. We would need one eventually, so no time better than the present. So after Mommy got home from work this morning and fed Cara, we made a quick trip to Walmart to purchase one. It worked out perfectly for Mommy and Cara that Grandpa was here babysitting today while Mommy slept, so he was able to put it together for us.

Wagons today aren't like the wagons we had when I was a kid. Today's version has a back rest, seat belt, and drop seat for the legs to have room to hang down, and even cup holders. Cara is still a bit young for hers, but she sure thought she was hot stuff sitting in that wagon today.

What A Beautiful Day

Mommy and Cara took a walk outside today, it was so nice out!

I don't know about anyone else but cabin fever was starting to hit at our house, the temperature was in the 60's and sunny today, so we jumped at the chance to get outside. Cara and I took a long walk around the neighborhood. This was the first time she used her stroller without having the carseat attachment on it, so she was sitting up like a big girl. She loved watching all the other kids out and about in our neighborhood. It did seem strange to be outside without being all bundled up and still having snow piles on our grass. Hopefully a weekend of weather like this will help melt all of it away.



Hi Everyone!

Cara is getting pretty good at scooting backward, she backed all the way from the center of the room to this door, then she got mad because she couldn't go any farther. She will speeding away from us soon, so much for Mommy laying her down with a couple of toys while she works on blog entries!

cara laughing

I am 7 Months Old

I am already 7 months old! I can sit up all by myself, occassionally I weeble wobble, but I do pretty good. I love to roll over, again and again, until I am stopped by furniture or a wall. I am trying to crawl, but so far I can only manage to go backward. It is a work in progress. I babble, coo, and laugh a lot. These adults sure make me laugh by acting pretty silly. I love to eat too. So far sweet potatoes are my favorite, but applesauce is a close second. I am still pretty picky about textures and not quite sure about anything other than baby food. I can hold my sippy cup and take drinks all by myself. Water sure is yummy, especially when Mommy lets me have drinks out of her Dasani bottle. I sleep all night, usually, every now and then I just want to make sure Mommy and Daddy are close by, but I do like my sleep.

Well, that about sums me up, afterall I am only 7 months old!

Hi!

We haven't posted a new picture in a while so we thought we would today! Here is the adorable chubby cheeked Cara! We wish we could put a sound byte with every picture because her laughing and cooing is too cute! She tries to mimic what we say sometimes, we swear she knows how to say "hi"!

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Happy Valentine's Day

There are not enough words to describe the emotions we feel about our little Valentine. She is the joy and love of our lives. Our love for each other has deepened knowing that we created this little miracle. We took this opportunity to capture some Cara cuddles with the camera. She loves to grab our faces and lean in, or put her arms around our necks for Cara cuddles. Even Panther got to "enjoy?" a cuddle or two. Hope you have a Happy Valentine's Day!! All of our love across the miles! Love, The 3 of us

It Snowed!!

Well, the weathermen were right this time, it sure did snow! Not quite sure how much we have gotten, in the 8-10 inch range so far. It is so windy and already drifting, plus it is still snowing as I write this. Here is the front of our house. It was much too cold and windy to take Cara out to play in the snow. We enjoyed it from the window. Glad it snowed though, gives us extra time with Daddy as he got today and tomorrow off from school.

Is it snowing yet?

My rosy-cheeked princess has been looking out all day to see if the weathermen are right, is it going to snow? Some reports have us getting up to 12 inches of snow by tomorrow afternoon. But as of 4:30pm it still hasn't started. But we have enjoyed spending the day inside playing and napping. No errands, no appointments, just hanging out! Hope, wherever you are, that you are able to enjoy the weather from the comforts of your home and stay safe and dry.

Cara Loves Jazz??!!

Daddy giving Cara trumpet lessons on Friday night. Mommy was giving Cara a bath, while Daddy was giving his trumpet a "bath". Afterwards, Cara wanted a closer inspection of the toy Daddy was playing with.

Cara thinks this trumpet is pretty cool

Scott's high school jazz band at their jazz festival competition on Saturday
(sorry the picture is so dark)

Cara trying on Grandpa A's hat while waiting for the jazz performance

On Saturday Scott's middle and high school jazz bands performed in a jazz competition in Fort Wayne, so Cara and I enjoyed the opportunity to go up to Grandma and Grandpa A's house for the day. We headed over to the high school to watch his bands perform. In the past Cara has not been a fan of jazz music. Our experiences usually include Mommy and Cara out in the lobby listening through the door, but she really seemed to enjoy it yesterday. After his bands performed we went back to their house to hang out for a while. We then caught back up with his bands at Pizza Hut for dinner before our drive home. Cara was so good all day. She enjoyed spending time with her grandparents, and also enjoyed socializing with Daddy's students.

Getting Older by Emily

Cara loved the wrapping paper on my present

The past few years I have really hated the thought of getting older, one year less on my biological clock, and another birthday without reaching my goal of being a mother. Well, things felt different this year, I was celebrating my birthday with my family, especially with my daughter. Of course she had no concept of it being my birthday, but it still felt good celebrating with her. Scott got me a beautiful frame from Pottery Barn for Cara's pictures(one month through 12 months) that is personalized and Cara got me a new silver necklace for my circle of life pendant since she broke my other one.

Thank you for the cards, emails and phone calls for my birthday! It is nice to be remembered.

Go Colts

Hanging out and waiting for the big game! Good luck Colts!

Cara enjoyed watching the Indianapolis Colts win Super Bowl XLI!! She enjoyed watching her Daddy jump up and down at the TV! Way to go Colts! We BELIEVED!!!

Happy Groundhog's Day

Happy Groundhog's Day from Cara! These pictures were actually taken on the 31st to remember her first 1/2 birthday! She was quite the ham for the camera. We thought everyone could use some new pictures!