new milestone!

Well, we have been having tons of fun with Gabrielle when Danny gets home in the evenings. She's very excitable and loves her Daddy. Sunday night while we were playing tummytime she rolled over from her tummy to her back all by herself! It scared her to death and she immediately started screaming, but Daddy was right there to reassure her that all was well in the world.


Otherwise, she's been eating oatmeal as well as rice and she's taken a bit of water from a cup. I got a sippy cup for her to play with so she would learn how to hold it and all before it was time to let her drink out of it. I don't want to break her of the bottle, so I decided that she's moving to a cup instead. She has taken a couple of sips of water out of her cup and she actually loves to play with it and has learned how to hold and manipulate it quite well. She's always so amazing:)


Tomorrow, the wonderful world of shots. Keep us in your prayers. I'm still so conflicted about this and I'm going to try to get out of a couple of them. I really just don't see the need for my infant to have a Hep B vaccine. That's a topic for a different forum however:) I'll keep you posted on her new weight and news from the doc tomorrow!

Breather

Well, the teeth aren't in yet, but she's giving us a little break for now. She's been a ton of fun for the past few days. She mastered the Raspberry sound and she does it all the time now. it's so funny. We put her in her Bumbo chair in the middle of the table while we were eating dinner the other night. She just watched her grandpa eating with such interest...almost mesmerized. Her Daddy has had her giggling and squeeling by "eating" her belly. She's just been a very happy girl, which is nice after all the teething screams. I am wondering if this is just the calm before the storm though....hmmm.

I think I've mentioned before that she likes Elmo's World. It's so funny because she recognizes his voice. I can have Sesame Street on and be playing with her and she's not interested at all in the television...but as soon as Elmo is on whether it's him interacting with other characters or the Elmo's segment...she is totally focused and excited about it.

The Joys of Teething

Well, we (okay mostly I'm the only one who cared) were hoping for a late teether, but unfortunately it appears that is not what Gabrielle has in store. Friday she was running a fever of 99.3 all day and then Sunday she had a screaming episode that lasted for far too long in our minds. It is just heartbreaking to see tears and know she is in such misery. It finally stopped when we got some number for the gums...so we expect to see teeth breaking through anyday now! The worst part is knowing she's in pain and not being able to really help her. She's definitely been snuggly and clingy, which is nice and sad all at the same time. I like snuggling her, but not because she doesn't feel good. Poor girl!
In the meantime, Brie is totally enamored with Skoshi. She watches her all the time and has finally been able to pet her a few times. It's so cool to see her discovering her "puppy" and making friends:)

We had a super busy week last week. Our friends from Sumter came and stayed with us for the final week before school starts. We had a great time with Katrina and Alma and we got to make some new friends as well. Then on Thursday night Nana Nanci and Aunt Kelci finally made it down from NC and we got to spend Friday with them. It was wonderful for them to get to meet Brie and Aunt Kelci even put her to sleep for a nap!
So, it should be an interesting week. I'm anticipating a little lonliness after all the company last week. Hopefully we'll get into the swing of things and all will be right in the world!

Catching Up

So, I've been slack about posting...but things have been quite busy for us! We took a trip to Tennessee and Gabrielle got to meet my mom's parents, my dad's parents, my sister and all of her kids (although she already met Austin and Kylie here) my great aunt and her Great, Great Gran! It was amazing! She had a beautiful connection with Gran that was breathtaking to watch. The kids are usually scared of Gran, but Gabrielle just watched and watched her until she opened her eyes and then they talked and giggled and it was like they were the only two people in the world. I get choked up just thinking about it.

In other news, she has found her feet...and Danny was even home to experience that first. He was so excited to be able to be part of that!

She also has started this new noise and she's so proud of herself and does it all the time. She growls! It's hilarious to see her face when she does it. She does it when she's talking and happy and also when she's angry. She'll wake up hungry in the night and that's what I hear now, she's growling for food. Perhaps I've let her spend too much time with Skoshi and Lacy:)

And then there's the food. I went to my first La Leche League meeting Tuesday and was confirmed that since I'm normally home with her and nursing therefore not establishing a regular pumping schedule...it's better to supplement with cereal if there's not enough milk for my drill day than formula....because the cereal only has one ingredient, so for allergy purposes it's better to do it that way. So, in preparation of drill this weekend, I fed her some rice cereal for the first time. It went well! She made some faces at first, but I think it was just cause it was different. After a few bites (or sips from the spoon rather) she was pretty happy about eating it. And it was perfect since Elmo's world was all about how people eat today:) That's about the only thing I let her watch, because it totally captivates her and it's educational. Well, that's all the news for now!