Vivian's Farewell Playdate!

Vivian and I had a play date with our momma and baby friends. It was our farewell play date before we head off to Louisiana next month. As you can see, Vivian did not want to wait for her friends to show up before eating her lunch.

Thank you to all the mommas and babies that came to Vivian's Farewell Playdate at Sunset Park. You all have been amazing support and we will miss you much!Austin, Vivian, Cohen, Jude, Ethan and Kate

A Spontaneous Trip to Hoover Dam!

Vivian decided not to sleep today. She was up for the day at 6:00 am and napped a total of 30 minutes, until about 2:00 pm when we decided we better get our baby some more sleep or she might be too overtired to sleep through the night. Well we know no matter how much she would fight us putting her down in her crib, she can't argue with the car. It puts her to sleep every time. So, we went on a mini road trip to the Hoover Dam! She was able to sleep 30 minutes. Then we pulled her out of the car to walk around. On the way home we stopped for some ice cream and Vivian was a little hungry as well so we gave her some sweet potato. She made a good mess. It was all over her of course but it was also all over me. She then slept another 30 minutes on the way back home. By the time we got home it was 6:00 pm. I ever so gently took her out of her car seat and walked her up to her room where she got nice and cozy in her crib and slept for 5 hours until she was hungry. Sweet little girl didn't get her bath or her lullabies or her story. But she didn't care, she was exhausted....and full of sweet potato. :)

Happy Valentine's Day and 6 Months!

Boot, SCOOT, Boogy!

Vivian has gone from 'crawling' with one hand then rolling to 'crawling' with one hand and one foot then falling on her face to 'crawling' like a robot where every move is very deliberate and well thought out to CRAWLING! Now she is from one side of the room to another in a matter of seconds and she gets in things that an adult would not be interested in. All eyes on Vivian to keep her out of trouble. Way to go honey!

I Think I'll Stand Up To Play!

Just the other day I found Vivian in her crib standing up waiting for me. Well now it's every time she wakes up from a nap and apparently it's fun to stand and play with your new toys! Build those muscles little one!

Mangia! Vivian Style

After trying avocado twice, sweet potatoes twice and banana, I began to get discouraged that maybe Vivian just wasn't ready for food. I know they are not breast milk but she was just not having it and I was looking forward to starting solids! Well Thursday at Momma's Milk Circle I had brought some veggie snacks for myself. Vivian started eyeballing my baggie and reaching for it. There were grape tomatoes (too citrusy), baby carrots (too hard), sugar snap peas (too tiny) and sweet baby peppers (just right). So, I handed her a pepper and she started going to town on it. Who would have thought? It took me over 20 years to like peppers and Vivian likes them at 6 months old! Too funny. Now I know that she is not against all food. Since then she has also enjoyed a lightly steamed carrot. It could be a texture thing. The first three foods I had her try were really mushy. The two she likes were more al dente. I'm going to give a frozen banana a try this week.

Vivian and her sweet bell peppers! Yummy!