Phew!

No fever last night! Yay!

Samantha is 7 months old!
Here she is with curly hair after her bath.
She's 19 pound and 13 ounces!
She wears size 9 months - 12 months. In some brands she needs to wear size 12 - 18 months!

She makes this silly face where she wrinkles her nose and breaths in and out really hard through her nostrils. We think it's funny!

This is what she typically looks like. Such a happy baby! She's always smiling. She's so inquisitive and just wants to explore everything around her. She's enjoying food a lot! We are doing Baby Led Weaning - which means that we skipped the whole pureed food stage and just started feeding her real food at 6 months. We are introducing her to a variety of flavors in the hopes that she will not be a picky eater like her daddy. In the last month, she's tried: chicken, pork, beef, cauliflower, zucchini, broccoli, carrots, green beans, potatoes, avocado, banana, strawberry, orange, peach, nectarine, aprium, pasta, bell pepper, onion, tomato, rice, garlic, cheese, watermelon, honeydew, ambrosia melon, cantaloupe, and galia melon. She doesn't have any teeth yet, but that hasn't stopped her from eating! She has LOVED everything! Most things are fresh, organic, and locally grown.
Grandpa: sorry, but she is not allowed to eat pizza or ice cream yet.

She is sitting up like a champ! She can move across the room by bouncing up and down on her bottom and scootching forward a little at a time. She's not crawling yet, but she's definitely trying! She rocks back and forth on her hands and knees, but hasn't figured out how to put it all together yet.

Our local zoo has a playgroup for infants - 4 year olds. It's a chance for Samantha to play with other kids and for parents to talk. The coolest thing about this playgroup is that they bring out an animal for the kids to meet and pet. So far, Samantha has met a possum and a chinchilla. Here's a video of her petting the chinchilla.

*sigh*

I really need to blog more. Today Samantha turns 7 months! She has a doctor's appointment at 3, where she will be receiving more shots. After what she went through last month, I'm a bit nervous :(

Little Pork Chop

Lots of stuff

Samantha turned 6 months old on the 16th! I can't believe that she's already a half year old!
My sister came over to hang out with Samantha and brought her a present to celebrate her six months. Here is Samantha opening her gift.
It was a cute sun hat, a "Daddy's Sweetie" shirt, and a cheery cherry romper.
Samantha loved her new clothes, but she loved playing with the tissue paper more.Samantha's grandma also sent her a six month gift. Cute colorful headbands to keep Samantha's hair out of her eyes! If only she'd let me put them on! She would rather eat them.

On Monday, at her six-month appointment, Samantha weighed in at 18 pounds, 13 ounces and measured 27 1/8 inches. She got 2 shots, DtaP and PCV. Everything was fine until 3:30 in the morning. That's when Samantha woke up, which was very unusual for her. She had been sleeping through the night since she was 8 weeks old! I reached out to comfort her, and noticed that she was burning up! We ran to get the thermometer...101.1 degrees. We were told to expect a fever of up to 102, so 101.1 was high, but not too high. So I just held her and made sure she was comfortable. Suddenly, she vomited. A lot. All over the sheets. While Ron changed the sheets, I changed her pajamas. I thought she might be hungry, since the contents of her stomach were now all over the sheets, so I fed her...bad idea. A second round of vomit, and another set of pajamas later she finally fell asleep again. She slept for about 5 hours and when she woke up, she was still hot...the thermometer read 104. We immediately called the doctor and took the first appointment they had. She was already feeling better by the time we went to the doctor. Her temp was down to 99.3. He said to keep an eye on her and to come back if the fever is not down by Thursday. She was pretty much back to normal on Wednesday.

Here she is enjoying a strawberry on Thursday night.

oh, hi

It's been a while. Where have I been? At this little thing called work. I went back to work on April 12. The transition was hard for both me and Samantha. I have to drag her out of bed at 7:20 - change her diaper, feed her, and have her in the car by 7:35 to get to work by 8:15. Forty minute commute. Sucks. Sometimes she sleeps on the way to work. Sometimes she doesn't . My awesome babysitter picks her up from work at 8:30. She brings Samantha back at 10:15 so I can nurse and I hang out with her until 10:40. The babysitter hangs out with her until noon, and she comes back to me for the rest of the day. We try to leave work by 3:00 and Samantha usually sleeps the whole way home. The first week was rough. She'd cry the whole time she was away from me. It has gradually gotten better. She doesn't cry anymore, which makes me sooo happy. This is how she goes to work: pajamas and bedhead
Samantha turned 5 months old on April 16!

She didn't want to sit still for a picture!

She was 18 pounds and 26.5 inches at her doctor's appointment on April 19. She's a healthy girl!

She has started sitting up by herself!

yummy!

Books are SO delicious!

Hair Clips

See the cute little hair clip that Samantha is wearing? I made it. And they are available for purchase from Monkey Bars in Alameda! So if you live in the Bay Area and have a baby or know someone who has a baby, drop by this awesome little shop and have a looksie. And maybe buy a clip or two. Thank you!