Beach Day

We put off spring cleaning another day & drove up the 101 on Sunday. 75 & breezy- the beach was too beautiful to pass up.

August learned how to lean in for a kiss on this day! So cute.

Keenan's 3rd B-Day Party

Saturday was my nephew's third birthday party. There was so much excitement going on, August wouldn't nap - leaving her in quite the mood! She did play with her cousins for a few minutes, though.

Hyper Baby!

Maybe it was the two cups of tea mama drank this afternoon?

7 Months!

August turned 7 months old on Saturday. I know I say this every month but I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! She is growing fast, learning so much, changing every day.

• Army crawling - You army crawl EVERYWHERE. You go straight for the PS3 wires, & daddy's head set whenever you play on the floor.
  
• Sitting up - You've perfected the art of sitting. You'll sit for hours in the middle of the living room floor playing, but not in your pack n' play. You don't like to be caged.. hehe.
  
• Teething - You cut your first tooth! Your left front tooth. & the other looks like it'll be here soon. You had ONE night of relief where you slept for 7 hours straight.
• Sleep - We've had hardly any sleep this past month due to the teething. You're nursing for comfort & doing so about four times a night. You didn't even nurse this much when you were a newbie!
  
• Solids - You were eating solids a few times a week, but we're taking a break at the moment.. You don't seem to enjoy eating them (but you do love playing in them). We are researching BLW & might take this approach with you.
• Mama & Dada - You got your M's & D's down. You say mamamama & dadadadadda all the time. Melts us always.
• G Diapers - We dropped a pretty penny & you are now a 100 % of the time G Diaper baby. We are having hardly any poopy explosions! I am so happy with these diapers, just keeping up on the washing can be a tuffy.

Really looking forward to the weekend. Keeping my fingers & toes crossed that NO work pops up! I need to catch up on my 365 project, blogging, tivo & SLEEP! I am trying to clean the house in between edits & Aug's naps so I can finally relax all weekend.

Sky Baby

Solids!

Over the past month I have been getting ready to start feeding August solid food! I made a huge order on amazon.com in prep for my baby food makin' & feeding. I ordered a Cuisinart Mini Processor, Baby Cubes & BPA free trays for storage, bamboo bowls & spoons for feeding. We bought a $25 high chair from IKEA, too. BEST $25 I think we've spent!

On Friday March 12th Mark gave August her first food - locally grown organic carrots made by me! Mark was only able to get two spoonfuls in her mouth before she refused to open. We didn't want to rush things so we just let her explore!


Annnnnd... It has been over a week & little Auggie is still exploring. Meal time is messy time. She will only eat if she is in control of the spoon. It is hard to tell how much she is actually eating, so much food is on her, the floor, walls, and even the beau dog! She will have an orange poo every now & then so I know some is actually making it into her belly.

No Time

So slammed with.. life.. that I am falling behind on documenting it! Crap.

• solids
• grandma's fall
• sleep
• naps
• teeth
• diapers
• crawling
• mama & dada
• diet

Bedtime.

Daddy likes to come hype me up at bedtime & then leave mama to deal with my craziness! Good night.

ROLLER COASTER BABY!

Movie Stills!

Yup, I got over 25 gigs of movie stills to sort through & edit that are consuming my life!
What did I get myself into?!

New Hair!

So long blonde! Alona made me a brunette & gave me some bangs. It was time for a change.

Dog Park

We hit up the doggy park with our neighbor Kenny & Sky yesterday to enjoy the beautiful sunshine!


Look at that face!

August & Beau - Video

Sweetest Sound!

August said the words I've been waiting forever to hear.

mama from Christina Edwards on Vimeo.

6 Months 1 Week 3 Days Old

Little Boy!

August got called a boy twice today!

"He has the most beautiful eyes!"

"You better lock him up! He'll be breaking a lot of hearts when he is older!"

Since when do little boys dress in hot pink hearts?! hehe

Poor Beau dog is SO in for it.

HOLY SHIT!

MARK GOT AUGUST TO SLEEP TONIGHT!!
I can't believe it.

August doesn't want to stay asleep anymore and wants NOTHING to do with daddy at bedtime. She'll fall asleep fast but once I leave the room it's cry-fest! She just wants to be touching my face all night long. This wouldn't be so much of a problem if I didn't have to work! It has been SO tuff.

Tonight, we took turns trying to get August back to sleep (she woke up after being down for 40 minutes) I'd try for 10, Mark would try for 5. Mark finally just laid Aug down & started reading & reading & reading.. he turned off the light & she was out.

GO DADDY!!