Presley at Seven Months!

Only 5 more months before the big day....the day that Mommy cries and cries because her little baby becomes a toddler! Oh my goodness, Presley just gets more precious by the day, if that's even possible! She honestly astounds me day in and day out. =)

Presley is eating solid food twice a day now. She eats oatmeal and a fruit in the morning, usually around 10 am. Then eats oatmeal and a veggie for dinner around 6 pm. Sometimes I'll throw in a fruit then too, because Presley's not too keen on the greens and normally won't finish them! Of course Miss Priss has a sweet tooth like her Mommy and loves bananas, applesauce, pears, sweet potatoes and carrots. She'll tolerate green beans, but despises peas! Next up to try are mangoes, avocados, and peaches.

We are not crawling yet....but I'm ok with that! She stays in the general vicinity where I put her and I'm still liking that! Ha ha! She rolls over like a champ from her belly to her back and she will try to roll over from her back to her belly to reach a toy. But if it's too far, she says "forget that" and is quite content with whatever toy is closer to reach!! She got up on her knees once, for just a split second and I yelled "oh my gosh" to Jeremiah, and that scared her and she wouldn't do it again. And hasn't done it since! That's ok...I've learned to live life in Presley time and that she'll do everything when SHE wants too!

She navigates everything directly to her mouth. She has been pretty much doing that for a while, but now she can pick up her pacifier and plug up that mouth! Presley can blow great raspberries at you and she does the cutest thing where she scrunches up her face and blows through her nose! I'm sure you're thinking "that's cute?"! But I promise it is the funniest thing! I'm trying to catch it on camera, but she's like a deer in headlights when that thing comes out! She's also starting to blow out of her mouth like she's talking, so I'm sure babbling is next!

Presley has the greatest sense of humor and her laughter is just contagious. She and her Daddy laugh at each other constantly! It's so amazing to watch them together! I have the feeling that I'll be the disciplinarian!!

Being a goofy girl!

Here is a video I shot right after we took these pictures. It's from my camera and it's not that horrible of quality. So I think I'll shoot more from it!! ENJOY!

shots, speech and soap suds

Presley had her 6 month checkup, although really she was 6 months and 3 weeks! She weighed 15 lbs and 3 oz on their scales (which I think are a little different than the normal scale I have her weighed on). Anyway Dr. P said she looked great. She is doing all of the things that "normal" 6 mo olds are doing (rolling over, sitting up, putting everything in her mouth) AND some things that "normal" 6 mo olds are NOT doing (recognizing her name, having stranger anxiety)! Poor Presley had to get her regular 3 shots and the flu shot...bringing her total to being poked FOUR times! She did ok with them though.

We also had our last speech therapy appointment! Yay! We were discharged today! Presley is doing so much better than when we started. She completely cups her tongue around the bottle nipple and sucks properly! The therapist also watched me feed Presley some cereal and she ate like a pro. The therapist asked was I comfortable where we were at now with Presley's eating and I told her I couldn't be happier (well, except if she would nurse better, but that's a whole other set of issues!). So, I'm glad to be done with going there. I know Presley is too!

And on our way home we stopped by the car wash because my car looked like we live in a desert. Every time I brushed past it getting Presley in and out, black junk would rub off on my coat! Gross! Presley had fallen asleep on the way there and I was afraid she would wake up scared of all the strange noises going on. NOPE! She slept through the entire thing! I find it quite humorous....she sleeps through what sounds like the apocalypse at the car wash, but yet as soon as I put the garage up and very quietly open the door to get her out, her little eyes bounce open and she gives me a huge smile!

8 years ago today

my mommy and daddy met! Little did they know then that they would fall madly in love with each other, get married and then have ME! Here are some vintage pictures of them together.

2003

2005

2006 on the day Mommy & Daddy got married

2006 on their honeymoon

2007 on their one year anniversary trip to St. Lucia

Oatmeal is soooooo good! Even if it doesn't have butter and sugar in it! ;)

Presley started eating solid foods one day shy of her six month birthday. Here is her first bite of oatmeal!

Not sure what to really think about it!

Hmmm...I don't know about this stuff.

Let me see that blue thing you are holding.

Daddy's turn to feed me!

Yummy! I think I like it!