Motoring Mara and Nom Noms

Even though little Mara isn't crawling yet, she still gets around! You can put her down on the floor and before you know it, she's across the room. This involves rolling, belly spinning/pirouettes, pushing backwards on the hardwood floors, and then crying for Mommy or Daddy to come rescue her from the hallway.

And she has been doing really great with solid foods! Peaches are her favorite... I was packing 2 icecubes of peaches for her at school... but when daycare said she was throwing a little fit about not eating what the other kids had later in the day... I needed to pack more! So I packed 2 cubes for morning, 2 cubes for afternoon. Um. Still not enough. So I packed 3 the next day... and they add cereal to the pureed peaches... and she still finished! So I sent some avacado for the afternoon - yeah NO! Didn't really like it. I still have some sitting in the freezer. I think I've just gotta let her taste it a few more times. So we went back to peaches at home and she devoured 4 cubes worth (and cereal).

 So I've got pureed pears and pureed steamed carrots in the freezer now. We tried the pears this morning (after I ran out of peaches) and she threw a fit - big fat tears running down her chubby little baby cheeks just wrenches my heartstrings. Daddy tried them again this afternoon, and she ate a few more bites and didn't scream. Progess! Since you're only supposed to introduce a new food every 3-4 days, I've got the carrots and sweet potatoes in the queue. I've done more "cooking" for Mara than I have for Zack. Sheesh.

Mara Tricycle

Hi you guys. I've had a busy Saturday. I sat in here while Mommy finished off the preparations for Steven and Liz's couple bridal/engagement shower. She decorated these:

The ribbon was so beautiful. I just watched and watched while Mommy cut and curled. Once we got to the shower, I got to visit with my favorite Uncle Ian.

And then I finally got to get a closer look at the pretty ribbon with Godfather Adam and Aunt Marianne.

I look so much better on this than the rest of the crowd, don't you think?

It's been a long time coming.

Here's a few pictures from the other week. Sorry it's taken so long! Here is the resident funny face:

I love her more every day.

Her smile makes me smile.

She makes me laugh!

I can't resist the tickle consequences.

My sweet love.

8 Months Old

I was only able to take a few shots... my camera was being tempermental... actually, so was my baby... but here are a few:

CHEESE!

Snuggling with Mommy.

Check out my teeth!

Serious cuteness.

The 8 Month card didn't last but a few seconds...

And was she ever happy about that!

A few quick videos

Sorry I don't have any pictures to post! I took a few shots of a very smiley baby, but then turned my photo card over to Liz once I took her bridal portraits (which were gorg, btw!) So you'll have to make do with some videos of us from yesterday, playing on the new carpet/rug in our living room.

So then she pulled on her shirt a lot, wanting it to come off I think... so...

And then she started gurgling and blowing raspberries, which I tried to catch! Raspberries in the air... raspberries on her toys... just... raspberries! Enjoy! :)

Carnival Wedding!

Chrissy - We made it to Lewisville to visit the Grandparents and Great-Grandparents on Saturday (camera was in the car... bad Chrissy). Anyway, we had a nice visit and then made our way to the carnival themed wedding. I took so many pictures of all the clever decorations and fun times, but since the blog is about Mara, guess I'd better stick with that!

Mara's day -

 

Here we are sitting outside, waiting for the festivities to begin. It was preeettttty toasty...

Here's me, chillin' in my stroller.

Yeah, this is my ride... what of it? It was sunny so Daddy and I relocated to some nearby shade.

After awhile, I decided I wanted to play in the grass.

And then I ignored everything else! This was Uncle Ian, trying to get my attention. I ignored him completely.

Yes?

I have a pretty good baby social life going on. This kid, Zeke, he covets my stroller and my teething ring. (Not really) But we eyed each other throughout the day.

 I wanted to participate in the "carnival" so Mommy and I had some fun! Although, as Mommy hoisted me up for these shots, all I wanted to do was taste EVERYTHING! It was all so colorful and tasty looking! (forget that it looks like I'm tasting this stylish lady's armpit...)

Here's me and Mommy - she chose to be the muscle.

Oop, distracted by the tastiness again...

Here we go!

Hey, eyes up here, buddy.

I had a good time - there were so many sights and sounds. I didn't want to nap at all! But I didn't get fussy, either.

Mommy took me on my first carousel ride! Unfortunately, the horse's name was "Spooner" but I paid no attention to that.

Can you see me peeking out from behind the horse?

Then we took the obligatory family shots.

That was my happiest face of the family shots... I was angry because my hair was windblown from the carousel and nobody noticed. Oh well. I watched the ferris wheel:

And everything else:

And here's a girls group shot:

Note: this wasn't Kirby's original wedding dress. This is her mother's dress, altered to be a salsa-esk dress. Here's my best shot of the original:

And:

In case you are wondering, I made sure to kick back, relax, and stay hydrated.

Whew, that was a looooong day.

Smiles and giggles.

So all I was doing was pretending to suck on the binky and then drop it. Apparently it's hilarious. :-D Happy Friday!