Sunday, December 13, 2009
First present
I should have posted this one before the Hanukkah one. Vivi got her very first Christmas present, from her Great Grandpa Frank and Great Grandma Jackie. She wasn't quite sure what to do with it, and was much more interested in the wrapping paper than the cute clothes inside!
Hanukkah
You'll have to bear with me during the busy holidays, I haven't had as much time to sit and post. There are a lot of pictures of each event, so I'll be making picasa albums and putting the links here. In lieu of a long post about each day, I'll be putting captions in under the pictures to explain what is going on.
Here is the Hanukkah album. We had a great time with the family and ate lots of yummy latkes. I got some very cool books, a Montessori book I had been wanting, and The Frugal Gourmet on our Immigrant Ancestors: Recipes you should have gotten from your grandmother. I love that part of the title! It has a few pages of recipes from countries all over the world, with a little bit of history on each country. Recipes and reviews to follow. Right now I'm blanking on what Eric got...I'll have to post that later. I know he was happy about it though!
One of the things that didn't cross my mind when thinking about being a parent is that people will want to spoil Jenavieve and buy things just for her. It is so sweet to think of people thinking about her and shopping for special gifts for her. I loved seeing the little gift tags with her name on them. Eric thinks I'm weird though ;)
Vivi got 2 adorable dolls and some fun books, as well as some cute clothes. I'm so glad she got the dolls, she just loves touching their faces and hands, and of course she loves books. One of them is a cloth book, so it is really easy for her to turn the pages on her own. She was really getting the hang of opening presents, she would play with the toy, then Amy would bring her another present and she would drop the toy and grab the present and start pulling at the paper.
Here is the Hanukkah album. We had a great time with the family and ate lots of yummy latkes. I got some very cool books, a Montessori book I had been wanting, and The Frugal Gourmet on our Immigrant Ancestors: Recipes you should have gotten from your grandmother. I love that part of the title! It has a few pages of recipes from countries all over the world, with a little bit of history on each country. Recipes and reviews to follow. Right now I'm blanking on what Eric got...I'll have to post that later. I know he was happy about it though!
One of the things that didn't cross my mind when thinking about being a parent is that people will want to spoil Jenavieve and buy things just for her. It is so sweet to think of people thinking about her and shopping for special gifts for her. I loved seeing the little gift tags with her name on them. Eric thinks I'm weird though ;)
Vivi got 2 adorable dolls and some fun books, as well as some cute clothes. I'm so glad she got the dolls, she just loves touching their faces and hands, and of course she loves books. One of them is a cloth book, so it is really easy for her to turn the pages on her own. She was really getting the hang of opening presents, she would play with the toy, then Amy would bring her another present and she would drop the toy and grab the present and start pulling at the paper.
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| Hanukkah 2009 |
Frankenmuth
Pictures from our annual trip to Frankenmuth. We went on my dad's birthday this year, and Vivi got to see Santa. She loved him!
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| Frankenmuth |
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Another food post
Vivi has been doing a lot of eating lately! She seems to have a little bit of thrush, so we bought some yogurt to try to clear it up. Did you know that YoBaby yogurt (yogurt made for babies) has sugar as the second ingredient? Seriously??? So we ended up with a big tub of plain grown up yogurt with no sugar added. And she LOVES it!
So far she has eaten:
Fruits-apples, pears, prunes, banana, avocado, mango, pomegranate, grapes
Veggies-squash, green beans, peas, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, hummus, potatoes, cilantro
Dairy/Protein- yogurt, sips of daddy's milk
Grains-brown rice, a couple of cheerios soaked in water for a minute (she wasn't sure what to think of them, but it kept her busy while I was cooking)
So far the only things she didn't like were potatoes and brown rice. Potatoes make her cry, and brown rice I decided to wait awhile on after she had bumps on her back, but I'm going to try them again this week. We're also going to start adding other flavors to her foods with spices and herbs. Pretty soon she'll be eating right off our plates!
This lovely mess is yogurt and prunes. Yum!
So far she has eaten:
Fruits-apples, pears, prunes, banana, avocado, mango, pomegranate, grapes
Veggies-squash, green beans, peas, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, hummus, potatoes, cilantro
Dairy/Protein- yogurt, sips of daddy's milk
Grains-brown rice, a couple of cheerios soaked in water for a minute (she wasn't sure what to think of them, but it kept her busy while I was cooking)
So far the only things she didn't like were potatoes and brown rice. Potatoes make her cry, and brown rice I decided to wait awhile on after she had bumps on her back, but I'm going to try them again this week. We're also going to start adding other flavors to her foods with spices and herbs. Pretty soon she'll be eating right off our plates!
This lovely mess is yogurt and prunes. Yum!
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
7 months
Each month it is getting increasingly harder to get a 'good' bear picture, but luckily every picture of her is adorable!
She's actually growing at a pretty steady pace now, it seems like she just started wearing 3-6 months and now she's growing out of them. I guess we got spoiled with her being in 0-3 for 5 months! It's funny, when we got 3-6 and 6-12 month stuff at her shower, we couldn't believe how huge it was and couldn't imagine her ever fitting in them. And now we look at the preemie stuff and can't believe she was ever that tiny.
She's actually growing at a pretty steady pace now, it seems like she just started wearing 3-6 months and now she's growing out of them. I guess we got spoiled with her being in 0-3 for 5 months! It's funny, when we got 3-6 and 6-12 month stuff at her shower, we couldn't believe how huge it was and couldn't imagine her ever fitting in them. And now we look at the preemie stuff and can't believe she was ever that tiny.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Bad blogger
I've been a very bad blogger, we've gotten busy with all the holiday goings on...
Vivi's first Thanksgiving(s) were great. She was cheerful, and socialized with everyone, and ate her food along with everyone else-we took apples and pumpkins to all 3 Thanksgivings.
At Aunt Karen's, we were cheerleaders for the annual football game until dinner was ready. Then we all said what we were thankful for (when they asked Vivi what she was thankful for, she gave me a hug-that made my day a little bit). Then we ate lots of yummy food. Aunt Karen put some potatoes aside for Vivi, so I mashed them up and gave her a bite, and she cried and pushed it out with her tongue. That is the only food she has done that with.
From there, we went to my parents' house to change clothes and get some coffee before packing up and heading out to the Howell outlet mall for their Midnight Madness. We had never done it before, and since Vivi is a night owl, we thought we'd stay up late instead of getting up early. We would have gotten there just a few minutes after midnight, except for the hour long backup! We sat on the HIGHWAY for an hour! I was so sure there would be no parking spaces and we'd have to go back home. After 15 minutes of driving up and down the aisles and a near accident, we finally found a spot. Since there was nothing that we really needed, it was fun to just run around and shop. We ended up finding some really good things at the bookstore, some fun books for Vivi, and a set of 4 map posters for under $2! She can learn her states, countries, landmarks, and flags!
At about 1am, Vivi woke up to eat, and was up until 3, talking and giggling at surprised shoppers. When we had hit all the stores we wanted to , we headed back to Novi to Kohls. Every Thanksgiving, without planning on it, we run into Belinda at Kohls. This year, we spotted her right as we walked in the door. She had her 11 year old son with her, who looked tired, but was pretty excited to be out shopping. I had to chuckle at the people who looked at me like I was crazy for bringing a baby out so early in the morning. If only they knew!
We went home and napped until it was time to go to Eric's parents' house for their thanksgiving. Vivi loved seeing her cousins again. The kids played, and then we ate more food. Anya and Asia had made a cranberry applesauce that they were proud of, so we let Vivi taste it. She liked it! I let her taste potatoes again; she did not like that. We hung out until Vivi got tired and a little cranky, and went to bed early!
Saturday my mom did a Thanksgiving dinner for just her kids. More food. Vivi had sweet potatoes for the first time and couldn't get enough!
Here is an album of the pictures I have-we spent more time enjoying the day with Vivi instead of taking pictures so there aren't a ton. I'm pretty proud of the hairstyle I did on her, it was easy and cute!
More entries to come, I promise!
Vivi's first Thanksgiving(s) were great. She was cheerful, and socialized with everyone, and ate her food along with everyone else-we took apples and pumpkins to all 3 Thanksgivings.
At Aunt Karen's, we were cheerleaders for the annual football game until dinner was ready. Then we all said what we were thankful for (when they asked Vivi what she was thankful for, she gave me a hug-that made my day a little bit). Then we ate lots of yummy food. Aunt Karen put some potatoes aside for Vivi, so I mashed them up and gave her a bite, and she cried and pushed it out with her tongue. That is the only food she has done that with.
From there, we went to my parents' house to change clothes and get some coffee before packing up and heading out to the Howell outlet mall for their Midnight Madness. We had never done it before, and since Vivi is a night owl, we thought we'd stay up late instead of getting up early. We would have gotten there just a few minutes after midnight, except for the hour long backup! We sat on the HIGHWAY for an hour! I was so sure there would be no parking spaces and we'd have to go back home. After 15 minutes of driving up and down the aisles and a near accident, we finally found a spot. Since there was nothing that we really needed, it was fun to just run around and shop. We ended up finding some really good things at the bookstore, some fun books for Vivi, and a set of 4 map posters for under $2! She can learn her states, countries, landmarks, and flags!
At about 1am, Vivi woke up to eat, and was up until 3, talking and giggling at surprised shoppers. When we had hit all the stores we wanted to , we headed back to Novi to Kohls. Every Thanksgiving, without planning on it, we run into Belinda at Kohls. This year, we spotted her right as we walked in the door. She had her 11 year old son with her, who looked tired, but was pretty excited to be out shopping. I had to chuckle at the people who looked at me like I was crazy for bringing a baby out so early in the morning. If only they knew!
We went home and napped until it was time to go to Eric's parents' house for their thanksgiving. Vivi loved seeing her cousins again. The kids played, and then we ate more food. Anya and Asia had made a cranberry applesauce that they were proud of, so we let Vivi taste it. She liked it! I let her taste potatoes again; she did not like that. We hung out until Vivi got tired and a little cranky, and went to bed early!
Saturday my mom did a Thanksgiving dinner for just her kids. More food. Vivi had sweet potatoes for the first time and couldn't get enough!
Here is an album of the pictures I have-we spent more time enjoying the day with Vivi instead of taking pictures so there aren't a ton. I'm pretty proud of the hairstyle I did on her, it was easy and cute!
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| Thanksgiving 2009 |
More entries to come, I promise!
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