Snow Day 2010

It snowed in College Station Tuesday. It was beautiful and such a treat for us to get to see. Selah didn't know what to think about it at first, I think she was just trying to take it all in. After her nap she seemed to like it much more.

The Bouncer

Selah is now 8 months old!! That sounds so old. She is doing great. After a hard month of sleeping struggles, and crying, Selah has much improved. She now consistently sleeps through the whole night!!

She is rolling over both ways now and steam rolling to where she wants to go. It is so fun to watch her roll across the room and how proud she is of her self for doing it.

I would have to say bouncing is still her number one skill. She is a wonderful bouncer! Whether it is in herJohnny jump up or her jumperoo, she has got bouncing and flying down and she has the best time doing it.

We can see a little white dot on the bottom right side of her mouth...the first sign of a tooth. It doesn't bother her yet, thank goodness. It is very cute. She is a good eater most of the time. It is funny that she puts everything she finds in her mouth except for little pieces of food. I have tryed to feed her small pieces of fruit or cereal and she thinks that is ridiculous and will not allow it.

I love our reading time before naps and bed time. She adores sitting on our lap and being read to. It is so funny to see her try to grab for more books. She knows the routine. Read and then cuddle. She loves to cuddle and it is such a precious time to me.

Here are some pictures of her sitting up so great and playing and in her jumperoo on morning she turned 8 months.

Another Month

Note to Selah:

My sweet Selah, we are having such a good time with you at this age. At 7 months now you have become so much easier and so much harder.

The day you turned 7 months you rolled over for the first time all by yourself! I put you on your tummy and within a second you went back to your back...you haven't ever really cared to be on your tummy. You are so cuddly now. You love to wrap your arms around my neck and rub your face on mine. You give the funnest wet kisses. I love them! Sometimes you even blow zerberts on my cheeks. Your favorite time is in your Johnny jump up. You love it so much. It is so fun to see the freedom you have in it jumping and spinning around like you are flying. You still can't get enough peek a boo. I will hear you giggling and sure enough you have a blanket over your head.

Sleeping times are such a struggle now. You have spoiled us by being a great and easy sleeper, so just when we think we have you figured out you go and change. Night time is quite the challenge. Also, you have this thing with pulling my hair. It really hurts, when I have my hair pulled up you pick out single strands from the bottom one by one...ouch! You got sick for the first time with a cold and ear infection. Hearing you cough at night just made me want to cry.

Half Birthday

Already 6 Months!

(sorry so late posting this one...Selah is already going to be 7 months tomorrow, time flies).

These were some pictures taken the day you turned 6 months old.

In the morning, watching our colorful little Christmas tree. You almost roll over...but not quite.

Happy after your first feeding of baby food.

I love your old man hat :)

Oh Selah, you are growing so fast right in front of my eyes. I love spending my days with you. At 6 months you can do so many more things. You have gotten much stronger and can pretty much sit all by yourself. Today you ate some food for the first time and did a great job. You go crazy jumping on your jumperoo and johny jumpup. I would say you are obsessed with peek a boo. Anytime there is a blanket near you you must put it over your face. I want you to stay just like you are sweet baby girl.

She's got Skills

Happy Birthday Becky!

She is taking after her Grandma already :)

Playing a little piano.

Daddy's Girl

This is their new thing. Keith has been practicing with Selah her balancing skills. She loves it!

5 Months and Counting

Our Little Doll

All Hands and Feet

Note to Selah

Sweet baby girl, you are so fun to be around. I almost have to pinch myself to remind me this is real sometimes. That I get to be your Momma and get to experience life for the first time with you. You have become so aware of our world now, it is just the most percious thing to get to see. I find you staring at your hand often, just opening and closing it. I can just see your wheels turning as you figure out that your hands can now work with you. You also love to grab you feet. You are so flexible pulling your feet all the way to your mouth and then leaning over to the side. I though that was you "rolling over" but was told it has to be all the way to your tummy to be considered official. You love when I sing to you, and when you get to stand. You are a pro at your jumperoo. I love to see you really studing each toy and playing with it. You have such good eye contact and really study your surroundings...you are such a smart girl.

Before 5 months

Lots of Selah

Just a little bit of what our baby girl has been up to latley.

She has this frustrated or worried look like she has to make a deadline or something :)

Just a fun expression.

Bath time, a definite favorite.

Another favorite, playing with Daddy at night.

Being with Mommy on her 30th birthday.

Halloween

I thought she was a baby chick at first, but everyone else says she is a duck. She was the cutest little ducken around. She went trick or treating for the first time with her cousins in San Antonio.