Happy DSL, Judy!

Here are a couple of videos, Jude.

She's trying oh so hard to crawl!

Green bean, bubble gum and apple flavored oatmeal

Today I think we reached an important milestone with Helen. In my ongoing attempts to coax, trick and otherwise shove Helen's disturbingly bright pink, viscous amoxicillin medicine into her mouth, I foolishly mixed it with a bit of green beans and expected her to welcome it with open mouth like she did with the peach, apple and pear mixtures earlier this week. What in the world made me think green beans were going to do the trick? Obviously, they are not a fruit. So, I quickly made some oatmeal and poured the green bean and bubble gum syrup mixture in and stirred it up (which also contained a packet of acidophilus to boot to restore her internal bacterial flora!). Nope. That didn't work either. Enter applesauce. Mixed a little in on the side. Tried again, and got a few more bites, but ultimately had to bail on the whole thing. *sigh* I don't think I will make that mistake again! :-)

It's been a tough few weeks here lately. Miss H is teething and hasn't been her usual chipper self or usual good sleeper. And then she got an ear infection and enter the evil amoxicillin which makes her terribly to extremely agitated at night and she won't go to bed! We just finished another fun wrestling match this evening. Four more nights to go...

On a more upbeat note, she decided that tummy time isn't so bad after all now that she can inch and rolly polly her way around a little bit. She's so funny to watch because she's clearly delighted with herself as she rocks and rolls. I wonder if that may be keeping her up too so she can practice more. It's usually what she does as we sit there wondering when the heck this kid is ever going to go to sleep.
Said oatmeal. Ick.
Rolling and inching her way off the blanket...
Silly goose.
Silly goose again.
Sweet pea in cute PJs.

Judy's visit!

Judy came for an impromptu visit this week and Helen had so much fun with her auntie. They had fun playing all day long.


Too funny and too precious after the bubblegum goes POP!

Snow and ducks

Here's a picture of Helen in her new duckie fleecie sleeper after a bath.
Here's a photo of the snow we had last Sunday. We got a few slushy inches that made things pretty for a bit. Today (the following Saturday) it was 75 degrees and sunny!

Miss grabby pants

Miss H, trying to grab the camera. Whatever she locks eyes on, she MUST have!
Grabbing again.
A rare exposed toe opportunity.
Happy happy! Does she know Aunt Judy is coming on Tuesday?! She must!

Grandma and grandpa stopped by for a visit!

Grandma and grandpa "stopped by" for a visit Thursday night on their way to Arizona. Helen really enjoyed the time spent with them Thursday night and Friday morning - she spent lots of time giggling, laughing and flaying her arms in delight. We can't wait for them to come back on their way home in April!





Grandma and grandpa brought a present for H - a very cute cell phone that has a recording of their voices! How cute is that?! Of course, the wrapping paper was the first present.

Grandma and Grandpa Videos!

Rose and Mark came for a visit!

Our friends from Jersey, Rose and Mark, came down for a visit last weekend. We only have a couple pictures to post because all 4 of us got food poisoning from eating falafel sandwich takeout on Friday night. We spent a very sick, very sleepy weekend together that I'm sure none of us will forget for a while! Luckily we got to the aquarium on Friday afternoon and then hit the bodies exhibit (very interesting and creepy) on the way to the airport Monday. We were so happy we got to see them despite a rough weekend!!

Here Helen looks the way we felt that weekend (she was fine though!)... :-(

Cutie Pie Savannah

Giggly

Tired talk

Happy Valentine's Day! XOXO

Walter is never far from the family action. The look on his face reflects his first hard tail squeeze bestowed upon him by Helen a few moments earlier. He's weighing his desire to be up on the bed with us vs. the flying, spastic, squeezing hands of H. Poor kitty.

Savannah!

Here's a picture of Helen's new west coast cousin Savannah born on January 17th. Congratulations to Sarah and Jim!! We calculated that they are 5 months, 1 week, 6 days and 4 minutes apart in age. :-)

Photo Shoot

This one totally cracks me up. So determined. So committed. It reminds me of mom (Aline) too.

Stats

Helen had her 6 month check up today. She is doing great. She grew over 2 inches since early December and is as tall or taller than many of her 9 to 12 month daycare counterparts. She is absolutely adorable and I love every inch of her!! :-)

5 and 3/4 months old!

Hi again, Aunt Judy. Sorry for the delay in posting new pictures of me. We've lost track of time because we've been having so much fun. I've been sitting up really well and spending lots of time at school talking with my friends.
Helen's trying her new highchair, literally. A friend at work gave us this awesome one that folds down flat as can be and the tray goes in and out with one hand! Who knew this was an important feature until after the fact!
Yes, Helen? You had a question?
Taken this morning. :-)

Helen's Peeps

Leo the Lion.
Leo and his gal pals.

Some new pics from the new year

I couldn't resist taking these pictures of her Friday morning before we were off to start our day. So cute.

I can almost sit up by myself - yeah!
Pixie ears.
Smiling at Walter.

She looks like somebody else again in the pic, but it's still my Helen.
Cheeks and eyelashes.