Almost Moving and Already Getting into Trouble

Christine is starting to work to get items out of her reach. If she is sitting up, she'll lunge forward to get on her stomach. If she's on her stomach she'll roll over (sometimes multiple times) to get to the toy she wants. They have to be pretty fun toys to be worth all the effort. Toys like... mom's crunchy bag of chips... mom's Jamba Juice cup... the TV remote. Hmmm, I am starting to see a pattern with the "toys" Christine likes the best.

As you can see, Christine has chosen the remote over her soft baby doll that rattles AND her squishy block made of different textured fabrics.

come here remote...

almost got it... don't go under the boppy!

Still can't get it, guess I've got to roll over.

To distract her, we turned something "she's not supposed to get into" into her very own purse.

For some reason all paper and cardboard products fascinate her, and this cereal bar box was no exception. I was carrying baby around in my Moby (THANK YOU Amy, Jill, and Laura!!) doing chores one day that Christine insisted on being held. Then, Christine picked up this empty cereal bar box.

She carried it around for the whole afternoon, so we decided to attach a ribbon and make it into a purse.

It's still her favorite toy.

Our Little Stinker

A couple of weeks ago I was having a very frustrating morning. I seemed to be moving in slow motion all morning. I had to be at the hospital early because we were admitting that day, so I was especially stressed to get there on time. After I hurried the couple blocks to the bus stop, I realized I had forgotten my wallet at home!!! So I had to dash home and wake-up Angela to drive me to school. (Parking is ridiculous at Baylor.) She was amazing, as always, and got ready ridiculously fast, for this reason she omitted all pictures of herself that morning.

Angela drove swiftly to school, that's our way of saying slightly over the speed limit but still safely, and she made record time. Christine was being amazing, not even crying as we rushed around. Usually when we wake her up early and rush her out into the car she is a bit upset, but this morning she didn't even make a peep.

When we got to Baylor, I rushed in the door and reached to show the security guard my ID badge I keep on my white coat, but my ID badge was gone! I was flabbergasted. I knew I specifically grabbed it that morning and attached it to my white coat. I desperately scanned the floor, sifted through my back pack, and checked all thousand pockets that my coat has. It was no where! It wasn't a big deal that day, I just had to show the security guard my license and get a temporary pass, but my clip had ALL my ID badges for ALL of the hospitals, and they are a ridiculous hassle to get. I texted Angela imploringly to search EVERYWHERE to see if she could find where it had fallen off. A few minutes later, Angela texted me back this story with a picture.

Hi Mom. How is your day going?

Oh my! Dad's looking for his ID badge. I can't imagine where it would be.

Wait! This is the ID badge he was looking for! I had no idea!!

Hahaha! O.k. Maybe I had a little idea. But I'm so small and innocent. No one can blame me for taking it.

And, now, he won't be able to go to school!! Haha!

Yes, my little stinker had ripped my ID badge off my coat. No wonder she was so good in the car... she had a secret!!

What she's eating

At 6 months, Christine is eating rice cereal, oatmeal, and barley. The barley is a recent addition and her favorite! She cannot get enough barley. I sometimes have to make up 3 bowls of the stuff!

I've added some fruits to her diet: bananas and peaches. She likes these much better than her green beans, prunes, and sweet potatoes. I can't imagine why...

Isn't her highchair AWESOME? Thanks gigi!

Discovery No. 2

Continuing on with the 6 month milestones... Christine has discovered more than her long tongue this month. She also found her toes.

and those toes are quite delicious!

Inherited Traits

This week I want to highlight all of Christine's milestones/activities/favorite things she's doing right now at 6 months. I would do it all in one post, but I only get little bits of time here and there to post. 

I usually am told that Christine looks more like Jeff. She has his toes and his ears and his chin. But I am happy  to report that we discovered something she inherited from me... my tongue! 

You see, I have a very long tongue.

and Christine just discovered that she does too

On the day that Christine discovered her tongue, that tongue stayed out of her mouth the whole day! It was hilarious to watch her explore and experiment with her tongue. She kept sticking it out and moving it all around. Now it only comes out at mealtime. She has so much fun seeing what that tongue can do with food... like spraying mom with bright orange carrot mush... when mom was wearing a new shirt (WHY was mom wearing a new shirt during a feeding??? postpartum brain damage).