Ready for Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day!

Future Cezanne?

Today was a short nap day, so Elizabeth had plenty of time for activities. We spent some time painting which is a favorite...probably because it's nice and messy. As you can see, she like to not only paint the paper, but also herself a little. Later, she was "lucky" enough to find out how blue paint tastes. She's been consistent in telling us her favorite color is blue right now - hence the blue paper.

Gettin' her exersaucer on

Sarah is experiencing so many new things. We recently started putting her into the exersaucer that a neighbor was nice enough to pass along to us. We didn't have one with Elizabeth (we have a jumperoo which we'll dig back out at some point). She still needs a blanket below her feet since she can't out and a couple more to support her body, but she likes having the vertical view of the world. I'm sure it beats laying on the floor all the time not being able to see the action. As soon as she can interact more with the toys I'm sure this will be a favorite toy.

Mmmm..cereal

This week, Sarah had her 4 month well baby check up. The doctor said to go ahead and start solids since the bottle feeding hasn't been the easiest with her. It seems like even though she's on prevacid, she still has discomfort when she eats. We usually need to rock or bounce to get the whole bottle in her. At daycare, they said they feed her in the swing or the bouncy chair. We think the motion distracts her from the discomfort. So, today Sarah had her first taste of oatmeal on a spoon (we've done a little rice cereal added to her bottle). She didn't turn it away and finished her entire serving (well, between her mouth and on the bib). It's all fun from here. I can't believe our baby girl is eating cereal!!

Soccer Star

BJ has been taking Elizabeth to a Saturday morning soccer program with a couple of her friends and their dads. She's doing really well and it's good to have some indoor running around with the weather outside so cold.

Setting up Shop

Elizabeth still likes to set up shop on the steps by our kitchen. This might have been one of the elaborate set ups in awhile, though. She carried her doll high chair over to the steps and had about a 7 course meal for Joseph (I think - can't tell if it's Anne or Joseph from this photo). She really enjoys playing with her babies - Anne, Joseph (mine and BJ's middle names so we could remember the baby's names), Sweetie (she was the original and we named her first) and finally Katie (named after her cousin Lily's baby doll).

Soon enough she'll have Sarah to play with on the steps. This photo was taken after work this week when mommy was getting dinner ready and Sarah was taking a nap. Our evenings are quick after work, but we manage to have a couple of hours of quality time together.