Mariella has corn on the cob or the first time!  Well technically the second time, but the very first time she saw it she wouldn’t even bring it to her lips.  She kept throwing it off her tray.  But this time around she loved it so much!  Even after lunch was over, she carried it around with her for a good hour taking wee nibbles here and there.

In the video below, Mariella stands up from a seated position.  That is the first time she has done that!  :-)  and I captured it on camera! How cool?  Go Wee Baby!

slide show below and you can find the pictures on flickr too.

I gave Wee Baby an apple today.  Giving her a whole apple to hold onto worked much better than giving her slices.  With the slices, she wold chunk too much off at once.  With the whole apple, she used her two bottom teeth to scrape pieces off and it was much more manageable for her.  She ate off it for a good hour!   She loves apples and apple sauce.  :-)  We are taking her to an apple orchard this weekend so we can pick our own apples!  :-)  How much fun will that be!

I don’t think you can get any happier….   She was soooo happy and such a big girl with her apple! 

Show off ~ lol

I think we found a winner with the apple.  She really enjoyed it!

Mariella and I are having banana and waffles for breakfast.  She loves to give me bites of her food!  Several days ago, she started doing “sweetness.”  When I say “sweetness” she tilts her head to the side and looks totally adorable and totally sweet!

During breakfast, we shared and did sweetness for a long time.  I also decided today that I want to get a flipping waffle machine.  Won’t that be fun??  

P.S. I am using youtube for the videos for a while, it is so much easier to upload and convert..

Want a bite of my organic waffle?  It has some pumpkin butter on it!

and if seeing that wasn’t cute enough…  later for lunch we had applesauce for dessert.  Usually Wee Baby feeds herself, but this time I was priming the spoon for her and when I gave her the first bite, she bit down and wouldn’t let the spoon go.  She thought it was the funniest thing..  and so did I.  We laughed and it was so cute.  :-)  this Wee Baby loves her apples!
Such a cutie pie laugh!

We are going to try some avocado today! Last time Wee Baby had some, her gag reflex was still too high and when she went to swallow she gagged a bit and threw up. That was about 6 weeks ago, and now that she is 8 months old we are going to give it another go!

She did so well! She made some crazy faces and had a blast squishing up the avocado in her little hands and smashing them into her mouth. She ate some of it, it was hard for her to hold since it was so slippery.

The best part is that she didn’t throw up!

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pictures on flickr too

If you are curious about Baby Led Solids, visit this blog Adventures in Solid Food.  Great blog!

Ever since DADDY let her have at the spoon and bowl a few nights ago…. it is impossible to feed this baby without her DIVING into her dinner!  lol  She is all over that cereal like a stink in a diaper!  heheeee  She is just too cute not to let her have at it.  She takes a bath right after dinner, so I figure “ah well” she will eventually get it into her mouth!

A special thanks to Pat for not feeding her since he taught her to use her whole body to have some dinner.  Funny how he disappears at dinner time now….  hummm.

Yesterday during Wee Baby’s dinner, Pat let her play with the bowl and spoon and boy oh boy dis she make a mess!  lol She had fun, and she is learning and loves to hold the spoon.  It makes dinner time a dirty chaotic event! heheeeee I don’t mind though… these messes won’t last forever and it is sooooooo adorable to watch her. 

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Wee Baby found her toes this week!  lol  She has been playing with them…  eating them for breakfast…  and just having a good ole time with them.  I told Pat to be ready and to prepare himself for the toe sucking.   Pat said “my baby is not going to suck her toes.”  and I was like Oh yeah she will!  lol

I love the picture where she looks surprised… like Daddy busted her sucking on her toes!  heheeheheheeeee

And tonight Wee Baby had oatmeal and this was the first time Pat fed her.  He was a natural. He also let her hold the spoon and the bowl!  We had a huge mess!  Thanks Daddy!

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movie to follow ~ (sorry I am behind.)

Mariella is becoming such a big girl  Tonight she was holding her own bottle!  :-)  She will pull it out of her mouth….  look at it…  grab the nipple and try to bring the nipple to her mouth and suck, but she winds up sucking her hand because she is grabbing the nipple!  lol She is so cute! 

She is also LOVING her activity center we found her in North Carolina.  I am so happy I bought this thing!  Thanks so much to her Parran, Eban.   Eban and Pat was on their way to the store and Eban came back inside and told us there was a garage sale next door.   We headed over and at first I didn’t want to buy it because I thought it was old and faded.  But then Darlene pointed out it is pastel!  lol  So I bought it for 10 bucks!  What a deal, these sell for 90 bucks online!  :-)  and Mariella loves loves loves it.  She can stay in there playing for a good hour before she is read to get out.  I honestly don’t know what I would be doing with her if I didn’t have the activity center!  lol

She is wearing a cute little outfit MeMaw got her… she was so comfortable wearing this.. it is thin and cotton and she had so much freedom! 

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Wee Baby is going to have cereal for the first time in a couple days…   so we are testing out her high chair!  She was a little slouchy, but she is still working on her “sit up” musles.  :-)  She did well and hung out for a bit…   she looks so cute.

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P.S. I am trying out flickr galleries for Wee Baby Girl.. will be working on it for…. well forever until I get it the way I want! LOL

and the results ~   Yummy!  Tasty and so delicious! and the Pan was fantastic, cooked evenly, easy to remove, no stick etc…  Just Perfect!

Thanks for taking care of me and Wee Baby!