Monday, October 26, 2009

October 26, 2009


Look what we're practicing! She does well at it when she wants to!


Very focused on something she found on the brick.







Ready to be done w/ Mom's photo shoot. :)


Austin helping Carmen get into the little rocking chair.


Carmen loves to look at the "Carmen gallery" at Mema & Pepa's!




This is how I found her before I went to bed last night. :) She slept through the light being on also.

A little video from when I picked Carmen up from daycare last week. It's always fun to be greeted so happily.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

October 18, 2009

Some new words for Carmen: boo, perfecting the "uh-oh", ball, deer (which really sounds more like doe), E (for Ali at daycare). I'm sure I'm forgetting some :).

Here's a video from playin' yesterday.



Carmen's first hair cut (we only cut the bangs).





Thanks Alisa for cutting Carmen's hair!


Proof that she does cry.



Crazy hair day.



Her 13 month picture...best I could get! :)



We are working on using the spoon, she is doing pretty good.




Tuesday, October 6, 2009

October 6, 2009

Carmen is really starting to associate things we say to her & understand simple instructions. She points A LOT to what she wants. She has become addicted to morning smoothies with Mommy (breakfast #1 - fruit & protein smoothie). I drink one on the way to work in the mornings. Normally when I get home in the evening she is in her high chair eating. If she sees the cup I walk in with, she knows what was in it...so she wants smoothie!

Sunday morning she was laying in bed with us. (Last week was tough - her routine was off because of her cold, we had lots of EARLY mornings...as early as 4:45 am!) Lilly was laying on top of me. Carmen was petting very nicely...until she just couldn't stand it anymore. She had to grab a handful of skin & hair. I asked her to use "soft touch". The 2nd time she squeezed on Lilly, I told her if she couldn't be nice to Lilly that she needed to move & not touch her at all. She puckered up, crawled over to Brian (who was sleeping) and said ... "dada, baby babble baby babble - momma - baby babble baby babble." I cracked up & told Brian the story later. She didn't like what I had to say to her I guess!

Still not walking - she could if she wanted to but just hasn't. Ok w/ me! :) She now says "uh-oh" and knows when to use it (most of the time).

Here are pics from a few weeks ago & Mama & Papa's. We went to the barn - only the 2nd time she's been to the barn. She wasn't sure what to think of the calves. She wasn't interested in touching, they are a little bigger than the cats.

Having fun putting the animals in the chair.









Walking w/ Anna & Alaina.







Tomorrow - 13 months old!

Monday, October 5, 2009

October 5, 2009

Sorry folks! It's been a busy last few weeks! And even this update will be heavy on the pics, light on the content. I am needing to get to bed, I do not want to ride my broom to bed.

Isn't this towel the cutest? She wasn't sure what to make of it.


You can't see this very well. This is a pic of her sleeping with Rabbie. See her left arm snuggled around the bunny?


We discovered Carmen likes lemons! She ate 3 this night that we got the pic.




Here's Carmen before bed tonight...sending a message to Mema. :)


Carmen knee walks - wanted to post video so you can see how she does it. It was before bedtime & kinda warm - that's why she was unzipped.