August 13, 2009

Last week, Parents as Teachers was here to visit Carmen. She went through the developmental milestones with us. To no surprise, she was off the charts with talking & social skills. When I told her Carmen says hi, hi kitty, hi Lilly, Momma, Dadda, bye, baby, duckie - she said most kids understand those words at this point & not say them necessarily. Our little chatter bug! PAT lets you keep a toy over the month between visits - this one is perfect timing (see in the video!)

August 10, 2009

On really humid days, the curls come out on both sides.

Carmen's 11 month pictures! She made it a little easier this month - she loves on the bunny a lot these days. She's really gotten into loving on her stuffed animals. She goes to bed/naps with a little bunny.

We had been at the pool for the afternoon with our Life Group, Carmen didn't have an afternoon nap. So the expressions were few & far between.

We have a smart girl! Tonight Carmen was giving the ball to Lilly. This is Lilly's toy (green ball). Carmen gave it to her several times before I got this video - and even went all the way down the hall for it one time (and tossed it at her when she brought it back). It was too cute!!!

Just fun times...

She's still cruising and is walking behind one of those push toys (video to come). Getting closer!

August 2, 2009

Since Brian was at a BBQ contest at the Lake, I decided Carmen & I should have a fun sleepover with Leslie! We had fun, it was nice to spend time together. Here's Mikahl, Caran, & Carmen.

Mikahl was insistent on pulling the wagon. Leslie asked him if he was sure - because it was heavy. He pulled it about 5 feet then decided it really was heavy. :)

Yesterday Carmen was going for a toy & got tangled up in the chair. It was fun to watch her figure out how to get out. She did it!

An EARLY birthday gift from Brian & I. She looks lost in the wagon! :) She rode well in it - then started seeing all the room she had to move around & tried getting out. Daddy just couldn't wait to give it to her - although he says it's so she gets another month's use out of it!

July 26, 2009

What a nice weekend with family! We traveled to Mexico this weekend - Carmen was a good little traveler! Phew! She is over her cold, luckily it didn't stay with her as long as it has Brian & I. Now Alisa has it! Carmen is getting taller & taller by the day - that or her clothes are shrinking. :) We'll have to weigh her to see what she's up to now - I'd guess 21 lbs at least. We are starting the transition from baby food to table food. We're starting to run out of the homemade baby food so I thought it'd be a good time to transition. It will be a process to be sure she's getting enough - it was easy to tell w/ the homemade stuff because she'd get 4-5 cubes (out of an ice cube tray) per meal.

One day Carmen crawled under her bed. I had to get her attention but when she peeked out she thought it was funny. The little bunny in the background is the bunny she's been sleeping with. She seems to be developing more "attitude". And she is starting to get her feelings hurt when you tell her hands away/no.




Carmen loves playing on beds/couches. We were playing this morning, then Pepa was holding her up to the ceiling which she found very fun as well.

Another piano player in the family???

This is a popular facial expression right now. We had her in front of a fan. See the curls on her left side? They're only on the left :).

Chillin w/ Pepa

And Austin

Haley & Austin came back with us so they'll keep her a few days this week. That will be fun for all of them. :)

July 19, 2009

I found a little glow worm type toy that plays music in the bottom of Carmen's toy basket this week. Every time we push it's tummy, Carmen sings along to the music. Most of the time she sings "baby" over & over & over. It is SO cute. Here are a few videos from yesterday morning. I was trying to capture the "baby" singing but she only said it once.

Here she is cruising - she's got the hang of that now. And she loves to play on beds & furniture (as shown in last video), so you'll see she's even trying to climb up on the couch! She had a dress on that day - I had tied it up in back to make it easier for her to crawl. As Alisa said, it made her look like a muffin.

June 14, 2009

Note: this is the 2nd blog page update in one day! Don't miss out on the 1st July 14th entry. :)

Carmen has all these cute little clothes & she isn't going to be able to wear them much longer! So we dressed up for daycare today! Her outfit was a hit. I caught her making some good facial expressions today!

She likes the sing the ABCs. I had to sing really softly to get her started - she's singing softly too. She doesn't sing softly in church!!!

July 14, 2009

Carmen's 10 month picture. The bunny is shrinking. She doesn't hold still for these pictures like she used to. :)

We went to Huntsville this past weekend to see Mama & Papa Link, cousins Anna & Alaina, Uncle Troy & Aunt Tara. We did an early birthday celebration for Anna.

We also went to see some of my old sorority sisters. Shannon Crist (right) & 2 of 3 children, Tara w/ the girls, & us. Susan Waters Stumm was there too but she was driving around her tired 2 year old! They were in from Connecticut.

Love this picture of Carmen & Papa on the mower!

The more humid out it is - the more curls develop on one side of Carmen's head. You can't see them very well in the pics I downloaded but they were there!

Mema & Pepa came for a little visit - i.e. a Carmen fix. :)

Carmen laughing at Alaina. She liked crawling up on this box & sitting.

Brian & Carmen were watching Rascal dog fetch her toy.

I plan to get better videos of her in the next few days - I want to catch her playing/babbling. She babbles in full sentences now, wish I knew what she had to say!