New Shoes!

If you are reading this as a parent of a baby in Minnesota, you will understand my excitement that Summer's new shoes have stayed on ALL DAY...playing in various jungle gyms and bouncers, lying down, in the car seat, and even through a diaper change!  

I feel so bad for Summer's little feet in the cold, but all socks and shoes keep falling off!  (That may be partly because she is constantly kicking her feet!) I chatted with some of my mommy friends, and they told me that Robeez are the only shoes that stay on, however the price tag was a bit more than I wanted to pay for shoes she will outgrow so quickly!  I talked to some of my other friends and they said Target has a knock-off brand (Mini-star) just as good as Robeez.  They have proven to be amazing on day #1!

First Food!

Summer is almost 6 months old (on Feb 3rd) and we decided to give her the FIRST TASTE of anything she has ever had, other than breast milk!  We made some rice cereal for her tonight.  She made some funny faces and seemed to enjoy chewing on the spoon more than eating what was on the spoon!  She eventually got the hang of it and would open her mouth when the spoon was near, and slurp off the cereal.  We're not sure how much actually made it to her stomach (a lot ended up on her chin!), but I would say it was a successful first try!

Laughs and Smiles

One of the most rewarding things is hearing Summer laugh!  It doesn't matter what kind of day I'm having, when I hear her laugh I can't help but smile!  This past month, we've gotten to hear many more laughs--many in conjunction with Tucker!  As I was searching through our recent videos, most of them centered around us trying to capture that laugh on video!  As a result, we have many videos of Paul and I doing silly things....me talking in a silly frog voice with Summer's puppet....Paul juggling clementines and dropping them....but few videos of the adorable Summer giggle because by the time one of us would run and grab the camera, the moment was over!  Anyway, we did capture this giggle on camera.  Tummy kisses and kisses under her chin make her laugh!

 

 

Another thing that Summer laughs about is chasing Tucker on her new princess car she got for Christmas.  We will push her as fast as she can go as we chase Tucker around the house and she will laugh and laugh!  We don't have video yet, (I often play this game when Paul is at work, and it is hard to video while playing!) but here are a few snapshots of her in her car.

 

 Another thing that without fail, brings a Summer smile, is seeing her daddy.  Whenever he comes home from work, she will flash him a huge gummy smile and doesn't want to take her eyes off of him!  These pictures were from when we went to see daddy at work over lunch.