Who's the Big Girl?!!

Victoria has graduated to the high chair! She is a little short for it so we put a folded up towel under her. She is just lovin' this eating thing. So far she has had cereal, oatmeal, green beans, acorn and butternut squash and apples. I have been able to make the vegetables and fruit myself by steaming, pureeing in the food processor, and freezing in ice cube trays. It is really quite easy and a whole lot cheaper (thanks Kip for the inspiration!). Victoria loves it all, but especially loves the green beans. She gobbles those up in no time!

We bumped her up to 3 meals a day ... she just seemed to be starving. Breakfast is usually a flavored cereal or oatmeal, lunch is green beans straight up and squash flavored cereal, and dinner is green beans straight up, squash and apple flavored cereal. We will be introducing sweet potatoes and pears over the next week, and then we will probably wait another month or so before we introduce anything else.

I am ready to eat Momma!

Mmmm yummm ... greener beaners!

All done!

Our Vacation

Here are some pictures from our vacation we took up to Michigan to visit Carey's family:

Feeding the giraffes at Arbuckle Wilderness in Oklahoma (or Africa as Riley called it).



Riley riding a camel in "Africa."

Walking on the streets of downtown Chicago.

Carey, Riley and Vader at the Lego store in Chicago
(Vader was made entirely out of legos ... very cool)

Riley playing Guitar Hero at Cousin Tyler and Corbin's house.

Our Glamor Girl with Grandpa watching Uncle Craig play softball.

Riley testing out the waters of Lake Michigan.

We had a super time. Carey and I both were sick for part of the trip, but fortunately our sicknesses did not overlap. We had so much fun hanging out with TylerCorbin, going to the cottage to swim and boat, and just chillin' with Grandma Great and Grandpa and Grandma and the gang.

Peace Out Grandma Great

Riley is keeping cool in Grandma Great's sprinklers.

You can probably guess what Uncle Craig
is teaching Riley to do! Thanks Craig ... paybacks!

With pretty Aunt Mandy!

Victoria says "This is MY Grandpa!"

"And this is MY Grandma!"

Here we all are hanging out on the front porch of Grandpa and Grandma's house.

Victoria is Almost Five Months Old!

Well, between getting ready to go out of town, VBS and Mommy and Victoria getting sick, I managed to miss posting that Victoria's four month mark, so I thought I would get a head start on five months. She will be five months next week and is doing fantastic. She weighed 14 1/2 lbs and is just over 25 inches long. That puts her in the 75% on height and weight ... so a big girl, but in proportion!

She rolled over for the first time just the other day ... back to front. I don't think that Riley ever rolled over. For those of yo that knew him back then, there was alot of him to roll over. We started feeding her cereal last month and just introduced green beans last night. She loves to eat! She took to cereal and green beans like a champ ... I can't wait to give her more! She eats two meals a day, one in the morning and one in the evening. She still nurses about 5 times a day and will usually take one bottle in the evening to give Mommy a break.

She smiles ALL the time! She just got used to laughing and is starting to do that more, along with squeals, squeaks and gurgles ... just so adorable. She went swimming with some friends from church today in Pops and Gigi's pool (my parents) and just loved it! She would just watch everyone and get so excited! She smiles when she hears her big brother and Daddy and looks everywhere for them. She hates to be alone. If by some chance we leave the room for just a second, she gets very upset.

She wants to sit up really bad, but I think that we are still a month or so away from that. She loves to stand in your lap and prefers that position to any when she is awake. She is still sleeping through the night and is taking 2-3 naps per day. She is getting to where she can be awake in the evening now for about 4 hours.

She is our little princess!