Baby Food or Finger Foods

So I love motherhood but lately I have been frustrated and I needed to vent. Paige is such a smart cookie and she is developing so well. We are trying to teach her to eat finger foods. We give her what we are eating in smaller pieces and she does do well with crackers and cheese but that is the end of that. She doesn't want anything else. I guess I am thinking it is just because she only has 4 teeth and I need to take a chill pill!!! Any suggestions anyone? We have done spaghetti, spaghettios, tortilla with melted cheese. bananas, grilled cheese. Many things!! Whew, beyond that I am so very thankful for a healthy and very happy baby, almost a 1 year old. We are going to get her pictures taken tomorrow, this will be interesting since she is now very mobile. The old she gets the more of a baby bug I get. We are still having a blast and pray for many more fun times together. Well there is my very long and confusing rant. :)

Almost Walking

Paige has been trying to walk! She is able to take about 4 steps on her own but we have realized that she is fearless. The girl will literally try to face dive off the couch without it even crossing her mind that she will smack her head. Needless to say we are watching her like a hawk and she is getting sneaky. We have her 12 month check up on her actual birthday, so Happy Birthday Paige, here are some more shots. LOL. Other than that not too much is new around here. We counted that we will be attending at least 5 weddings between June and October this year. We are looking forward to both of Mike's sisters getting married and Paige is a flower girl in both of their weddings. :) More to come soon, I promise.

I know it has been so long......

So I just wanted to let everyone know that Paige has been super smart lately and here are the things she has figured out.....

-How to cruise around furniture and walk behind her walking toy

-How to say Dad, Mom, Thanks, Paige, yes, no, cup, blocks, I think that is all for now.

-She is going through a semi anti-men stage which I am sure will pass.

-She has 4 teeth and is starting to give up a bottle but still won't eat a ton of finger foods but she'll get there.

We had a good Holiday season with family and friends and cannot wait to see what 2009 holds for our family. Here are some pics, hope you enjoy!

Thanksgiving 2008

And we have come upon another first in the life of Paige and the life of Mike and I as parents. Thanksgiving....

We went to the Hollebeek side of the family and had a nice Thanksgiving noon meal with immediate relatives. Paige was such a good girl and took almost a 2 hour nap while we were there, which is an hour and fifteen minutes longer than her usual nap. We then stopped home for a bit and went on to The Palma house for an extended Meyer Thanksgiving with Mike's cousins and their kids, along with Aunts and Uncles. Sam and Ben were in love with Paige and she with them and she was a gem and stayed up 2 hours past her bed time and was totally happy.

We are so thankful for so many things this year. At the top of our list is our families. My Dad is on the road to recovery and we are all Blessed by that! And every night before I go to bed, Mike will confirm this, I go into Paige's room and put my hand on her back to feel her breathing and am touched and warmed by the fact that God has blessed us with this little miracle each and every day!!!

Fun in the Fall....

And leaves. Paige has loved being outside since she was very small. She loves to look at the leaves blowing in the trees so I thought what a great idea to take advantage of the warm fall weather and play in the leaves. Paige however was not too sure about the fact that the leaves were now "crunchy" and no longer pliable. As you can see she did adjust and still loved watching the leaves fall from the tree. It is going to be a long winter if we cannot go outside in the leaves. Hopefully she will learn to love the snow too. We'll have to wait and see.....

Halloween

For Paige's first Halloween she was a butterfly! We spent most of the day going to visit people who wanted to see us in our costumes. She was such a good girl. We didn't see Grandma and Grandpa Hollebeek because Grandpa is back in the hospital but we took lots of pictures for him. All in all it was a good day and we are excited to actually go trick or treating next year.

8 Months

So Paige is now 8 months old, hard to believe, at least for Mike and me. She started to sprout a tooth last week Monday and looks like she is working on 3 more! She said her first word too. DADA. Mike is loving it. She is for sure a Daddy's girl. She gets so excited when he comes home from work. She is going to be a butterfly for Halloween and we will post some pics next week to show everyone. She has started to get up on her knees, she will be mobile before long. We are loving every minute of her!