Wearing daddy's UM cap
Besides the Avocado, Cristiana has seemed to like everything we have introduced to her so far. Which is definitely a surprise to me with my limited diet, but I'm glad that she seems to be a better eater than mom.
Yummy Oatmeal!
Yummy Fresh Banana!!
Homemade Butternut Squash
(mommy has never eaten this before)
We finally bought Cristiana her little feeding chair. Since she started solids, we had her sitting in her little seat/entertainer on top of the dinner table, which was not the most comfortable situation for any of us. I've always wanted one of these hook-on chairs because they don't take up any space in the kitchen and you can take it with you wherever you go (we've already used it at both Friday's and Chilli's). Cristiana seems to really like her new little chair and she can now join us at the table everywhere we go.
Last Friday the West Side Girls (Cristiana, Ava, and Amelia) got together to have lunch in Downtown Winter Garden. After lunch we passed by a feed store that had some "pets" hanging around and we had the pleasure of meeting Millie the 8 month old Pot Belly Pig (Cristiana is also 8 months so it's a fun size comparison). We loved meeting Millie along with the other pets that were in the store (a rabbit and a funny looking chicken).
Here's Cristiana w/her little hippo piano. Make sure to pause the music at the bottom of the page before you press play on this video.
So we decided to try avocado as our second food because of it's wonderful benefits to brain development. Unfortunately someone forgot to tell Cristiana how good it was for her. She DID NOT like it AT ALL. Every spoonful I stuck in her mouth, which were a few, she spit 
right out and made this disgusted face. I don't blame her, I'm not an avocado fan. I tried to mask the taste by putting a little bit of avocado in some sweet potato but Cristiana is too smart for me. Every spoon that contained a little bit of avocado came right out and she gave me that face again. I guess she does have Mommy's taste buds after all.
This weekend Cristiana had her 1st taste of solids. I know most people start earlier but I really wanted to wait because she's had so many digestive issues and I'm glad we did because everything seems good so far. So we started out with some homemade sweet potatoes and she LOVED them!! I was really surprised because I have a very limited diet and didn't expect her to like it but they taste good to me as well (it was my first time tasting them while I was making them for her). Make sure before you press play on the video below, to pause the music that's at the bottom of the page.
I've been trying for weeks to take a picture of Cristiana's first teeth but it's been very difficult. Every time I tried by pulling her lip down she would just stick out her tongue so here's the best I could do so far. Though we are so happy she's getting teeth it's definitely not fun anymore when you stick your finger in her mouth (it's like a mouse trap in there) :)
So our dog Rusty (pictured on the left side bar somewhere) and Cristiana have never really connected. Cristiana has been staring at her and follows her with her eyes but Rusty has never really paid attention to her except for maybe a little leg sniff her and foot sniff there. Yesterday I was holding Cristiana on my lap while sitting on the couch and Rusty came over to us looking for some loving and Cristiana reached her hand out to her and Rusty came closer and gently placed her head underneath Cristiana's hand so she could pet her. It was so sweet. Finally a connection!!!
As I mentioned in a previous post we are finally transitioning Cristiana into her crib and into her room. So she's been spending some time in her crib during the day so she can get use to it. Today I placed her in for her first nap in the crib and it went well (but it could have been the fact that she didn't go down for a real nap until 3:45pm today). EEKK!
A few more naps in there and we'll hopefully move her over for night time. It's definitely going to be hard for me though because I've so enjoyed her being in our room with us but it will be nice to be able to move in the bed and go to the bathroom without having to worry about waking her up for the few hrs she does sleep for.
Since I'm not really working anymore, saving money is a definite must. So I've decided to forgo the disposable diapers and try out cotton ones. Here are pictures of our first day with cotton diapers. They're definitely not your grandmas cotton diapers. No need for scary pins, just fold the cotton in the fold that you prefer and then just slip on a cover and your done. They're a little big for Cristiana's little tushie but should last us a long time, I just hope they don't leak. Wish us luck!
Since Cristiana is teething, I decided to to help soothe her gums a bit by giving her a mesh feeder with a yummy momsicle "frozen breast milk cube". This was her first time using the mesh feeder and she could not get enough of it, especially with the frozen treat inside. Her second tooth is already on the way, I felt the "little razor blade" this morning.
Cristiana is having new things happen everyday, some that are hard to capture on camera. Cristiana's 1st tooth has been on its way out for a little over a week. It's still not completely out but it is very visible (about 1/3 out). I also believe her second tooth will be on its way pretty soon too because I can see it in her gums. So we've been dealing with a lot of teething, but nothing too extreme (except for her bitting me the other day while feeding **OUCH**). With a new tooth in her mouth, Cristiana is starting to experiment with new sounds; she's starting to babble a bit, no mammas or daddas yet but plenty of yah..yah..yah... and blah...blah..blah.. and a few other things I can't decipher. It almost sounded like she said Hallelujah the other day with all her sounds. We'll have to get her babbles on video to post. We've also finally put her crib together and we'll soon be transitioning to it. She's been in her Amby baby hammock up till now. And as always she's such a joy and so much fun. She didn't even flinch when I put these Mickey ears on her.
