This past Friday Cristiana had a fun play date with the other "West Side girls" from our mommy and me group, Amelia and Ava. We didn't get to jump in the pool because Tropical Storm Fay provided us with a week long of non stop rain but the girls still had a great time playing w/Ava's toys. It's amazing how much the girls have grown. Ava and Cristiana met at our mommy and me tea when Cristiana was only 3 weeks old and Ava was about 6-7 weeks old and look at them now! Thanks Kristin and Ava for being such great hostesses! 
Cristiana LOVES magazines. Every time I'm looking over one or I get one in the mail she always reaches for them. She loves to stare at the bright pictures and I think the sound as well as the feeling of the type of paper is what she really loves. After handling the magazine with her hands she usually 
will scoot the magazine down to her feet and go crazy crinkling the pages as well as turning them with her feet.
The magazines also seem to make a good morning or afternoon snack :).
So I finally decided to treat myself to a haircut this weekend. It's been so long that my hair dresser even forgot I was pregnant when I showed her Cristiana. It was nice to be able to sit back and be pampered. It was definitely better than my usual treat of eyebrow waxing, which I'm not sure anyone would call a treat.
This past weekend Jaime and I decided to treat our cravings for Tony Roma's ribs and headed towards I-Drive. We haven't been to a Tony Roma's since they closed the one near our house. After eating we walked around the shoppes at Point Orlando. Cristiana seemed to have a great time, especially since it wasn't so hot during our outing. On our way back to the car I sneezed and Cristiana smiled, so Jaime faked sneezed and she started to giggle. She had a giggle fest as we both started to fake sneeze for her. Fortunately our digital camera takes video and we were able to capture this moment. The video volume is low so make sure to pause the music at the bottom of the page and turn up the volume before you hit play.
Cristiana is finally sitting up on her own. She topples over still after a few minutes but she's doing it all on her own. I was a little worried when we went to our 6 month visit and she was still not tripoding very well but a little over 1 wk later and she's up all on her own. I needed to remind myself that she was 4 wks early and technically a month behind, but she's doing incredibly well and both mommy and daddy are so excited that she's developing so quickly in the past few weeks! 
After a lot of thinking and praying, Jaime and I decided that it would be best for our family both financially and emotionally that I stay home with Cristiana. It was a hard decision because I do love teaching and it will mean a complete lifestyle change for us, but it's definitely the best decision for our family. I'm very excited to stay home with her and be able to experience her first everything.
Cristiana loves spending time with her Godparents Justin and Chantelle. I know, she doesn't look thrilled in the picture (she was having a bad day) but she does love her Godparents. We love them too!!!
This past Saturday was Cristiana's 6 month birthday. I can't believe it's already been 6 months since God allowed us to welcome her into this world. Where does the time go? These past 6 months have been an amazing roller coaster for our little family. All beginning with a crazy and unexpected birth experience, then the hardships and joys of breastfeeding, now she's got Acid reflux, she hates baths, then the doc saying she's not gaining enough weight, but wait, now he says she's just a petite little baby and she's OK, the sleepless nights that still go on today, oh oh.. she's not pooping everyday, phew..that's normal, her first smile, she loves baths, her first trip to the beach, her first laugh, oh..she's ticklish, OMG her gas is as strong as daddy's, her baptism, she's rolling over, she's just as talkative as mommy and daddy, she likes to suck on her toes, she's crazy (I wonder who she gets that from), yea..she's starting to tripod, SHE'S OUR PERFECT LITTLE GIFT FROM GOD!!!
This past weekend Jaime and I went on our 1st date alone since Cristiana was born 6 months ago. We went to watch Batman- The Dark Knight on IMAX and it was amazing. It was really nice being alone with Jaime, but since it was the 1st time I've left Cristiana ,I have to admit, that I was constantly looking at the time during the movie and wishing, though it was great, to hurry up. I constantly felt like I was missing something, almost like a limb. But now that the 1st time has happened, I'm sure it will get easier. My friend Toya was the guinea pig, who baby sat for us, and we can't thank her enough for being so wonderful! We LOVE you Toya!
Cristiana finally outgrew her bath pillow that we bought to make bathing her in the plastic tub much more comfortable. We attempted to use the plastic tub by itself but found it very difficult to hold her up, since she's still not sitting up on her own, and Cristiana did not seem to enjoy her position in the tub. We went ahead and purchased this inflatable duck tub that everyone raves about and we have been extremely happy with it. Cristiana can just lean back, relax and enjoy her bath. Mommy doesn't have to hold her up anymore and Cristiana can enjoy kicking and splashing. We LOVE it!
(Courtney, Jason, and Emma)
We finally put the spinning toy tray on Cristiana's little seat this weekend (we wanted to wait until she was comfortable in her chair and sitting very straight up in it). She LOVES playing with the toys on the tray, especially the one that spins. She can't spin the tray herself yet so we spin it for her so she can have time with all four toys. She does get a bit frustrated with the toys at times because the toys are stationary and she wants to rip them out of their holes and put them in her mouth like everything else.
