Week 25 and 26

Okay I missed another week, but at least I will publish week 26 earlier (I guess that counts for something).  Let me re cap last week:  I took off Monday and Tuesday and made baby food among other things.  I made five food items: apples, pears, butternut squash, carrots and sweet potato.  My goal was to have some foods under Caitlyn's belt before she turned 6 months old.  I cranked them out and froze them.

Some of the exciting things that happen over these last two weeks:
(1) She loves to grab toys, pick them up and place them in her mouth.
(2) Maybe teeth are coming?
(3) Has tried rice cereal, green beans, carrots and butternut squash.  So far she likes the butternut squash the best.

This weekend we are off to Jersey to celebrate my b-day and my grandma's 90th birthday. We will also get a chance to see Zena and Nital too.

WEEK 24 (I like numbers better)

Okay, I may be bias, but our baby is a genius.  She is sitting up now, which in itself is astounding for a baby that is less than 6 months old .  But, the real kicker is, she is almost crawling.

I couldn't not believe it for myself until I saw it yesterday.  Caitlyn can get up on her arms and legs, completely lift her body off the ground and start to rock back and forth.  I have some photos to prove it.

I don't remember Colby hitting these milestones yet.  Where is the time going???

On other news, we spent our labor day weekend cooped up inside trying/attempting potty training.  It sort of worked.  Colby can now pee in the potty but has yet to go number two.  School has been somewhat resistant to letting him go all day with underwear.  So far Colby has had only BM accidents. Hoping this weekend, he will fully get it.

Grandma Marsha is also coming this weekend to help out while Bill is away in Pittsburgh.

WEEK TWENTY THREE

Caitlyn is all smiles and rolls.  She even can sit up on her own for short bursts of time.  My little angel is so advance (I am bias of course).

I swear that she even did a little mini push up yesterday.  She will be crawling in no time.

Today Bill and I had our first parent teacher conference with Jessica, Ci Ci's teacher.  I hope I can get a copy and put it on the blog.  She had videos of her and pictures of Caitlyn smiling.  I was so impressed.  

WEEK TWENTY TWO

Five months have come and gone so fast.  I can't believe it.   Now it is time for solid foods.  I love when they really start to eat like a little person.

We tried rice cereal on Tuesday and Caitlyn spit it out at first.  It is growing on her.  She was adorable sitting in the high chair for the first time.

Over the weekend we had some very special visitors.  Caitlyn got to meet Shiv and Nandi.  They all had so much fun together.  The boys were lots of trouble.  Nandi loved playing with "the baby."  Nital and Raja were such wonderful friends.  I really appreciate how hard it was to travel with two kids just to see us.  They are great friends.

Here is the little one at her five month snapshot:

WEEK TWENTY ONE

Caitlyn laughs all the time.  She loves to jump and squeal.  It is the most adorable thing I have ever seen.  She also will just stare at anything that is placed in front of her.  Colby is her best teacher.  Their interaction together is priceless.  Colby now loves holding her but she is almost 2/3 his size in weight so he complains how heavy she is.

Some big milestones happened this week:
(1) Caitlyn has mastered rolling over completely--back to front; front to back
(2) She has been doing little push-ups
(3) Sitting supported for longer periods in the bumbo and with pillows
(4) Blowing raspberries in an effort to communicate
(5) She loves her headbands ;-)

Next week solid foods aka rice cereal.

WEEK TWENTY

Grandpa Norman came to visit.  He got to spend some one on one time with each child. He played with them both and saw how truly difficult life is with two children.  It was pretty funny watching him hold Caitlyn.  By the end of the weekend, Grandpa held Caitlyn like a pro.  Colby kept asking, "Where is Grandpa?". They were best buds.  Here is some photos I took of the weekend.

Here is our little princess:

WEEK NINETEEN

Caitlyn is a rolling over pro now.  Everyday like 4 or 5 times.  She is a little show off.