peas

marianne had peas for the first time tonight. she LOVED them. she kept banging on the tray between bites and practically bit (read: gummed) the end off the spoon. seems she might be a fan of green veggies, so far...zucchini and peas.

don't mind the commentary - we thought we had been recording earlier and then barely caught the end of the meal...as you can tell, I'm scraping the bowl clean.

we also noticed that she was jabbering a new sound tonight - "buh". she's only been saying "hehhh", which she says first, and then she starts in with the "buh"s. george is a pretty good sport with her. the video comes to an abrupt end when she makes a hurried getaway to the ledge. ever since saturday morning she's been going up the ledge on her own and she can now maneuver her way down without doing a header into the floor.

pumpkin cap is compliments of aunt kimberly. she's going to wear it to daycare on thursday for "black and orange" spirit day.

playdate

marianne had a playdate with her friend, madeline, several weeks ago while momma had a playdate with madeline's mommy, tonya. they are only three days apart in age - madeline was actually born on marianne's due date of 3/21. they had a great time together. this is actually before marianne was sitting up well on her own.

marianne adeline and madeline marie

i think madeline may have possibly taught marianne to sit up.

they spent a lot of time playing take-away with this strand of beads.

is that a hint of a tantrum?

yeah, they swapped some spit.

madeline, you are so precious.

creepy-crawler

the last month has been so busy and so has marianne...busy taking on the world of crawling, standing and eating solids (at least mushy ones) with her lone tooth. we certainly have seen a lot of change in her during her 7th month.

she decided she needed to be on the move and she made haste. at the end of august she found her way up to hands and knees.

by the end of september she was military crawling and - much to our amazement - pulled herself up to standing at her einstein gym.

military crawl.

i think i'll just stand.

she put it all together this past weekend and she started crawling on all fours.

crawling (and she actually jabbers a little in this one).

she's now aware that there's a lot more on the floor than her toys and the dog and cat - rugs, outlets, cords, shoes, dust bunnies, so much to touch and taste. that's a big "ooooh noooo" for momma and daddy.

a little tummy time in the nude before my bath.

on the fourth of october we started a meal of solids (read: rice cereal thinned with breastmilk). five days later we gave zucchini a try, which she really seems to like, and i suppose she thinks she needs to chew all that mushy food because on the same day her first tooth emerged. i've been making her food so far. it's so simple and quick. i actually can't wait to start flavoring some of her dishes and trying some combos.

first taste...she's not sure about this.

second day...i can do this.

zucchini is a hit.

this past weekend we went to a pumpkin festival. it would have been an amazing day but it was 87º. are you kidding me? in october? it was supposed to be sunny and cool. it was miserably warm, nay, HOT! hence, marianne's cheeks are beet red. but darn it she looks cute with those pumpkins.

our little yogi getting into downward dog.

our little baby girl is changing before our very eyes. we were so lucky to have our friend, denise, take 6-mo photos of her. here's a couple of newborn vs 6-month comparisons.

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marianne is finally getting hair - even in these 6-month photos it's barely there and now she has quite a lot and it's fuzzy, that is before momma slicks it down with lotion. it was pretty dark at first but it's turning lighter and lighter.

i like to think she's momma's girl...

...but who am i kidding?