Nana Comes to Visit

Phoebe turned 7 months on Sunday - I simply can't believe it! She's learning to entertain herself on a more regular basis and not require us to be right beside her all the time. I praise God for this new ability!




Nana came out for a long weekend from Georgia and we were SO happy to have her visit! Here's Phoebe trying on Nana's "all girls need red for the holidays" outfit. I have to say, our girl can wear red well!

Of course Nana didn't bring any warm Georgia weather with her for her visit so we had to deal with cold temperatures in the 30s all weekend. It gave us a chance to bundle Phoebe up - she's not quite sure about wearing hats yet - she barely let us get this one on her head to take pictures!

We did let Nana out of the house to go visit an old friend Sunday afternoon. It gave Phoebe and I a chance to take a quick nap, something we don't do together very often.

All in all, she was a very happy baby for Nana's visit. I'm pretty sure Nana doesn't believe Phoebe ever gets fussy. Honestly we're spoiled rotten with how good she is. Especially with her still dealing with this cough AND her two new front teeth. We're still working on getting a picture of them, they're not in all the way and everytime you try to see them, she sticks her tongue out.

Ryan and I got to go out for dinner and a movie on Saturday - something we hadn't done in a long, long time. Nana honestly spoiled me - I got to take showers without rushing and having an extra hand in the mornings was a HUGE help. We missed her today when we got up!

Reading & Eating

Here I thought we had a little reader on our hands...

Then I thought maybe we just had a little ham...

Then I knew what she really wanted...

She is putting EVERYTHING into her mouth these days. This may explain why when I took her to the doctor today, he said she had a mild case of croup. Phoebe probably coughed 100 times this morning when she woke up and each time, it broke our hearts. She's had a runny nose since last weekend and that's what prompted the visit to the pediatrician today. If it had been a medium or severe case, they would have given her a shot but they said no need. She's in the best of moods throughout this little sickness, talking up a storm and moving like crazy. I'll leave her on the quilt and then come back two minutes later and she's across the room by the couch. Watch out world! Still no teeth, but I'm ok with that, too. I have a feeling that our calm nights are about to come to an end - either because she's crawling or teething!

Halloween and Whatnot

Ok, so we're awful parents and didn't buy our six month old a halloween costume. We just couldn't decide and by the time it actually came around, we just couldn't justify it. Maybe the next time we have a six month old, we'll make more of an effort. We did however, make sure she had jack-o-lanterns on her socks and she got to borrow a wig from Daphne (who was with Scooby Doo) at the Halloween get together we went to. We did get to witness what kids who have overdosed on candy behave like and we are NOT excited about that!

Here are a couple of pictures of Phoebe in her high chair. Eager as ever to eat, I'm already excited to start her on stage 2 food - the limited selection has Mommy bored! She seems to enjoy each bite (we haven't tried peas again yet...).

And these are a couple of "lost" pictures from our trip to Michigan a few weekends ago. I thought the one of her with Uncle Steve and Auntie Kate was too cute not to post!

Pray for little Phoebe, she's had a stuffy nose off and on the last couple of days - she seems to be feeling fine, no fever or anything so I'm wondering if a tooth is on the horizon. Also pray she adjusts to the time change well...Ryan will probably stay up late to watch the end of the Colts game and I'm sure he's not planning on being up till 7:00!