Busy Weekend

This weekend was super busy. I had two baby showers and a graduation party to attend. Then Sunday, for Mother's day, we had Georgia's infant dedication service at church. Afterward we went to Ruby Tuesday's to eat with my mom, Shawn's parents and his sister and two of her kids, plus our friends George and Shanna.

First, Friday we had my cousin Sharon's baby shower. She is adopting a baby boy that is due to arrive on the 21st. My mom and I had ordered the cake so after going to the store to pick up other things my mom was furnishing I got the cake. I got home and got ready to leave and then fed Georgia. They wanted her to come so I brought her with me while Shawn stayed home. I lost track of time and by the time I tried to give Georgia some baby food during the shower it was way past time for her to have eaten and very close to her bed time, so she was not happy. I ended up leaving before she had finished opening the gifts and Georgia screamed the whole way back home. I always give her some rice cereal before she goes to bed, but I knew I would need to nurse her to calm her down. So I did one side, fed her cereal, then let her nurse on the other side and put her to bed. It was way past her bedtime! When I put her in the high chair to give her the cereal she fell asleep in the seat.

Then on Saturday I went to a baby shower for the daughter of one of Shawn's cousins. Since Georgia had a long and trying time at the shower the previous night I didn't take her to this one. Of course everyone kept asking me where she was as well. I left the shower after it started getting to the two hour mark and she had only opened two gifts because I needed to get home to feed Georgia before we went to the graduation party. While at home, we had to give Georgia an impromptu bath because she pooped and it came out of her diaper and went all up her back. We also threw a load of clothes in the washing machine to avoid stains. After her bath, I nursed her and then we left. The party was for our friend George's girlfriend. Since they've been dating for most of our married life then she really is our friend too, but we still refer to her as George's girlfriend. The party was in Blythewood, so it took a little while to get there. We only knew George, Shanna, and Shanna's family, but that didn't stop many people from admiring Georgia and wanting to hold her. We stayed for about two hours and then left because we knew Georgia would be hitting her limit soon.

Sunday, of course, was Mother's day. I got a card from Shawn and one from Georgia. Then at church we had her infant dedication. My parents and my brother came, as well as Shawn's family, and George and Shanna. After church we went to eat and then got to spend time with Shawn's sister and some of her kids. We got to see Maddie for the first time in three years (she had grown so much!).

This is Georgia sleeping in her high chair Friday night.



Georgia was hanging out on the sofa while I folded laundry.



Here is Georgia with George.






This was Saturday night, Georgia made tons of faces while Shawn tried to feed her.



She knocked out Sunday morning after I nursed her.



We put her in her bouncy set while we ate breakfast and she tried to get out.



This was everyone at the front of the church for her dedication.



Here Pastor Rusty is holding her while he prays.



This is Gabby, Georgia's new friend. She is the daughter of one of our missionary families.



At Ruby Tuesdays.



Georgia with her Aunt Whitney (somehow we had no pictures of Whitney holding her from before they moved to Florida).



Georgia with her cousins: Alex, N'Kenna, Madison, and Jason.



This is her sleeping on her tummy.

Easter, Zoo, and 7 months

I've been horrible about keeping up to date on posting. I think I have figured out why I couldn't upload Georgia's 6 month portraits but haven't gotten around to figuring out how to do it. Until then, we have a lot of things to update on.

Georgia had her first Easter. She got some new toys, Veggie Tales movies and some new books. She really loved the packaging, but some of the toys are a big hit too. After church we went to my mom's to eat and took pictures there. Then we went by Shawn's cousin's house to see some of his family there. It was a long day!

Then the next weekend we went to the zoo for the first time since Georgia was born. We got a membership to the zoo so we can go whenever or for however long. This time we were there for about 2 1/2 hours. We only say about half of the zoo and none of the botanical gardens. Georgia was more into people watching than actually seeing any animals, but she seemed to have fun.

Georgia has also hit the 7 month mark. She can sit unassisted and without propping herself up using her arms. She can't really crawl yet, but she is very mobile. She mostly moves backwards or rolls around on the floor. We keep trying to get her to crawl, but it just hasn't happened yet. Thankfully she still hasn't gotten to the point where strangers scare her, which is a giant plus. She also now has two teeth! This means she also bites with more pain than she did prior to teeth.

Spring time means irises. I wanted to take her picture in front of the irises, but she seemed more interested in pulling up weeds. Let's hope she still enjoys that when she gets old enough to help with the yard work!



Here is Shawn with Georgia. They look so cute together!



Here is Georgia looking at her Easter presents. She loved that plastic wrap.



Here she is playing with her toys.



Here we all are 0n Easter at my mom's house.



Georgia' Easter dress.



Looking at the roses.



Meeting a baby goat for the first time. She ended up grabbing the poor things ear before my dad let it go.



A goat wanting to get up close and personal with Georgia.



Georgia at the zoo, watching the people that are watching the penguins.



Here we are feeding Georgia outside the gorrilla's enclosure.



Shawn was playing around with Georgia and decided to show her some mixed martial arts moves. Here he is giving her a rear naked choke hold.



Here, Georgia has her dad in an arm bar, and he is pretended it hurts.



And finally, Georgia's 7 month picture. She is getting so big!

Portraits and more

When Georgia turned 3 months old we took her to get portraits done and I just now got around to scanning them into the computer. She was having a bad day and fussed almost the entire time so we only got three poses. The only reason I even scanned them is was because we had more portraits done after she turned 6 months old. This time she was awesome and we got some really great pictures so we bought the cd for them as well. We also learned that she could sit up in the tripod position while she was getting her pictures done. She has consequently been sitting up strait for pretty long stretches without falling over.

We also have a jumperoo that we started putting Georgia in since the last time I posted. She loves it! Even when she isn't in it she wants to bounce. When you hold her hands while she is standing up, she will bounce. When she is sitting, she will bounce. When she is laying down, she will bounce. It's her new favorite thing to do.

In addition, we've also upgraded Georgia to her big girl car seat. We had it for a while but never got around to putting her in it. However, we ended up being pushed into using it because while we were out to eat one night Georgia threw up all in her car seat. While we took the cover off and washed it we didn't know that the seat and the base had vomit in them as well until we were about to leave for church. So, we ended up trying to quickly get the new seat installed and get on our way to church. Needless to say we were way late for Sunday school and ended up not going into our class. I also learned a lesson, never go anywhere with Georgia without a change of clothes. I ended up buying an outfit at Cracker Barrel for her to wear home. Thankfully we were at a restaurant that sold clothes.

This is her 3 month pictures.









This is Georgia in her new convertible car seat.



And here she is in her jumperoo, or as we call it, her jumpy thing.



I've tried several times to upload the portraits she had done for 6 months and they will not load. I'll try again on a separate post.

6 months

Georgia turned 6 months old on the 29th. I've just been to busy to get the blog updated. But we have been very busy taking pictures!

Georgia also went and had 6 month pictures taken on Saturday. We'll get them next week, but during the session we learned that she could sit up (in the tripod position anyway). She is too busy wanting to stand up to learn to sit on her own. She is getting more mobile on the floor. She can't crawl, but she can turn in circles and kinda rock herself forward. She did actually move backwards yesterday, so crawling may happen soon. Also, she has a tooth. It is almost all the way out. The gum next to it is swollen too, but who knows when that one will come in.

While I'm at work she is eating baby food and taking a few sips of juice, but not taking milk. We have tried bottles, sippy cups, and still, not taking milk until I get home from work. It's kind of annoying that I'm doing all this pumping and she isn't drinking it, but I have found a use for it. My cousin is adopting a baby and I will give her the milk for the baby when he is born. He will need to supplement with formula because I only pump when I'm at work so it won't be enough for him to have for an entire day, but it will still give him the benefit of having breast-milk. Which, by the way, pray that everything works out with the adoption. He is due May 29 so I will let you know how everything goes.

We have a toy phone and I propped it up to make it look like she was talking on it.



Georgia loves to suck in her bottom lip.



This is her 6 month picture.



While waiting for me to open her food I gave her the spoon to play with.



She is enjoying he jumpy toy. She loves to jump now, even when not in her toy.



Georgia was sitting next to Shawn and leaned over to start licking his arm. We aren't sure why she does this, but she does it a lot.



This was another occasion when she was licking Shawn's arm. This time she looked up when she heard the camera turn on. This is her "caught-in-the-act" look



This is one of her new dresses. I think she has enough new dresses that she can wear a different one to church for the next two or three months!



I asked Shawn to put her lotion on her and get her dressed after a bath this week. This is what happened. He got lotion in her hair and then just used it like hair gel to make a faux-hawk.



This is me giving Georgia a big squeezey hug!

Almost 6 months

Next week Georgia will be 6 months old. It is hard to believe that she is already that old! We took her to the doctor last week for her 6 month appointment and she was 17 pounds 4 ounces and 26 inches long, both 75th percentile. She had been eating pretty much any baby food we would put in her mouth and then right before she went to the doctor she learned to assert herself. Peas and green beans now get her to clamp her mouth shut and start ahhhing at us. On the off chance that you do get food into her that she doesn't like she has also gagged herself to the point of vomiting, a lot. This is very unpleasant! Sometimes she refuses to eat bananas, but that comes and goes. She also dislikes peaches. But, when you give her food she really likes she can get very impatient and want you to feed her faster.

Since the last time I wrote I have had a birthday and we attended a birthday party for a lady that turned 100. The lady is named Mrs. Roberson and she was the preacher's wife at my dad's church when he was a kid. I have known her my whole life. The church actually had a celebration for her during the Sunday service and then had a meal afterward. This is when we found out that while she is ok at our church's nursery, she didn't like their nursery. I guess it was a new place with new people and she didn't like that. About 15 or 20 minutes before the end of the service they came and got me. She had been crying almost the entire time! So, while I thought she was doing pretty well around strangers, I suppose I was wrong.

This was Georgia's birthday wish for me.



This was Georgia after we bought her new shoes and new shades. She looks so Hollywood!



After three days of not really taking much of a nap, she fell asleep while eating. She subsequently slept for almost two hours.



This is what happens she Shawn feeds her, food everywhere!



This was taken for her tribal membership id. We have officially joined the Beaver Creek Indians of Orangeburg.



Here is Georgia with Mrs. Roberson. Even 100-year-olds love babies.



This is my dad with the two of them.



Stay tuned for her 6 month picture!