Highchair at a Restaurant - We've Hit a Milestone!

Well, we hit a milestone tonight. Our baby sat in a highchair at the table for an entire meal. She wanted to be held at the very end, but Mommy and Daddy got to eat first - at the same time! Wow, what a wonderful family meal! She is so curious now that she spent the whole meal watching people and chewing on her toys. She threw some on the ground, but for the most part she played quietly and watched us eat.

She is getting really interested in us when we eat. She watches closely as we put the food in our mouths and chew. When we started eating, she started making chewing motions, too! She's definitely getting closer to getting ready to eat, but we aren't rushing into anything. I think that Ben is perfectly happy to wait for the diapers to need to be rinsed out :)! She behaved so well, and we got complements on her all night. We may be able to take more family outings like this in the future!

Daddy's Softball Games

I found a few pictures from Ben's softball that I thought I'd share. She really started enjoying it once she could sit in the stroller with her toys. We have a couple of the baby with Daddy at the softball games (big sigh, they're over).


Here we are with Daddy and the Fall Ball trophy for the last game of the year! It was cold, but fun. Yeah champs!

New Chew-Toy

Cecilia has a new favorite chew-toy, and it is an old washcloth. She was getting ready for a nap when we took the video, but she loves to chew on this. I guess the old saying that the simpler toys are the best is true!

Upside-down

I want to be upside-down! Cecilia loves this play-time position now when she plays with Daddy. What is it with kids and being upside down? Different view I guess.

New Carseat

We got a new carseat for Cecilia. She outgrew the old carrier, so we got her a convertible carseat that should last for quite a while. It is rear-facing until 45 pounds, and front-facing until 65 pounds. It should last her for quite a while, so we decided to go with the "girl" design, since it is unlikely it will be shared by another child. The old carrier will be stored until it is ready to be used again if needed.

Torro! and a High-chair

Cecilia laughs and more things everyday! Here, Ben was playing Torro! with the old washcloth Cecilia's been using as a chew-toy.



Oma also finished the high-chair that we used as kids for Cecilia. She got us a chair cover, too, and it is all set-up as of today! It looks great and fits her perfectly. We've been using it without the cover, but she slid down on the slippery wood. We sit her in the chair while we work in the kitchen. She's happy because she can reach the toys and see us at the same time. Mommy's happy because she can wash dishes and make dinner. Funny what makes you happy when you get older! Now that the cover's on she doesn't slide around and is much more comfy. Yeah for sitting!

Halloween 2009

Aunt Allison visited this weekend over Halloween. We took Cecilia to the pumpkin patch, but it was a little cold and windy. We still took a gander around the barnyard and went on a hayride. Cecilia touched a goat and fell asleep on the hayride! That night, we carved our pumpkins and handed out candy to trick 'o treaters. Not a bad first Halloween for the baby!

This video is of the corn maze. It was actually just some corn in a barn. It was too windy to go through the corn maze outside.


Here is the hayride.


Here are the jack-o-lanterns and Cecilia in her Halloween outfit.


Sunday we celebrated the Feast of All Saints with a giant turkey dinner. We roasted a turkey breast, and had mashed potatoes, amish corn, green beans cooked with onions and bacon, honey glazed carrots, sweet potato casserole, and dinner rolls. Ben had a sore throat so he couldn't eat much, but we had a delicious meal! It turned out too many of the dishes were sweet, so next time I will make more variety of flavors and not so much sweet.