Because We Can

Need I say more?

Sometimes being the parent is just too much fun.

Wild Thing

I think this picture pretty much sums up the past week:

The child has gone completely nuts. She literally tries to climb the walls. She is into absolutely everything except her toys, and she gets MAD when I take things away from her. And of course the new found excitement of standing in her crib is seriously sabotaging my nap efforts. I spend the majority of my day chasing her around. Distraction is my biggest ally.

She's loving every minute of it!

She (kind of) likes green beans!

I've been on a quest to find more veggies for Marea to eat. Avocado got spit out and peas gave her a nasty rash. Yesterday we tried green beans and I think they're a go! Although, she did throw them up. But maybe that's because I went running with her in the stroller too soon after she ate them. Because today she had them again and no barf! And she even made that cute little 'mmmmmm' sound a few times. Not after every bite like she usually does though.

I must admit, I feel guilty giving them to her because they're just so gross. I gave her some apples afterward just to get that awful taste out of her mouth.

She also loves this little device-a mesh bag that I can put soft foods in for her to chew on. Keeps the big chunks out. Very messy and disgusting, but tons of fun!

And finally...some daddy time.

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Last weekend Marea impressed us by beginning to crawl. This week Marea impressed us being able to crawl FAST...and climb the stairs, and open all the cupboards, and pull herself up to standing on every piece of furniture we own. She couldn't do all of this stuff as of yesterday!
What have I learned? Almost everything in the house is dangerous except the carpet.

Boy is she happy.

What she did with her shirt in this picture, I don't know!

She absolutely loves the stairs. And unfortunately, licking the floor.

living on the edge

In the past, i've been known to do some pretty crazy things. in the interest of not incriminating myself, i won't name any of those things. if you know me, you get the point.

but THIS takes the cake:



yes...i actually snuck into Marea's room while she was sleeping and took this picture. because she just looks so sweet when she's asleep. now that's some dangerous living.

it actually ended up being a two hour nap. as you can tell, i still haven't figured out what to do with myself with all this extra time on my hands.

Welcome to Our World!

Hello Everyone!

So I started working on this right before Christmas, and of course didn't get very far over the holidays. But now we're back and i've put some time into this, and i'm ready to send it out for your enjoyment. But really, the enjoyment is all mine. There is nothing I would rather do than show off my Little Missy Pie!

So here it is, our new blog. For those of you who don't know what this is (mom), it's an online diary, which I plan on using to capture all those crazy, fun, amazing moments that Marea and I (and daddy too) share on a daily basis. Because just like everyone told me, time is going by way too fast, and I don't want to forget any of this! I'm still sleep deprived too, so chances are i'll forget a lot unless I write it down. And of course, I wanted a way to share more of her life with everyone who lives far away.

Check out the cool photos section at the top of the page! I'm really happy about that part. I plan on adding to this blog and to the pictures as much as I can. Which may be a lot these days as Marea is taking way better naps. So check back often!

7 months

Today Little Missy Pie is 7 months old! Where has the time gone?

She has been in such a great mood lately. Just a pure joy to be around...happy, smiling, screaming with delight, lots of new babbling (mamamamamamamama! and babababababababa! and wawawawawawawa! and dadadadadadada!) and of course, crawling around. It's been really fun thinking up new games to play with her. Like, let's bury Marea in the laundry pile....

She thinks that just about everything we do is funny. Or maybe she's just laughing at us and how ridiculous we've become. But I don't care how silly we look. It didn't take me any time at all to get over that-you know, being in public and acting completely silly. In fact, people are naturally drawn towards people who are having a genuinely good time. *Especially* when there is an adorable baby involved. I catch people smiling at us all the time. Not just smiling and noticing that we're having fun, but really feeding off our energy. Hopefully it's contagious!