Brinn is 5 months old!! I can't believe another month has passed!! She has changed so much in such a short period of time. She is pretty much sitting up on her own, but still teeters, so we only practice on padded surfaces :) She's gotten so big too- she's busting out of her 6month clothes, so we've had to pack up another pile and move into the 6-12 month size. Her next doctors appointment is at 6 months, so we'll have some official stats at that point.
Big news- we started on solids! Well, rice cereal isn't exactly 'solid', its super runny for the first feeding. She first tried it in Utah with the Kalbs (video below), but it took her about a week to understand what was going on and to actually swallow any. Then when she started swallowing it, she threw up, so we shelved the whole process for a week and switched rice cereal yesterday (she started on brown rice cereal- turns out the extra fiber is hard for babies' tummies to digest. Hence the barf). I'm happy to report that she is eating the new brand of cereal (brand: Earth's Best Organic) and keeping it down! Win! Next week we will try oatmeal, then we'll slowly move onto the yellow and orange veggies (squash, sweet potato, carrots). Its definitely an exciting adventure. Below is a video from her first try- its a little embarrassing since Chuck didn't tell me he started the camera... enjoy!
Halloween was this past Monday. Brinn dressed up as an astronaut- we're promoting math and science :) I just figured that she has plenty of princess years ahead of her, so why not do something different as an infant. She was really warm and comfy and had a blast. Our neighborhood had a costume parade for the kids, so we sat Brinn in the front yard to watch the parade- she smiled and laughed the whole time. So sweet! She fell asleep around 7ish (girl can't hang!), so we gave out the rest of our candy to some lucky kids, turned off our lights, and called it a night. I'm personally really excited for the kick off of the holiday season- Thanksgiving in Irmo is next! YAY!!
HILARIOUS vid of the rice cereal...oh my gosh, i can't believe how much SHE wants to do it and grab that spoon from you! she is so freakin' cute and i love that lil' astronaut too! :) you're so funny, 'girl can't hang!' hahahaha! tell her she's a gal after my own heart ;)
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