Green beans and sweet potatoes.

We decided to introduce EA to "real" food last Monday. I wanted to start with veggies just to be safe... 

Here is her opinion of green beans:

Basically it was hilarious. She must have gagged 15 times during that one 7 min feeding. Clearly we have to keep working on the green veggies.

Today, I decided I would get her to try sweet potatoes.

This got a much better response...

My favorite was when she took the spoon from me and kept putting it in her mouth. 

Needless to say, this would not have happened with the green beans.

Next stop, peas!!

Jumpin', jumpin'

My daughter loves to jump.

It is pretty hilarious. 

Anytime ANYONE holds her, she bounces up and down and jumps off their legs.

All I can say is that I may never catch her once she starts crawling/ walking...

Some good friends of ours are due in March and had this awesome jumper from Birmingham's Kids Market and Mom. Since they aren't using it yet, they kindly allowed me to test it out on EA to determine if we should buy one...

Clearly, the answer is yes. She *loves* it.

Here is the after shot- all that jumping wore her out!!

PS- Note to self... when wanting to surprise BK when he gets home from work with an I love my daddy onesie, don't text him a picture of child in said onesie. Ruins the surprise every time.

Misc. Thursday

Here are some things on my mind this Thursday...

As I was doing my quiet time yesterday, the Lord convicted me through this verse... 

*Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry... *(James 1:19-20)

That quick to listen and slow to speak reminded me again of the importance of truly investing in people and their thoughts, feelings, moods, and needs... not just preparing for what I will say in response to what they are saying. Ouch. Let's just say it hit me hard.

I saw this today and thought it went perfectly with this verse-

Good point. 

Biblical even :)

For the past 2.5 weeks I have been taking the Snap Shop course from AshleyAnnPhotography.com. Such a sweet Christmas gift from the hubs.

This course has revolutionized how I use my camera and has brought this desperate desire to use my camera all. the. time. I pretty much love it and have learned a ton. The course is over on Sunday, so I keep going over the information again and again so I will soak it all in before I lose access. If you are interested in an online DSLR photography class, you should look in to this one. Amazing.

Here are some of my favorite pics post-photography class.

(This is my friend Maegan's little girl... she didn't like the apples, so she put them on the table. It was HILARIOUS.)

Tomorrow night I am going to my church's women's retreat with several girls from our Sunday School class. I am way excited, but kind of sad... it will be my first night away from EA. I found myself staring a little harder at her as we laid her down for bed tonight- ingraining that precious face in my head.

Speaking of weekend's away, have you heard about the Whatever Craft Weekends? I seriously want to go.... or have one similar. Those sponsors rock and the crafts are way cute... not to mention meeting new friends and getting to travel. It sounds dreamy.

Finally, I read this post from Ashley Ann's blog today. Such a great reminder of what a fabulous and hugely important role I have to just be mommy. EA might not call me that yet, but she will and it will rock my world.

Happy Thursday friends!

Emily Ann- 5 months

Emily Ann- 5 months

Firsts: Eating baby food, sitting up, cold and ear infection, sleeping through the night unswaddled, hanging out with a dog

Milestones: Eating baby food! Also, you are regularly grabbing your toes and you pull down on your car seat toys all the time. 

Measurements: 15 lbs. 15 oz, 26 inches long (90th percentile), size 2 diapers, 3-6 month clothes

Like Mommy: You love being around people!

Like Daddy: You love being around people!

Food: You are eating 6.5 oz. of formula with two scoops of rice cereal for every meal. When we practice with baby food, you usually take 1.5 oz.

Sleep:  You sleep from 8:30PM to 8:00 AM every night, though this cold has woken you up early or in the middle of the night a few times this month. You take a short nap in the morning and a 2.5 to 3 hour nap in the afternoon.

Challenges: Mommy hates you being sick!! Between the runny nose and the grabbing at your ears, it breaks her heart. Most of the time you don't seem to mind though and are just as happy and bouncy as you normally are.

Our Days: You wake up at 8:00 each morning and have breakfast. After you eat, you usually play in the Exer-Saucer or on Mommy's bed as she gets ready for the day.You eat again at 12:00 then we play from the end of that feeding until 1:30 when you usually get sleepy. You sleep from 1:30 to 4:15. At 4:15 you eat again, then spend some time with Daddy. You sit in your Bumbo as Mommy and Daddy eat dinner, then we play a little more before bedtime. You take a bath every other evening right before your 8:00 meal. We feed you at 8:00 and you go to bed at 8:30. 

Favorite Moments

Mommy's Favorite: Bath time. You are really beginning to enjoy playing in the water and splashing around.

Daddy's Favorite: When he gets home from work and you smile up at him.

Nicknames: EA, Baby Girl

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