Mac & Cheese please!

Rebecca's first (home made) Mac & Cheese. Yum!

Also her first time using a fork... to varrying degrees of success.

"Hmmmm.... let me see...."

"Mama said I need to poke the food with this thing"

"and then put it in my mouth"

"I don't know"

"Oh, heck, I'm just going to use my hands!"

We're in a bit of a pickle

Last night, while dining on our high class meal of Grilled Cheese sandwiches, Rebecca had her first pickle!

"Hmmm. I don't know about this thing."

Crunch!

"What the mother of crap did I just eat?"

"Oh! Maybe I do like it!"

"Yum! Thanks Mama!"

Rebecca's first ER visit

Very scary :(

Last night we ended up taking Rebecca to the Emergency room. She woke up from a nap with a big swollen lip and cheek. It looked a little bit like she'd had a stroke at first.

I called the nurse on call at our pediatrician's office and went through her symptoms. I was told that I needed to get her to ER immediately, have one of us sit in the back seat with her, cell phone in hand, ready to call an ambulance to meet us if she stopped breathing, started drooling, or started having trouble swallowing.

We got to ER and they got her right in.
On a brief side note, I'm so impressed with the ER staff from last night. They were quick, efficient, helpful, and very friendly. The opposite of what is usually expected from ER.

The doctor determined that it looks as if, during her nap, Rebecca bit her lip with two of her brand new teeth hard enough for it to swell up like crazy.

Apparently she had the classic symptoms of an allergic reaction so it's good that we got her in so quickly. Thank God it was something so simple.

We were sent home with orders to give her her first Popsicle. I'll let you know how that goes :)

Cloth diaper cutie

We got our new cloth diapers this week and I LOVE them! I'm so excited. They've proven to be very simple and easy. Rebecca seems to like them

Rebecca finally cut her top tooth that she's been working on for weeks. She's a much happier baby now! Good thing she takes good care of her teeth! :)

Rebecca's baby food freezer stash is getting a little low so this weekend will be Operation Baby Food. First up we'll make carrots, then apples, then we'll see how the spirit moves.

Baby legs, part II

I wasn't attacking George. I promise!

Wait, George! I'm not done yet! Come back!

Big weekend

Saturday was Rebecca's first day in her Big Girl Carseat!

We got the Alpha Omega Elite in Bella (brown and pink) by Cosco for my car. We got the same seat but with the Sophia design (gray and pink) for Brian's.

She seemed to think it was pretty comfy.

We spent a fair amount of this weekend with family which was really nice.

Saturday evening we went to Brian's parents house for dinner. Spaghetti, another of my favorites! Rebecca ended up eating more of it than Brian and I combined! That girl can really have an appetite when she wants to.

After dinner she hammed it up for the camera for a while.

Sunday night we went to my mom's for dinner. She killed us with some AMAZING brownies with caramel, cashews, chocolate, the works. Death by fabulous brownies- not a bad way to go.

This weekend I tried my hand with a sewing machine for the first time in years and made some babylegs (check out babylegs.net). I had so much fun!

Rub-a-dub dub!

Baby in her brand new tub!

We bought Rebecca the inflatable ducky bath tub from Target a few nights ago. Wednesday night we gave it a go and she LOVED it.

If you press the beak of the duck he quacks. Rebecca kept grabing it's facing and bopping it with her hand to try and make it do it again.

That same night Rebecca got to try Mommy's favorite food: Beef stroganoff. She loved it as much as I do. 'Atta girl!

Happy New Years!

Happy 2008!

Our New Years Eve was very quiet but nice. Brian and I traditionally stay in together and "jammie up" as we say. This NYE was no different. As soon as I got out of work we changed into jammies, ate fabulously terrible-for-you food (hot wings- mmmm) and watched movies once Rebecca was in bed.

Today was Rebecca's first day back at daycare after nearly a week and a half off. She was very excited to see Chrissy and the gang this morning as I dropped her off. It was harder for Brian and I since Brian's been home with her all week long. Lucky guy!

We're very (im)patiently awaiting the arrival of our new cloth diapers. We decided on the BumGenius All-in-ones (AIOs). They have gotten great consumer reviews and seem to be very simple and idoit-proof for us.

We've been using gDiapers which I've been very happy with, although the AIO I think will be even simpler.

We took Rebecca to Don's Drive-In over the weekend for her first bites of cheeseburger, fries, and strawberry milkshake. After a year of Mommy food (homemade baby food or breastmilk) it was quite a treat for her as you can see.