April 10, 2011

Sunday:

Today we headed home back to Austin. The ride was pretty good. Annabelle slept the first part, and then woke up and played for a bit. I would turn around in my seat to get a look at her to see what she was doing and each time, she'd crook her neck around as far as she could and look up at me with those big blue eyes and just grin. I wish I could have gotten a picture of that, there's such wonder and joy in a baby looking up at you and smiling behind a binky. She drank her bottle at one point, and then was set till we got home.

We are really having issues determining if she is ready for solids yet. I was eating one of Mimi's sausage rolls with Annabelle in arm/hip and before I could think of the proximity (or lack there of) of the roll and her hands, she snatched a chunk of it out of my hand, tearing off the bread and swiftly shoved it in her mouth. I don't think she's ready for grains yet, so I had to fish it out of her mouth. So I decided to set up her high chair with some banana and that just made her angry. So I smashed some in a bowl and she would grab the spoon out of my hand and wave it around. I gave in on trying to get the spoon back and got a second one from the drawer. She'd take a bite, make a weird face, swallow, cry like she wanted more, then when given another bite, cry, spit it out and yell. She would eat from the spoon if I was holding her on my hip, but we are not starting that habit. I then put her back in her high chair, with no tray, and she smacked the bowl out of my hand and banana goo went flying every where. So then, I put the tray back on and just gave her everything. Of course, all of it ended up on the floor, so after a cleaning of the high chair, me, the floor, etc, it was time for Annabelle's cleaning. Bath, Pjs, bottle then a little rocking in the rocking chair to finish her milk with dad and she was out. I think she was just pooped from all the exertion of the weekend.