BalleRoona Girl!

Bathtime!

I got a mohawk!

Say what?

Helping out Mama

Roo was helping me out this morning while I did the dishes and these pics are the result! Nursing at the keyboard - will post more tomorrow!

Riley's Interim Car Seat

This picture was too cute not to share! Roo has been hating being in her bucket seat because she can't see. She is also 19 lbs. and her seat only goes up to 22 lbs.. Anyhoo, I had the True Fit car seat, but I found out that they will be updating it in January/February and coming out with more colors, so I decided to take back the one I have and wait for the newer model to come out.

This means that Roo had to stay under 22 lbs. until February at the latest. As it's only the middle of October now, I just couldn't see that happening seeing as she is gaining at least a half pound a week.

I found a Britax Marathon in Ashley Floral print that is really cute, and so we got that to tide her over until the TF comes out - and she loves it!

We have a milestone!

Riley laughed for the first time today! Well, she had laughed in her sleep at 11.5 weeks but today she was wide awake and laughed for me!

Baby Booty

Roo learned to roll over last week, right? Well, I guess last night she figured out how much fun rolling is...

...and proceeded to practice ALL NIGHT LONG.

Needless to say, Mama is very tired this morning.

Out and About

I dist a wittle wambie - don't mind me!

We had quite the eventful day today - first day with a new mom's group, and shopping afterwards. Roo was great though! There were 2, 3, 4, and 5 month babies there, one in each group (obviously Roo was the 3 month baby!). I found out one of the moms (with the 2 month old) lives just down the road from us! Next week will be busy, as the LLL meeting is Monday, Tuesday is another mom's group meeting and then this mom's group meeting is Wednesdays. We may just go to the LLL and Tuesday meeting next week for the sake of gas.

It has turned quite chilly here, especially at night. Last night was the first night I had to get up and put another blanket on the bed because I was too cold to sleep. It was 40 deg. this morning so I'm guessing it was close to freezing last night. I guess winter has finally hit! It is very sunny still, which is nice, although we did have a bout of rainy gray weather last week. Par for the course I suppose, but at least in the Willamette Valley we get some sun in the winter. When I lived in Portland, I went around 28-29 days in January without sun and was so busy I didn't realize it until the sun came out. I had literally forgotten it could get sunny! (This was just after we got engaged, so I was planning a wedding, was working 40-45 hours a week and taking 12 credits at school - I was a little absentminded by the end of the month!)


I got Riley's Halloween costume in the mail the other day - I'll post a pic of her dressed up in it on November 1st or 2nd, as we will be taking her out to the grandparents Nov. 1st because Joe has a business trip that week and won't be getting back until way late on the 31st.

My mom is flying in on the 25th to stay the week with us and I can't wait! It will be nice to have her here while Riley and I are more mobile. Last time she was here I was either very pregnant or newly postpartum, so we didn't get to do as much as I would have liked. Hopefully, it won't be too cold to go to Tuesday Market (farmer's market) while she is here.

Happy 3 Monthiversary!

Here's her 3 month shot! Excuse the fan in the background - the house is still a mess from me unpacking and whatnot. It's been a crazy week.

Roo started rolling over from back to front yesterday consecutively - she has rolled in the past, but I don't think she was really meaning to do it - now she knows how to do it and thinks she is pretty hot stuff! She is also solidly in 9 month clothes - I can't believe she is as big as she is!

Dates so I don't forget - first tooth came in on September 23, second on September 30, rolled back to front on October 3.

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