Nine Months!?!?

My dear Miss Pearl,

The older I get, the faster time goes. That is something you will discover in probably another 30 years or so. Only a short nine months ago, you came into our lives and have made this world a place of joy. True, my life was fun and exciting, but now it is full of discovery and hope and joy and expectation; all thanks to you. I am so grateful you choose this family to join. Congratulations to all of us and thanks to you, Miss Pearl, for bringing such happiness to us all.

Nana

Day Before 9 Months

I just have so much new stuff to share I decided to do the 9 month post a day early. I still might say a few words and share a couple more pictures tomorrow.

Well, my first Father's day was great, we went swimming (our new Sunday thing), and watched movies. Pearl rode in her new car seat for the first time, her Nana and Bumpa bought her a wonderful new seat that can be used foreward and backward facing. Pearl seemed to enjoy her first ride in it. Pearl has been trying all sorts of new foods: Chocolate, Tuna, Gravy, Mashetopatoes, and the list goes on, it seems that there is nothing she does not like. She continues to work on her standing and walking skills, she should be running accross the room in no time. When Mommy is in sight Pearl says "Mamamamama" and when I am she says "Dadadada" so we know she knows who is who, just like she is supposed to do.

Please enjoy the photos, we see Pearl swinging with Mommy, cuddling with Daddy after swimming, and the fabulous new car seat. Plus, there are some other candid shots of the little monster.

Last night Pearl was up a little past her bed time so I broke out the video camera. This little movie is the result of the late night footage. I got her doing the "Dadadada" and some smiling and laughing, enjoy.

Pearl In The Pool

On Sunday we all went to the pool over in Casselberry that Kim found the other day when looking on line for a place to swim. It's only $2 to swim all day, and not very crowded at all. Pearl's first time swimming went better than expected, she only cried a little, but whined a lot. I figure if we start going every Sunday she'll get used to it eventually. Of course I have a video of the event that I share with you now...

A Little Update

So we got a crib earlier this week, thanks to an ad listed on Craigslist we got a crib that is almost $400 new for a mere $100. After we got the crib we went over to Babies-r-Us and got the "Rainforest" crib set that came with a sheet, comforter, bumper, and a ruffle thingie. We had a little difficulty the first night with trying to get her to sleep in it, but the past few nights she has slept for hours without any problem, we still bring her in with us when we go to sleep for the night.



Now all we need is a new car seat for little miss Pearl, but we got some time for that (not mush, but some).

Also, here are some pictures from this week for your viewing pleasure:

2 Posts In One Day? Can It Be Real? is It Too Much??? You Be The Judge!!!

Pearl has been, for the most part, been sleeping with Mommy and me since she was born. We started, a few weeks ago, to let her sleep in her room in our old queen size bed while we are still awake. When we go to bed we bring her in with us of course. We build a pillow fort around her so that she won't fall to the floor. That seemed to be working so we decided to try to start seeing if she would sleep all night in her room, because Mommy and me would like to have our bed back. Well, the pillow fort is no longer an effective means to keep her in har bed, and the bassinet is not sufficient either, she will just climb right out of that. We need a crib, found a perfectly good one at Ikea for $200, so that Pearl can spend all night in her OWN room. We are saving for the crib, which also turns into a toddler bed so we don't have to fork out another $200 6 months down the road when she is too big for the crib. We also need a new car seat for Pearl, I never realized how hard it was to make bigger purchases for a baby. I have included a new donation button over to the right, this goes into Kim's new paypal account and any funds coming from the blog will be labelled "Pearl's Crib" and will only be used for a crib and or car seat.

I made a new video today, the is a special treat in the last part. Something that pearl is doing now that no one but us knows about.