Just in case you live under a rock, Thursday is Thanksgiving. ;-) I have begun to make my preparations for the holiday dinner and it has been more fun this year than last. Namely because we are not getting ready to make a move across town (or anywhere for that matter) and because I'm not curled over the toilet with "morning" sickness. I'm also happy because this year that little inconvenience has resulted in our beautiful daughter.
I made today my pies, cornbread, and cranberry sauce. I have cooked a little differently this year than in years past in an effort to make the meal a little healthier for our family. I have also included on the menu a few things that are not traditional for a two person gathering, but that are important for my husband to have for the holiday. (The specialty cheese/relish tray) The relish tray is NOT a healthy thing, but I figure "Heck, thanksgiving only comes once a year. Why not indulge a little bit?!"
I have also started to drag out the Christmas decorations. I'm late this year getting up my Christmas tree, but thats okay. I will just leave it up for a little while longer than normal. :-) When I put up my Christmas decor I deep clean my house, so needless to say it has been a VERY busy couple of days here!
Also some very exciting things have been happening in our home in the way of Alexandra's development. Last week we started feeding her solid foods. We started with bananas for three days and she LOVED them! Then we moved on to sweet potatoes. She was somewhat indifferent about them, but she DID eat them. Today we tried apples and I have to say my kid LOVES her fruit! :-)
Allie has also started to sit up on her own for short periods of time. I'm so proud of her as this was somewhat of a surprise to us. We didn't think she would be doing that for several more months. She has also started to lift her hips off of the ground by pushing up with her feet. I fear by Christmas we will be chasing around our little crawler! Who knows, she may surprise us and take much longer to do so, and I'm okay with that. :-)
She is also reaching and grabbing for EVERYTHING! We have to make sure that little things are off of the floor and out of her arms reach when we are holding her. She has figured out that if she wants something she can roll straight away to it and grab it. That includes the dogs. Odin thinks its funny to lay in her path and let her catch him. Its like their own strange version of tag. Lucy on the other hand gets a bit grumpy with the baby and give her the "evil eye" while stalking off to our bedroom to hide from her. I think Alexandra thinks its funny since it always seems to illicit a giggle from her lips when she grabs a (rather large) hand full of Lucy's fur.
Allie has also taken to putting her hands all over our faces. For some strange reason she has a thing for noses and mouths. We think its kind of gross and we have to gently tell her no and redirect her hands away from our noses. A few times she has tried to put her fingers IN our nostrils and of course that gets a gross reaction in which she grins widely and sometimes giggles. For the most part we don't mind though, as long as she doesn't poke us in the eye. :-)
