Christmas Time

So it's just about Christmas Time and we're once again going up north to visit the friends and family. We miss everyone all the time and it'll be good when we can move back up there.

Mary is still rolling over and putting her but in the air trying to crawl. She blows rasberries and giggles a little now. We tried to give her some rice cereal and her tummy didn't like it so we'll hold off on it for now. She liked eating it and gulped it down but she couldn't digest it very well and was pretty fussy for a couple of hours. So we'll try again in a few weeks. She still won't drink from a bottle so we can't leave her with anyone for too long.

Me and rich had to miss his christmas party at work because we didn't have anyone who could watch Mary. That was sort of a bummer but she's still pretty little and I don't want to leave her with anyone she doesn't know. Next year we'll be able to go out during Christmastime because she'll be a year and a half by then. And she'll definately be on solid foods. See everyone in a few days. Mary Christmas!

Mom

Not crawling yet

Mary's not crawling yet but she is only 4 months old. She rolls over still all the time and is learning to put her but in the air. So she's learning to get into crawling position. She squeals a lot and now she's reaching for things and grabbing things. She likes to hold onto her foot all the time too.

Some Christmas pictures are up of her on the picture website. And we're going to take more pictures when we go up to northern california for Christmas on the 21st. We're pretty excited to go up for christmas. Me and Mary are going to fly up while rich brings the car and the dog. Mary hates riding in the car and last time we went up there she screamed half the way. So this time I hope the traveling will be easier. We'll let everyone know when she starts to move about. Soon I'm sure she'll be scooting around.

Mom

The Holidays

The holidays are just around the corner and we're going up to northern california to visit with friends and family. Then we're going up to oregon to see more friends and family. Rich got some time off work to spend with us so we have a lot to be thankful for.

Mary's learning to sit up on her own. She's not quite there yet. She grabs for things now and likes her stuffed animals. She doesn't have a favorite yet but I'm sure she will. She babbles a lot and hates to be in her car seat. When we take her out sometimes I have to sit in the back and entertain her while rich drives.

She sticks her toungue out a lot when she smiles and she's learned to make the razzing sound with her lips and toungue. She does it all the time. It's quite funny. She still likes to stare at the celing fan. Mostly she does it in the morning when she wakes up. She hasn't started sucking her thumb yet but she does put her whole hand in her mouth and suck on that. Well it's time to eat breakfast. See ya'll again soon.

Love MOM

Still rolling over

Mary rolls over all the time now. Whenever we put her on her back she rolls onto her tummy automatically. She's sleeping less now and tries to stay awake and not take her naps. She'll get real cranky and start speaking loudly. She doesn't really cry that much, just babbles really loud. She went through a growth spurt last week but I'm not sure how big she is. She got weighed and measured at the doctors, but that was a few weeks ago. She's big enough to sit in her Bumbo. It's the green seat you see in her pictures. Apparently they got recalled because some kids were able to get out of them and hit their heads on the floor. However, Mary does fine in it and Carol Ann thouroughly tested it for us, so we're not to worried of Mary hopping out of it anytime soon.

She hasn't hit any more mildstones in the last couple of weeks. But she is eating her hand more now. I think she wants to find and suck her thumb but she hasn't yet. Hopefully she doesn't become a thumb sucker because I've heard that, that habit is hard to break. Also, her hair is getting longer. It'll be neat to see how it changes color. Her eyes are still blue so they may stay that way.

Even though Mary's not a ham, we have got a few good pictures of her smiling. Check them out on the website. http://babycurras.bravehost.com
We took some pictures for Halloween. We tried to dress M&M up as a pumpkin but she hated it. So we did get some pitures of her screaming. (The halloween picutures are under the M&M 2 months photo album.) And we went to Wal-mart this month and got a few professional pictures taken. I'm not sure how they look, but it was very hard to get Mary to smile. She was hungry and they took a long time before they got us in. The pictures don't come in for another couple of weeks. I'll try to scan them into the computer when I get them.

Well Happy Holidays and we hope to see the family in the bay area (and Sacramento) at Thanksgiving.

Love, Mel and M&M (and of course Rich too)

Rolling over

Hi everyone,

Mary is rolling over now. She started rolling over when she was just a month old but it was more by accident. Now she rolls over all the time and it seems to be her favorite position. She can roll from her back to her tummy and back onto her back. She is also verbalizing a lot and let us know when she's displeased with something. She seems to be a thinker and doesn't really like to play it up for the camera. It's hard to get a good piture of her. (Check out more pictures of her on the picture website.)

Her friend Carol Ann is a ham for the camera and likes to play it up. But Mary seems to be thinking about how to figure stuff out. But they're already friends and now that Mary can see better, they seem to like spending time together. We get to go to Oregon, where Carol Ann lives, to visit for Thanksgiving. It'll be neat to see them together. That's it for now.
Mel and Mary Michelle

Update

Hello

So it's been a while since I've been able to post a mesasge to update everyone on M&M. I've been told by relatives that I need to make sure that I post updates because everyone is interested in how she's doing. So I don't neglect my duties I'll try and post at least 3 times a month.

She's 2 1/2 months old now. New pictures are up on the picture website and she's getting bigger. She's 23 inches and 12 lbs 5 oz. as of 10/16/07 her last doctor's visit. That's the appointment where they give her first vaccinations. She was a little fussy for a couple of days and now she's doing better. I guess the shots can make them feel icky. Me and rich decided not to give her all of the vaccines right now but we did give her 5 main ones.

She squeals in delight now and talks a lot. Mostly she bable though when she's complaining about something she doesn't like. And if you can get to her in time, then she won't bust out crying. She's a happy baby and gets excited when dad comes home and she can take a nap on him.

We just got back from a week trip up to northern california where everyone could see her. Most people saw her for the first time. We'll be back around Thanksgiving for a couple of days in Sacramento. We probably won't be able to see everyone then, but hopefully we will around Christmas time when we come up again.

Well I hope this updates updates you to everything. I'll try to post more often now that the rough beginning is over. Talk to you then

Mel and Miss Mary Pie

Hello All

Here we are and Mary Michelle is almost a month old. We added some more pics in the photo album. She's doing well and she still likes to sleep a lot (like her mom.) And when she's awake she's pretty relaxed and goes with the flow (like her dad.) So far she got all of our good qualities and no bad ones yet.

On Sunday she started smiling at people. She doesn't smile all the time yet but she does break one out every so often. She can also roll over now and lift her head up off the floor when she's on her tummy. The doctor said she looks good and she's over 8 lbs now. Well that's the update for now.

Mel and Miss Mary