So many changes!

I would normally save some of these tidbits for R's 6 month update, but they are just too good not go get down already.

Before that, we had a fabulous weekend last weekend as tons of Adam's relatives were in town for his sister's wedding. (And now I know they keep up with the blog - yay!) It was a really neat thing to see all of his living aunts and uncles in one place for this occasion. It was also an awesome opportunity for Rebekah to meet so many great aunts and uncles, and a few (2nd?) cousins as well! I only remember meeting one great aunt in my lifetime, so it's really neat to have our daughter meet so many of hers. We need to make a trip to Minnesota (and Arkansas!) to see more of our relatives.

Ok, so on to the changes.

The biggest thing - why didn't anyone tell me that this pre-crawling phase is so entertaining?? The little girl gets up on those hands a knees and just rocks back and forth, occasionally getting a knee to scoot forward. She is extremely proficient in scooting around on her belly, and can pretty much get where she needs to go doing that. I did see some frustration in her today when she couldn't make the crawling thing work, so I know she's getting there!

She can sit up ok and has started being able to push herself back up into a sitting position if she falls forward. She still is a bit shaky and prone to fall quickly to one side, so we have to be careful on the hardwoods. She really likes to sit on the floor in between our legs (for protection) and just play and play.

The little words have started trying to come out of her mouth. Ok, not real words, of course, but moving her mouth in a way other than just to cry or laugh. She makes little faces and noises that I know she thinks are words! Today she also started sticking her tongue out and spitting - I guess I should stop doing that to her!

Finally, Rebeka loves giving kisses! I do a lot of kissing on her cheeks and putting my mouth up to her cheeks while making noise or giving raspberries - I think she is catching on! If you hold her close to your face, she loves to grab your face and smack her mouth right on your cheek and give you slobbery kisses! I'm not sure she knows what she is doing, but everyday it seems a bit more intentional!

After 3 days in the office, I got to stay home with her all day today. It was wonderful to get to spend a whole day just the two of us! She turns 6 months next Wednesday, so stay tuned for some Bee photos and a 6 month update!

Snow Day #4

As most of you know, we've been holed up in the house for the past 4 days due to ice, then snow in Dallas. It never stays below freezing for this many days...so it has been kinda crazy to not be able to go anywhere.

So, Snow Day #4, and a favorite activity of the day has become "sit Rebekah in the bumbo, put the toy basket next to her, and see what she does." I had to share these little videos from the most recent episode of this activity.

I call this one: "Why Can't I Pick Up the Snail??"


And this one: "Attack Sophie!!" (have to wait until about half-way thru for this excitement)


Then, finally, "Giggle Box" and "I'm going to pretend to eat the green bean"



We did finally venture out of the house tonight to walk across the street to a sushi place we recently discovered.
We got all bundled up...


And went for a stroll (yes, this is Dallas - crazy snow!)


For some yummy sushi


Anyone wanna lay out??

Ski Trip Vacation

We took a trip to Winter Park with some friends of ours and a few of their friends and family. There were 8 adults and 2 kids in total. We had a great time! Rebekah was a wonderful traveler (for the most part!). We had a babysitter for 2 days so we could ski and the babysitter was great! Then we spent Sunday as a family day...went to Mass, had breakfast, went on a sleigh ride, then hung out in the town for a bit. We also got to see our friend Alan in Denver on the way back to the airport. It was a great trip!

Most of you have already seen these on Facebook, but here are the photos in case you missed 'em.

2011.01 - Winter Park Ski Trip

5 Month Update

While we were on vacation, Rebekah turned 5 months old!

You can see all her monthly Rebekah and the Bee photos here.

We had lots of exciting happenings during this month!

We started playing in the exersaucer


We went to work with Mommy


We visited Grandad's office


We ate some more solid foods


And we found a new favorite sleeping position - on her belly with her knees tucked up under her!


You can see all the 5 month excitement here (including a fun video with Grandad!):

2011.01 Rebekah Month 5

We have already had a fun beginning of 6 months...she is so good at grabbing toys and we have been practicing sitting up! Stay tuned!

1st Snow & 1st Food

A few weeks ago (Jan 9th to be exact) we had a day of firsts with Rebekah. She saw her first snow, and she had her first solid food! We had a great little family day at home and captured some of the fun.

We got all bundled up


and played in the snow with mommy and daddy


(I know there's not much snow....it just didn't stick in the city and we waited too long to get out there when the snow was falling!)

Then...Rebekah tried her first rice cereal!


She loved it!


You can see all the photos and an eating video here:

2011.01.09 - 1st Snow and 1st Cereal

More to come....hopefully later today....5 Month Update and Vacation....I'm catching up on our snow day today!