Oh, what fun!

Here are some of the latest pictures of growing baby Meredith. She loves to play on her blanket with the twisty bug that Mr. & Mrs. Leslie gave her for Christmas-- it's her favorite. These pictures are all about 2 weeks old, unfortunately, but she really hasn't changed that much besides that she is now rolling both ways (as I may have mentioned in an earlier post). On another note, I know that some of you are thinking that it is irresponsible parenting to allow your 5 month old to hang upside down from a chair, and who knows, maybe you're right, but she LOVES it! She laughs and giggles and throws herself back for more when you pull her up. So, for now, her parents are allowing it to happen. We hold on tight and give her the chance to play and discover. It's been fun!

She's on a roll!

SHE DID IT!!! She rolled from back-to-tummy Monday around 5:30 PM! Of course, being the stage shy baby that she is, she waited until Mom and Dad were both out of the room before she decided to debut her new talent, but we sure were thrilled when we came back in to find her on her tummy after we had left her on her back to play. Today is Wednesday and she rolled again and this time with a delayed but subsequent roll back to her tummy and off of the playmat. She awoke fussing about 45 minutes into her afternoon nap and lo and behold, she was on her tummy yet again unassisted! No pictures right now, but I will be sure to get some up soon.

Some of the latest

I haven't been updating much lately and I apologize. Time flies when you are soaking in every possible moment of babyhood with your little one. Most recently Meredith has discovered her feet and LOVES to hold them, kick them and suck on them. She can even get her feet to her mouth and move all of her toes out of her mouth except for her big toe so that she is sucking her "foot thumb". She's talented, what can I say? For anyone who wants to give me grief about the fact that she is wearing purple socks with her yellow West Point outfit, go ahead. It is a travesty of fashion, and I should not have allowed it. Earlier in the day she was, in fact wearing a purple onesie. When that was destroyed either by a diaper explosion or spit up, Bobby changed her. That's all I can say in the outfit's defense. Well, that and... they match the blanket?!

Next, you see that Meredith has been working on sitting up all by herself. She is getting pretty good, actually and these pictures do not necessarily do her progress justice though she does spend quite a bit of her time in this position or falling into a roll, which lands her on her back. In the words of our good friend Lee Ann, this is her "spider monkey" sitting stage.

What Fun!

Ok, so I know this post is going to end up being out of order because I haven't posted in a while and these photos are from just minutes ago. I will catch you up on the "in between" as soon as I get a few more moments.

But, for now, here are a few fun pictures of Meredith having a great time playing with and attempting to swallow the empty Wheat Thins box. She was eyeing it the other day as it sat on her play mat while I snacked nearby. So, today when she was just as fixated on it while I ate from it, I decided I would let her have it when the box was empty. She loved it! What is it with kids and empty boxes?! :) It was nice to see her so happy since she has been displaying quite the little 'tude after waking from her afternoon nap.

I am going to go ahead and confess that there are probably way too many pictures of Meredith with a silly Wheat Thins box, but... I just can't help myself. Apparently Bobby can't help but have his shirt off in every picture that gets posted to this site.

These People Are My Relatives?!

Meredith had a wonderful time meeting all of Bobby's relatives this Christmas (well, not ALL, but several). Here are pictures from our Christmas in South Dakota and Wyoming. We had a great time!

Meredith Meets Santa

Christmas Eve Meredith met Santa. She did a great job and was so sweet to whisper to him about what wonderful, loving parents she has. She asked for Baby Signing Time DVD's and is excited about starting to learn ASL at such a young age.

That night, we opened our presents by the tree before we left early the next morning for South Dakota and Wyoming. She was very excited about her Baby's First Christmas Ornament that Santa put in her stocking (a little early since we were leaving) and LOVED the beautiful dress that her Godparents, JR and Kristen got for her (as you can tell). After that, nothing could thrill her more than eating the beautiful paper that came on the gifts. At this point, anything she can get her hands on goes straight to her mouth.

Christmas Time

Here are a few pictures of the days leading up to Christmas. We had a lot of fun and got pretty worn out at times too. Sorry these are going up so late. By the way, I was made aware during our trip to Wyoming, that several of the pictures in the slideshows do not show up correctly when being viewed on a PC (I am going to refrain from making a condescending joke about such issues being caused by the crudiness of a PC. I also am not going to take this opportunity to get on my soapbox about how everyone should own a Mac because they're simply the highest quality, glitch-free, easiest computer to operate). Anyway, apparently if you are having trouble viewing the pictures on the blog, simply click on the pictures and it will take you to the picasa web albums page where the pictures are stored. Enjoy!