Memorial Weekend fun

We spent Memorial Weekend having fun in the sun in Gilbert Arizona. No trips planned, just low key and close to home kind of fun! Miss Mikayla Rebel is starting to love the water. Summer is here. It is officially HOT in Arizona. Last week it was 110 degrees Fahrenheit. We will be spending our summer in the pool! I am now looking into infant swim lessons for her. We'd like to start her immediately.

She'll be 7 months old on June 1. She is rolling over and sitting up on her own. She has two teeth and still lots of hair. She's wearing 9 month clothes too. She's big, coming in at 94th percentile in height and 97th percentile in weight for infant girls. Her eyes are still blue-ish. Wonder what color they will be? We are starting to see a little bit of separation anxiety, she definitely likes to be held. Maybe she gets a better view from up above. Sure things that will get her smiling are Willie and the baby Einstein duck hand puppet. Next up... Jon and I started sign language with her. I wonder if it will stick?

Swimming at Tony and Jen's house on Monday May 25, Memorial Day.

Wearing her bathing suit and ball cap from her Nana (in Georgia).Showing off her chipmunk cheeks!

Sleepy Head (video)

Have you ever been so tired that you just fall asleep at the dinner table?

Cinco De Mayo

Cinco De Mayo (Spanish for "fifth of May") is a regional holiday in Mexico, primarily celebrated in the state of Puebla, with some limited recognition in other parts of Mexico. The holiday commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin. The outnumbered Mexicans defeated a much better-equipped French army that had not been defeated in almost 50 years. Cinco de Mayo is not "an obligatory federal holiday" in Mexico, but rather a holiday that can be observed voluntarily. While Cinco de Mayo has limited significance nationwide in Mexico, the date is observed in the United States and other locations around the world as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride. A common misconception in the United States is that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico's Independence Day, which actually is September 16(dieciséis de septiembre in Spanish), the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico.
We celebrated Cinco De Mayo at Dos Gringos (restaurant) this afternoon.

6 Months Old

Mikayla turned 6 months on May 1. She is finally sitting up on her own and doesn't fall over anymore. We still can't get her to lay on her stomach without starting to scream after a few minutes. But when she is laying on her back she uses her legs to push herself and ends up spinning herself around. Her hair is finally starting to relax a little bit, but on a rare occasion we still get that peacock look. She is starting to get one tooth on the bottom. I felt jagged peaks in her gums this afternoon. That explains why she is drooling a lot and biting down on anything she can stick in her mouth.

I started feeding her in the portable highchair (strapped to one of the kitchen chairs). She sits there and plays with toys until her food is ready and then like a baby bird she opens her mouth for the spoon. She is getting very good at this. She is eating vegetables and fruit. Her menu now includes rice cereal, squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, sweet peas, applesauce and bananas. I try and home make all of her baby food. Cooking and pureeing and freezing in ice cube trays....soooooo easy and affordable!

She has her 6-month doctors appointment in 2 weeks and we'll find out how tall she is and how much she weighs. I'm guessing we'll get another *Up* arrow for height. She is fitting into 6-9 month clothes now. She loves Willie and she loves all of her toys. She is spinning herself around in the exercise saucer. We're getting lots of smiles and laughs out of her every day.