Update

So, I'm a terrible blogger. It's just hard to make time to get my posts in, but I'll try to do better!!

Marissa is changing so much every day. I can't believe how quickly she's growing up. She is on the verge of crawling...today she spent a lot of time on her hands and knees trying to figure out how to get moving. It's so cute. She'll spend some time rocking back and forth, and then she'll roll over and lie flat on her back with her arms and legs spread out...like she needs a break so she's taking a breather to gather her strength for another attempt. So funny.

She's been sitting up on her own for a while now. She would occasionally fall backwards so I would have to prop a boppy or something behind her. But now, she's pretty stable and can just sit there and play and I don't have to worry about her falling. I do stay pretty nearby, however, just in case. Plus, she's rolling all over the room so I can't take my eyes off her since we haven't babyproofed the house yet.

Her personality is definitely becoming more defined and perceptible. She is definitely impatient. I think she gets that from me? Not sure. I think she's fairly laid back for the most part, which I think she gets from both of us.

A few weeks ago we had some people over for a UGA game...vs. South Carolina. It got pretty loud when everyone would cheer or groan, and every time, she would look at me, look at everyone, look back at me and her bottom lip would start to quiver. I'd have to immediately scoop her up because the tears would start flowing and she'd be in a full-on cry within seconds. She's not used to all the noise and she didn't know what to make of it. So cute, so funny.

Marissa is also a little ham. She knows exactly what the camera is for and she knows to look straight at it. I tried to get a picture of her crying one day (so 10 years from now I can remember how cute her pouty face is), but I couldn't get it because she would smile every time I pointed the camera at her. She'd have tears in her eyes and a pouty lip, but as soon as I brought the camera to my face she would smile.

She's becoming quite a little eater. She now has "solids" at 3 meals a day. Breakfast consists of oatmeal mixed with prunes (yes, she gets prunes every day and even then she gets clogged up sometimes) and formula. Lunch is a veggie and formula (usually some sort of sweet potato mixed with something else...corn, etc). Snack at 3:00ish is a bottle. And then dinner is some sort of veggie with a meat (for instance, tonight she had a jar of 'chicken and vegetable dinner' which is a jar of mush that has a couple different veggies, chicken, and rice I think). It's pretty gross, actually...no seasoning, either. Yes, I taste everything before I give it to her. The meat is pretty disgusting, but I guess she is Ok with it. So far, she gets really mad if I try to give her green beans. Everything else has been OK. Oh, I tried to give her straight chicken mush (not mixed with a veggie) and she threw a fit and practically choked (dramatic...). She also gets a bottle with dinner.

I've started letting her play with a sippy cup. She gets pretty confused by it. Usually because it put water in it...once the water hits her mouth she won't swallow...just lets it all run out of her mouth.

I am really having so much fun with her. Watching her concentrate so intently on things and try to figure everything out is so great. It's amazing how they process and learn. Oh yea...she's babbling a ton now. Her favorite thing to say is "da da da da da da" or "da." I'm working on the "ma ma ma" but nothing yet. One day she was pooping while I was giving her dinner and I started saying "poo poo poo poo" and she watched my mouth so closely and started going "puh puh" and I started getting nervous that her second word would be "poo poo" so I stopped. Matt, however, thought it was hilarious and noticed how she was really paying attention, so he tried to keep going with the lesson but I made him stop.

That's it for now, I think. I'll try to be better about posting. No promises, though!!