Help me up!

Kendall still hasn't mastered her crawling, but she can't be tied down to one thing and has moved on...to climbing. This new skill appeared rather quickly over the past few days, as we showed her how to get up onto her knees and how to climb the stairs. I know, we're crazy. I'm blaming her Physical Therapist. She told me on Thursday that we should be encouraging her to develop her motor skills and move around as much as possible, as sometimes babies with Toticollis can develop a little slowly in the motor skills department.

I don't think that we're going to have any problem with her motor skills, because now that she's figured out how to climb, she's climbing onto just about everything. Saturday night, it happened to be Dad.

I think it's funny (or slightly scary) that she has such a mischievous look on her face in the second and third pictures. I have a feeling that look will appear again frequently in the future. Probably a prediction that I'll regret making.

Flying Baby!

This is one of Kendall's favorite new games. If you listen closely, you can hear her snort a few times. That's when you know she's REALLY excited.

Somebody is getting closer to officially crawling!

Pretty New Dress

I finally finished the dress that I had been making for Kendall and she wore it once before I promptly ruined it in the washing machine. I will now pre-wash all red fabric before I sew with it. At least I got some cute pics first:

I'm 7 Months Old!

Kendall is now 7 months old! We've really seen a lot of changes in her over the past month. Although she's still a baby, it seems as if she's becoming more and more of a little girl every day. She's now sitting completely on her own without any assistance, and has even started to go from a crawling pose to sitting. Speaking of crawling, she's trying so hard! She has the position down, rocks back and forth, and even begins to move forward. She just hasn't mastered that moving forward part. She does roll a lot, so she can get anywhere she wants to go. She's even working on her standing:

She's babbling away, but no words yet. Her hair also continues to grow and is going to be a light brown color. Very similar to what my hair looked like when I was her age. She reaches out for people and will look at you, stick her hand out (palm up) and move her fingers back and forth as if to say, "Gimme that!" She's using her left hand a lot! Finally, she's getting her third tooth; the first of her top teeth.

Here's a look back at the past month. You can really see the changes when you compare the 26 week picture to the 30 week picture:

26 weeks

27 Weeks

28 Weeks

29 Weeks

30 Weeks

Food Frenzy

A week ago I started what I like to refer to as "Baby Food Fest 2010". Kendall has been doing so well on her pureed solids, that I thought I'd do one last massive food prep session. She'll likely be starting finger foods in the next month or so, so we won't be doing purees for too much longer. After a trip to Costco, I started with this:

Peaches, pears, mangos, apricots, raspberries, bananas, avocados and strawberries

After purchasing a book on baby food purees, I even decided to try a couple of beef purees

After two days of steaming, baking, slow cooking, mashing and blending, I ended up with a freezer full of purees. Single fruit purees that can be eaten alone or mixed with another type of fruit, as well as beef cooked in applesauce and a beef stew puree. Kendall also feasted on a banana/avocado mash for a few days.

I was scared to attempt the meat purees, but even that wasn't that bad. I felt a bit like I was making cat food, but it smelled pretty good. What I tasted was actually pretty good.

Making Kendall's baby food is very time consuming, but I'm glad that I've had the time to do it. We've saved a lot of money and it feels good to feed her things that I've made. With love of course.