Octo Meme

I've been in a blogging slump lately because all I ever have to talk about is Caroline. I feel like that bores most people and is pretty self centered, but I'm going to continue even if it only serves as a journal for myself down the road. My friend Carrie did this meme yesterday and I thought it was an easy way to get a post done so here goes!

8 Things I'm Looking Forward to...

1) Quitting my job
2) Starting school in August - hopefully this will mean more time with Caroline!
3) Graduating... in MAY!
4) 4th of July weekend with my mom & Dan's family - family reunion style! :)
5) Getting off work today at 3:30 and going to pick up my sweet baby.
6) Seeing Eclipse (or any movie... I really miss going to the theater!)
7) Taking Caroline to the pool more this summer
8) Being debt free (eventually)


8 Things I did Yesterday...
1) Went to work
2) Read blogs
3) Commented on blogs (this is key people!!!)
4) Went to the bank
5) Picked up Caroline
6) Went to the grocery store w/ Dan
7) Watched a little TV
8) Went to bed.


8 Things I Wish I Could Do...

1) Be a better wife
2) Be a stay at home mommy
3) Win the lottery ( ;    this one probably will never happen, since we never play.
4) Travel
5) Cook more often - it's so time consuming!
6) Move to Nashville and take all of my friends & family with me
8) Go back to Caroline's birth & birthday and remember it all (without the pain of course!)

8 Shows I Enjoy...
1) The Hills - I miss LC!
2) The City
3) Dexter (this is sort of embarassing...)
4) 16 and Pregnant (train wreck!)
5) Cooking shows - especially Cake Boss & cooking competitions
6) uh...
7) um....
8) as much tv as I watch you'd think I could fill in all 8!! I used to love watching the OC! Does that count as one?

I'm tagging Amy, MaryAlice, Kristine, Erin, My fav Lumberjill, Erin, Sissy, and Julie. Obviously if you don't want to do it, don't! :) You won't hurt my feelings!

ENT & Squash

Yesterday we gave Caroline some squash - her first "real" food!

She makes a sour face every now and then, but I'm pretty sure she likes it because she continues to open her mouth for it. She ate it last night and again tonight... both nights she ate the whole container!

Sour face!

We went to the ear/nose/throat doctor this morning to check on Caroline's ears. She has had 3 or 4 ear infections in her short life and so her doctor wanted a 2nd opinion on whether or not she needs tubes put in. The doctor said he'd like to wait a little while longer and see if she has more infections, which is kind of what I was thinking before we went in anyway. She is really starting to be a handful! Of course she is still a very good baby... but nothing seemed to entertain her while we were waiting... and let me tell you, they took for-ever! I guess I need to start taking some toys with us!

That's all for now! I gotta go catch up on episode of The Hills from last night!

I feel like my baby girl grew up while she was at daycare today! She was so full of personality this evening while I was giving her some rice cereal. She kept looking all around (bored, maybe?) and I decided to try the airplane noise trick to see if I could make her pay attention. She thought it was hilarious!! She was laughing so hard and that usually is pretty rare for her! It made my day for sure. Then she laughed a lot while Dan was holding her and making fake sneezing noises. Whatever works, right?

So then after bath time she smelled and looked so sweet and I couldn't resist shooting a few pics of her. She could possibly have a picture for every day of her life thus far! :)

This is a big week for Dan and I! Wednesday will be our 3 year anniversary and his birthday is Sunday... along with Father's day. He calls it his birtha-versa-father's day. :) We don't usually go all crazy with gifts and stuff, but we'll definitely treat ourselves with a dinner out somewhere! I'm looking forward to that!

Catch up

I hate to say that my blog may be suffering through this summer class... but it is last on my list after family, school and housework. My class (biology) is going well so far. I had my first test tonight and I'm pretty sure I made a B so I'm happy with that. It has been really hard being away from Caroline for so long on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I was a wreck the first couple of weeks.... I get home at about 9 at night and just hold and love her. She reaches her sweet hand up and explores all over my face... there is nothing like it.

A few weeks ago Caroline and I went to the beach with Gommy, Mom & Walt. We had a blast! The weather was perfect and I decided that May is the only acceptable time to go to the beach! Luckily, we went before any oil was spotted in FL. My heart just breaks over this oil spill disaster. To see such a beautiful creation ruined by human hands just kills me... and I saw a picture of a pelican completely covered in oil yesterday and I had to stop myself from crying. I cannot handle the thought of innocent animals suffering. Anyway, here are a couple of pics from our very fun trip.

Caroline did as well as can be expected on the beach. I put her feet in the water a couple of times but it was a little cold at first so I didn't want to put her whole body in and shock her. I forgot her sunglasses at home so I was worried it was too bright outside for her... even under the umbrella. We only stayed out for an hour or so at a time and got lots of naps in!

Over the Memorial day weekend we visited with Dan's parents. We had a good time and I had plenty of time to take lots of good pictures! (Dan's office got a new camera and they told us to feel free to use it at home. It takes wonderful pictures so I've been a picture taking fool ever since he brought it home!)  

Yesterday Caroline was 5 months old. So hard to believe! I pulled out the rest of Caroline's 6 month clothes  and I'm amazed at how well they fit. She is such a big girl! She rolled over for the first time (that I know of) while we were at Dan's parents house. Since then she rolls around constantly!! We started giving her a little rice cereal last week and she seems to be taking it pretty well. We're only giving it to her once or twice a day but occasionally she'll be too hungry to mess with it and I end up giving her a bottle. Here are pictures from our first meal:

I'll wrap this up with a video of her squeaking at me. She does this every now and them randomly and I think it's hilarious!!