First Food: Avocado!

On Saturday, Finley turned six months old, which mean it was time for her first bites of solids. She ate about one quarter of an avocado this morning. She takes after her grandad and mom, she loved it! She even tried to feed herself with the spoon. What a big girl already.

At the end, she was getting tired, so she decided she needed to rub her avocado hands all in her eyes. So we got her first food and her first spa treatment avocado face mask all in one.

After three days of avocado, we are moving on to sweet potatoes and then bananas.

Warning: if babies covered in messy food isn't your thing, don't scroll down any further.

Ready to eat The first taste I want to do it myself
She thinks the spoon is a lollipop
Daddy helps keep my hands clean
So yummy
Reaching for the food and spoon with avocado face
All cleaned up and ready for her nap

Twenty-Six Weeks

Bye-bye Mommy!

On Thursday evening I left for Las Vegas for a girls weekend~ it was super hard to leave Finley, but I am sure she enjoyed her weekend with her dad. Finley also had her first overnight away from home at Grandma's on Friday night. I don't have any pictures from the weekend because Clifton is not nearly the shutterbug that I am. I dtill haven't seen Finley since I have been home since she was sleeping when I got home last night and was still snoozing once I left for work this morning.

This picture was taken right before I left on Thursday afternoon.

Finley in the Great Outdoors

It is starting to get hot already here in Houston! Finley is so hot natured, she sweats all the time, who knows how she will be able to handle Houston's sweltering summers. She is already becoming a sweaty mess whenever she is in her carseat and we haven't even got real hot yet. She will have to learn how to swim in order to catch some nice relief in our pool. I got her some swim diapers this weekend, so hopefully this warm spell warms up the water enough for her to take her first dip.

First Trip to HMNS

Finley took her first trip yesterday to the Houston Museum of Natural Science because Bank of America was sponsoring free admission. Finley's most favorite part of the museum was the Energy Hall, it was very colorful and had lots of neat sounds. She also really enjoyed the gemstones, so sparkly! Soon enough her cousin Faith will be teaching her all about the dinosaurs there.

Such a good helper

I wonder if the box tastes as good as the pasta....

Twenty Five Weeks Old

Ready for her Close Up

And not so close...

Feeling much better....

All is well back in the land of Finley. Her fever is gone and the congestion is so much better. Here's hoping she doesn't get sick again for a nice long while.

Being Sick is No Fun at All!

Finley started running a fever on Sunday morning. She had been congested and lethargic into Monday, so we took her into the doctor. Too bad half of the kids of our city were there getting swabbed for swine flu. It took us two hours to see our pediatrician and poor Finley was a wreck. Turns out, all we can do for her is give her Tylenol for her fever and use saline to try and clear out her little nose as much as possible. She still had a touch of fever today, so hopefully we are nearing the end of it. This is a baby first I wasn't looking forward to~

We wonder if her 'face' is her trying to clear out her nose. Poor thing!

The Face: On Video

Who's Cuter?

Vote in the poll on the right~Finley is finally the same size as Wrigley!

24 Weeks

Finley Loves to "Swim"

Finley is showing no signs of crawling anytime soon, but she does try to "swim". When we put something in front of her that she wants and would have to crawl to, she waves her arms and legs as if she is trying to swim. Once she realizes she needs to lift up her tummy, I am guessing we will see some movement. As for now, it is fun to watch her swim and then get frustrated when she makes no progress. To her credit, she keeps on trying! I hope this means she will be a great real swimmer in our pool. Her feet sure are big enough!

Finley is also getting very interactive with her toys. Though the interaction usually ends with her trying to eat what she is after.

Family Zoo Trip

G-ma, Cousin Faith, Aunt Rose, Aunt Laurina, Uncle Walter and Aunt Sidonye met us for an afternoon of fun at the zoo. We saw giraffes, elephants, cheetahs and lots more animals. It was quite an enjoyable afternoon at the zoo and Finley was just exhausted when we got home. She hadn't had her midday nap and by the end of our time at the zoo, she was an unhappy zoo-goer.