Experiment

I conducted an experiment of my own curiosity today. And the results came out exactly as I expected them to.

The experiment I'm referring to is how Eden reacts to textures of food. Before I started making her baby food, she liked green beans. Since I started making them here at home...HATES them. I've always wondered if it was the texture or taste, or maybe both, but since we stopped buying baby food, I had no way of knowing.

Well, the last time I took Eden out for an extended period of time, I realized that trying to take homemade baby food for her was a giant pain in the ass since I freeze everything into cubes, and not everywhere I go has a place for me to warm it up, etc. So when I was at the grocery last, I bought some baby food just for "take along" purposes.

Today was green bean day and as I was warming some up (to waste 90% of ultimately...she only takes 3 or 4 bites) I remembered that I had some store bought green beans in the cabinet. I figured I'd try those with her first to see if she'd give me "the face" and cry in her hatred. And what do you know? Nope! Had no problem eating them at all! Proved my theory that she is not a fan of gritty textures (which I fear will screw me in the end when we start moving into more diverse foods). On the bright side...at least I know green beans are back on the menu!

Cough

My poor baby has a nasty cough and it's making her snore on and off when she is sleeping. Thankfully she hasn't had a fever and the cough itself isn't really persistent, but I'm keeping my eye on it just in case.

She has mastered and adopted the art of the long morning nap in the past two weeks or so and I'm excited about it. On the days I don't go to the gym, I'm able to get an hour workout in along with a shower and some down time depending on how long she sleeps. It's usually around 2 hours, but at times has been 2 1/2-3 hours which always surprise me. She still takes naps after that, they are just much shorter, which quite frankly, is ok with me.

I have no pictures for this past week, just haven't gotten around to it. Sorry!

Siding

I swear, when we can finally buy a house of our own, it will not be a house with siding. This stupid piece of shit house we live in now has driven me insane on windy nights. Part of it could be that the jackasses who built it didn't care because my dumbass landlord was probably never around to see that things were done properly, but I've had just about all I can take of the constant rattling of siding! It's so loud that it will wake me up in the middle of the night if the winds kick up and it keeps me from falling asleep on nights it's already windy...like tonight. All I want is a good nights sleep and the night that john said he would take the monitor in the morning so I can sleep in, and I'm thinking Ill be up half the damn night anyways. Ugh! I would go sleep in the guest room, but I shouldn't have to...not to mention, you can hear rattling in there as well. It's more of a paper rustling noise than rattling siding, but just as annoying. I hate this house!!!

Love Bug

She is my love bug!

Daddy's Shoulders

Eden's favorite place is on Daddy's shoulders!

6 Month Stats

Eden had her 6 month check up yesterday. She weighs 19lbs 8ozs. and is 28 3/4" inchs long. She's going to be quite the tall girl like her daddy. Little Miss Long Legs!

We bought these things at BJ's last week that help kids learn how to eat on their own but reduces the risk of choking by the food going in these mesh bags that are connected to the handle. I decided I'd try them with her this morning with a banana and it looks like she enjoyed it. I know she's still young to feed herself a lot of things...but when she is able to, it scares me. I'm terrified of her choking! I'm going to be THAT mom.

Learning to Sit

We're working on sitting up straight and on our own. We aren't there 100% yet..but we're trying!