32 Weeks!

Dear Jorie,

This week has just flown by. You've been having a rough patch as far as sleeping goes, so both me and your Father have been walking zombies a lot lately. You'll have to forgive me if I don't have many interesting things to say about this week!

The weather has been up and down around here lately. It was very warm at the end of last week, getting up into the 60's, and now it's in the teens. It's been so cold the past couple of days we even got you into the bunny snow suit we bought you for the first time! It barely fits! You've grown so much in the past month that I think you'll out grow it before long. It was worth it though, you look so cute in it, my very own little bunny foo foo. You really did not enjoy the process of putting the bunny suit on, but you were happy enough once you were in it. I think you just really like being warm and snug.

You keep getting bigger and stronger. You can sit up for a long time now, and love nothing more than standing up (holding on to something of course!) You can pick up your binky and put it back in your mouth when you drop it, although you never seem to do this at night. 

We started feeding you chicken this week, and although you don't mind the taste, I think the mixture was too thick for you. You kept gagging on it until I mixed in a 2 oz bottle of pureed pears. We also started apricots. Next up is broccoli! 

Food time is also play time now, you really enjoy feeding yourself the rice puffs, and even get most of them in your mouth now. You're still working on the pincer grip, but you've figured out how to open your hand while holding a puff up to your mouth and (mostly) get it in your mouth.

One of the games you've started playing with us is making noises with the stacking cups. You love it when we go "aaaah!" while moving the cups in front of our mouths and then away from them. You even try to do it yourself a lot of the time.

You've been doing a lot of babbling this week, making all sorts of new sounds and things that are starting to soud suspiciously like words. You even have a special squalk you make when you see the dog and one for the cat.

We got you your very own bouncer for home this week, and you absolutely love it. It's different from the one at Grandma and Grandpa O's so hopefully that will keep you from getting bored with them. You still love to jump up a storm, so much that you now start jumping while we're holding you sometimes!

You're doing so much now, and you're getting so big. I can see your personality starting to show itself in everything you do. It really is amazing.

I love you so much baby girl!