Pictures!

Thanksgiving!

Tomorrow will be Riana's first Thanksgiving! We are excited about spending time with family and eating good food! It is cool that she is old enough to taste some of the things we will be eating.  I will post some pictures tomorrow of her in her Thanksgiving outfit and let you know how she liked some of the Thanksgiving food :)


A few side notes, Riana is getting really good at waving and doing it at the appropriate times.  She has also started pointing at things and says mama and dada at the right people.  She also talks and squeals constantly! It is so cute! I can tell when she is excited aobut something, her favorite show is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and when it comes on she loves to stand up and dance around it is very evident she likes it! We have a little red rocking chair in the living room for her and she loves to stand up and push it around, she is really good at walking while holding on to something and it makes her feel so big and in charge.  She enjoys using her walker too but would really just rather be able to walk on her own! I cant wait for her to figure it out, she is able to stand on her own without holding on now for short periods of time, it is so fun to watch her learn new skills! At the mall this week with me, my mom and nana we put her in a little ride and she knew what to do, she put her hands on the steering wheel and turned it and everything, as soon as the ride ended she grabbed the steering wheel and stood up like she knew it was over and time to go!

Yogurt!

I just recently read about giving babies at 8 months old yogurt and cheese and it is good to do these things before they reach 9 months for a few reasons, so when we went grocery shopping this week we bought Riana some Danon yougurt and some mickey mouse cheese.  She tried the cheese that night when we got home and seemed to like it she practically ate the whole piece!

Yesterday when we got home in the afternoon I was cooking something to bring to work today and preparing tonights food to go in the crock pot for today so I sat her in her high chair and while I cooked I fed her some yogurt, she got so excited when I got the container out of the refridgerator she knew it was for her even though she had never had it before.  She really seemed to like it she squealed while eating it when waiting for another bite. We tried vanilla and she has another one with her today at Alisa's house and tomorrow we are going to try strawberry banana or peach! I took a few pictures of her while she was eating.

This was her last night while we were in our bedroom, she loves to stand and try to walk and when she gets in our bedroom floor she loves using our bed to help!

This is Riana this morning she is finally feeling better after her almost month long cold and snot fest and she has been so happy and back to her old self completely even though luckily she wasnt very unhappy while she was sick.

Good Morning!

We had to go to the doctor yesterday because Riana still has not been able to shake this cold that she has had.  It had gotten better but then she cut another tooth so we thought the runny nose was related to that but even after her tooth came through the snot stayed and turned green again on Tuesday.  When it stayed that way I called Dr. Ahmeds office yesterday and told them her symptoms and she said to bring her in so they could check her out.  They started using a new system so with every single visit she will get weighed and measured.  She weighed in at 18 lbs 4 oz and was 27 1/2 inches long.  She grew 2 and a fourth inches since her 6 month appt and has gained 1 lb and 10oz they said she is doing well.

Luckily she did not have any ear infections or anything and the doctor said it was just a cold so she gave us a sample of a cold medicine for babies that she had left from before they quit selling cold meds for babies.  She said it is really good and doesnt understand why they do not sell it anymore. It is supposed to help us see a difference in 48 hours so that is what I am hoping for!