Family Visit

Cecily and I flew to L.A. last week and visited my family. It was wonderful for her to spend time with her Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt Kathleen and Uncle Brian. And the Corgies, esp. Rascal. He was obsessed with her and slept in our room a couple of nights so he could keep an eye on her.

6 months old

Wow- I can't believe our baby girl is six months old! In some ways it seems like time has raced by and at the same time I can't remember what it really felt like pre-Cecily. She has changed us and completed us.



On Sunday at DayOne (a great baby store and resource center in the City) I weighed her with her clothes on and she weighed nearly 18 pounds! Im not sure this is due to much of the solid food introductions we have done however, as most of it ends up being spread around rather than consumed. So far we have tried rice cereal (her least favorite), banana, apples, peaches, peas, and sweet potatoes.



She is teething ferociously, I can feel the tooth right there at her gumline on the top. It should be coming through soon.



She is sitting all the time now, and has made the very first attempts at the crawling. All she does is push with her hands when she is on her tummy and scoot backwards a bit.



She loves music and singing. And BrainCandy (a baby DVD series which is also on OnDemand) but we try not to let her watch TV. She lights up immediately when anyone starts singing the song: "I want BrainCandy....to be in my world..." Its a bit scary how much it grabs her attention. I think it will be a challenge to keep her away from the television! Just like her daddy...She also loves books, looking at them and tasting them.

Visiting with Addison

On Easter our friends Cara and Scott finally got to bring their newborn baby girl Addison home after a stressful month in the hospital (Addi was born about 7 weeks early). Everyone is so happy to have her home. Cecily met her tiny new friend and was quite curious. It is fun to think of all the great times ahead for our two little girls.

Cecily's First Easter

It was lots of fun dressing Ceci up in her pretty Easter dress and visiting with her cousins. The whole Easter Egg hunt/waiting for the Easter Bunny is of course not quite her cup of tea yet (she was more interested in tasting the plastic eggs, and the basket...) but she loves being around other children now.

Family Photos (the Biaginis, Hagels, and Griffiths )

B.W.A (Baby With Attitude)

Cecily has been showing off more and more of her personality lately. She knows she's the boss of us. She seems to realize that she is the most special baby in the whole universe (maybe bc I whisper this in her ear all the time?) She has started shaking her head from side to side (as if she is saying "NO") and squeals with laughter when I do the same. I have let her have a few more "tastes" including apples on Saturday and then peaches today (homemade- cooked, pureed and then mixed with a little breast milk...mmmmm) She has been very very drooly and is definitely teething.

Yummy Apples

Baby with a bow

Chewing on the 'gummy guppy' teething toy

Laughing Baby