Vivian and Inky... the saga continues

Dear Inky, I love you sooo much. I just want to hug you and squeeze you and give you kisses all day.

Dear Inky, please don't run away from me. I'll just find you. Why do you make things difficult for yourself. I promise I won't hurt you just want to give you cuddles.

Caught you!!!

                                       

Don't leave me! I love you Inky!

This last picture was actually taken after Inky left her bedroom during a photo shoot. She's a dramatic baby.

Stripes!

I'm kind of grasping at straws finding new things to perch her on to show off her cute outfits. Here's a shot of her high chair. Enjoy

Tired mommy and baby

Wordless Wednesday

Sunny day

It's warm out!

Vivian was being quite the little stinker today. She absolutely refused to look at me for our photo shoot. She looked anywhere but at me. I bought her some little leather booties from Target since all of her socks are currently too small. I think they are so cute! She seemed to like them and actually kept them on all day. I might invest in more.

Nope - still pretending like you aren't there singing songs to make me look at you. Lalala I'm ignoring you!

Now I'll look at the camera since it's going to be blurry and out of focus

Mom! Why have you been ignoring me all morning?

Victor said that one morning when he dropped Vivian off at day care she stole a toy from Theo then pushed him away when he tried to get it back from her. She's such a bully!! At least she isn't biting anymore.

Lazy weekend

Just another lazy weekend. Yesterday Vivian and I went to the garden store and bought some plants. Then we just played around the rest of the day. We are still working on sleep training to get her to sleep in her crib so we plan things around her naps. After she gets used to napping in her crib we can let her nap in a carseat or stroller if absolutely necessary but for now, we plan around the crib time. 

Did you know that baby yoga pants are a real thing? They are. And they are very cute.

Someone is in a phase and hates having her diaper changed. Sometimes it's just not worth the fight.

Her new bib is fantastic at catching crumbs! Imagine if all of this was on the floor instead of her bib.

She likes pancakes... a lot. She would shove them in her mouth as soon as I put them on the tray for her. Then she got full but kept trying to eat and ended up in this state.

Random Updates

Her new bib actually catches the rogue food that falls out of her hands and would be on the floor. But I'm pretty sure it looks like a weird sort of fraternity initiation device.

Finally a picture of Vivian and Inky. I was feeding Vivian some turkey and I bribed Inky with some to get her to hold still for  a picture. This is the closest they have been to each other (voluntarily on Inky's part) in weeks.

She's still afraid of grass.

Update - apparently Vivian is being a terror at day care. Laurie has put up a gate between her living room and hallway (I've never seen one there before) because V has started crawling back in the hallway and trying to be nosy by looking through the bedrooms. Then when Laurie put up the gate V sat by the gate and cried because she couldn't get in the hallway. Then today Laurie said Vivian tried to squeeze in between the gate and the wall to get into the hall. She's a terror.

Corsage

Not much to say today. Another cute outfit. She's still screaming every time she sees a kitty and chases after it.

Photo montage

I call this one "Kitty please come back. I promise I won't scream every time I see you."

And this one is "Oh heck no, I'm not falling for that again."

Fussy gussy

On Friday Vivian was feeling fussy for the sake of being fussy. Actually, she still has nose congestion so she was probably feeling yucky and didn't want me to sit her down to play while I made her dinner. This is what I imagine she is thinking...

Mom, mom, mom, mom! I don't want to play! I want you to sit and hold me for as long as I want you to. Then I want you to leave me alone until I'm ready for you again. Mom! Don't ignore me.

Maybe if I stick out my lip really really far mom will feel bad for me.

Fine, I'll play but I don't enjoy myself

Some similarities

These days I'm not sure I have a baby so much as a puppy. She carries things in her mouth to get from place to place

And I don't even know what to say about this...

What're you looking at?

Go Cards!

What a difference four days makes

Early last week Vivian really wasn't pulling up at all. She was leaning on her toys and pushing herself up so her legs were straight but she was still bent over at the waist. When I picked her up from daycare on Thursday she had not only pulled herself up on the couch but she was trying to let go of it and stand on her own! Now she is a pulling up fiend. She can pull up on almost anything. This afternoon she used my skirt to pull herself up and make me pick her up.

Here's a picture from last week.

And this was from yesterday. She pulled up all on her own! She also has a cold which explains the red nose and is teething which explains the excess drool. Happily I think the tooth finally broke through. Unhappily I think she has another one that is getting ready to cause some problems.

Tulips

Pinkalicious

I love this little romper! I think rompers are the cutest little outfits for summer. Poor Vivian has a cold. Happily she's a trooper and is only waking up once a night instead of all night long. She doesn't want to go back to sleep alone after that one wake up but she's doing much better than with her last cold. I've been taking her to the grocery store with me on Sundays to get her out of the house because I'm sure she gets bored being inside all weekend. She is such a hit! All the workers love to say hi to her. But she's too busy looking at everyone to smile for them. She's such an observant baby.

8 months (inside)

And now the inside pictures. I had to keep her from eating the card. You'd think I never feed the child!