We're going to go ahead and call her first word 'Bye-bye'. She will combine it with a wave whenever we're leaving a room. And I tend to think she knows it means someone is leaving because typical when we get home in the evenings we only get a wave :) Her wave is the sweetest - the hand flap with her palm facing her. I just love it so much. The big girls think it is just hilarious that she waves like that also! I will seriously be kind of sad the day she figures out she needs to turn that hand around.
She has cut her first tooth - it appeared right around Thanksgiving - the bottom left middle one :) She's working on the right middle one so I'm sure it will be here soon. Teething has made her a little fussier than normal at times so I'm sure they bother her. One of her favorite things to chew on is a toothbrush!
Her favorite toy, of course, is a light up wand that came from a birthday party treat bag. The most random thing ever but she holds onto it for dear life. If you even think about snatching a toy from her she grips it so tightly and starts screaming/crying at you... just as Emma Kate... she has plenty of experience with that ;) She also loves banging things together, sitting in front of the fridge and playing with magnets, wipes, paper, remotes, and generally all other sorts of things she shouldn't have.
Sleep has gotten better thanks to a little tough love from her Dad. Over thanksgiving weekend we decided she was not getting fed at night if she woke up. The first night she cried for about 25 minutes two separate times; the second night only once; and the third night we all slept like
She still isn't crawling, just hangs out in one place. I think sometimes she's fussy because she would like to get something but just doesn't know how to - plus if she fusses enough she generally gets the toy handed to her from an adoring big sister or gets picked up (by mom or an adoring big sister ;)). At this point if she just wants to wait until the Christmas tree is put up then I'd be ok with that :)
She is eating a ton of foods now and generally loving them. She gets pretty darn upset if her food runs out before she is ready to. Poor Caroline eats a ton of baby food jars and I don't even feel bad about it ha. Harper had all of her food homemade, Emma Kate got about half of it... and then there's Caroline. I just don't have the hours in the day! I love it when she's able to just eat bits and pieces from our plates and her chewing has really improved in the last few weeks so she's getting to do some more of that :) Current favorites probably include gerber puffs and pears. She was getting some macaroni at Thanksgiving though and pretty much inhaled that stuff.
Her little pincher grasp has really improved and it's nice to be able to plop her in the highchair with a snack while I'm trying to get dinner made for everyone else! Now dinner... that is never dull. The big girls love getting Caroline all riled up and she does it to them too. If on the off chance the big girls are being calm, Caroline will start squealing and yelling at them, just grinning and waiting for them to start playing with her. And then they all start going nuts. Calmness is not in their genes and dinnertime at our house is not for the faint of heart. They were being wild in the car the other day so Andy and I decided we need some pilot headsets so that we can only talk to/hear each other :)
Everyone asks me how their personalities compare and are surprised when I say that generally Caroline is our happiest, easiest to engage baby. She is nonstop smiles at home with us. But she does have a serious case of stranger-danger. At best she will tolerate a stranger but don't count on a smiles and more than likely it is going to end in serious tears. And 'stranger' basically means anyone besides Andy, me, Harper, EK and our babysitter lol. I'm sure she has hurt many peoples' feelings so I just remind them, it's not you, it's her ;)
She's wearing most 9-12 month clothes now. Still has dark brown hair and eyes and looks an awful lot like Harper. We go for her 9 month checkup next week so we will see exactly how big she has gotten! :) We love our sweet baby girl and are so excited to celebrate her first Christmas!
Here's some pics from our fall photos taken by our awesome nanny (who also has a photog business if anyone needs some great pics done around Lexington!)
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