Playing with Food

I read somewhere recently that it was good to let kids get hands-on with their food from an early age in order to form some kind of "relationship" with food.... Now, I'm not sure I want Aria having an intense relationship with food at this point, but I thought letting her play with her food for once would be fun! Maybe I should have stuck with simple cereal instead of green beans .... :)

Video Editing Advice, Anyone?

I have some great videos of Aria talking and doing her "wide open mouth thingy" (for lack of a better name for this odd behavior) but I can't figure out how to edit the videos, as they're really dark and some need to be rotated.... Any moms out there ever use a good, FREE program to edit videos?

Here's a not-too-dark vid of her "mouth thingy"... pardon the messy couch behind her- we're still unpacking :)

Weekend Wrap-up and Pictures at Mimi's (and Grandpa's)

Well, I survived my long weekend without my Bug, and she seemed to do pretty well herself. She was actually very stressed out when my mom came to drop her off. She still doesn't adapt to major changes very well, and being transplanted from my parents' house to ours' during her nap made her not so very happy. But it wasn't too long before she was back on the group crawling around to all her favorite places and happy chewing on her toy's faces again :) It didn't take her long till she was crawling in her toy tote again and heading straight towards the microwave cart - another favorite :)

My mom also kept me updated with some pictures and frequent phone calls, so I wouldn't miss my baby too much :) Here are some of the pictures that show Aria having fun at her grandparent's house :) (Pardon the quality of some of the pictures, they were taken on a phone and some were taken in bad light.)

Doing her "mouth thingy" and playing with Great-Granny

COOKIE!!!

Exploring in Mimi's living room

All ready for church in her new dress and bow :)