29 Weeks Old

Ayla, 29 weeks has gone by so fast. You are growing so quickly. It is amazing to see how much you change and how many new "tricks" you pick up on. You have REALLY started to enjoy your jumperoo and your exersaucer. You jump, bounce and go crazy when you are in them. You absolutely love them.You are really starting to babble and Monday you said "dada". Let's just say that I called your daddy and we left him a message with you babbling and saying "dadadadadada". He was so happy. So, you are babbling but have yet to babble "mama". Even though I have been teaching you "mama" since you were born, I know you will start to say it and then you will never stop. Ha
We are still getting over congestion and all that crud. Tis the season for sinuses and clogged noses!
You are still a rolling machine. We can't leave you in places because you seem to find your way across the room in under a minute :-)
You love to grab our faces and stare at us. It is so cute. You are really into grabbing mommy's hair and daddy's chest hair! Ha Ha! It hurts pretty bad when you get a good grip. You have pulled mommy's earrings off a few times and that doesn't feel so good either.You are wearing 6-9 month clothes. They fit you really well but you have to wear some 12 month shirts because the 6-9 month shirts are too short. I can't believe how long you are. It's going to be hard to buy you sale clothes at the end of the year and the seasons because I don't know how long you are going to be. I bought you some shirts for next year and I think you can wear some of them now because of the length. They are too wide though so I guess we will hold off.This week you have been sleeping later in the mornings. I was trying to decide if I should wake you up and start our day/routine or just let you sleep until you wake up on your own in the mornings. We have our routine/schedule of what we usually do but I am not too strict on the times. You usually nap within 2 to 2 1/2 hours after you wake up. I am not the type who makes you eat at certain times etc. We eat when it's been at least 4 hours past the last time you ate. Sometimes this is at 8:30 in the morning and then you go until 12:30 or 1:00. Sometimes you wake up at 9 and then you will eat at 1:00 or 1:30. We just go with the flow...but I am pretty strict about your bath/bedtime routine.

As you can see, we didn't get a great picture this week. I suppose all pics can't have your gummy smile. You are so interested in the paper now...I may just have to stop using the paper and just use the computer to type it in.

We love you little princess!