Traveling

So I have to complain about traveling for a minute. I flew by myself with Lizette out of Santa Barbara, which was nice since it was such a small airport. But when I get on a plane with Lizette, everyone said, "I hate when there is a baby on the plane", "I hope they don't sit by me", "That baby better not make any noise", etc.. I wanted to say, "I can HEAR you!" But that was alright Lizette was wonderful flying! She slept on the first plane, and half of the second plane. She was the greatest.

But yesterday when we where flying home, we got to the Iowa airport on time and they said that there was a little delay. Which was fine, but an hour after we where suppose to take of they finally went over the PA and said that our flight was canceled and that everyone has to go back to the ticket booth to get re-routed. It was like a rat race. Everyone was running as fast as they could to the ticket booth. Tyler ran and we were fourth in line, but about 40 minutes later, we finally got to the ticket booth. It took about25 minutes to try to find a way to get back to California. They finally found a way. Tyler and I had to take separate flights to Fort Worth, Texas (2 hour flight). Then after a four hour lay over, we got (on the same flight) to Santa Barbara, a three and a half hour flight. So we were supposed to be in California at 11:20 am but instead got home at 9:31 pm. We were traveling for 17.5 hours from start at the airport to home in California. Lizette did great, she wanted to crawl (YES, SHE IS CRAWLING AT 6 1/2 MONTHS) but we wouldn't let her. I think I was more annoyed than she was. But needless to say we are glad to be home and I don't want to travel for awhile.

Since I've Been Gone

I know it has been a while, but Lizette and I went to Iowa last Saturday to visit Grandpa and Grandma Hall. Tyler joined us later on Wednesday. It rained everyday except for the last two days (Friday and Saturday), but I enjoy the rain. I got to see some old neighbors. Their daughter, Anna, had a baby about a month after I had Lizette. Her little girl, Scarlett, was so cute. I forgot my camera, but luckily Anna took some pictures. I will post those later. Then I got to see some of my best friends from high school, Katie and Sara. It was nice to see them. They made high school bearable. We did tons of crazy things and it was fun to reminisce. I was glad they were able to meet Lizette, and to see how cute she is in person. We did go shopping at the newest mall while I was there. I really wanted to go to Dillard's, they are the only ones that have my favorite shoes- Gianni Bini. So I was excited. I budgeted it in so that I could get a pair of boots and shoes. I just had to unbudget Tyler's fun. I was able to find two great shoes. Mission Accomplished. And our last day we when to the Zoo for Spooky Eyes (where kids and go and trick or treat). We had a great time..

FF: The Baby-Sitters Club

This picture makes me laugh. This is a picture of Tyler and his sister Ashley "babysitting" their nephew, Nick. Nick doesn't look that happy. I love that Tyler has a smirk on his face, while his nephew is crying, and Ashley has her hand on her hip. I also love that they are pushing Nick around the pool. Doesn't that seem dangerous to anyone else??

Baby Carrots

So today, Lizette tried carrots for the first time. It didn't seem to go over quite as well as I would have liked, but ohh well. At least she likes oatmeal. I try to trick her by feeding her a couple bites of oatmeal then sneak some bites of carrots. She gets a little annoyed because she loves oatmeal but not some much of the other stuff.
I know the picture looks like it is all on her bib, but trust me she ate some bites of food...

Crawling???

So Tyler and I have been debating...What is officially "crawling"? Tyler says that she is crawling and I don't think that what she is doing is crawling. Lizette has been moving all over the place (by moving she is rolling everywhere and scooting. She will be on one side of the room and five minutes she will be on the otherside. She has been doing this for about 3 weeks). Lizette will also takes two to three strides, then she will fall to her stomach and try again. I think that she is moving, but that is it.. Crawling in my mind is continuous crawling without breaks.. It also means that it is a lot faster than moving. Maybe I just don't want to admit that she is crawling, because that means that my life is OVER.... If I have a baby that is crawling EVERYWHERE that means it is going to be that much harder to take a shower, get ready, and do, practically anything else. I just don't think I am ready for a crawling baby. Don't most babies start crawling at 8-9 months and not 6 month and 1 week old???

Sweet Pea

So we gave peas to Lizette last night. She didn't seem to like them at all, but then again she did the same thing with the rice and oatmeal and now she loves them. I made her eat a couple of bites of peas then gave her some oatmeal. Then I would make her eat a couple of more bites of peas. She would make the funniest face when we gave her peas after the oatmeal.. Right now I am only feeding her one serving of solids a day, when do you start feeding a second. Lizette seems content with just the one feeding, and she definitely doesn't look like she is starving. My pediatrician told me not to stress out to much about it and that I will know when to start feeding her more solids. She told me that they are doing a lot more studies that show that a child can live off of just breast milk for a year and be completely healthy. She just wants me to make sure that she isn't losing lots of weight, and to keep up her calorie intake. I think I just need not to worry about it.

SIX MONTHS

So Yesterday was Lizette's six month birthday. It has seriously gone by so quickly, it just seems like yesterday we brought her home from the hospital.

Lizette had her six month check up on Tuesday, she weighs 18 pounds and is 27 3/4 inches long. So she is in the 100 percentile for height and 80 percentile for weight. And the doctor said that I could start feeding her solids if we wanted. Tyler has been looking forward to feeding her solids for a long time. He has been just waiting for my go ahead. I finally told him that, we could start her on rice cereal on her six month birthday. Tyler wanted to be the one to feed her solids for the first time. She did great. She would have this look on her face like what are you feeding me, but she would continue to eat more. She ate a good amount. (The doctor warned me that I can't feed her too much of the rice cereal or it will make her constipated. Valerie also called and warned me that the baby will cry and be very fussy if she is constipated...and that scared me more than the doctors warning.) (The doctor also warned me that Lizette will be crawling in about two weeks...AND THAT WAS THE SCARIEST THING OF ALL)

Lizette also got two really good gifts for her birthday. First, The Office season premiere, which was pretty funny. But her favorite was seeing her cousin Chloe. She loves playing with her, and touching her, but Chloe is too fast for Lizette. Don't you worry, Lizette will be able to follow her around the house in no time and then they will be fighting over toys...It is so much fun to see Lizette interact with other babies. She seems so fascinated by them. Well over all it was a good day.

Dinner at Faria

A week ago, Doris' best friend Kathryn came down from Canada to visit. Kathryn came all the way from Canada so she could go camping at the beach (and I think to see Lizette. She says she doesn't bond with children, but I think she is lying through her teeth). Doris had her travel trailer parked at Faria Beach so they could spend a couple of days there. So Tyler, Lizette and I went to Faria beach to eat dinner with them. Bedstemor and Bedstefar came to eat dinner as well. We had a blast. Lizette loved the beach and her Aunt Kathryn and Bedstes. We love spending time with friends and family. Here are some pictures of Lizette with Tyler at the beach, some pictures of Lizette with her great-grandparents, and Lizette got too excited and fell asleep at dinner.

I am still trying to figure out my camera, even though I have had it for six months. The pictures of Tyler and Lizette at the beach turned out a little dark...

Such Great Talent

I just thought I would post some pictures of the quilt my Aunt Gayle made for Auntie Doris. It is such an amazing quilt and has such awesome detail. I could never dream of making something that creative. Aunt Gayle helped me make a blanket for Tyler when we were dating (six plus years ago). I also made a blanket for Tyler for when he holds Lizette, but it is nothing compared to Aunt Gayle's work. Maybe one day I can make something half as good.

(click on the picture to get a close up to see all the amazing detail work that Aunt Gayle did. Each square has something to do with Doris, ex:Camping at Carpinteria, Doris' tea parties, Doris business, etc, etc)







































**Sorry the only picture that I found of the blanket I made for Tyler-Lizette is with Lizette on it**
**Tyler did stuff wipes in her diaper to make her butt look big**

CUTIE

Here are a couple pictures of our cutie riding a tricycle with Daddy's help. I am just so in love with our baby. I think she is the cutest thing ever. When I see commercials on TV, I think my baby is so much cuter than that. I know this sounds kind of mean, I just think my baby and my friends' babies (everyone who reads this blog) are just the cutest things ever.
So Lizette is really close to crawling, and she is only five and a half months to the date. She gets up her hands and knees and rocks back and forth. Today while we were eating dinner, she got on her hands and knees and then she went for it, she tried to crawl by doing a flying leap but did a face plant. It was funny, we laughed, then she cried. She is just everywhere. I will set her down and five minutes later she will be on the other side of the room. She just rolls so fast and does the crawling backwards thing. I am excited that she is going to crawl, but I am also dreading it a little because our place is so small.