A Beautiful Mess: Baby Fresh!!

Nothing smells better than a baby fresh out her bath!!!

Ariya is all clean and tucked into bed, I could never fully express how in love with that little baby I am!! I truly love being a mommy!!

Of course I feel the same about Taylor, but she's no longer a baby that relies soley on her mommy. Oh I'm not even 'mommy' to her anymore, just 'mom'. And of course instead of taking my advice she has to find everything out the hard way!

lol, anyway....

A few weeks ago we started giving Ariya baby food. Oh what fun that is!!! She seems to be a vegetable baby, with her favorite being peas. She can put down a whole jar in no time flat!!! She also seems to like carrots, squash, and sweet potatoes. She is NOT however a fruit baby, fruits like peaches and bananas make her squish up her face in sour distaste....it's so stinkin cute.

This past week she has started grabbing her feet, they haven't made it to her mouch yet but I know it's only a matter of time!

Also recently when I have left the room for a moment or turned my eyes off her for a few minutes while she is on the floor I have looked back to find she is starting to try to turn herself over onto her tummy!! She loves to do these things when I'm not looking!! She waited to give off her first laugh just a few hours after I went to work a few weekends ago. When my husband text me to tell me she was cracking up at my friend Kelly and her son Tyler, I seriously thought I would cry!! I have been waiting so long to her that baby giggle!!! They grow up so fast and I dont want to miss a single moment!!

But back to the roll....thus far she has only managed to get her bottom rolled over with her arm still tucked under her, she then alerts me to this by starting to fuss because her face is half in the floor and she doens't know what to do but today while her daddy was home for lunch I looked up and she was comepletely on her tummy with both arms holding her head up high!!! I was so proud!!!

Taylor's cheerleading is pretty much over and up next is gymnastics and then I think soccer. Between all that and her friends she stays pretty busy. She has grown up so much in this last year. She is not my little girl anymore. She is on her way to being a beautiful young lady....someone shoot me now!!!

As for me, I just started a dance class to get rid of the rest of this stubborn baby weight. I have only been going for a week but I really enjoy it! I was also really surprised at what a total workout it is! After the first two days I think just about every muscle in my body was sore!! No pain no gain...or loss in this case, cause if they continue to kick my butt like they did those first two days, bye bye baby weight!!