A Month of Many Firsts

In her seventh month, Caitlyn is really starting to locomote. She constantly rolls around the room or drags herself with her right elbow (this might be a form of crawling..hard to tell now.) And scary enough, she is already attempting to pull herself up on the furniture. Thankfully, she hasn't been successful yet. With the exception of having food in front of her or watching the occasional Baby Einstein video, Caitlyn just can't sit still. Babyproofing the house is in the near future.

In addition to some of the physical milestones, Caitlyn also went through a lot of other 'firsts' this month, namely:

1) First plane ride to Austin, TX so that Geraldine and Jaety could attend a wedding. (Thankfully, Nana and Gramps came along to babysit.) We also introduced Caitlyn to family friends, Mike and Cathy Giordano and Tara Dudley and her 5-month daughter, Zoya.

2) Also in Austin, Caitlyn uttered her first syllable, "Da Da Da." While Geraldine found it cute the first couple of times, she's ready for Caitlyn to move onto other consonants, namely, "Ma Ma Ma."

3) Jaety also took Caitlyn swimming for the first time. (Austin was nearly 100 degrees everyday!) She seemed confused by the event, but at least she didn't cry.

4) Caitlyn's first tooth is on its way out. You can see and feel it cutting through her gums. To help with the pain, Jaety and Geraldine gave Caitlyn her first, second and third french fries.

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Tickle me Caitlyn...

Happy Half Birthday!

Caitlyn turned 6 months old this month weighing in at 16 pounds 11 ounces and 27 inches long. She’s in the 75th percentile in weight and head circumference and 90th percentile in height. There goes Geraldine’s theory that she perhaps lost weight or plateaued since her 4 month checkup. Her favorite food? Probably bananas and yogurt. And as you can probably tell from the pictures, she seems to think she can absorb food through her skin.

Rolling over is her new trick. She rolls to get to things and the objects of choice include her Mozart Music Cube, a remote control, rubber ducks and tags. Her newfound talent, however, makes diapering rather interesting…between her trying to roll over while we’re changing a poopy diaper or trying to stick her whole foot into her mouth, we're wishing we had a third hand at times.

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