Apple picking!

We took the baby picking for the first time at our favorite orchard - Oriole Springs!

Bear Down Chicago Bears!

Go Bears! We're 3 - 0. I think my Bears onesie helped them win. What do you think?

The "big bed"

I started the day by playing in "the big bed" with Mama. I love cuddling and tumbling around the big soft bed! Then, Uncle Taylor came to visit me. I showed him my new tricks - crawling and pulling myself up to standing.
A note from Mama - Well folks, this was my first week back at work (part-time). It was unbelievably difficult leaving Caroline. We are extremely fortunate that she is in good hands with Grandma BB and Grandma Phyllis on Mondays and Nanny Rosie on Wednesdays. As I keep telling myself, it is only 2 out of the 7 days that I'm not with her during the day. We will continue to pray that I'm able to stay home with her full time someday. We'll just have to wait and see what God has in store for us.

The first crawl is the sweetest

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Welll...there are lots of new things to tell you about. I have mastered the whole crawling thing. It's great...when I want a new toy, I can crawl to get it. When I want Mama, I just crawl into her lap. It's SO much fun!





I also like to climb up in my crib and now pull myself up to standing. The view is great!


Besides for crawling, my other favorite things are...eating everything that I can see...my toes, toys, the tassles on blankets, Mama's fingers, etc. I'm still working on pushing those teeth out, but no luck yet.
Grandma BB brought me an exer-saucer and it is the best thing since sliced bread! (Actually - it's better than sliced bread because I can't have bread yet.)

First round of tennis

Well, today, I played my first round of tennis. ...OK, well maybe I didn't play, but I got dressed up in my tennis dress and played with a tennis ball. That counts, right?

Escape

Sssshhh...don't tell Mama. I'm secretly planning to escape from my crib.

Swing!

I took my first ride on the swings at the park. I'm still pretty little though, so mama had to put her purse AND a blanket in there with me so I would fit! It was lots of fun!

Growing with Mr Bear - 28 weeks

Here I am "growing with Mr. Bear" at 28 weeks.

Grass!

Despite mama's attempts to keep me on the blanket, I continued to squirm my way off the blanket and onto that wonderful abyss of green grass. I love to feel it between my toes and fingers. I like to eat it too, but mama won't let me :(

Hands and knees

Just yesterday, Caroline was laying on her tummy and all of a sudden scooched her legs up under her and got on all fours (in crawling position). She rocked back and forth. Now she is doing this everytime she is on her tummy. I think crawling is in the near future!Look out world! Here she comes!

I can sit up!

I can sit up by myself now. Sometimes I still topple over though, but I'm getting better at it! I still am a huge squirmy wormy, but occasionally, I'll just sit quietly with mama or daddy.