How I've Grown.

First day: I'm new, cute, soft and cuddly, not much else to say!



1 month old, I sleep and eat most of the day. I love my swing.



2 months old, I suck my thumb, sleep and eat most of the day. I'm a happy baby, but I don't like the car very much.



3 months old, I start showing interest in toys this month.


4 months old, I try solid baby food for the first time and I love it! I also start sitting in my bumbo chair (it helps me learn how to sit on my own). I really love my feet. These things are so cool!



5 months old, I'm sitting for a brief period on my own without falling over. i'm eating all sorts of baby food and I'm very attentive. I love to play with toys and look at other babies. I also start drinking water from a cup this month and saying mama, baba and dada (not sure if any of it means anything just yet)!


6 months old, I'm sitting up on my own and I start to feed myself cheerios this month. I'm trying lots of different foods and I'm getting cuter every day! This is the last month I've really sucked my thumb. I do start drinking water from a straw. Mommy figured this out when I started sucking on her iced coffee straw for fun and actually got a good swig!


7 months old, I'm sitting up on my own and I move around by scooting clockwise and backwards, I am so close to crawling it's crazy (I start at 7.5 mos., get my first two teeth at same time).


8 months old, I can crawl, pull up on things, wave, get mom and dad's attention by saying "heh". I have 2 teeth.

The New Zoo Revue.

Mommy and daddy took me to the zoo. How much fun is that! I saw monkeys, ponies, pink birds and got to play in the splash fountain (see bottom of blog for baby gone wild video). I also got to ride the carousel for the very first time (so cool) and try a pickle (dee-lish)! Those silly parents of mine also took a whole bunch of crazy pictures (you'll see).

Road Trip!

The fam and I loaded up Gramma's Ford and headed north for our first family vacation--woo-hoo! Hula and I were good girls on the trip. Mom and dad stopped often to give us a break from the car. Here are some pics from the whole trip.

Ready to go, digging my new car seat.


West Virginia. Mountains!


Picnic in Big Chimney, WV on the way up.


Buffalo. Finally after 20+ hours in the car and 2 hotels, we're here!



Met my Great Uncle Ricky and Great Aunt Donna.


Rode the tractor with my Grampa! That was FUN!


Went to Buff State where mommy, daddy and gramma and grampa Berg graduated from. Even went to one of daddy's old classrooms (where mommy would bring him and uncle Andy candy and coffee at 3 am when they were pulling "all-nighters" on art projects).






Went out to the country.



I have to say, I had a great time with my gramma and grampa Hermansen up north. They gave me my first taste of ice cream--can you say YUM? What is this Gerber person thinking? He needs to put this stuff in a jar! Unfortunately, gramma was a litte camera shy, but we did get her on video with me. You'll see more pics of she and I soon. Mommy and I are going up north again in a month for auntie Karina's wedding.

We also made a brief stop at my daddy's cousin, Rhonda's house in VA. I cannot tell you what cousin she is to me or how many times she is removed, but she is one cool chick! While we were there I got to see my grampa Berg, great aunt Marilyn, Tanya, Andy, Damien, Lucas and we can't forget about Abby's daddy Nick. Hula and I went swimming in the pool and had so much fun! (I think we only got this on video.)

Here's one of me at Rhonda's, causing trouble!

Summer Fun.

Had lots of fun this summer!

Went to the park with my friend Grant (my future boyfriend).



Went to the museum with my friends Emily, Nathan and Kassidy.


Played with Miss Hula.



Went out to dinner with my parents. Did you see Marilyn Monroe in the background?


Played with my cool new house with my wicked cool friend William.


Took lots of baths. How do you like my soap-hawk?


Blew raspberries in my pretty new dress.


Got kisses from daddy!


And even went to the doctor. This was BEFORE my shots!