FEEEED MEEEEE!

So, if you aren't able to tell from the videos below, this girl LOVES cereal. She cracks us up. We put her in her bumbo, and she starts banging her hand on the trey. SO cute!!

The other night, she must have been really hungry, she was going at it like a shark after bait!!

Five Months!!!

At five months you:
~weigh around 17.5 pounds
~LOVE to SING. You have been singing patty cake, twinkle twinkle, but now that it's Christmas time, we started singing Rudolph, Jingle Bells, and Up on the house top. When I start singing and clapping you just start smiling and singing with me!
~love to sit up and play, and are getting really good at sitting unassisted
~have rolled from tummy to back, but would rather just sit up and play
~just went through a MAJOR growth spurt, good thing we started with cereal
~think daddy is SO funny
~have more hair coming in on your pretty little head. You have just a bit more now than what you were born with, and it gets fuzzier every day.
~love to laugh, you really like mommy and daddy to get you laughing repeatedly, it's so sweet
~love to watch wheel of fortune, must be the colors, dings and the sound of the wheel spinning
~love to watch Bernie, you can find him by the sound of him walking thru the room, going in and out his doggie door, or his collar.
~are still cat nappin', you take about 4 - 30 minute naps a day, and sleep at night from 8pm-6 or 7am
~are SO much fun!!!

My tips for keeping trim this holiday season...

1)Portion control, of course=)
2)breastfeed a five month old child who is going thru a MAJOR growth spurt! Sheesh!

So, last Thursday Cate started eating every hour and a half during the day...(from every 2 hours)... I thought, hmmm, probably a growth spurt...then the weekend came and she was still wanting to eat that often, AND she started waking every 2 hours at night... not very fun. Needless to say this mama was getting a "little" tired. I looked up online to see/make sure that it was a growth spurt, sure enough, CLASSIC symptoms! I read that it could last a couple of days to a week. A week?!?!? Well, finally 6 days later, she is sleeping thru the night again and pretty much back to her old schedule, YAY! So good thing we coincidentally started her on cereal the same day this spurt begun. I was going to try to wait until 6 months before starting cereal, but I knew she probably wasn't going to last that long because of how much she has grown the past 5 months. We just decided to go ahead and start with it, let her get the hang of it, then on, around, or after the 1st of the year start her on foods. FUN!=)

And a fun pic for your enjoyment=) Can you tell she is wanting food?!?

Cate meets SANTA!!!

Today we had another first...Cate met Santa!! and boy did she LOVE him! It was the first time for her to actually smile on cue at the camera...thanks to mama's wonderful singing...YAY for Christmas songs=)
And since she did SO good...I of course was suckered and had to get as many prints as I could...good thing they had a "special" going on, buy 3 prints, get one free on a CD to print as many of whatever you like!!=) SO worth it! Enjoy!

Dear Santa, thank you for bringing me my new stroller early! I love it and I love you, Love Cate=)

See, totally worth it to get the 4 prints right?!?!? And yes, I know, next years pic will probably be the COMPLETE opposite=)

Another first for Cate!

Well, I was going to try to wait until 6 months to start with foods.. ya, that didn't last. We have a growing girl on our hands! She was doing just fine during the day and night, but we decided to go ahead and start with rice cereal, see if she liked it, let her get the hang of it, (which didn't take any time, as you will see) and go from there.

Mama and Daddy, I'm ready!!!

 MMMMM...

This stuff is YUMMY!

She loved it! It took her no time to get the hang of it! Yum Yum in the tum tum!

A few updates...and some randomness

Just a few updates on things going on around here...
Cate's car seat came in and I LOVE IT! Cate LOVES it too! It's even prettier in person, great quality, and I still can't believe I got the discount I did on it!! Highly recommend Britax, and HIGHLY recommend buying from albee baby=)

See I told you she loves it=) I will probably wait just a little longer though to start using it in the car since her naps and such are still unpredictable, and she still really likes to play with her toys on the other one.. until then, my back will continue to kill me carrying the infant car seat=)

Now I am debating on getting a phil and teds stroller...any thoughts?

Cate is now back in her night sleeping routine, which is about 8pm until 6 or 7am, Thank goodness! (She must be like her mama and SUPER sensitive to meds/supplements...) Needless to say, we will NOT be giving her polyvisol...EVER!

We are ready for Christmas here at our Casa! Cate and I decorated the inside of the house last week. I didn't put up everything that I have in years past. It was one of those..."I'm over its!" I put up what I wanted...and the rest...well...

I'm finding more presents for myself than I am for others while Christmas shopping... always happens...=)

Only 3 more pounds till pre prego weight!!! THANK YOU breastfeeding!...(and probably to the fact I'm toting around a 17 lb child=)

Oh ya! I have the best husband EVER!!! This past Friday was his birthday, and he surprised ME with a gift...! We can't hardly ever surprise each other...if we find something we like.. we just get it...or it's a big purchase that has to be discussed... well, this time he totally got me! I was really surprised and wasn't expecting it at all! Such a sweetie!!! 

I can not believe Cate will be 5 months next week!! She has LOTS of new things for her 5 month post=) Stay tuned!

She LOVES to sing...

Christmas Caroling Cate=)

(don't forget to pause my playlist...)

and here's another where she get's a little distracted...

I HAD to get it..

So, if you subscribe to groupon, you know that there was a deal last week for Nordstrom rack, $50 for $25. Of course, I find something EVERY time I go there.. and usually whatever I find is on sale and a "Becky Bargain," so I HAD to get it! Now that I think about it, I should have bought 2!

Here was the conversation the hubby had with me (he didn't know I bought it):

Hubs: I got that email you sent me to print some coupon?!?!
Me: Oh ya? Did you print it?
Hubs: No, it's asking for your password, so I need that
Me: Oh really, to print it? well its one of my usuals, I will have to see
Hubs: Did you REALLY spend $25 to get $50?!?!
Me: Well YA!  (I very excitedly say) I HAD to get it, it was a great deal and my first groupon purchase!!! AND I always find something there=) (with a smile)
Hubs: oh ya? well what are you going to buy?
Me: I don't know, maybe something for you!=) (with a smile=)
Hubs: heh=)