jared & whitney: October 2016

Not too much has happened over the past month . . .
But there's always new adventures with Chloe, so I'll share some of those :)

She has not found the need to crawl yet, and I think I'm ok with that -- no need to Chloe proof things yet ;) She's still just as busy and just as noisy rolling around, kicking furiously and giggling.

We introduced some "solid" baby food to her about a month ago . . . She's not a fan. Rice, veggies, fruit, nothing. She first realized that she could close her lips tight; that made it difficult for Jared and I to get food in there . . . then we figured we could make her smile or laugh and that mouth of hers would pop wide open; that lasted 2 feedings/days . . . then she pushed her tongue inbetween her lips in an attempt to keep food from getting into her mouth. Well, it worked. The task of feeding her became that much harder.

Now she uses gums, tongue and lips . . . so it just takes A LOT of distractions in an effort to get food into that tiny mouth :) Quad-copters worked for a while to distract her . . . now they don't phase her. She's a little too smart for her own good hehe, but we love her determination and personality (even if it means an hour long feeding). . .

So, aside from the food adventures, she's still just as giggly and smiley, and we LOVE it - it's so easy to make her smile and laugh, it's great.

She's started doing this whole nose crinkle thing and it is my favorite! She used to do it when she was upset or sleepy, but now it's for anything - happy, sad, excited, sleepy, anything. Sometimes the crinkle is more pronounced than others, here's a good one I caught on camera :)