Monkeying Around

Ok, before you get started reading this post, you need to settle in and get comfortable. We had a busy day, and looking back on my massive amount of pictures, Mama has a photo addiction! Read on for more about our fun day.

This getting dressed thing is becoming more and more difficult by the day. HG is quite the wiggleworm and does not like to stay still! Our sweet little monkeyApparently, a sleepy monkey! Helen Grace was rolling up a storm at FTM this morning…I haven’t seen her roll this much ever! She still gets one arm stuck under her though, but her legs are flipping over well. She had so much fun rolling back and forth, flirting with her friend, Callum. He was good motivation- this boy-girl stuff starts way too early! ;)Here is a video of her rolling. Please excuse her crazy mama for the unfortunate narration.

Bubba fixed us lunch today, and boy, did she go all out! All of my favorites (chicken spaghetti, cream corn, deviled eggs, rolls, oreo dessert) and even served us on fancy china! Bubba was all decked out in her festive holiday attire, and Helen Grace loved her light up Christmas lights necklace. I’m relieved she didn’t pull it right off Bubba’s neck! The food was delicious, and the company was even better! Our next stop today was Oxford to work on some Delta Gamma transitioning with the new officers. HG just ate up all the attention and did pretty well through my meetings…we tried a variety of sleeping, eating, playing on the floor, and sitting in my lap to keep her entertained. Of course, we had to take a pic in ‘the chair’ before we headed home. John was so sweet to put up our new fake tree this weekend, but we haven’t been able to get our hands free long enough to get it decorated yet. I wanted HG to put on the first ornament (Rebel and Mocha are sad they have fallen from glory), and tonight was finally the night. She loved the shiny, glittery ornament- I still can’t all the glitter off of her!We tried squash again tonight, although it’s been a while since we last had it. John and I were dying laughing, watching her face as she tried to get it down! Oh, she was HATING it! Now that Helen Grace is comfortable sitting up in her high chair, we are finally having somewhat normal family dinners. John and I can each use both our hands to eat and are able to have a pretty decent conversation- wow! HG thinks she’s pretty cool because she can sit up on her own and she can kick her feet up on the tray thingie. Such a big girl!

Two other things that I’ve thought about since I put together her six month post…she is really reaching with purpose. You can hand her something, and she reaches for it and hangs on to it. It surprises me every time. The best part is that she will put her arm around your neck or your arm and will pull you into her. She even kind of snuggles into you. Gosh, that makes my heart melt, especially knowing that she now does it intentionally and it’s not a result of a random flail. ;)  Also, I’ve caught her a time or two  in her bed, holding the top and bottom of her bumper pad and hanging on to it. Once, she was even glomming it! Poor baby girl must be starving!

One last tidbit..HG and I ate dinner with my parents earlier this week, and while sitting in my dad’s lap, HG started rubbing her hands against the fabric of the booth and realized the texture made a noise. She would then take her hand away from the fabric, move her fingers around, and look at them like she had never seen them before as she tried to figure out where the noise was coming from. We were laughing like crazy- she was so funny!