Flashback

6 months ago we were on our way to the hospital.

Solid foods

Just a few days shy of 6 months and Tegan finally got her first taste of real food.  She's been eyeing our meals for awhile now and grabbing at food that came within her reach.  She had avocados for her first meal.  Her reaction?

The excitement is building

Maybe a little unsure now that the moment is finally here

Is it too late to change my mind?

What do I do now that it's in my mouth?!

From there she ran the gamut of expressions (similar to our passport photo-shoot):

Finished it all off with a happy squeal

I think more ended up on the bib than did in her stomach, but all-in-all I'd call it a success.   We're excited to give it another go tomorrow morning!

Phone!

Tegan looooves our phones, the computers and the tv.  Today she launched herself face-first into the laptop and she often reaches for our phones if she sees them.  We're in trouble once she's more mobile!

Party Dresses

This weekend we had a baby shower for 3 couples from school.  The girls really brought their A game when it came to dressing for the event.

Showing off those gums

This is one of Tegan's latest smiles - she sticks out her lower jaw to show off her gums.  It's been hard to catch it on camera, so here's a screen shot of a video I took this afternoon.

Mr. Sandman

Sleep: Tegan doesn't dig it.  She'd much rather stay awake and play.  However, this picture was taken this morning, day 2 of only waking up once per night.  Huge improvement from the 3 times we had going into this month.  She's been going to bed anywhere between 6-8, lately it's been more consistently around 6.  After pjs (it's much too warm in Taiwan for the pjs she's wearing above, but the mosquitoes have been getting her so we make sure she's covered and turn on the air con in her room) Jeremiah reads her a few stories, I feed her and then it's lights out.  She wakes me up in the middle of the night with her babbling and after eating goes right back to sleep.  Then around 5:30-6am she starts talking again to let us know she's ready for us to come get her.  We hang out in bed, play, chat and slowly get ready for the day.  She unwillingly takes a few naps during the day, sleeping much longer for the nanny then she does for us.  When she wakes up she'll play in the crib for awhile now rather than crying right away to be picked up - love that!  She always, no matter what time it is, wakes up with a smile.

Mamamamama

Notice the "mamama" in the video in the last post?  She's been perfecting it this week while occasionally throwing in a few other consonant sounds in there - d's, b's and p's.  It's pretty much the cutest thing I've ever heard, and paired with her gummy smile and excited flailing arms Jeremiah and I can barely contain ourselves.  We love this little girl to pieces and watching her figure out the world is so amazing.

Phone video

T 5 months

Recently, from my phone

Standing, momentarily, in her crib

Eating out

Mom loves cute cloth diapers!

You talking to me?

Red chair

Tegan's room

Tegan spent her first night in her own room last night and did great!

Spring break baby get together

Frank, Sage, Tegan, Jeremiah

Xian, Sage and Tegan

Tegan was a bit of a block hog, while Xian was a gracious host and let her friend play with her toys