This can't be...is our baby girl almost a
year old already?
Greta is a happy baby, crawling all over the
place, standing up whenever she can find something to pull herself up
and lean against (the couch, the TV - to mess with the buttons, her changing
table, the sides of her play pen & crib, our glass doors - to peer
outside, etc....) Gary predicts she'll be walking by her 1st birthday.
Greta loves to play Peek-a-Boo with her blankie, loves playing "How big
is baby...? Soooo... BIG!" and enjoys responding to the song, "If
You're Happy & You Know It...Clap Your Hands." Not for lack of
attention from her adoring fan club, she gives herself much applause -
and she deserves it. She has an acute awareness of what she's not
supposed to get into...and gives us a coy smile as she crawls speedily
toward these things. Meals have become much easier as Baby eats many of
the same things we do, cut up into tiny bite sizes. She is still
especially fond of peas and cheese. Macaroni & cheese is a new
favorite as well, just recently introduced into her diet. Muffins were
also a big hit for Baby. She finally admitted that she's capable of
holding her own bottle too, which has freed up my hands greatly during
our busy days. ☺ I still insist on our evening ritual of rocking Greta
with her bottle, after her bath and before bedtime. Before that, she
loves being included in story time with her brothers, most often read by
Daddy. Greta also has an interest in singing along to music, even my
attempts at lullabye tunes at bedtime. Her sweet little humming
accompanies me.
These adorable froggy pajamas
pictured below are among my favorite pair to put on Greta -- they were
picked out by Papa Schueler on one of Grammy Schueler's many shopping
sprees for the grandkids. I'm just going to take this opportunity to
mention how much I appreciate pajamas with zippers for babies! From the
early, newborn days of frequent diaper changes in the wee hours, to our
current challenge of trying to hurriedly dress a very active baby,
writhing to escape diaper time to get on to her busy life -- Zippers
are the way to go - as opposed to the snaps on jammies. Yet most baby pajamas we have are of the snap variety. It's nothing short of frustration, trying to align those snaps in the
middle of the night, while trying to wrestle a baby, who wants to lay on her tummy, back into her pajamas
in low light while fighting exhaustion. There. I said my part. Zippers rule.
Mr. Bear is shrinking! Or maybe I'll have
to admit that our baby girl is growing up, and all too quickly leaving
babyhood for toddler land. *sigh*
It has become more challenging to get a
photo of Greta that is not blurry. She's always on the go.... Here are
some of the attempts to take her 11-month picture. They were just too
cute to ignore. She's a happy and wiggly little girl. ☺
So much love....
Come on, Mom - let's wrap up this photo
shoot so I can play!
This is fun, but I've got things to do....
Watching the movie "Up" with her
brothers....
With all our children, we are so blessed.
This blog appears to have become a monthly
blurb announcing only Greta's latest monthly landmark. Somehow,
someday...I hope to "catch up" and post some of the many other things
going on in our busy lives. Greta is not a very consistent napper, and
our drop-off/pick-up school schedule with the boys keeps me on the run.
But I have not stopped taking photos or noting special events for the
boys and the rest of us. It's on my list of things to do to update more
fully someday soon....