Lately...

I apologize for slacking in my blogging lately. I know you all have been holding your breath waiting for the next installment in the Broussard saga. Things have gotten interesting around here. I'll give you two guesses as to why... Hint: Starts with a "C" and ends with "aroline". Here is what we have been up to:



On Friday night, we went out to eat dinner with some friends. Caroline has been sitting up really well, and truth be told she probably could have started sitting in a high chair at restaurants before now, but I didn't have a high chair cover yet (I'm not a true germ-o-phob, but I do have limits people). I had ordered one from Amazon, but it was out-of-stock and they said they would send it the minute they got more. I was really trying to hold out for it because I really liked the fabric/design. But I finally gave up on it and we stopped by Target on the way to dinner Friday night to pick a cover up. I'm not wild about the color/design, but it actually might be a better choice because it has the shoulder straps whereas the one from Amazon only has the lap belt. And with my fidgety little nugget, we need all the straps we can get.

We sat down at the table and I got her all situated in her high chair. She loved it! I brought her food and fed her some green beans and sweet potatoes before we ordered. I think she was just so excited to be sitting up at the table, able to see what was going on. However, our server made the mistake of setting the tray with our food on it a little too close to the table and Caroline totally stuck her hand in some one's salad dressing.... Hey, ya win some, ya lose some....

Sorry for the fuzzy phone pics... It was all I had! With the shoulder straps on, it looked like she was wearing a back pack ha ha!

On Saturday, we made a Sam's run. And since we had purchased our high chair/shopping cart cover the night before, Caroline also got to ride in the cart like a big girl.

(Yes, we do have wine in the cart with the baby. It's called stress management.) She was so good and didn't make a peep the entire time we were there. She just looked around and took it all in.

Today (Sunday) was a verrryyyyyyyy rough day. Caroline was just totally cross all day, which is very unusual for her. She has such a great disposition and is normally a very happy baby, but something just wasn't right. I have a feeling that she will be getting tooth soon, and after today, I will be very surprised if it isn't in the next few days. I have felt her gums 100 times, but so far I can't tell that one is close to the surface, but the way she has been drooling and chewing on EVERYTHING, my guess is a tooth will be in our near future. Poor baby!

We just couldn't seem to appease her, so I decided to take her to Target. I needed a few things any way, and she loves to get out of the house. It seemed to help for the time being. Once again, she loved being able to look around. However, I am not used to her being able to get to things at the store, and I learned my lesson when she raked 3 bottles of baby lotion into the floor.

Just enjoying her Target trip. Poor baby, you can tell she didn't feel well just from looking at this picture :(

About half way through our trip, she decided to get comfy. She propped that little foot up there and just had her arm out to the side. It was too funny. She was just looking around, chillin, and chewing on her pacifier here and there.

I have been meaning to blog about her latest trick, but said trick is the main reason for my absence in the blogging world. My Sweet Caroline is now fully mobile. This has been going on for a little over 2 weeks now. That's right, all over the place and into everything at 5 1/2 months. I'm all about having an over-achiever, but this is one area I wish she would just slow down in. She gets on all 4's all the time, but then just decides to army crawl. At first, it was a slow inch-worm move, but now she has figured it out and can get where she wants to go in no time flat. I can NOT turn my back on her if she is in the floor. And, she doesn't want to be any where but the floor now that she has mastered this new skill, which why I can't get anything done now.

I try to keep her on a blanket in the living room, but it is really quite pointless. She makes laps around the living room table in the time it takes me to take a sip of coffee. I've got my work cut out for me with this girl.

I was trying to entice her with the camera lens cap. Yes, I know she is surrounded by toys, but I have found that she is motivated by what she is not supposed to have. Go figure.

Almost got it....

Got it!

I would have to say that Fred is one of Caroline's absolute favorite things. All he has to do is walk by her or shake those big floppy ears and she just cracks up. Some times all he does is look at her and she starts giggling. And of course, the feeling is mutual. Fred can not get enough of her. We have to keep an eye on her because he would literally lick her to death if we let him.

Caroline loves to get down in the floor and play with Fred. She is really interested in his feet for some reason.

I love how Fred is just not even responsive ha ha!

"Hey you.... Play with me!"

"Hellooooooo????"

I don't remember what Fred did here, but apparently it was something REALLY funny.

She was having such a good time with him. It was so cute because Fred picked up his big ol' paw and just put it over her back (I swear this wasn't staged).

Caroline + Fred = Best Buds

Annnnddddd finally, Fred lost all self-control and had to have a taste of his Sweet Caroline. Touching moment = over.