Baby wearing coat

B and I have been wearing S in a carrier since she was born. We find it the easiest way to go places with her. Even in the house when she gets fussy we just put her in the carrier she calms down right away. Since S loves being outside I just had to have a baby wearing coat. It looks so funny but it keeps both of us warm. It’s waterproof and lined with fleece. S hates getting into it but once she’s in she couldn’t be happier.

5 Months

S is five months in these pictures. It was such a hot day that she wasn't interested in smiling. She is wearing a beautiful handmade dress we picked up at a used children's clothing store. I just love that dress.

One of our very nice neighbours gave us the baby sunglasses. I got a picture just before she took them off.

Lots and lots of food

In this picture S is eating a pear for lunch. A whole pear. In the second picture she is eating some beef. And in the third a pickle. It's so fun to see S enjoying food. She likes to use meals times to play. It's messy but super cute. Plus B and I don't have to feed her so we can all enjoy meal times together.

Maybe we should get a dog...

S really seems to love animals. We were at a friends house and S was very interested in their dogs. She is not afraid of big dogs at all and laughs when ever they bark.

S loves food!

I’m not surprised S loves food. In this picture she’s eating a piece of venison and in the other a carrot. We are doing baby led weaning which is basically the way babies used to start eating food many generations ago. She can eat anything, fish, bread, fruit, veggies, you name it, she can have it. Don't worry it is safe because she has already been exposed to these foods through my breast milk.

Visit to Papa’s house

Sarah loved being at Papa’s house. She particularly liked his dog, Micki. Every time the dog barked S laughed, a big belly laugh. It was so funny! Unfortunately, we didn’t get any pictures of that or video.

Lots of poop

On the trip home S woke up crying and then fell back to sleep. When we stopped I found a surprise, a completely full diaper. She got her bum changed on the front seat of the car. While changing her she peed and I had to drive home with a towel on the seat.

Visit to Grandma's house

S loves being at Grandma's house. She also loved touching Mom's face. Later she had a bath in the kitchen sink. S had a great time splashing away.

Trip to Niagara

S and I went to visit my family in August. The trip normally takes 6 hours but at that time S would cry in the car if she wasn’t asleep. And when I say cry I mean cry. She would get so upset she would be gasping for breath. As you can image it was very distracting. On the trip down, I make it to Kingston and considered turning back. But I really wanted to go so I came up with a strategy. I would walk her around in the carrier until she was ready to go back to sleep. It worked very well. We only stopped twice for about 1.5 hours each time. It was really hard to travel with her by myself. I had to take her everywhere including the rest stop bathroom but she loved the adventure.

These are two pictures from the trip. The one in the pink sleeper was her expression after I put her in the car seat for the last time. She was ready for the trip to be over and so was I.

If S was a boy…

We have a couple of thing that really are boy’s clothes. So one day we dressed her up and took a few pictures. I think the curls still make her look like a girl.

It's been too long...

I finally have a few minutes to get to the blog. There never seems to be enough time in a day. Plus S loves to be out doing things, not sitting a home in front of the computer. Here are some pictures from August. Sarah is laying on her crib bedding. It looks really nice with the hard wood crib.