She's also started solids, which she loves! It's so much fun to give her real food now and watch her face as she tries new things, I hate having to wait and see whether she's allergic to something because I just want to keep giving her new things to try. We gave her banana to start off with, which she gagged on and not much got down, however that had more to do with the texture I think, as the next day she gobbled it all up with minimal gagging. It took her a bit to remember what was going on the third time we tried it, but by day four she had her mouth wide open by the time I had her all buckled into her high chair looking for food. Now when the food is done, she grabs for the bowl looking for more. So far she has had banana, brown rice cereal, sweet potato, chicken and peas, all of which she enjoys with the exception of the chicken, she gagged on that so bad I had to stop giving it to her and mix it up with some sweet potato. I think she couldn't handle the texture of it, however I know with time she will.
Cara has also moved into her own room! That has been a long time coming. John wanted to keep her in our room until 6 months since that is what is recommended to help prevent SIDS, I on the other hand would have been okay with moving her sooner...but since he was showing care and concern for his little girl I agreed (plus the convenience of being able to just get up out of bed and take two steps to feed her won me over haha). However, for the last couple weeks of March into the beginning of April, Cara was starting to wake up when we would come to bed and/or waking up twice in the night and that second time deciding that it was time to play, so after I'd feed her she would talk, squeal and cry until I got up and put her soother in or rock her. Eventually we got to the point that we needed to let her cry it out, which would go on for like an hour at 3am! One night John finally left and slept in the spare room because it was pretty clear sleep wasn't happening in ours! At this point we had been preparing her room to paint and get get ready to move her, mainly we were waiting to get the window in her room replaced, since we figured we would do that and then paint, however when we ordered them we found out it could take up to 2 months, so we decided it was time to get a move on her room. We got the room all prepped, John had to do some patch work and fix a shelf in the closet. I was going away for a weekend with Cara to my grandmother's, so this was going to give him time to finish everything up so that when I got back I could paint. Little did I know that he had other plans! He worked the entire weekend getting her room completely done for when we got back! When we got home, he took us upstairs, where all the doors to the rooms were closed. I opened our bedroom first and saw that everything was back to the way it was, which made me start to tear up and I walked right over to her room and just started crying because everything was all set up for her! I realized how loved I am and how lucky I am to have a wonderful husband!
Everyone seems happy with the move. It didn't seem to affect Cara at all, if anything it helped her sleep better! And Mommy and Daddy are sleeping better too!!
My last update is house related, as we have been trekking through getting the house done. We recently got all the windows replaced, I haven't used them much yet as it's still too cold to open them, however they look much nicer than the old ones! Since we had to move everything out of the way for the windows to be replaced, we decided to do some painting this weekend, which started with some touch ups and painting over the green wall in the living room. We've painted it the same colour as everything else, and while I'll say that the green seemed to grow on me, I am REALLY happy with the grey, it just looks more professional, I think it will really help with selling the house as it really transforms the living room. It's amazing how one wall can make all the difference! Here is what it looks like now!
This week I am hoping to start painting some of the baseboards and trim, specifically I'm starting with the dining room window, as you can see from above, they had to replace it with an unpainted piece, so since everything is moved out of the way, I'm going to start with it! We're also hoping to get the green wall going upstairs painted to grey in the next week...I'm sure that will involve another blog! However for now, I'm done with the updates, I'm off to enjoy the rest of the evening with my husband!
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