It's been a while...

Sorry it's been so long. Flora has been keeping us busy now that she can crawl all over the place and has been pulling herself up on everything. One her favorite things to do is pull things out. So, with the crawling and pulling, she has our constant attention. Here is a recap of the holidays. Flora celebrated her first Winter Solstice on Dec 21st. We had a"lights out night", snacked on hors d'oeuvres, and exchanged gifts with each other. She liked ripping the paper once she figured it out. She got a drum, two hooded sweatshirts, a sock monkey that Mama made, little cars, a monkey hooded towel.
For Christmas Eve, we went to Auntie Robyn's house for supper and presents. On Christmas day we were at the Enz's for breakfast and gift opening. Flora got some clothes and some toys, too. We thank everyone for the great presents!
At Flora's 9 month check-up(on 12/17) the doctor gave her a clean bill of health! She weighed, 19 pounds, 4 ounces(61st percentile) and was 28.8 inches(89th percentile).

In recent "news", Flora got her first cold on Sunday, and cut her top left central incisor on Monday. She was in a pretty good mood despite it all. Her cold only lasted about three days(I had the same cold at the end of last week). She just slept very poorly at night and took short naps. But yesterday she took long naps and slept through the night without making a peep!
Flora is eating a lot of finger foods lately. She has been eating tomatoes, avocados, beans, fruit, even grapefruit, quesadillas, pasta, hard boiled eggs, cooked broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and potatoes. She likes almost everything!
She is also transitioning to a sippy cup. She does pretty well with it, but prefers a bottle. I usually don't give her a bottle until bed time, though.
Tom and I have been helping Flora walk around the house. She absolutely loves it! She gets all silly and laughs and screams. Of course none of this silliness is conducive to walking well. She is very wobbly because of her excitement. That's all right, she has plenty of time.
Flora is getting to be such a big girl, it's amazing how fast time goes! Thank you all for checking out Flora's blog and have a great new year!!

St. Nick and the Gamblers

It has been a busy couple of days in the life of one Flora Enz.
St. Nick filled her stocking for the very first time.



On Friday, the 7th, she went to her first Green Bay Gambler's game.
She saw her first Zamboni and she got to meet the Gambler's Mascot, Gus.



At first, she didn't know what to think of Gus (What is he anyway?), but she liked him enough to follow him down the hall and into the next luxury box he visited.

The "Sled" Ride

Flora enjoyed her first "sled" ride this morning. The laundry basket was Tom's good idea. She was comfy and happy. In fact she was almost sleeping by the time we got home. It worked pretty well, too. We only dumped her once. She was totally face down in the snow and didn't even mind!
Rumor has it that Flora will be getting a sled for x-mas, so until then, the laundry basket will work!!

X-mas Wish List Update

We hope everyone made it through Thanksgiving alright. We had two family dinners and are stuffed to the gills with turkey and all the fixin's! Flora had her first Thanksgiving meal, mashed potatoes, stuffing, sweet potatoes, a roll, cranberries(ninja fruit!), and of course, pumpkin pie!
We also hope no one got hurt if you went out for "Black Friday" sales today. Flora's Grandma Mae went out this morning and got Flora the following items from her x-mas list: a Glo-worm, a wagon, and a sled. She also got a doll from Auntie Robyn.
Good luck with your holiday shopping! We haven't even started ours. We better get shopping!!

Almost 8 months- update...

Flora is officially crawling!  She can do the traditional crawling, but mostly she pulls the bottom half of her body forward with her arms.  

But what's more exciting is that she has started to cruise around the furniture!  This morning she made some laps around the coffee table and also was going from the table to the couch and back!

She has gotten very good at standing and can stand for quite a while.  I think she stood for a good 30-45 minutes this morning.  She sure is a go getter!!!

Another update for all who wonder, I weighed Flora last Friday and she was 18lbs, 4ozs.  Her height is 28 3/4 inches.  Sorry, I don't know the percentages.

Flora has really been enjoying finger foods.  She has gotten her pincher grasp working pretty accurately, and enjoys almost anything we give her, usually bread-type things.  This weekend,  she decided she wanted some of my cake and grabbed a handful of frosting!

(Sorry, I don't know who that little girl in the back is.)