Week 25-October 6-October 12-Hi Ladybug! You are a big girl now. You have started to fall asleep for your naps without me helping you. Amazing! You have eaten avocado and sweet potato! You like everything, although you do make faces at first. After you eat, you drink water out of the bottle. You enjoy holding the bottle yourself and you do a great job of it. So far you have eaten apples, bananas, rice porridge, avocado and sweet potato. Everything was prepared by me except for the porridge and sweet potato. Those were from a box and a jar respectively, but there really is no need to use that stuff, unless maybe we are traveling and don't have a place to keep fresh food. You blow on the spoon and food flies everywhere, so I can't feed you on the couch anymore. I suppose it is time for that highchair!

We got you a Halloween costume! You are going to be a lavender butterfly!!!! I don't have the words to describe how cute you are in it. Then again, you are cute in everything! You have been rolling back and forth, back and forth. It is liberating for you to become independent. You have been waiting for your body to catch up with your will. The look of pure joy on your face when you accomplish a new milestone brings your papa and me such happiness. I feel fulfilled in a way I never knew to be possible. You also have been laughing more. The best sound on earth, truly! Love you, baby girl!!!