Our Favorite Picture of the Weekend

Gretta's First Taste of Cereal

So this has been a really fun weekend. We decided to go ahead and give Gretta her first taste of cereal. Within the last week or so she really started to show signs of wanting solid foods. So, we decided since she is only about a week away from 6 months, which by the way is crazy, it was a good time to start. She did a great job. Using a spoon is of course a totally new experience to her, so she did more sucking off of it, almost like she was eating from a bottle...Go figure! So, a lot more got on her than in her mouth.

She got some more cereal today as well. We had a lot of fun feeding her and cleaning her up. However, I do hope she will continue to develop her spoon eating skills a little more...ha, ha...she was a mess!! Below is a video that I put together so you could get a glimpse of the process.

Snow Day!!

So it has been a beautiful snow day the Welchs. Gretta and I had pleasure to watch this wintery weather from our kitchen window. Elijah had to head off to work even though weather was not ideal for traveling, but he made it safely in both trips...he loves the drive on the snowy roads.

Anyway, wanted to give a Gretta Update. She is now "creeping" which is like the first stage of crawling as I understand it. She basically scoots herself around the living room floor, now carpeted, which is great! She is so cute doing it! We also have been receiving this magazine every couple of months that talks about Gretta's development. Anyway, this month's issue was all about feeding her solids. In about a week she will be started on rice cereal. Which is exciting, but sad. I realized today that in the beginning that seemed so far away, before she would be taking anything but milk. Then as I read on I realized that by 9 months which is only 3 more months she could be eating at the table with us, feasting on what we are eating mostly. It is going by so fast. She has been with almost half a year. Which I admit is a short little life compared to my 27 years, but still...anyway what everyone says is true it goes by in a blink. But I am not worried about that. We are just enjoying every minute of it. Well I need to go my baby girl is crying for her mom. Til next time happy blogging...ha, ha..I am so cheesy!

A New Year with New Developments

So, it has been a while since I have blogged it has been a busy time a the Welch Home. Gretta is growing and developing nicely. She has started to reach for things now and she reaches for everything. She is in to touching everything and putting it in her mouth. It is so cool to see her get this new level of communication for something that she wants, like me!! She reaches for me a lot which is very exciting! Today, she was with her Grandma and Grandpa Welch while Elijah and I went to the Y to run and play basketball, anyway, when we got back and we walked in the room her face lit up and she started cooing, wiggling, and reaching for us. It was great!!

We are having a great new year. As I get to work part-time now it has been great staying home more with Gretta. I love it! Well, that is all I have time for now. Hope to blog more later.