I got a new camera for my birthday!

It's still got some shutter lag, but I haven't taken a blurry picture yet! Whoo! After much debate, Todd finally decided that he would get me a new digital camera. We probably didn't need it, but I was taking such bad pictures with our old one. The new one has image stabilization, probably the most important thing for taking pictures of a baby who's on the go. I took nearly 200 pictures over the long weekend since getting my camera. More than we've taken in a very long time. Here are a few of them.

Caught in the act in the jumperoo:


Asking Mommy to please allow her some privacy with her teething toys:

Bonding with Daddy, and Mommy getting a picture of it for a change:

Bumbo time!

She sits!

Erin can now sit unassisted for short periods of time. She usually needs something in front of her, to focus on, but it's more than she'd been able to do for a long time!

Six Months

Erin turned six months old today. It was a big day. In the morning, we had her six month and Christmas pictures at Target. We don't have links to any of those. :(

Later that evening, I did manage to get Erin to sit on the couch for a couple of pictures, with a sign saying how old she is. We haven't done it every month, but it seemed important to do it for her half birthday.

Erin was way more into trying to eat and rip the sign than anything else. But she had a good time, and I was finally able to take some good pictures!






We also gave her one of her Christmas presents early, as a half birthday gift. She really enjoyed playing with it!

Halloween part 2

Erin actually went trick or treating on her first Halloween. First stop was at Grammy and Grandpa's. We got lots of treats there. :)


Erin practiced her raspberry for her Halloween trick. She's showing Daddy just how much she loves her costume. (yeah, right)



Here's one of our other stops, at the Glockner's house. We had to go inside because it was a little bit of a walk and quite windy and cold. Erin was getting a red nose to go with her costume!


Sadly, we didn't get as many pictures as we would have liked because Erin was getting crabby and sick of her costume. In retrospect, because she got very sick the next night, it could have been attributed to the start of her illness. We did enjoy her first Halloween, but look forward to next year, when she'll probably enjoy it even more (and maybe get to eat some of her candy!).

Halloween Part 1

There was a Halloween party at Erin's daycare, so we wanted her to be dressed to participate. However, we weren't sure how she'd react to her costume (and it was kinda cold that day), so we didn't want her wearing it all day. Instead, we put her in her Halloween sleeper (it says "I want my mummy") and a cute little cat hat we got at Target. Here's our little kitty all ready to party!

Erin's first pony ride

Well, not really. We were over at Todd's aunt and uncle's place. They have a very large dog, Scout. I can't remember what breed she is right now, and I was thinking how fun it would be when Erin was old enough to want to try to ride her. We figured why not try now. Obviously, Erin can't sit there on her own, but it was fun. It's a good thing Scout is such a docile dog! We thought it was hard to get Erin to look at the camera long enough to get a good face shot, but it's even harder to coordinate baby and dog looking at you. We did get a couple cute shots, though, and here they are.

Ultimately, Scout had decided she had enough, and tried to take off with Erin on her back! Luckily, I had the presence of mind to grab her, and there was never a time there were hands off of Erin. It was funny watching Scout make her escape!

Sitting

We're trying to give Erin lots of opportunities to practice sitting. Her grandmother bought her a super fancy potty training chair, and while we're nowhere near ready for that, we figured we'd let her try to seat out. As you can see, she wasn't too sure of it.


If she's anything like Mom and Dad, Erin will be something of a couch potato. So....we've gotten her started. Plus, the corners of the couch prop her up enough for her to practice without being held.

But this is what Erin thinks of that:

And here she is, showing off her big ol' buddha belly (too much formula! hee!), and her stylin' onesie and pants. She's definitely a growing girl!