First Steps

Sunday night my little family was sitting in the living room, and Bridgett had a lot of her toys sprawled out. Trying to get to me from being next to Brandon, she went to grab a hold of the couch on her way to me, but actually took that first step before actually touching the couch. Then on Monday, she was trying to get to Brandon in the kitchen and was booking it walking side ways to get around the island. She was not actually touching the island the whole time as she went around to get to Brandon. So, she has taken those official "first steps" but she refuses to really walk without holding on to us or furniture. She is still having a hard time standing up without pulling herself up on someone (reguardless the size) or else she will use furniture. I am hopeful that she will be walking by her birthday. Her favorite thing to do at this time is to stand up and walk using the furniture or one of us.

It's OK

So, this morning at 4:45am Bridgett decides it is time to be up for the day. We tried to give her a bottle, checked to see if her teeth were bothering her, adjusted the temperature...anything we could think of that would be keeping her up. So, she is in bed with us as we are trying to get her to go back to sleep, the more awake we are becoming. Bridgett is saying something that we just aren't sure what it is, and she is saying it over and over again. Once we are pretty much wide awake we realize that she is saying "its OK". Like we tell her, "Bridgett you need to go to sleep.", or "Bridgett, why won't you go back to bed?" and her response to everything is "its OK". When I was giving up, I said "No, its not OK" and Brandon and I could not stop laughing. I mean here is our 10 month old telling us "its OK" for being up before 5am.

I love her so much and she keeps showing us how much she is learning, no matter what time of day it is. She has also started to wave and clap her hands...and sometimes she will say hi, but the "its OK" was just something I had to share about my princess.

Bridgett's Halloween and 9 month photos

Monday I went to 3 different stores looking for a cute Halloween costum for Bridgett since I wanted to make sure she had professional photos done in her costum, especially since this is her very first Halloween. I finally found the cutest costum that is perfect! A Ladybug! So, today my mom and I took her to JC Penny's to get her 9 month photos done as well as some done in her Halloween costum. She did so great, I was totally thrilled. I was so afraid that she would be really cranky because she didn't have much of a nap, as well as try to crawl all over the place. She did not want to hold on to the column that they put to where she could stand up on her own. So, all of the pictures of her standing up, I am helping her stay up. Here are some sample pictures, but they are all posted on Myspace and Facebook as well as Shutterbug!

Bridgett as a Ladybug

Bridgett's 9 month dress

Bridgett's 9 month casual

Starting to crawl

Bridgett is starting to try and crawl. It is the cutiest thing in the world. She gets on her hands and knees and just rocks and forth. I see her put her face on the ground and kinda push herself forward or else push herself backwards. She also really likes to roll to get around. I just really want her to start to crawl, not because I want her to start getting into everything, but because I want to make sure she stays on track. I know that this is the right age for her to start her crawling, and right now she prefers to stand and walk while holding our hands. I am so afraid that she will be walking before she starts to crawl. I was told that doctors have made moms force their children to learn how to crawl even if they had started to walk. I don't want to force to her go backwards, I only want to help her go forwards.

Happy 4th of July

Bridgett and Me on her first 4th of July

Bridgett showing off her patriotic outfit

This was Bridgett's first 4th of July, but knowing how she handles loud noises, we decided to stay home. We watched the "Revolution" like every year on the History Channel, and then watched some fireworks on TV. As Bridgett was falling asleep, our lovely neighbors decided to set off some fireworks (it is against the law in Austin city limits). Luckily for us, she has slept through the noise. My grandmother bought Bridgett the best outfit for the holiday, so we made sure we got pictures of her in it. At the end of June we got her 6 month pictures taken, and then today we took a picture of her for her first 4th of July celebration. With how much of a history buff Brandon is, she will know the history of our country and know why today is such an important day. Because of all the family and friends that we have had serve for our country, she will know the honor and privilege that it is to be able to call yourself an American. I hope that she has much gratitude towards everyone who serves, and for their families as I do. God Bless America, those who have fought for us, as well as those who have died defending our rights for freedom.

First time swimming

On June 26th we went to a friends apartment complex to go swiming, after a day at Sea World without Bridgett. We bbq'd as well as took Bridgett swimming for the first time. She was totally not into it at first. She cried and cried, so Brandon had to hold her for a bit to calm her down. Finally I was able to get her to sit on my lap while on the stairs to the pool, and slowly I crept further into the pool. Before she knew it, I was standing in the middle of the pool with her in my arms while she was splashing. She started smiling and kicking. Of course, being the DADDY's girl that she is, she was so much happier and enjoying herself alot more when he was holding her. Unfortunately, we do not have any pictures of him holding her since our camera is not waterproof. Maybe next time ;)

Haunted

Last night Bridgett was being super difficult to get to bed. Brandon decided to put her in the bounce to get her to sleep. As she was dozing off, I picked her up and placed her in her crib. Brandon didn't believe that she let me move her to her bed and not cry, so he checked on her. Around 3 this morning I hear Bridgett start to cry. I let her cry for a good 5 minutes, to make sure it wasn't just her stirring, and when I went to pick her up from the crib, she was not there. She was in her swing! I woke Brandon up to find out if he moved her because I was just so tired when I put her in bed, I thought that he might have done so. He was totally freaking out because he claims not to have moved her. So, here we have a 6 month old who somehow was moved from her crib to her swing, with blanket covering her and the swing was on.

Normally I would just chalk it up to one of us being super tired and doing the easiest thing to get the baby back to sleep...BUT just a few weeks ago I felt someone staring at me. It was while I was dead asleep, and I just got the strangest ire feeling. I woke up to see who it was, but Brandon was asleep, Bridgett was in her room and no one else was in the apartment. I tried to go back to sleep, thinking it was just a dream, but every time I started to doze off, I had the same feeling. After about the 3rd time of trying to fall back asleep something woke Bridgett up. I left her alone for about 5 min, but she wouldn't go back to sleep. I went and picked her back up and she wouldn't calm down until she was in our bedroom with the door shut. She fell asleep as soon as her head touched the bouncer.

I know it sounds crazy, but ever since having Bridgett I recall every time I get up in the middle of the night, be it to use the restroom or to check on the baby. Brandon is a very heavy sleeper and usually by the time he hears anything to start moving around, I am up and dealing with it. Maybe it is just overly stressed and super tired parents that just moved the baby without remembering, or maybe someone else moved her. The last month or so, I have been having such strange and uneasy feelings about our apartment. We have been in the complex for the last 5 years, every time our lease is close to being up we talk about leaving the complex something happens to where we stay. Since Bridgett we have really been pushing for the move, but after last night we will live with family before we stay in the complex another year.