Sunday for the Ravens game Jenn obviously wore her jersey, but she put Abbi is full on Ravens apparel as well. After the game, Jenn wanted me to take a picture. I figure they looked pretty cute together!

Fans

Over the weekend we gave Abbi her first taste of non-cereal foods! We decided to start with carrots. We bought a box of "first foods" from BJs a few weeks back in preparation and it had a few different vegetables that we could choose from (sweet potatoes, carrots and green beans) so we decided to start with the carrots.

She did well eating them, and seemed to like them pretty good. We used up 1 jar over the weekend, kinda working her into the new food and of course making sure she wasn't allergic to them. Below is a picture of her getting her first bites of carrots. Also, check out the banner. All new pictures for her upcoming 6 month birthday!

Carrots

Here she is, smiling! I took this last night after her bath. She still loves bath time which makes it much much easier to give her a bath.

Today is a big day for Abbi and us. We'll be giving her some new foods tonight for dinner for the first time. Not sure what it will be, maybe peas, or carrots, but something basic, a "stage 1" food they call it. Either way, its very exciting to have her starting eating newer foods.

Smiles

Here's a picture of Abbi with one of her new Christmas toys. Angela and Jake got her this toy that is a clock and sings the alphabet. As you can see, she's concentrating pretty hard to figure it all out.

Concentration

We finally got a chance to get together with the Sofinowskis this past weekend which of course meant an opportunity to photograph our children together. No matter how hard we tried we couldn't really get both Audrey and Abbi to look up and smile at the same time. I think we got some nice pictures, but this was the best "smiling" picture I got.

Audrey and Abbi

Here's another picture of Abbi sitting up on her own. She can't always get into this position, and she certainly struggles to stay here sometimes, but she's definitely starting to get a good idea about how to balance herself. Last night when we were holding her she just kept kicking and kicking as if to say "put me down, I wanna move on my own". Unfortunately for her, she doesn't really have that kind of mobility. Yet.

Sitting Up

In just a few weeks (about 11 days) Abbi will turn 6 months. She's got a doctors visit lined up for that day, and there are all kinds of milestones that we're quickly approaching. We're only days away now from starting Abbi on different foods. She needs to be eating 3 tablespoons of cereal for two week before we're supposed to start her on other stuff like carrots, peas and so on. So this weekend will be very exciting for that reason.

Also, as you can see here, we've started giving Abbi a little cup to drink from. She doesn't quite have the hang of it yet, but it will come in time. She loves to hold things, and obviously put them to her mouth, so we've been giving her the little bottle with about 1 oz. of formula to let her drink on her own. Exciting times!!!

Sippy Cup