Our little monkey

Chris wanted to share this photo with everyone as it is now his favourite photo of Aurora. Another mommy I know knits these beautiful hats and I asked her to knit this brown and pink monkey hat (see the ears?) for Aurora. We think the hat is absolutely adorable and on Aurora it's even more precious. Chris especially likes that her top lip is a bit taut just like a monkey's.

I also wanted to share this video of Aurora rolling...sort of. I just turned off the camera and didn't expect she'd roll right away and so I caught the tail end of the roll. She doesn't roll often enough that I've captured a full roll but I hope to soon. And she hasn't rolled from back to tummy yet so no video of that.

Please vote for Aurora

We entered the video of Aurora laughing in Fisher-Price's Best Little Laugh contest and would greatly appreciate all the votes we can get. So please vote for Aurora and ask everyone you know to do the same. You can vote once a day and the contest runs until December 31, 2010. The winner gets the ulitmate Fisher-Price toy closet, a year supply of Fisher-Price diapers, and a Kodak Playsport digital video camera. Thanks!

video link: http://bestlittlelaugh.com/entry/3485219

Aurora and Zachary

Aurora absolutely adores her cousin Zachary. She will watch him for hours on end as he runs around, jumps, and plays. He always gets the biggest laughs out of her. Case in point:

But, as evident in the next video, there are times when she isn't feeling the love, even if he is. And yes, that's me laughing my butt off at Zachary getting his hair pulled by Aurora. I know, I'm mean. Everytime I watch this video it makes me laugh just as hard as I did when I took it. I am considering sending it to America's Funniest Videos; think we stand a chance at winning?

Aurora's such a big girl!

2 days ago Aurora desperately wanted to stand and lean against her activity mat (I say desperately because she fussed when I moved her away from it and when I moved her close to it she leaned in even closer) and she seemed so steady that I moved my hand and voila, she was leaning against it on her own! She was able to do it for quite a long time and was very steady. Our little girl is growing up too fast! :(

Starting solids

We've started Aurora on solids and it's so much fun! We tried rice cereal just after she turned 4 months and she had a very gassy night afterwards so we held off for 2 weeks just incase the 2 were related. When we gave her the rice cereal the 2nd time she loved it and it didn't seem to cause any tummy problems. Now she has rice cereal at least once a day (we'll be going to twice a day this week). She's very eager to get the spoon in her mouth that she leans very far forward in her Bumbo to get to the spoon. She also would like to feed herself but her coordination is not there. She's such a good eater and finishes all the cereal more times than not. We also introduced mashed potatoes this week and Baby Mum Mums and she loves both!!!! I think the appeal of the Baby Mum Mum is that fact that she can do it as she loves to hold things and to put things in her mouth. We're not too far away from starting other solids, like veggies, fruits, and meats. Can't wait!