Push-ups

As if sitting up were not enough, Petra has started doing push-ups (at least when forced to lie on her tummy). We're getting closer to mobility every day. Yikes!

We added sweet potatoes to the "solid" food repertoire today. We'll see how that "goes" over the next couple of days. My goal is to have her on enchiladas by June!

We went to a going away party for our good friends Patti and Andy (packing up and moving to Portland). Their 11 month old son Noah was thrilled to see Petra, and couldn't stop touching her (is she real?). Petra was a bit excited to see Noah and other kids there, and latched on to one boys hair and wouldn't let go! Seeing Noah was a bit of a wake up call for us- he's 6 months older than Petra, and crawling around like crazy and standing himself up (though not quite walking yet). It shows us just how close we are to the total chaos of having a self-motivated baby in the house!

My back has been killing me lately from carrying our nearly-17 pound baby everywhere in the Bjorn, so this weekend we popped into REI and bought a Kelty-kids backpack to carry her around in. We took a short walk to test it out, and she seems to like being up so high (a few inches above my head). If the weather is nice next weekend we'll go for a good hike!