Food, Glorious Food!!

Greetings once again, Friends and Family,

                       Our apologies for the week hiatus, things have been in full swing in the Harrington house, and it was difficult to find time to do a post.  Now with some spare time between Church activities we are excited to update on all of Aurora's progress this week.

                      Below you will find a video of this week's crowning achievement: rice cereal and our bold move towards solid food.  Though this particular feeding was not as "exciting" as some of our others, you can notice her "interest" in the food and spoon which we have been told are the signs that your baby is ready to make that jump towards mashed fruits and veggies.  Jes and I will finally be able to say, "We have a Gerber Baby!"

(It Makes the Tummy Happy!!)

Achievement 2:  Aurora's level of awareness with her surroundings, and life in general.  It is amazing to watch this little one grow, and to see her facial expressions change as she realizes different things that are going on around her.  Her eyes definitely follow mommy and daddy as they move around the house (especially if they have a bottle in their hands).  The newest thing that Aurora follows with her eyes is Twizzle (the puppy).  If the dog runs or walks by Aurora tracks her with a face that appears both confused and amused all at once (similar to the face you see in this next picture).

 (What do you mean it's all gone?)

Lastly for this week, it always fun to report that Aurora and Mommy continue to be supportive of Brandon as he attends and works at the new Church.  For Brandon, it is nice to have family there as he continues to work as the Youth Minister.  For Aurora, it is a chance to get out of the apartment and be socialized (she has alot of fun watching other kids).  And for Jes, it is an opportunity to dress up our daughter in such a way that pictures can be used for black mail at a later date...

(What the heck is on my head?!!)

We hope to have a really fun post next weekend as we have gotten out the door frame bouncy chair/swing, and Saturday is the Church Halloween party...yes we plan on dressing up.  Pictures and stories to follow.  Thank you all for your love and messages...we look forward to sharing more with you all.

birthday post

Hi all! So this last weekend was a long one (because in New England, Columbus day is a state holiday which means no work/school!), and this year it fell on my birthday. What I requested for this year was to go apple picking. It was wonderful, and an amazing excuse to dress up the baby.

Dad and baby

smiling and blinking, we all have this problem

happy flower (outfit from Mrs. Yarbrough)

picking apples!

Aurora and Apples

Later that weekend some CT friends visited. Mostly we just hung out and relaxed, I cooked us some food.

Mandy and Aurora!

As you can see, Aurora is getting bigger by the minute. She's starting to want to sit up on her own (although she cannot yet), and is grabbing at anything in range. This means that I was going to either have to cut my hair very short, or figure out a way to put my hair back without resorting to a pony all the time (I was getting tired of them). So, after 27 years, I've finally figured out how to french braid my own hair. This is a skill that might be helpful for me and Aurora in the coming years. I have a feeling that you will see me sporting this 'do' in many photos to come as well. Hopefully I will also get better at it as time goes on.

In other news, we officially hired some help for a few hours a week. This way Brandon can have some office hours at the church during the after school hours twice a week. She is a nice young lady, recent college graduate, and hopefully we can get a photo up for next week.