. . . . playing on the couch. Luckily, neither of these little monkeys were hurt today. Baby Girl decided that she liked bananas! (Maybe she saw her stuffed friend enjoying them!). Baby food has been an uphill battle with our little one. We have one picky little eater. She eats rice cereal just fine. She loves puffs, crackers and bread. She downed sweet potatoes two days in a row, but then I tried to give them to her a week later, she refused to eat them. So feeding time usually consists of me force feeding my child about 5 baby bites. The first bite, she opens her mouth willingly, then she immediately spits the food back out. The second bite, I can get it in pretty easy. Then from there on out - her lips are sealed shut. We tried bananas several weeks ago, and she did not like them. Then I tried again a couple of days ago. The first day, she wouldn't eat any willingly. Then yesterday, she decided to like them! She ate half a tub of baby food. Then again today she ate the 2nd half. Yay! Feeding time is so much more enjoyable when she opens her mouth willingly. She starts waving her arms and kicking her feet because she's so excited for another bite! If only she would do that for everything I feed her! What a silly monkey!

We had a nice weekend. This is a picture of our Baby Girl before church on Sunday. She is always so stinking cute. We have church at 1:00, which is right during her afternoon nap. We had to wake her up to go to church. She did pretty good, considering her nap was cut short. She was pretty content to play during Sacrament meeting. We had to continue switching between Morgan and me and the floor. I had her sitting up on the floor playing with toys. She's really good at sitting up, but she topples over sometimes. And of course, during a talk about being reverent during Sacrament Meeting, Baby Girl nose dives into the carpet. I didn't catch her in time, and she lands head first onto the ground. So, as I rush my screaming baby out of the chapel, the speaker talks about how we need to show patience for crying babies during church meetings. She wasn't hurt (although you wouldn't be able to tell from her screamings). It took just a couple of minutes to calm her down. Only the beginning of crying outbursts from our adorable little girl.

The weather has been absolutely gorgeous! I LOVE it! The past couple of days, Baby Girl and I have been going for walks. We've walked over to the park and have gone swinging. She seems to like her stroller. She likes just looking around at everything! This  picture was taken after our trip to the park today. She's such a cutie! 

I love watching Morgan as a father. Putting aside the jokes about how he can't wait for Baby Girl to be old enough to do the dishes, he's so good with her. She lights up whenever she sees him. She definitely knows who her daddy is. The first week of her life, Morgan probably changed more diapers than I did. He was very good about it. Then he went back to work - and I took over as primary diaper changer. Then as she got older, her diapers got very stinky. Then she started eating solids, and it was like the sweet potatoes went right through her. So, with that all in consideration, Morgan always weasels out of changing her diaper. He's tried a couple of times, but can't ever finish! Until this weekend. Sunday morning she woke up with a poopy diaper. She hadn't pooped for 3 full days, so this was a whopper! I was getting Baby Girl's bath ready and told Morgan that he could be getting her ready for a bath - which means changing her diaper! I didn't expect him to do it(based on past experience). Then I heard a loud "eeeeuuwwwe". I walk in her room, and I see Morgan with a blanket wrapped around his face to protect him from the stench of Baby Girl's diaper. And he changed her diaper! I had to grab a camera as proof! I'm so proud of him! Actually, now he has a greater appreciation for what I do on a daily basis.

Baby Girl has discovered a new sound to make. She now makes a D sound. So, now she says "da-da-da-da". Of course, Morgan chalks this up to her saying "da-da" before "ma-ma". He claims that she's always talking about him when she says it. I just smile and roll my eyes. I won't mention all the times she says it to me - when he's not around. That's okay, it's still cute to hear her say it.

Actually, it's just water. With the encouragement from my dad, Baby Girl was drinking water through a straw. She likes water, and always grabs for more. She did a pretty good job with a straw. It didn't take her very long to figure out how a straw works. This picture was taken about a week ago - and I've only tried a couple more times since then. I'll have to get one of those sippy cups with a straw for her.

Over the weekend, we went on our first hike since our family of 2 became a family of 3. Morgan and I have been on a few hikes in our days. It's an activity that we both enjoy. We have a Baby Backpack that we loaded Baby Girl into. She seemed to enjoy hiking. It was a beautiful weekend and the weather was beautiful. We just went for a short hike to a rock climbing wall. Morgan's been itching to go rock climbing. We went to an Indoor Rock climbing wall on Friday (my 2nd time rock climbing) for a date - thanks to Morgan's family for babysitting! It's fun, and now Morgan's going to try and get me to go climbing outside on a real wall! Our hiking excursion went very well, and we'll have to go hiking more often as the weather gets warmer.

After the hike, we went to Temple Square to see the blooming flowers. It was beautiful weather, and the temple grounds were gorgeous. We didn't stay for very long - maybe 20 minutes is all. Baby Girl was getting really tired - she needed a nap. So after taking a couple of cute pictures, we headed back home. Baby Girl slept the whole way home. I enjoy being on the Temple Grounds in Salt Lake, but unfortunately to say - the Sister Missionaries drive me crazy! As a former Sister Missionary, I appreciate their work. And on a slow day - I can see that they want to talk to everyone they can. In the 20 minutes we were there, I think we were approached by 5 different sets of Sister Missionaries! We didn't have any quiet time together as a family. I just wanted to spend a few quiet moments on the beautiful temple grounds with my family. Instead, we had to make small talk with the Sisters - explaining that we didn't have time to watch any movies, that we were members of the LDS church, and we know that we have the opportunity to share the gospel with our non-member friends. I enjoy talking to missionaries, but when a new set approaches you every 4 minutes, it gets very old! But the flowers were very beautiful!

A few nights ago, after Baby Girl's bath, I decided to comb her hair into a Mohawk. She doesn't have that much hair, but it's starting to grow and thicken up a little. It's still undecided what color her hair really is. I think it's a light brown. Sometimes it looks blonde. Sometimes it looks red. We'll have to see what color her hair decides to be when she gets a little more grown in. Here are a couple of the pictures I took. Doesn't she look like she has a little attitude? What a cutie! 

The day has finally come. It actually came sooner than I expected. Baby Girl can roll over from her back to her tummy. She has never really liked being on her tummy. And even now - I try to get her to roll over sometimes, and she just refuses. But we captured it on video for you all to see! Enjoy.

This is the view of my backyard from my kitchen window. Yes, it is April 15th, and it is snowing. As I was looking out the window, I could see all the newly budding trees now covered in inches of snow. So, in response to this gloomy - feels like winter- day, I decided to make chocolate chip cookies. The falling snow doesn't seem so bad, when I'm inside - wrapped in a blanket, eating fresh from the oven cookies and drinking a tall glass of milk.

On a side note - Baby Girl decided that she really can roll from her back to her tummy! She can only do it a couple of times before she gets tired. It's a lot of work! I tried capturing it on film, but she got camera shy! So, now she can roll from her back to her tummy and her tummy to her back! When she's on her tummy, she always rolls to her left. And when she's on her back, she always rolls to her left. Back and forth, back and forth. We'll see if she figures out how to roll to move across the room!

This is the first year that the Easter Bunny has visited our house since we've been married! What a happy day! I've missed the Easter Bunny! I get excited about all the kid things, and Morgan always rolls his eyes at me! But now, we both can get excited with our Baby Girl! It will only get more and more fun as the years go on!

Our Baby Girl woke up at 7:00 on Easter morning. She's little enough, that she didn't notice the Easter basket left there by the Easter Bunny. She ate and got her diaper changed and went right back down for a nap. After about an hour nap, she woke up again - all ready to see what the Easter Bunny left for her. These are pictures of our Baby Girl with her basket and the toys that came in them. She was so excited about it all! Most of her toys (like everything else she can get her hands on) went directly into her mouth! But that's okay, because most of the toys were teething toys, so that's their purpose. And she even got her own cell phone! This was a gift from Great Grandma Frame. I think she will really enjoy it in a few more months.

We had a fantastic Easter together as a family! I think next year will be even more fun!

Today we went to the Annual Frame Family Easter Party at Morgan's grandparents' house. This is a fun family tradition. We had a nice lunch where we ate way too much. The food was really good. I made cupcakes that looked like birds' nests. They turned out really cute. After everyone ate, we had an Easter Egg Hunt. This is also a family tradition, and can sometimes get out of control! This happened in several stages. Stage 1: the eggs are hidden by Aunt Linda and Aunt Christine. The little kids get to go find the obvious eggs. Pictures are taken, everyone is proud at how cute the kids are! Stage 2: all the other "kids" get to find the rest of the eggs. This is where most people get to participate since the youngest in this group of 'kids' is 16 years old! Stage 3: After all the eggs are found, then all the 'kids' (or anyone who wants to) get to hide the eggs again so Aunt Linda, Aunt Christine, and Morgan's mom Lisa can find them. This is where it gets out of control! The eggs are usually hidden in impossible places and they competitively run around trying to find the most eggs. It's a fun tradition!

This year, we were actually involved with Stage 1 of this Easter Egg Hunt. Here are the pictures of our Baby Girl at her first Easter Egg Hunt. She found 3 eggs! She didn't understand what was going on, but that's okay. We pretty much plopped her in front of a couple of eggs and took her picture! By the last egg, she was enjoying playing with the egg by putting it in her mouth. It was a fun day. She still is having a hard time around new people sometimes. It depends on her mood. Sometimes and with some people - she can be a very happy baby. Other times, if she's tired, hungry, or just plain ornery - she cries unless you're her Mommy or Daddy! 

Today, Baby Girl is 7 months old. Yes, that's right. Isn't it crazy?! She's so much fun! She's growing like crazy. On our home scale, she is 1/10 of an ounce away from being 19 pounds. Her doctor told us at her last two checkups that her weight should be slowing down, but I still haven't seen anything like that. Another exciting development: our Baby Girl is now on the move. Is she crawling? NO. Is she rolling? NO. Yesterday, I went to get her out of her crib after her morning nap, and I found her at the very top of the crib - with her head up against the padding. When I laid her down to sleep, she was near the bottom of the crib. How did she get there?

We have such a strange child! As you can tell from the video, she is starting to move. I don't think she moves like this to get anywhere specific yet. I think she's just moving to move. I've tried getting her to move to get something, and she hasn't grasped it yet. I think she's just wiggling around. It's only a matter of time! 

We're still dragging along with solids. It seems to be a struggle to get her to eat everyday. A couple of days ago, Baby Girl just downed the sweet potatoes I fed her. When she's ready for another bite, she sticks out her tongue. Then I touch the spoon to her tongue and then she opens wide for me! It's so funny. Then we switched to a different veggie, and her lips are sealed shut. We've even tried bananas and applesauce, and she still doesn't show much interest. I'm not too worried that she's not eating. As you can see from her fat rolls, she's not under-fed. I just wish that feeding time was a little easier! Today, I got some puffs at the store. They are these little grain snacks - they look like cereal - that dissolve quickly in the mouth. I got some banana flavored puffs. Baby Girl did not know what to think of it at first. As you can see from the pictures, BEFORE, DURING, and AFTER shots. She quickly decided that she loves them! At first I was checking her mouth to make sure they were swallowed before I put another one in there. I realized that her chubby cheeks don't allow her to hide any food! So, as soon as she would swallow one, she would stick out her tongue - telling me that she's ready for another one. What a silly girl!