Bear Love

My parents sent out a Valentine's gift for Mary and Brendan, a cute teddy bear! Mary loves it. I think the fur reminds her of her dog that she snuggles everytime she goes to sleep. Unfortunately,Tiggy really loves it too. We had it in Mary's room when all of a sudden I see Tiggy running as fast as he can with the bear in his mouth! I think it reminds him of this goat puppet that yodels that goat herder song from The Sound of Music which my parents also got for Mary. Anyway, now we have to either keep her door shut or hide the bear under blankets to keep Tiggy from stealing it. Since we didn't post yesterday (we both had to work), enjoy these loveable pictures in honor of Valentine's day!

the drooliest baby i've ever seen (and other fun videos)!

So now that Mary is starting to "talk" more, she slobbers more and more. It's really fun to watch. Earlier today I was walking around Babies R Us with Mary and she was talking and making other noises while we looking at different things. I had to keep getting out the burp cloth to wipe all her spit. She really enjoys making this noise that sounds similar to raspberries, just without sticking her tongue out. And when she makes that kind of noise, the spit is even more abundant.

In other Mary news, Mary rolled over from her tummy to her back! It was amazing! I put her on her tummy and she rolled over again. It's funny when she's on her tummy now because she tries so hard to push herself over that she gets angry. She grunts and complains and carries on. She's still working on mastering that skill, so when I tried to tape her doing again, she wouldn't. But Tiggy wanted in on the action.

And last but not least, Mary is learning to pull her pacifier out and put it back in all by herself. She sometimes gets distracted by her hands but it's so fun to watch!

Messing around with the camera

I just wanted to try out some of the featuers. Here's some pictures taken with the color swap option on my camera. Unfortunately, the reddish color swap didn't work so well because it picked up the red tones of Mary's skin and the bamboo rug. So the pictures look a bit "boyish."

a peak of mary

Last week or so, we got this toy for Mary. It's a 3-in-1 mat that lets her do tummy time, but also allows her to be on her back with toys dangling above her and then converts into a tunnel type thing for when she's old enough to crawl. It has an aquarium theme and one of the fish plays music. Mary really likes it, and whenever I press the button for her she lights up in a smile.

Mary also is doing baby crunches more and more often. She so badly wants to pull herself up to sit. Sometimes she grunts and turns red from the strain and effort of trying. Poor little one, she wants to be bigger than she is!

In other news, Mary really enjoys pulling her pacifier out of her mouth now. She also tries really hard to get it back in, but usually gets the plastic part or just her hand in her mouth instead. It's funny at night when we hear her start to bawl after putting her down. We'll walk in, and there she is, flailing her little arms around in annoyance because she's pulled her pacifier out and can't get it back in. Poor Mary. Almost, but not quite. I'll try to get a video of it. It's hard because she likes to stop what she's doing whenever I pull the camera out.

Welcome home Kyle (almost)!

Elder Kozlowski, I mean Kyle, is going home tomorrow (which incidently is Brent's birthday. Kyle's release is the perfect gift for him)! I can't believe it's been two years already. Tonight was Kyle's final testimony meeting and family and friends were invited to attend. Honestly, most of the missionaries went on and on in more of a sacrament meeting talk style (if that makes sense). Kyle's was really one of the only testimonies given, and it was very good. Unfortunately, Mary was really cranky because it was getting past her bedtime and I had a migraine for most of the meeting. Mary did enjoy meeting her uncle though. She stopped her cranky cries just for him.

My favorite Super Bowl commercial!

Although I think Tide to Go absolutely stinks (literally), the commercial is absolutely hilarious! Hope you enjoy!

Baby body moving!

We received some weird Leap Frog cd in the mail awhile back with song for babies and toddlers and I played it the other day while I was changing Mary. One of the songs is about babies moving (hence the title of this post). Mary must have really liked the song because she can't stop from moving. She's constantly kicking her little legs and really enjoys that it slows me from changing her diaper. I believe she now likes being naked whenever possible. It was bound to happen I guess, and it will probably only get worse once summer hits and she realizes how hot our little apartment is with no central air.

Sorry about that tangent. Here is an example of how much Mary likes to move!
When we put Mary down for the night she starts off like this:

By morning; however, she is like this:

Obviously, that was a reinactment because I don't want to disturb Mary while she's sleeping. She does not particularly like the flash.


Mary is wearing her first pair of jeans today! It's kind of exciting that she can wear more fun things since she is getting bigger. She seems to enjoy all the new and exciting clothes she can wear now too.