Some Pics

Her first bite of food....
Oh the mess!
Riley is really glad to get new
toys!!! (they are really not his)

Caitlin's Eating!

Well, I wouldn't really call it eating. She TASTED, and boy did she not think peas were too great. I have been feeding her a little cereal, but she wasn't interested at all in that, so I tried peas. She only ate MAYBE a 1/2 a tablespoon, but the mess was that comparable to a Thanksgiving dinner!

Things you don't realize until...

You know, I keep thinking I can't wait until she ______. Fill in what you may (talk, eat solid food, sit up, crawl, walk, etc.). Then I have to stop myself and think, 'you know, I can wait until she does this stuff. When she does start doing it, that means she is growing up, and I want to savor every single moment I can'. I already do not want her to grow up. I don't want her to do these things (if that makes since) because it means it is one more step from her growing and being on her own, and eventually not wanting to be with me all the time.
People say that a baby depends on you for everything, and absolutly everything, but I never realized how much I would depend on her. How much I would need HER. Every day I leave work, I can't get to the babysitters fast enough. Every time I look at her, I try to burn that very single moment in my memory because whether it be her smile, her sleeping, or just a look, I want to remember EVERY SINGLE MOMENT.
I never thought the day would come when me sitting on the couch watching TV on a saturday night would be fun to me. I also NEVER thought the day would come that I would add a baby into the picture of me sitting on the couch, watching TV on a Saturday night and that actually being fun... Well, I love it. I love every night just sitting there with her, and watching her. I also never thought that when i actually had money to spend on myself and to go shopping, I shop for her. I completely forget about me, and I like it! Wow!
Also, I never thought that getting three hours of sleep would be ok with me. I never imagined getting used to it! Although, she sleeps through the night, I don't. I wake up constantly to make sure she is ok, she is warm and she is comfortable. Then I actually function on such few hours~ and I enjoy every moment of doing it over again. Well, I know this is long, but I am amazed at the moments that become the most important to you when you realize the actual things or should I say people that matter the most in life. I now know why my parents did so much for us, why they would stand by our side NO MATTER WHAT- even if we were in the wrong (and when it comes to me, I usually was). I am sure glad that I had parents like that, and I am especially grateful that I am given a chance to give to someone the same things my parents gave to me.