I am a by the book mom...kinda

So, most you second time mom's are probably cringing at me, but I can't help it. I am a by the book mom and I am proud of it. I won't start Gracie on cereal until she is 4 months old, solid foods until she is 6 months, and so on. Although, I do have to admit, I broke my "by the book" mold just a bit....and with in reason too I must say (I can justify anything). Anyway, we received a jumper activity toy as a gift and I put it together because I thought it was way too cute. Now I knew that when I put it together she wasn't going to be using it for awhile, but I just had to do it. Everyone knows patience is not one of my stronger points. Well, of course I read the directions and it said that it is safe to put an infant in the jumper as long as they are holding there head up well! Gracie conquered holding her head up almost 3 weeks ago. She is now trying to pull herself up from a reclining position to a sitting position. We are so excited..and it is fun to see her try to pull herself up. She gets frustrated and you can almost here her say "Forget it, it is not going to work so why try." It's cute...plain and simple. Got, off track again...sorry. So I was trying to get some stuff done and I saw the jumper out of the corner of my eye. I thought, you know what, I might as well try it...what is the worst that is going to happen? She is going to fuss and want to do something else. Well, the exact opposite happened...SHE LOVED IT! She was talking to the animals and trying to reach them (her arms are a little short). If I had a dollar for every time she smiled at the monkey, I would have at least 100 bucks in my pocket. She was adorable, oh who am I kidding, she is adorable all the time. Of course, I had so much fun watching her and taking pictures (I have now blinded my child :) ) that I didn't get my stuff done that I wanted too. Regardless it was fun. I am going to post a few pictures from her adventure in the jumper so enjoy! I will post another video soon...one that I promise you won't have to turn your head a complete 90 degrees to enjoy! Have a great weekend and look for another post. Grandma Beth comes in today so I will have to post some pictures of that!



The one on the top is a little blurry, but she is smilin'! The one in the middle is Grace getting ready to eat the seat...apparently it tasted good. The one on the bottom I just loved the look she had on her face! :)