Buh bye swing!

Well yesterday was a big day for our little girl. The first big thing was she actually ate her solid food! We had been practicing for about two weeks. It was kind of off and on, when i felt like she was in a good mood and hungry but not too hungry. But everything kept coming right back down. She couldn't figure out how to swallow anything. Any reading I had done or other moms i had talked to said that this was completely normal. I had read somewhere that it took approx. 20 tries with solid food before your baby would be able to swallow and that was almost exactly our case. But finally, yesterday morning, she figured it out and decided her mama's applesauce was going down the hatch. She actually seemed to enjoy it. She doesn't seem to get the concept yet that she has to open her mouth for the food so I basically have to wait for her to open up but once it's in there, she's good. She will move it around her mouth a little and gags a lot because of the texture but wanted more. She Had applesauce for breakfast and some mashed up sweet potato for dinner and she loved it! It was a happy day for me, I was so nervous that it would be a long process to get her to accept solids and am so glad it's not going to be.
So I will post pics of funny food faces when I have them and as she tried new things. Yesterday she was actually a very clean eater and I have no pictures, but I will post one of her in her highchair looking like SUCH a big girl.

Oh yeah, the other big thing about yesterday was we finally put the swing away. I probably could have done that over a month ago but kept thinking that it may come in handy and reminiscing about how much she *loved* her swing. But....I put her in it the other day and she was flat out too big for it. She was reaching for the mobile things and cranking on them and pulling at the screen behind her and trying to squirm out of it. Similar to the bouncy chair video below. She was not enjoying herself. At all. So we packed that up and put it away and I felt like she was so big outgrowing toys already. Clothes I can handle. The swing? That's a whole other story...

Other than that, yesterday was uneventful, but a great day for us. The three of us did a little furniture shopping and hung out at home which was nice considering it sounds like we won't get to do that again for awhile. John found out this week that his work is taking him out of town for the next 3 or 4 weeks. He is going to some mine in northern AZ to build some big machine and while he is ecstatic about this new opportunity, I am really bummed out and going to miss him. There is actually a chance that he won't even get to come home for Christmas. I am praying that that won't be the case. As sad as I am for me and Tula cause we are going to miss him so much, I am excited for John. I have never seen him so happy and excited about his job since I met him. I am really happy for him.

A few pics from yesterday and Tula with her very own Christmas tree. Our house is now fully decorated and it's beginning to feel a lot more like Christmas is on it's way. Can't wait for everyone to get here!