Caroline Goes on an Airplane Ride

Caroline took her first trip on a plane 2 weeks ago. Chris flew the 3 of us to Destin. She really did great on the flight--even took a little 30 minute snooze a the beginning of the trip. I took her out of her carseat about halfway there and held her in my lap. I had brought a bag full of toys to entertain her. But, of course, she was more interested in the "toys" in the plane-- the seat belt, the oxygen tubes, the flashlight in the back pocket of the front seat, etc. All of which she tried to put in her mouth. She seemed to enjoy the trip, much more so than the 12 hour trip home last time we came down.
Caroline and I are still in Destin and Chris has been going back and forth to Chattanooga during the week. We will fly back home this weekend.

The big news is that Caroline turned 6 months old yesterday. It is really hard to believe! She is such a curious little person. I have started calling her Curious Caroline. She is constantly looking for something new to spark her interest and she can become bored quickly if she is not exposed to new objects and settings frequently. She has really enjoyed sitting outside and looking at the water and trees while we've been in Florida. We've spent some time on the dock too and I keep telling her that she is going to go swimming in the Bay this summer. Can't wait!

Apples and Bananas

Caroline had her first fruit yesterday. I decided to give her apples first. And..... she hated them. Totally turned her nose up and made a face like they were disgusting. She spit pretty much all of it out. And the same thing when Nana tried again this morning. Not into the apples at all. So, this afternoon, we started with a big helping of rice cereal and she still seemed hungy when all of that was gone. So, I decided to give her bananas. Much better. She seemed to like them pretty well. Not as much as she likes the cereal, which she now totally laps up. But the bananas at least went down. Nana pointed out that the apples are quite tart, so that may be why she didn't like them (no sugar in baby apples). So, we'll do bananas for a few days and then mix the apples with bananas or cereal and try again. I am going to wait a bit longer to start veggies-- she still spits up a lot and I'm not ready to see orange spit up from carrots and sweet potatoes.