3, puffs, red knees

I forgot to mention that I lost another 1.5 pounds last week. So I'm officially down 3 pounds. I'm hoping for another pound and a half tomorrow.

Layla ate baby puffs as a snack for the first time on Sunday. We introduced puffs to her a month ago but she wasn't too interested in them and made quite the face when I would put one in her mouth. But with the emergence of her teeth on Saturday, I thought I'd give them another try...and she loved them! I thouroughly enjoyed watching her try and feed herself. I added a few pictures of her attempts below. I might add that the next day, instead of her picking them up out of my hand she learned that bending her body forward to suck them out of my hand with her mouth was qutie a bit easier and more efficient. She's one smart cookie!

As for the red knees...Layla has had them lately. She must move around on the floor a lot while at daycare. I know she doesn't too much here because we hold her quite a bit. I'm sure that's stalled her as far as crawling is concerned, but after being away from her all day all I want to do is cuddle and have close contact with her. However, tonight I put her down and she moved forward just a bit on her hands and knees! WOOHOO!!! She crawled with her belly off the floor (she has been army crawling all over the place for about a month now)! It was just baby steps...or should I say baby crawls...but I feel she'll be all over the place in the very near future!

I'll end with a few pictures of her gnawing on a breadstick. This was in the middle of September. She enjoyed gnawing on a carrot last night but I have no pictures of that adventure.