That's my name, don't wear it out.

I have been trying to use Carolynn's name more when I talk to her so that she'll recognize it as her name. I am realizing how many other "names" we have given her and how little we actually call her by her given name. Here are some nicknames we've given her, some of them I have no idea where they came from.

• Noodle
• This is her most commonly used nickname. It has turned into many other nicknames like: Noodle Boo, Noodledee Doodledee, Noodlekins and the occasional Carolynnoodle. She also takes "noodle naps". I'm really not sure how I came up with noodle, but much like a  done noodle does, it stuck. :)
• Boo Boo
• Booby
• I'm assuming this came out of my mouth as a form of Boo Boo.
• Punkin and/or Punkin boo
• Bubbins

My sister is the nickname queen and hasn't called me by my real name since probably the 90s. That's one of the many things I love about her. I like nicknames, but I don't think I want her telling people her name is Noodle. People will think we named her out of the celebrity edition of the baby name book. Hopefully she won't write Bubbins or heaven forbid, Booby on her paper at the first day of school. We'll get there.
On another adorable note, here is a picture I am IN LOVE with from the park the other day. She thinks it's so funny when I "get her" as she swings towards me. I. Love. This.

 Another cute one:

Scooting!

OH my, my life is about to get harder. Carolynn has been trying to scoot for a while now, but we finally saw her do it this past Sunday. This girl wants what she wants, and there's no stopping her.

We also tried peas for the first time yesterday. She seemed to like them pretty well, as well as anything else. She is really getting the hang of eating from a spoon. This makes it really tricky for whoever is feeding her because she wants to hold the spoon herself. We started giving her her own spoon to hold,  but then she wants to hold her spoon as well as the spoon you're using to feed her. Also, Carolynn is very fast and VERY strong. It's hard to pry anything out of her death grip. When you do, it's covered in baby food, so we all get pretty messy. Here she is with both spoons.

Another "trick"she does is bang the spoon full of food on her high chair. As I'm sure you can imagine, peas are everywhere. Some went flying in the direction of the back door yesterday, and even after searching, I still have not found them. It's disgusting and cute all at the same time.

Sweet Sweet Potato baby

Here is our first bite of sweet potato. She loves holding the spoon and banging it on her high chair, making a huge mess. You can see that the mess has already begun.
Her big personality really shows through during feeding time when she wants to hold the spoon and grab the bowl. This picture is what Brian called "just the beginning":

Next, carrots....

First Feeding!

She did it! Well, kind of. She didn't like it, but she ate at least one spoonful of rice cereal. She mostly made a big mess! She didn't seem to like the cereal at all, but she did very well with her straw and even got a few good gulps of water...in her mouth and down her shirt.