Who do you love?

We love Quinnie! So in honor of Valentine's Day, here are some photos of us with our favorite little girl.

We're happy to have our new Valentine this year and wish you all a Happy Valentine's Day with your loved ones!

Weeeeee!

As I mentioned earlier, we were having so much fun with Quinn today. At one point, I was tipping her upside down and she liked it so much, she kept trying to tip herself back -- over and over again! It was so funny that we had to get it on video.

Hi!

Quinn learned how to wave today! Here she is showing off her new trick:

Fun with Daddy

We had a ton of fun with Quinn this evening, so the next few posts will be videos and pics of the evening. This one is Quinn and Daddy doing one of their favorite activities that always elicits squeals of delight. She is so lucky to have such a wonderful dad!

8 months old!

Our little button is EIGHT months old today! Time seriously flies when you're having fun, and we're definitely having fun with little Quinn Marie.

This month has been full of milestones. If you've been reading the blog, you know all about her activities, but let's just do a little summary of the month. First, she is becoming so incredibly vocal! Her squeals make us laugh so much, and she and I have fun with our "screaming contests." And then there are the words she's starting to form. Uh-oh, mama, dada and hi are all in her repertoire now and her new consonant of the last few days is B, so everything is baba-baba.

And with those EIGHT teeth, she's trying out all kinds of new foods. She doesn't like the fresh baby food I make special for her, but if it's out of a jar, she'll eat it. (Insert slight disappointment for mom here.) This month she's tried out mangos, pears, raspberries, carrots and spinach and enjoyed them all. We've tried some little "puffers" but so far if it isn't something pureed, she's not so sure what to think of it.

She also is MOBILE! This little gal is on the go and exploring everything. Crawling, standing and walking around the furniture all keep her (and us!) busy, busy, busy. It's so entertaining to watch her investigate the world around her. You can see her little mind working and her personality is coming out more and more each day. She's no longer the little infant we took home from the hospital! Everyday becomes more exciting and rewarding with Quinn. We truly are so blessed and love her so much!

Mama!

I mentioned earlier that Quinn is saying Mama. Sometimes it's just babble and other times it's totally directed at me, I just know it.

How to Empty a Toybox

I absolutely love to watch Quinn play. She's finally at the age where she's getting into her toys and has become a pro at emptying the toybox. Therefore I give you "Emptying a Toybox", by Quinn Marie Syverson:

Step one: Inspect toybox

Step two: Make interesting sounds while inspecting your toys

Step three: Pull out toy and shake it

Step four: throw toy on ground

Step five: repeat Steps 1 - 4 until adequate number of toys are on the ground

Need a demo? Here you go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDRwPWWZJis