September 21...

Thanks Gran & Pops!

Gran & Pops sent over a really cute hat/gloves/bootie set. It was a hit at MDO this morning!

Peaches? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Peaches!

Petrea doesn't like peaches. 1000 words, right?

Baby Girl

It turns out that baby girl is sick. Which means we are, too. Even feeling as bad as she does - coughing, fever, snotty - she still can manage a smile. She is pretty amazing!

So, we have had our first sickness. Actually we are still in the middle of it. Autumn and I were home with Tre in bed all day. I did make a trip to Schnuck's to get some mac and cheese. That is the official Chastain household sick day food. So we had mac and cheese and hot tea and slept. Trying to get better. It is a big week and I can't really afford to be sick. Plus, Autumn goes to Dallas this weekend for mock trial so it is a dad and girl weekend again.

I haven't really reported on it, yet, but I feel the need. Petrea has started eating real food. We are about three weeks into it. We started off with sweet potatoes and she really liked them.

Then, we switched to peas. Other parents that are going to have kids eating real food soon might take note. Peas have a lot of fiber in them. If they aren't used to fiber in their food, this translates to HUGE diapers. Holy Cow and I will leave it at that.

Then a few for the road...
We got out in the ice Sunday morning to go to church... Petrea says, "Thanks for the outfit, Mrs. Amy!"

Aunt Gwynn gave her a really cute little leopard dress, too!

Sunday afternoon nap while Daytona is on... She wishes it was the Hogs playing, but hey, it's alright.

We know...

We know, it's been a while so there is much picture goodness included - even a few little mpegs!

First, Petrea has been trying to avoid the paparazzi. Sometimes sunglasses help, but other times, it just doesn't work - you have to know who that cutie is! Seriously though, no pictures, please...

So we have to make up a story about where she has been for the last month. Here is a best effort... She was away with the Lithuanian Navy, trying to promote world peace? (Thanks to Aunt Gwynn for the cool, warm peacoat and hat!)

 

Maybe she was just trying to hide out in the crib where no one would find her...

Or, she just wanted to lay low so no one would see her on her way to the Superbowl... The jersey says it all - even though Franco doesn't play anymore, she knows how important he is to Superbowl history!

Oh, she paused long enough to get her four month picture, too...

 

Here are some pictures with her Gran and with her new friend, the bear. She has been taking all these pictures with him, but finally decided to talk to see if he wanted to be friend...

 

And, she wants to be friends with you, too! She offers you a big, wet, slobbery kiss...

While Petrea was in hiding, she was trying her best to fit in and try to fade away into the crowd. I don't think it worked in outfits like this.

   

During her down time, from traveling all over with her entourage, she got a really cool bouncy chair from Ms. Ashley. Autumn and I have decided it is one of the greatest inventions , maybe even right behind diapers.

Petrea has been busy helping mom rework the website. BTW, if you get a chance, go see the new, but not all the way completed www.mangostreetcompany.com website. You can purchase things online now!

Really, she has just been on the move with me and Autumn. Here is one of the many trips in the car - she loves the banana and has found that EVERYTHING goes into her mouth. I know parents already know this, but it is just something new to report...

  Now that I see the picture, you can't see that it is a banana hanging on her car seat with toys to put in her mouth and make noise... Never mind then!

Wait a minute...  Where did she get this hair? Red headed baby? Whose kid is this? Maybe she got the hair the same place she got those cheeks! Don't you just wanna grab 'em and give 'em and old Aunt Edna!

She wasn't all that impressed with the snow, being so young and all. But she has a look like, "Please let me go outside and play." Alright, at least I know where she got those big blue eyes. Boy, am I in trouble...

She has started really laughing and screaming. The first little movie is of her mom playing and her just cracking up.

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Now, this one needs some explaining. She is learning that she has volume in her voice. We don't know if this is a good thing, but I will say it makes for some really fun tickle sessions! She will lay on the bed or in her bouncy chair (Thanks, again, Ashley!) and entertain herself for hours by talking to herself and, of course, her hands and feet. She watches them like they are somebody else's hands and feet. Then, when they move, she is so happy and excited she screams at them. Here, she is having some 'tummy time' and screaming into the pillow, so you see the back of her head and then her hiding her face in the pillow but still screaming.

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What other pictures do we have... Well, there is the obligatory FIVE month picture. That proves how long it was since we posted last and, yes, I am a little embarrassed. So here are two of them, one in her 'boy' pjs and one in her Valentine outfit - she went to dinner at Houston's with us. She slept until the food was brought out. Do babies have a sensor somewhere that wakes them up when parents get hot food?

 

Then, one last close up for the road...