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We’ve made a recent interesting discovery with Mara. Lately when going in to get her in the morning from a nights sleep we have found her on her stomach. For this story, I guess that it helps to know that since birth Mara has always slept on her back, or at best on her side (her left is her favorite), so finding her on her stomach in the mornings provided some mystery. Was she rolling over in the morning then getting frustrated on her stomach and calling out for us to get her, or had she been secretly converting to a tummy sleeper during the night? Some nights when putting her down we would hear more than the usual whines, normally growing to a full out cry, then finding her on her stomach before falling asleep. Her crying made sense because she has never liked tummy time really. We would just turn her onto her back again to fall asleep. That set us on an experiment to see what the true answer was. Last night after being in the bed for a couple hours, Dad snuck in the room to see that Mara was sleeping on her stomach! We’re not sure if this is an every time occurance, but it seems that she enjoys sleeping either way now. One step closer to crawling it seems.

Last night we went to a local restaurant called Pastabilities. Great little place. Mara was having a good time sitting in a high chair like a big girl. She had a bottle at home, but while Mom and Dad waited for food she had some baby food. When the food came she had a little of what Mom and Dad were eating, Mom with Shrimp Sho Nuf and Dad with The Big Easy. Dad’s was a little spicy. The sign was that Mara’s eyes started to get a little watery when she tried it. Mom had some shrimp in hers and Mara loved it. One funny thing, now that she eats table food, she always gives a little grimmace if you follow it up with some baby food.

Even while eating she likes to keep her hands active by banging on the table or picking up things off the table. You have to be aware of the “Mara Exclusion Zone” when eating with her. After Mom and Dad polished off the bread, Mara began to eat the bread basket. Here she is using the bread basket as a hat….. no, Dad put it there, but she enjoyed it!

More won ton soup please

Today we have a very fun family day. First we started off at the ice cream festival at Guilford College. Mara had her first taste of that sweet dessert that is one of her dads favorites. I think she loved it..surprise surprise. We came home for her afternoon nap which lasted for a couple hours. Then took off to Barber Park and listened to Melva Houston and her band. Fun fun! Here are some pictures of our day! (Just click on the picture to get to the whole album of pictures taken today)

When we were visiting the Babies R Us the other day to find a bathing suit for Mara’s upcoming beach trip. We couldn’t find one but we did find this very cute hat instead. Knowing my sis likes some token tasteful Hello Kitty merchandise I thought she might get a kick of her niece sporting a H.K. hat in this picture!