Noise

The days are flying by quicker than I can even begin to imagine. I thought staying home with FI would slow things down a lot but apparently not. Miss Fi brings me joy every minute of every day. But enough mushy stuff. Maybe.
Our house is very quiet during the day. I try to watch very little TV since I have so many other things I should be doing. And I just don't ever think to turn on music. It's sad. I know you are supposed to talk to your baby a lot but I find it awkward and I have to really remind myself about that often. Too often. Don't get me wrong, I do play and talk with Miss Fi but there are a lot of times I am doing things with her in complete silence. Like lunch time. Ever since we got the service to make us look like we are in the states internet wise (yes thats the technical term) I am able to use great websites like Pandora but end up forgetting more than I actually use it.
Fi is talking a lot more lately which is good. She tends to be very quiet. Granted, I find nothing wrong with that but am glad to hear her babbling once in a while. Right now, she is playing with her phone sounding like an airplane.
With all this quiet, I have a lot of time to think. And for some reason, I've been strangely emotional lately. I think it has to do with the blogs I've been following about the EB babies. http://patriceandmattwilliams.blogspot.com/ and http://randycourtneytripproth.blogspot.com/ and I find myself really appreciating my healthy and happy and EASY baby. Reading about the short time these moms know they are going to have with their little babies is helping me to appreciate the small moments with Fi. It also has been making me really sad about her not being "little" anymore. While she is only 7 months (next week) she no longer is that small baby that would lay in my arms for hours content to sleep or relax. She is starting to be really active, crawling farther every day. (We REALLY need to get on that baby proofing) Oh man, it was so easy before crawling.
On a completely different side note: I thought making her own baby food was going to be a LOT more complicated than it really is. Donovan and I spent Friday night (after she went to bed) making baby food together and it was such an enjoyable time. It was nice to spend time talking and laughing instead of watching TV like we tend to do in the evenings. And on top of a great night with the hubby, we have baby food in the freezer to last us quite a while. I've introduced a second solid food feeding and it is working out really well. Yesterday, we even did three. She seems to really enjoy feedings. She eats everything I give her and seems to love it all. We eat oatmeal every day which she loves and then I try to do at least two other veggies each day. I don't feed her fruit very often. I want her to get a good taste of vegetables before and our selection of fruits is VERY limited on this island. We decided to see how she would do with leeks (not by themselves but mixed with potatoes) and I really didn't think she would like it all that much since the smell of onion was really strong. Yet she ate it up just like everything else. She even loved the strong curry soup at Sam's which really surprised me. I think the next session of baby food making is going to include spices to...umm... spice things up a bit. Sorry, that was bad. Forgive me.
She is also doing really good at drinking out of a regular cup and is always so interested in what I am drinking. I let her try a tiny bit of my chocolate soy milk and she went crazy trying to get more. Oh man! Don't worry, as this will not be a regular drink choice. Just a little treat once in a GREAT while.
I cannot believe she will be 7 months next week. The lyric "Slow it down, make it stop, or else my heart is gonna pop!" JUST came on Pandora and it sums up things nicely. (The song is The Show by Lenka if you are wondering)
I hope everyone stops to enjoy the small moments this week. Stop and smell the roses so to speak. Whether it be with your husband, your child, or even the gorgeous day as you are walking to your car.