Claire is rolling over!!

Claire has loved her activity center and plays us wonderful music on her little piano all the time. She has started rolling over this week and now won't lay on her back for hardly a second without rolling over. If we walk out of the room for a minute she will end up halfway across the floor before we come back in. It's been fun to see her get mobile, but it definately adds more danger to leaving her alone for a second. She loves to be tickled and can get to laughing pretty hard when she thinks the funny noises you are making is cute.
She has been eating rice cereal for a couple of weeks and this week we added sweet potatoes as her first veggie. She didn't really seem that impressed with the sweet potatoes, but Todd tried them and didn't like the taste either. I think we will go for a fruit next, maybe pears or bananas. I'm going to experiment with making some of my own baby food this week and freeze it for later. If anyone has any experience in making baby food let me know.

MLK Weekend in Florida

Last weekend we went to visit some very good friends (Kristy and Peyton) who recently moved to Florida. We stayed at her families hunting cabin and had such a wonderful time seeing the Patterson's and spending time with some of our Birmingham friends that also traveled down for the weekend. Claire is such a good traveler and even though she had a cold and was recovering from her first ear infection she still slept pretty good and wasn't fussy at all. Todd enjoyed hiking around the property and took Claire out in her carrier and walked her around a good bit. It is such a relaxing place to be and we love visiting the Patterson's. We miss you guys being in Birmingham!

Our Holiday Vacation to Chattanooga

This year for the Connell Family Christmas vacation we all went to Chattanooga for a couple of nights. We went to Ruby Falls and Rock City on the first day and then stayed in a hotel downtown and went to the aquarium and walked around downtown the second day. Claire was such a great traveler and slept so well in her portable bed and behaved so well at all of the attractions. She really loved seeing all the new stuff. Here are some pics of her and the rest of the group during her first aquarium trip.