“Actually, she’s a girl.” I find myself correcting people a lot lately. What I have come to discover is…people don’t look at the clothes a baby is in…they look at the top of the head. So no matter how pink and frilly the outfit - Finley Mae’s bald head leads people to say “look how big HE’S getting.” For the record, she probably does have the baldest head you’ve ever seen on a little girl. And to be clear, it doesn’t bother me at all when people make the mistake because I have actually done that to other people’s babies!!
By the way - HELLO AGAIN!! I know it has been a very long time since we have posted anything new. I was convinced that no one was really interested in our blog anymore. But a few of you have e-mailed me recently, wondering what happened to the updates, so I thought I would post a few pictures and catch you up on life in the Thompson household lately.
Finley is now 10-months-old and my, oh my, do we have our hands full!! It’s amazing how fast they can get around when they become mobile. She isn’t walking yet, but she is crawling at a lightning fast pace. One second she’s right in front of me, the next…she’s trying to put her hand in the toilet water. Don’t laugh - that actually happened. (since then we have invested in toilet lid locks - so no worries) She loves to crawl to the patio door and look out the window and every once in awhile…a familiar looking baby will come to visit that she’ll try and kiss.
In addition to the crawling, she is also pulling herself up and walking around all of the furniture. Now and again she will lose her balance and come crashing down, resulting in a lip quiver - or worse…a bruise.
Finley has also shown she has the ability to curl her tongue.
Apparently it is a genetic thing. Either you can or can’t do it - and she can…all…the…time. Seriously, half the day the girl crawls around with her tongue out. It prompted Mike to say the other day “maybe her tongue is too long for her mouth…”
Also, it is amazing how vocal she has become. I wish I had the ability to understand baby talk. I often wonder what is going on inside that little head of hers as she is yelling at the top of her lungs, “Da bah da na na da.” Huh? “Bah ba da na na ma.” Gotcha.
She is eating a lot of people food now. She was recently introduced to mandarin oranges and gobbles them up faster than I can get them on the tray. (Did your kids have a favorite food? I would love to get her some variety, so let me know if you have a suggestion.)
Katelin Rae continues to be the greatest big sister ever.
She loves to pick up Finley and carry her around. Katelin can still make Finley laugh louder than anyone else. They had a blast on their first Halloween together.
I’m sorry it’s been so long since I posted anything. Leave a comment if you are still interested in these updates. I’ll post more often if I know there are people out there that still want to follow along in our baby adventure.
Thanks for checkin’ in and here’s a few more pics…
Jennifer

































