For example, on one of our baby-sitting days, we strolled to the playground for her first time in the swing. It was a beautiful blue-sky day, and perfect weather for some time outside.
We took a padded insert, and she loved her first of many years of swinging at the park. I think Dad and Grandad have prepped her well for that swinging motion with all the lifts and swings they do at home.
Our timing was good to be in Kansas City for her first Halloween. Mom has her dressed up as Rosie the Riveter. A little part of us wanted to take her trick-or-treating. But she obviously isn't old enough to eat candy, and there's few things worse than old people going door-to-door begging for candy.
We know it's not a Halloween costume, but she looks like she has long bunny ears in this shot when we were taking off her jacket. And what a cute bunny she makes!
We were also at the house on her first half-year birthday. It's hard to believe that she is already six months old!
We really enjoyed being in Kansas City for Carter's first autumn. We had heard that Kansas City has nice fall foliage, but this was also our first time to experience it. We had great weather, allowing us to go on stroller walks through the neighborhood almost every day.
So we got to see autumn for the first time through Carter's eyes and hands.
On the news, they are exclaiming that this year's fall color is even better than usual. So we are all spoiled to see the best color for our first time.
Carter is being raised in a football-watching family, so this wasn't her first weekend of football. Dad is trying to recruit her to be an OU Sooner fan, but this picture seems to indicate she's not that excited about his choice.
She and Grandad were up after dark, watching the OSU Cowboy game, and she seemed to be more interested in this team.
Six months is the recommended time to start some solid foods, so we got to be present when she had her first taste of oatmeal. She was actually more interested in the spoon than the food on it. Earlier she was giving that spoon a two-fisted hold that was hard to pry her loose from.
It's fun to see things through the eyes of a baby experiencing life events for the first time. We've found grandparenting to be another of the wonders that we are enjoying wandering through. We're convinced that she is another of God's wonders.
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