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It's been another uneventful yet busy and fun week since I last updated. Ally is now sitting up quite well for 30-45 second intervals on her own before toppling over. Her two bottom teeth are coming in nicely and don't seem to be bothering her much anymore although she still drools buckets!

We started trying some baby food this week in hopes that she'd like it a little more than the cereal. Sweet potatoes were first on the menu. She seems to really like them as she opens her mouth wide, smiles, and bangs her fists on the highchair tray, but she still spits most of them out all over herself. It is quite a messy endeavor as you can see from the pictures. Grandma and Granddad Martin hooked her up with a sweet new highchair this weekend- she is much more focused on the business of eating when she's in it and doesn't try to squirm out like she was doing in her bumbo seat.

Matthew ended up sticking around through the weekend before leaving for Indiana yesterday. I'm proud to report that Ally and I made it through our first night alone together with flying colors. I was inexplicably nervous for some reason but I'm sure that the rest of the nights will be a breeze now that we've got one down. We're looking forward to Matthew's return on Friday and will spend the weekend enjoying some time with his grandmother who is coming down from Delaware to meet Ally for the first time!

Ally can sit up on her own for 30-45 seconds now before she looses her balance and flops over on her side.
This is her stylin' new highchair courtesy of the grandparents Martin!
Ally's first taste of sweet potatoes!
She looks a little crazy in this picture but she was having lots of fun!
I keep trying to get a picture of her teeth but they're hard to capture- I promise that they really are there!

And finally, here is a little video of Ally practicing her sitting on our bed- the safest place to practice. She seems to enjoy flopping over just as much as the new perspective of being upright!