Friday, January 30, 2015
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
MLK with Nonnie
Violet's daycare had MLK day off, so Violet spent the day with Nonnie who took some amazing photos. Violet clearly had a terrific time, and we are very grateful for the help.
Updates
Here we are at 9 months, and there are definitely some new things happening with Sweet V. Not least among these is the fact that (as of today) she has 5, count 'em, 5 teeth. She enjoys giving them a workout on pretty much whatever's in her hands. Hands which have become rather dextrous, and she's managing to hold and handle a remarkable array of objects. I'm not sure why I'm surprised at how strong she is, but she actually seems to enjoy hefting larger things. This is cute, although remarkably less cute when she uses said heavy object to whack her mom upside the head. Ouch.
Mealtime has evolved substantially. We started pushing solids with sincerity back at 5.5 months, and at this point she's getting about half of her overall calories from fruit, veggies, hummus, guacamole, yogurt, and the healthier bits of whatever we're having for dinner. Vi's had some things that I don't think that I had until I was 20: Korean food, Vietnamese food, goat cheese, quinoa, mango, etc. She does really well with pretty much everything but particularly spicy foods make her do a little angry-face-arm-shaking thing that usually ends those experiments.
Of particular note is that she keeps her arms stretched out to the side while she's fed. We did nothing in particular to train this activity, but it's pretty great. It makes for a very manageable, tidy enterprise. We're lucky not to have to scrub her down after every meal like some of the kids at daycare seem to require.
Mobility-wise, she's not quite crawling, but she's not far off. She's crawled short distances a few times, but nothing that seems to stick. I tried to catch it on film this weekend, but she was camera shy. She's also been pulling up on us, furniture, big toys, and she's got a serious down-facing dog maneuver. As expected, we're very much looking forward to crawling, and we did some hilariously random baby-proofing last weekend. Much needs doing.
The last thing of note is her vocalizations. She's making all kinds of cute noises and sounds, and she's much more consistently making noises when we're talking to her or playing with her. While she has said Mama and Dada among other baby words, they were essentially random sounds, but we're hoping that her first consistent words are not far off.
She would still like to scratch the crap out of your face with her tiny little fingernails. I will be okay with it when that one stops.
Mealtime has evolved substantially. We started pushing solids with sincerity back at 5.5 months, and at this point she's getting about half of her overall calories from fruit, veggies, hummus, guacamole, yogurt, and the healthier bits of whatever we're having for dinner. Vi's had some things that I don't think that I had until I was 20: Korean food, Vietnamese food, goat cheese, quinoa, mango, etc. She does really well with pretty much everything but particularly spicy foods make her do a little angry-face-arm-shaking thing that usually ends those experiments.
Of particular note is that she keeps her arms stretched out to the side while she's fed. We did nothing in particular to train this activity, but it's pretty great. It makes for a very manageable, tidy enterprise. We're lucky not to have to scrub her down after every meal like some of the kids at daycare seem to require.
Mobility-wise, she's not quite crawling, but she's not far off. She's crawled short distances a few times, but nothing that seems to stick. I tried to catch it on film this weekend, but she was camera shy. She's also been pulling up on us, furniture, big toys, and she's got a serious down-facing dog maneuver. As expected, we're very much looking forward to crawling, and we did some hilariously random baby-proofing last weekend. Much needs doing.
The last thing of note is her vocalizations. She's making all kinds of cute noises and sounds, and she's much more consistently making noises when we're talking to her or playing with her. While she has said Mama and Dada among other baby words, they were essentially random sounds, but we're hoping that her first consistent words are not far off.
She would still like to scratch the crap out of your face with her tiny little fingernails. I will be okay with it when that one stops.
This about as close as we've come to documenting her "crawling"
Monday, January 26, 2015
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Eight months!
Seeing as she is almost nine months, I guess it is about time I posted these. Excuse the darkness of all of the photos. It is winter in Michigan after all.
Family fun in the snow
It has been ridiculously cold in Michigan this past week. And I am not just saying that because I am a baby. Which I readily admit I am. But it was even cold by actual non-baby people standards. Luckily, it warmed up just enough this weekend to make it reasonable to enjoy some time outside with our favorite little bambino.
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Kansas City Christmas Videos
Although we didn't get great photos in Kansas City, we did take a lot of video (not to say that it's all that great either).
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
A belated Christmas in Kansas City
We ventured south to celebrate a belated Christmas with my family in Kansas City this past weekend. The whole weekend was wonderful. Violet did amazingly well on both plane rides and was about as happy during the days as she has ever been. She didn't sleep quite as well as she does at home but overall, she did tremendously. She woke up early most days but lucky for all of us, my mom is an early riser so they got to have lots of quality one on one time. We all were inundated with a ridiculous amount of way too generous gifts, ate copious amounts of delicious foods and just had a great time. Sadly, we forgot our camera so all of the photos below are from Ted's iPhone (I have so many pictures of Violet on mine that I can't take any more because I am out of storage. Sounds like it's time for a new bigger iPhone) It was so nice to see family and friends. We definitely need to get back more often.
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