6 Months and 17 Days

Well Naomi's a seasoned swimmer now, she's had 3 lessons and has her 4th today. These shots are from her second lesson, Mom and dad were both in the pool for the second one and probably will be for the fourth as well, but it's been a blast! Lots of fun seeing Naomi have fun in the water.

Last lesson we even got to take advantage of having both parents in the water. When she was doing her underwater swimming we got to do a pass while underwater - so she "swam" between mom and dad - they call it the "torpedo". I made sure Adam was on the catching end though!

She's been devouring her food that we've given her, loving pretty much anything we put in her mouth. There's some combinations she's not as thrilled about, but so far eats anything, it's great! Unfortunately since being a bit sick with a runny nose and congestions as well as dealing with a new tooth that's coming in we've not been nursing quite as well so not gaining weight really. Since her doctor's appointment about half a month ago she's only put on a couple ounces, so we're hoping that picks up soon! And mom is also hoping that Naomi stops biting so hard before she gets MORE teeth...

So that's all for now, not too much "new", just LOTS and LOTS of what she's been up to already!

Anna signing off while Naomi starts singing in her swing and Nanook is somewhere investigating something...

6 Months and 10 days

So Naomi has now had her first swim lesson! On Wednesday Adam and I went to the mall to run a couple errands and when we were there we bought her the cutest little bathing suit and put her in it later in the day for a cute, but fussy, swim lesson. She had unfortunately been having a bit of a grumpy day so was not quite in the best mood for it, but Mom and Dad had a blast! Dad was in the water with the little one and mom happily sat in the viewing area with the camera. We're doing our best to get her into a better mood for her second lesson today, we'll see how that goes!

Naomi has been quite the trooper on the solid food front. So far anything we put in her mouth she will swallow with little complaint. The worst we've gotten so far is some absolutely hilarous faces something to the effect of "yuck! Mom, that's NOT my yummy cereal!" and one or twice it's taken almost an hour to feed her two ounces of food. We're getting smarter about it though and today lunch took about 5 minutes, so much better! We'll probably have to up the quantity if she keeps that up! Hopefully she will, a few weeks ago she had a huge weight gain, but last week was only a couple of ounces, so eat baby eat!

She's also finally rolled over her right arm! It started out that she would only roll over her left arm, which was fine with Mom and Dad, can't really get too far if you roll there and back, there and back...but the other day she finally did it. She was very frustrated trying to roll back over the arm, probably didn't have it in a great spot and kind of hurt a little bit, so mom helped her get back but oh well, progress is progress!

Well that's all for now, enjoy the swim video!

Anna signing off to get some work done while Naomi and Nanook nap after a nice walk.

6 months and 4 days

Naomi is learning so many things!  As I write this she trying to use a sippy cup for some water for the first time!  Wow.  She's now already tried 5 foods (well, 6 if you count cereal), yams, squash, peas, chicken and pork.  So far everything goes down and doesn't get spit out, but some are welcomed easier than others though.  Squash seems to be the favorite, but perhaps because it looks a lot like rice cereal?  Who knows!

She's also been growing like a weed!  The week up to her 6 month birthday she gained over 1/2 a pound when she usually does under a 1/4 of a pound...but she was back to the 1/4 of a pound last week when we went to the doctor.  We'll see how she does this week, may not gain much.  Dad got the flu and it seems to be passing along to mommy and baby now.  Mom's starting to feel gross and Naomi's nose is running pretty good and she sounds congested.  Oh well, we'll see how we do.

Rolling over is old news now!  Rolling is now super easy for her, but so far only can roll over her left arm so can't get too far yet.  Hasn't figured out the keep rolling in the same direction yet to really cover some ground.  So it's a lot of squirming and rolling there and back to maneuver to get toys, but doesn't usually get off of her blanket.

Well that's all for now, catch you all soon.

Anna signing off to go check the slow cooker with Naomi's chicken in it and Naomi squealing with delight as Nanook licks her hand for the tenth time...and Daddy laughs... :)