8 Months and 3 weeks

Hello again! So we've been having lots of fun the last few weeks. Had the Kouwenberg clan over for dinner so Naomi got to visit all her relatives all at the same time. It was a bit much, she wasn't sure about having that many people she loved in the same place. A little overwhelmed but she stayed pretty happy. So a fun night. And the bonus was that Grandpa and Grandma even stayed for a couple days so she got to see them even longer - and with their assistance she how has a much needed baby gate installed and beautiful curtains for her bedroom. Both of which sound easier then they were...

Anyhow, Naomi still has not figured out how to crawl, she can push herself backwards with her hands very well, but now crawling. Yesterday at mom and tot group she even raced another 8.5 month old backwards - both getting equally frustrated that they kept sliding backwards and not going forward. A truly hilarous sight though, I must say. I think it will probably be sooner than later that she figures out that she needs to push with her knees and just move her hands forward...but we'll see!

Food is going great too. Solids are getting less pureed and more mashed - progress to "normal" food! She even had a rasin this morning when dad was adding rasins to his oatmeal. Granted it took her a few minutes to notice it was on her tray, never figured out herself that it was food, dad put it in her mouth, and then it took her about, oh, 10 minutes or so to eat it. The most solid thing she's ever eaten though, and we're pretty sure she ate it, either that or Nanook now knows what rasins taste like... We'll probably start meat again too, things seem to be working out better on the other end now. So she'll probably be happy with that, she liked the meat before. Oh, and she's had a baby biscuit too, had a bit of one the other day (as above), it was hilarious!

Anyhow that's all for now, waiting for her to crawl...we'll see how that goes!

Anna signing off with Nanook taking an inventory of her toys making sure Naomi hasn't hidden any, and Naomi and dad having a quick cuddle before her dinner...

8 Months in 1 day

Hello everyone! We didn't realize how long we had left the blog...oops! Part of the reason was that she really hasn't done anything super new, just LOTS and LOTS of what she was doing before.

Rolling is now her main form of transportation as crawling hasn't quite started yet. She's SO close, but so far all it has seemed to do is slowly push her backwards, which of course she finds incredibly frustrating. Somewhat of a "Mom, how come the toy keeps getting farther away??" but I'm sure she'll get there very soon...but hopefully after we get the baby gate installed!

Solid foods (well, still pureed of course) are definitely going well too. She gets a lunch of 4 ounces of veggies, followed by whatever fruit we're working on - currently she's happily downing half a banana and half a kiwi. Dinner is another 4 ounces of veggies, some prunes, and a bit of cereal for dessert and iron. We had been doing meat, which she LOVED, but doctor has suggested a bit of a break till some things at the other end regulate a bit more...hopefully that will be soon, as much as she likes her prunes!

Mom is also realizing that Naomi's getting old because it's back to work soon! Only two more months and back to work. June is when Mom's going back to work so Naomi's all signed up for daycare. *sigh* Back to the daily grind! It will be a bit of an adjustment from spending all my time with a cute little baby to being back in the office and dealing with the CRA all the time - I will say baby beats CRA hands down, MUCH more predictable, which doesn't say much for the CRA, but it will be nice to have a different challenge again.

So that's all for now, more updates to come soon, probably after Easter when all the family visiting is done.

Anna signing off to get off to sleep, as Naomi dreams away, Nanook debates continuing sleeping on the floor by mom or going up to bed, and Adam gets ready for bed...