9 Months and 2 days

Hello everyone! We're growing so fast, mom and dad can't believe it! SOOOO close to crawling! She's trying to push off of her toes instead of her knees...but then she tries her knees but only gets one forward then kinda lunges forward. So close! Progress!

We're also getting more hair! No more miniscule peach fuzz, real hair is coming in, it's quite cute. The longer parts are getting a bit curly, and the more she grows, the blonder it looks. She's going to be a blondie just like mom and dad were when they were little.

Teeth are really coming in too, we have 4 teeth, and REALLY have 4 teeth. It's funny, people keep thinking her 3rd and 4th teeth are her first ones because they're so much larger, but overall just really cute. You can see the top two teeth in the picture below.

So mom can't believe it's already over 9 months - "real life" of work and such are getting so close! Mom will be back at work in less than a month, scary! But it will be nice to have a bit of a change of scenery for a few months...

Anyhow, she's saying it's time for bed now, so I should go help Dad get her to sleep...

Anna signing off while Naomi squirms and squeaks away on Daddy's lap and Nanook lazes on the floor.

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...

7 Months and 2 Days

Well hello once again! We've been up to a lot the last little while! Teething is moving along, we're on our second tooth now and with how she's drooling and starting to complain a bit I'm sure another will follow soon.

Feeding has taken a bit of a shift...apparently we've been enjoying our meat TOO much! It's making things on the other end a bit difficult so the doctor has decided she shouldn't have meat for a bit until that sorts itself out, then we'll work it in every other day or so, we'll see.

Swimming has been going great, as you can see, she's gone from hating it her first lesson to absolutely eating it up! A video from her 5th lesson is below, she's had a couple more since then so more videos to come - but mom wanted to be in a video this time! She loves floating around, kicking and is actually really enjoying the underwater "dives".

Rolling is apparently a great form of transportation...she's getting all over the living room with her rolling now! I guess she decided that she wanted to see what her swing looked like from underneath! It's been fun seeing her get around but also mom's realizing that we can't just leave her lying on the floor for too long with her back turned.

Well that's all for now, Anna signing off as Naomi gets tired of rolling around, Nanook keeps bugging dad for attention, and Dad keeps trying to distract her...

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... :)