Day at the beach (sort of)...St Simons/Jekyll Island

The sixth month

These days, Eliza, you often look like this:

That open mouth…doesn’t matter if you’re smiling or staring at something with curiousity it makes me laugh.

If you can’t tell you’re a pretty happy baby most days, though you have your ‘fussed up moments’ as well.

You’re continuing to grow and develop.  Physically you’re sitting up better and better and for a few minutes at a time by yourself.  If you play sitting up one of us had better be close b/c you’re likely to fall over as you reach for toys.  You play with all toys we give you, but do have a few favorites and you’re pretty content to play for periods of time so I can do a few things around the house. I can tell your fine motor control is better — the other day you firmly closed the lid on one a toy and you looked like you’d done it forever though it was the first time. Just recently you rolled from back to front and now you’ll roll for something if you really want it, but it better be pretty impressive.
You’re starting to wear more nine month clothes.  As we start to get some cooler weather pants are a little challenging — your waist is so small, but you need the length in 6 month pants. Still wearing size two diapers. We estimate your weight to be about 15 and a half or so and height about 27 inches, but we’ll see come thursday.

The day you turned six months I thought I heard you say ‘mama’, but was across the room and discounted it.  Ever since then though it seems like you’ve taken off with your babbling — you’ll say mama, baba, papa and will even mix them up on occasion.  I love it. They are the sweetest sounds to hear and I’m not saying that b/c I’m an SLP either. ;-) Dad’s still waiting for dada though :-) Guess I won that bet, ha ha.

This weekend I looked at some photos/video of you from when you were about two weeks old.  Its amazing the difference.

Meli knows the difference too.  She’s good with you, but I think we’re going to need to work on being gentle. Mel’s not lovin’ it when you grab her fur, but she’ll just remove herself from the situation.

 
The day you turned six months we had a celebration.  We sang happy half birthday and had some cake.  We gave you some to play in.  I’ve noticed you love to explore different textures by touch, you rarely put things in your mouth.  I’m not sure if its b/c we haven’t seriously started solids yet or what, but you have no problem digging in with your hands. No, we weren’t going to let you eat it but it wasn’t a concern b/c you didn’t even try.

You know, its so sad I hardly take any pictures of you…but honestly every time I turn around it seems like you’re doing something new.  I can’t believe you’re six months.

Happy half birthday!

p.s. no need to hurry on being more mobile...really its ok... ;-)

Six months old!

Dad and daughter...

7.2.2011

Its a shame she's never happy...

E checks out the beach ... and finds it super sunny and H-O-T!

Eliza goes swimming!

At 7 weeks (8 today!) we decided we'd see how Eliza likes the pool...she's a fan of bathtime so we'd thought this would be more of the same....

At first there was this....

But once she got used to the water she calmed down and was pretty relaxed for the rest of our time in the pool...she even started cooing near the end so we declared it a success!

March 28, 2011

The past few months have been busy with lots of different changes.  We moved off Ohau and back to the mainland, bought a house, moved into said house a few months later ... all the while being flexible and making plans/back-up plans and just all-around rolling with the punches.  Somehow the details were sorted out and we ended up with everything and everyone in one place.  Which seems kinda amazing given that we shipped two cars, all of our household goods, flew with the dog for three flights and lived out of suitcases from Jan. till March in various locations/states.  Whew, pcsing (permanent change of station) with the Army is always an adventure!







But ... the biggest change arrived March 28th, 2011 in the form of 8 lbs. 3 oz. and 21 inches long.  Once she decided to arrive she came quickly and we made it to the hospital with about 17 minutes to spare.  Not exactly a pain free experience ... that saying about no pain no gain?  So so so so true!

Its hard to believe she's been around 8 days already, but we are head over heels for her and can't wait to get to know her as she grows.


Below are some pictures from our last week with our newest addition:  Eliza Madeline!