E-ma's Backseat Fun Flipbook (Extra Long)

Notice how I keep looking away and catching her eye and the camera again...














"Hey, she keeps looking at me..."


Time to show off!

Cute Little Me

Courtesy of Rebekah

Aunt Rebekah must have taken these secretly when mama had her sleepover.

Long Nap

I took a nice, long nap for my mama. No need to thank me, mama!

Flattered at the Fitting

I love looking at myself in the mirror. My mama is getting a dress made for Ajitmam's wedding. At the fitting, I played with my reflection in the mirror. So fun!

A Real Upright Citizen

Today, my mama stood me next to the coffee table. I stuck my elbows up there and happily stood up, even though I was a bit wobbly. I am a strong girl, ready to take on the world!

Sweet Spied Morning

My mama took this video of me after I woke up in the morning. She thought my daddy and I were cute. He played the nose game with me, as you can see. Even in the morning, I am sharp as a tack! I have to go potty in the morning when I wake up. Usually my mama takes me. My daddy and I are playing before I realize I have to potty. I love the mornings wit my mama and my daddy. They are just so sweet....

Upright Citizen

When I was at Ami's house, I used her mama's legs to try standing up.

My Ami

Ami's mama Janelle was my mama's childbirth teacher and was at my birth. I went to visit Ami yesterday. She sure is getting big! We had a good time. She is tough and didn't mind me playing my nose and mouth game with her. I also noticed she had hair, the newest addition the the game. I did pull her hair and make her make a face, but I didn't mean to hurt her. I am looking forward to hanging with the other homebirth babies at the midwifery potluck on Sunday.

Beefy Monkey

It's official. I'm a bruiser. Literally. My mama has bruises and scratches from all my pinching. I may be little, but I pack a big punch.

Plum Fancy

Alex and Rachel's Party

Diaper Free Time

I went with my parents to this party type thing and had a wonderful day of mostly diaper free time. It was so hot, and I was so sweaty, that my mama decided less clothes was better and nakey the best. My skin does seem to be like my dads and get prickly if I am too hot and moist for too long. I had a great time, though. I like being nakey. I am better about holding it, and my mama is getting better at reading my cues, especially when I'm busy with other people or things, so nakey time is getting easier.

Accomplishments

My mama is done going into work every day, but when I was home with my daddy and drinking out of bottles he would let me hold the bottle on my own and eat as i wanted. I was good about it all, very mature indeed.

More amazingly, I stood up all on my own for the first time. I was sitting next to my mama's thigh. I tried grabbing on and failed. Then I tried pushing myself up. I managed to straighten my legs, but I was still bent over pushing with my hands. Slowly, I pushed a bit harder, testing to see if I could let go. I moved my hands up mama's shirt till I was standing. I held on with a hand while I wobbled a tiny bit but stood proud and super smiley happy, my daddy having come in just in time so i could show him my excitement. Yay, me!

Water Wonder

My E-Ma was watering the plants, and I was fascinated by the stream of water and wanted to explore what would happen when I put my hand in it. Watch my face and hand. The world is full of wonders....

Blueberry Girl

My parents went blueberry picking out front (see garden blog). My mama had me and thought it would be fun to let me hang out on a blanket with the blueberries. Her friend Jill got me a book called Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman. She loves that book and thought it would be funny to have me "reading" the book while they picked blueberries.

On the Move

I am not yet crawling, but I love to move. I don't like being on my belly unless I put myself there. I immediately want to sit up. I can kind of roll from here to there by sitting up and lying down and sitting up. I get to the point where I really look on the verge of a crawl, but I just don't seem to be able to make it up and over into an all fours forward moving motion. Still, I love playing with my body. Sometimes, after working particularly hard to reach something, once I get it in my hand a smile comes to my face and a squeal slowly emerges from my throat till my arms flap up and down in joy. Fun stuff.

Pincy Pincers

I am always pinching my mama. She doesn't like it. It hurts her. She thinks I do it because developmentally I am working on grabbing everything. She wonders how much longer she will have to be attacked.

EC Update

DETAILS INCLUDED:

I eat solids almost every other day on average. When I haven't pooped for a day or two, my parents stop for a while. So far, there have been two times that I have gone for four days before I pooped. Then it takes me a day or so to slowly work up to a really big poop session. Sometimes in that transition I poop in my diaper.

In general, though there are times my mama misses my cues because she is distracted or too tired to move quickly, my parents are getting it. We are having lots of moments of closed loops of communication. Things are feeling good. There are subtle things to be learned. My parents have realized that I can sometimes pee several times within a half hour. They think it has something to do with the fact that the poop creates a pressure buildup. It is possible this is a clue for them that I a big poop session is coming. That would help them not worry so much those first few days without poop.

Saying Goodbye