She crawls

You may be saying...wait...doesn't she run now??  Well, we finally have a decent computer so I was getting pictures and videos off my phone and I found this little gem from a while back.  Don't ask me when this was exactly but I think we was around 5 months.  As I recall it only took her about month after starting to crawl before she was pulling herself up to the coffee table and climbing stairs which was definitely six months.  And yes, now we are running after her.  Nick and I joke (with some seriousness) that she could beat dev in a foot race for sure.  Any ways enjoy this flash back Friday.

Seriously??

So Tova has pulled herself up to a standing position on us before but not on the furniture...until today!  I had to grab some breakfast so I put her down in the living room (off my kitchen floor that is way past the need for a mop and away from Deven's sharp toys).  I literally was a way from her for about 20 seconds and she had crawled to the coffee table and pulled herself up!  She was so proud of herself, as you can tell! : ). She happily posed for picture evidence!!

P.S. Tova was 6 months on the 4th.  We are taking bets on how long it will be before she is cruising and/or walking!

No bananas!

Today our sweet T is six months old.  Let me start off by answering the typical question.  No, Tova is most certainly not sleeping through the night.  We've had a couple four hour stretches and I remember one glorious five hour stretch but on the whole we are talking one, two, and maybe three hour...naps.  If we are talking good news / bad news, Tova's inability to sleep would definitely we the bad news.  So what's the good news?  This baby is so happy it's contagious!!  Just look her!  All we have to do is blow raspberries at her and she is all giggles.

 So what are the stats looking like? I'm happy to report she is conforming to most clothing labels and is fitting in six month clothing while she is actually six months, unlike her big bro!  When we found out we were having a girl I was so used to buying boy cloths that I felt just strange buying girl stuff.  No worries now though, I love all the tights, slippers and sweater dresses!!  I am carrying over one obsession though and that is making my kids wear hats!!  Yes, she looks adorable in them!

This month, to nick and my surprise, Tova started to crawl.  It's more of any army crawl but it gets the job done.  This is so much faster than Deven who was crawling around eight months not six!!  As of tonight she is officially sitting up from laying down on her own.  Nick found her that way when she was "working" on going back to sleep.  :)

Last time I checked she weighed in at 16 pounds but official results will be posted next week.  In the mean time we have been practicing eating really food.  I didn't having any cereal and I keep forgetting to pick some up so we have been trying some whole foods.  Bananas were a hit the first night but a definite no go the next time.  They did not make her feel good and we were up at night more than usual.  Carrots are working well and next up I think we will do avocado.  Yay for food!!

9 Months

Deven turned 9 months this last week. His official check up is Thursday but I thought I would get in some pictures of one of his favorite activities, crawling.

Last month he was definitely getting around but it was more of an Army crawl of sorts. This is full fledged. He also continues to pull him self up onto everything and has started practicing "cruising." He doesn't quite realize just how far he could go around the coffee table but he does realize that if he leans along the table he will eventually land near the toy he has his eye on. We had a sick free few weeks until this week but thankfully it seems to have come and gone within just a couple of days and NO nebulizer (cross your fingers).

Hmmm, what else can I brag about??

He still says Momma and Dadda but I am still not convinced he actually associates Nick or myself with the words. Dadda seems like it will be his first word when it does happen though. This month Deven has tried a few more "real" foods...asparagus, spaghetti pasta, tai rice, potatoes, mini orange slices and a tiny piece of strawberry...nervous about this last one and his tummy didn't seem to appreciate it either...maybe in a few months when "they" say it is safer to give babies more citrus fruits.

Stats as far as we know (officials to come) are ~29 inches and ~21lbs. He has officially started into his 12 month cloths, thanks to everyone who got Deven outfits for a year out at his shower!!