Monday, February 22, 2010
POD smorgasbord
We had a surprise visit from Nonno today! I couldn't pick just one or two photos, so here you get a whole bunch.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Crawling!
Josie has been working towards crawling for a long time. She has been rocking on her hands and knees, acting like she is about to take off at any second for a month or more. Today, all of a sudden, she has some forward movement! It's so cute, and great to see her propelling toward her goal instead of crying in frustration. I think my world at home is about to change drastically!
Monday, February 15, 2010
Visitors
We have had two weekends of visitors. Last weekend Meemo Teresa, Nonno Markus and Heidi came and stayed with us. We got to get out of the house together for an afternoon and see Avatar, which was really fun! Josie did fairly well with her babysitters, too, aside from a little nap time meltdown.
On Sunday my grandparents were in town and so we got to visit with them and have dinner out a Chinese restaurant. I think it is so neat that Josie is getting to know her Great Grandparents, too!
This weekend the Yosts came up to visit. I was working, but Eric and Josie spent some quality time with the Grandparents and it seems like they all really enjoyed it.
Next weekend: the Bride to be and her fiance are coming up to visit. Maria and I will be doing some dress shopping and other fun wedding type collaborating. Yay!
Also, Nonno took lots of fabulous pictures as always, so check out pbase for more Grompe visit pictures: http://www.pbase.com/peterschmidt/february_2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Pool time
We went to the Mountlake Terrace pool today with a mom I know from work, Nina, and her son Brennan, who is two days younger than Josie. They have a great shallow kiddie area and a lovely lazy river, and we all had a great time!
Monday, February 1, 2010
8 months
8 months?!?!! Wow. I can hardly believe it. I say that with every new month post, I think... well, my baby is growing up.
Josie is having a great time with finger foods. She loves blueberries, cheerios, black beans, and anything she can pick up and put in her own mouth and chew on. A mango pit is another fabulous favorite, although I have to say it's messy enough that we only give them to her occasionally.
Currently her favorite toys are a old set of keys, a spatula, and a toothbrush. She grabs at anything shiny, sharp, or interesting to adults, such as cell phones, forks and knives, pens and knitting needles. She is also interested in grabbing at our kitty Milo, but usually isn't fast enough to get him. The only time he lets her get near is when she has cheerio of cracker crumbs on her face or stuck between her fingers :-).
She is pulling herself up to stand on a few things. We have a bin set up in the living room, weighted with books at the bottom (and toys at the top) so it doesn't tip on her. She loves to pull up and stand there, playing. She is also scooting.... backwards, mostly. She lays on her belly and shoves with her arms and moves backwards until she runs into something or gets stuck under the couch, and then she screams in frustration! She will also get up on her hands and knees and rock, but has not figured out forward movement yet.
She has had some pretty intense separation anxiety in the last month or so, and continues to love being held and carried around. She likes to always have a parent in her direct line of sight (or preferably within 2 inches). It's so sweet that she wants me so near all the time, but also can be challenging.
I think my life is about to change quite a bit when this girl gets a bit more mobile. Already I need to keep her in view almost all the time because she will try to pull herself up on things and isn't the best judge of what to use yet. It will be so fun to see how she begins to get around more!
Josie is having a great time with finger foods. She loves blueberries, cheerios, black beans, and anything she can pick up and put in her own mouth and chew on. A mango pit is another fabulous favorite, although I have to say it's messy enough that we only give them to her occasionally.
Currently her favorite toys are a old set of keys, a spatula, and a toothbrush. She grabs at anything shiny, sharp, or interesting to adults, such as cell phones, forks and knives, pens and knitting needles. She is also interested in grabbing at our kitty Milo, but usually isn't fast enough to get him. The only time he lets her get near is when she has cheerio of cracker crumbs on her face or stuck between her fingers :-).
She is pulling herself up to stand on a few things. We have a bin set up in the living room, weighted with books at the bottom (and toys at the top) so it doesn't tip on her. She loves to pull up and stand there, playing. She is also scooting.... backwards, mostly. She lays on her belly and shoves with her arms and moves backwards until she runs into something or gets stuck under the couch, and then she screams in frustration! She will also get up on her hands and knees and rock, but has not figured out forward movement yet.
She has had some pretty intense separation anxiety in the last month or so, and continues to love being held and carried around. She likes to always have a parent in her direct line of sight (or preferably within 2 inches). It's so sweet that she wants me so near all the time, but also can be challenging.
I think my life is about to change quite a bit when this girl gets a bit more mobile. Already I need to keep her in view almost all the time because she will try to pull herself up on things and isn't the best judge of what to use yet. It will be so fun to see how she begins to get around more!
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