Audrey has a tooth showing itself after a month or so of symptoms. She does NOT want to show it off and gets really pissed when we attempt to look at or feel for it, as can be seen below.
Daddy apologized and all was forgiven.
Monday, July 16, 2012
First tooth!
Audrey has a tooth showing itself after a month or so of symptoms. She does NOT want to show it off and gets really pissed when we attempt to look at or feel for it, as can be seen below.
Daddy apologized and all was forgiven.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Summer in Steamboat
It's a big day for blogging today seeing as I'm laying on the couch recovering after taking an unlucky fall while mountain biking yesterday and ending up with six stitches in my leg. Chris and Audrey met me at the emergency room (because they weren't riding with me), all the medical personnel told me how cute she is and the security guard gave her a teddy bear.
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Other summer activities have included camping,
hiking,
wading,
picnicking,
watching hot air balloons float through the backyard,
along with other fun activities that haven't been photographed such as, swimming, riding in the bike buggy aka Burley going to free concerts, playing at the park, and so on.
Other summer activities have included camping,
hiking,
wading,
picnicking,
watching hot air balloons float through the backyard,
along with other fun activities that haven't been photographed such as, swimming, riding in the bike buggy aka Burley going to free concerts, playing at the park, and so on.
Motoring
Audrey has been developing her motor skills, both fine and gross, to the point where if she is not watched closely she will pick up tiny bits of dirt, fluff, grass to put in her mouth, or just disappear altogether
Luckily, she has been pretty easy to find (unlike my brother as a baby in the funny story posted in the comments section here.)
Other gross motor skills (that's the moving around ones, not the putting things in her mouth ones) include pulling herself up on everything, then sitting back down again or scooting along the edge on whatever she is holding on to. She has also had a few instances of standing all by herself for a few seconds, the first time was long enough for me to drop my jaw, pick it up, and say "holy shoot!" before she gracefully sat down on her butt.
Some of her fine motor skills have been documented by video and posted to YouTube. Here is one of her using a modified pincer grasp to eat cheerios and here's another showing her grabbing rings while playing with Gammy , it starts with some adorable giggles before getting down to the more serious business of holding on to the rings, dropping rings, picking up rings, etc, etc.
Luckily, she has been pretty easy to find (unlike my brother as a baby in the funny story posted in the comments section here.)
Other gross motor skills (that's the moving around ones, not the putting things in her mouth ones) include pulling herself up on everything, then sitting back down again or scooting along the edge on whatever she is holding on to. She has also had a few instances of standing all by herself for a few seconds, the first time was long enough for me to drop my jaw, pick it up, and say "holy shoot!" before she gracefully sat down on her butt.
Some of her fine motor skills have been documented by video and posted to YouTube. Here is one of her using a modified pincer grasp to eat cheerios and here's another showing her grabbing rings while playing with Gammy , it starts with some adorable giggles before getting down to the more serious business of holding on to the rings, dropping rings, picking up rings, etc, etc.
Visitors
Okay, I'll admit this post is very late in coming but it's better than never coming right?! We had folks come and meet Audrey for the first time:
Grand-uncle Tom and cousin Kevin stopped in for a night along their motorcycle road trip in June.
Great-cousin Meghan visited in May.
And follow this link to the
Visit from grandad album
to see pics from way back in March.
We love visitors, so come on out to see us and maybe you'll make it onto the blog ;)
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Forward Ho!
After working out how to move backwards, sideways, in circles, and anywhere but forwards, Audrey has now begun crawling towards an intended target. The target seen here is the beloved dada.
This exciting development has triggered the start of retrofitting the house for baby safety, but she is still fairly slow, so we can beat her there if she is heading somewhere we don't want her going.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Sweet peas
We harvested the first of the season from our garden. The cold frame allowed us to get a head start, along with the early spring. We didn't feed Audrey any of the delicious arugula, but we'll be feeding her peas in a few more weeks.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Movements
No, this post is not about the bowels.
Audrey no longer stays in the same spot when I put her down on the floor! She has a variety of spatial movements which change her location a few feet at a time.
One is to go from sitting to belly in order to reach something just out of grasp range, she can now execute this without face planting with more frequency than with the face plant and accompanying tears.
Another move is to scoot on her butt, a little bit like a frog but with her feet out front. This one has not been used very often yet, but I can seen it gaining favor as a forward movement because forward is challenging on all fours.
When she is in crawl position she drops down to her belly and inches backward, which does not seem like the intended direction.
Being on the belly is hard work and she often gets frustrated, As can be glimpsed here
Vertical movements include getting herself hoisted onto her knees, where she can balance pretty well, and using offered hands to pull herself to sitting from laying and to standing from sitting.
A more experienced mama friend advised not letting the baby hang out on the floor much because she'll figure out how to crawl and get into stuff that much sooner, but I love watching Drey try to figure it out, like on this video, so she will continue to get plenty of floor time.
Audrey no longer stays in the same spot when I put her down on the floor! She has a variety of spatial movements which change her location a few feet at a time.
One is to go from sitting to belly in order to reach something just out of grasp range, she can now execute this without face planting with more frequency than with the face plant and accompanying tears.
Another move is to scoot on her butt, a little bit like a frog but with her feet out front. This one has not been used very often yet, but I can seen it gaining favor as a forward movement because forward is challenging on all fours.
When she is in crawl position she drops down to her belly and inches backward, which does not seem like the intended direction.
Being on the belly is hard work and she often gets frustrated, As can be glimpsed here
Vertical movements include getting herself hoisted onto her knees, where she can balance pretty well, and using offered hands to pull herself to sitting from laying and to standing from sitting.
A more experienced mama friend advised not letting the baby hang out on the floor much because she'll figure out how to crawl and get into stuff that much sooner, but I love watching Drey try to figure it out, like on this video, so she will continue to get plenty of floor time.
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