I'm 8 months adjusted now and I'm proving to be a happy tough little girl. I'm still in the ~3rd percentile for weight - about 14.5 pounds and still in size ONE diapers...my toosh is just tiny! I do really good at drinking my bottles now, and I'm willing to take bites of solids but I still don't like them too much. It just seems like too much work to chew all that stuff! I had my first olive yesterday and actually liked it, so maybe I'll try to do a bit better with my solids if they all taste like that.
I'm slowly becoming more mobile - this whole crawling thing is harder than it looks! I go backwards pretty well, but that always ends in me getting stuck under the couch, chairs or coffee table. I am using a combination technique of scooting on my rear, log rolling, and crab-crawling to get places...with mixed results. I can just tell I'm soooooo close to zooming...hopefully next week!
We enjoyed a few trips to different beaches this month, so I've ingested quite a bit of sand. We spent Labor Day with the Richoux and Winkler families at Half Moon Bay, enjoying a nice walk along the ocean and lots of sand castle making.
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| Snow bunny on the beach |
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| Mama and me with Miss Cara and Miss Jess |
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| Hercules and Dada running around |
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| The whole gang |
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| Vera, Clare & Declan |
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| Big brother showing me how to climb trees...I can't wait to join him! |
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| Enjoying our walk along the ocean |
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| Big brother perched on an overlook on the cliffs |
Then we spent a long weekend in Monterey with the Romps family since Felix is one of Declan's best buddies. I experienced my first bike ride in Monterey which was pretty fun, despite all the grown ups using my trailer as storage for their backpacks & lunches. My favorite was the aquarium though - I was mesmerized by all the fishies!
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| Dada and Mr. Dave teaching Declan and Felix about cloud formation, evaporation, and other sciency stuff |
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| Just checking out the beautiful view |
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| Watch out for the shark big brother! |
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| Declan & Felix & the sea otters - I missed this show since I had to eat and then fell asleep |
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| Jellyfish are cool! |
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| The boys and a school of sardines and a huge tuna fish |
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| Declan's favorite - the octopus! |
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| More sardines and a shark! |
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| I finally woke up and loved watching all the critters swim by the window |
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| Two boys in a clam shell |
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| Hercules & Nyx in a clam shell |
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| The gang: Mr. Dave, Miss Nancy, Dada and Mama w/ me..and big brother in the background (photo credit: Felix!) |
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| My family out for a ride! |
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| Trying to not eat kelp! |
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| Finally settling for a bottle instead of the kelp or sand |
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| Keevah Nyx: Goddess of Night, Mother of Dawn! |
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| The boys making a river to the ocean, complete with eventual kelp "fishies" |
And then here are a few extra photos of random events in our daily life:
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| Trying to figure out where my mouth is... |
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| goofy time with big brother |
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| Dada doing an awesome job multitasking |
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| Happiness with Mama |
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| I look like this every time I see my big brother |
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| Don't I look like such a big girl? Playing with blocks... |
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| Big brother helping me learn to walk |
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| Declan still loving his gymnastics classes |
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| Perfecting my cute pose while out for a ride in my walker |
