Sunday, August 28, 2011
Summer Fun!
I was looking through the 1,776 photos that have accumulated on my iphone and decided it was time to unearth the best of them from this summer and get them uploaded. So here are a few shots of what we've been up to recently, from our single trellised vine on the property to the county fair and lazy days around the river. Summer's not over though! We are looking forward to Noa's baptism next weekend, two camping trips to Lake Tahoe and Buck's Lake in September and at least one trip to SF and the zoo.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Noa is 10 months old! (video too!)
The summer is almost over though you wouldn't know it by how my tomatoes are doing or the fact that our blackberries are still green. I'm hoping for an indian summer just so I can keep gathering my slow-to-mature tomatoes, strawberries and green beans. But, with the close of summer also comes some pretty fun times: the county fair, preschool, music class and for me, a tan.
Noa is another month older and on her quest to reach all her developmental milestones on time, she began cruising around the furniture, pulling up and walking while holding on to just about everything in sight. And while she had been saying Mama and Papa for quite some time I was over the moon with excitement when she blurted out hello and allo and raised my telephone to her ear to talk with me. She's also grabbing Gi's shoes and her own shoes and trying to put them on her feet. It's just so darn cute to watch everything clicking into place for her and I have to remind myself that she is certainly absorbing everything we do and say like a sponge though she has been keeping her thoughts to herself for so long. It's always a shock when she makes an advance because it is usually not just one new milestone but two or three on the same day and with no warning!
A little list of Noa's accomplishments:
-stands up (since 9 months)
-walks while holding onto furniture or with my hands
-waves bye-bye by opening and closing her hand
-waves hello by throwing both arms in the air and flapping them up and down with palms open
-says uh-oh, hello, allo, mama and papa
-pretends to talk on the phone
-tries to put on her shoes and takes off her shirts by herself
-can throw a temper tantrum in the blink of an eye if you take something away that she wants
-loves to bang on a drum, shake a maraca and strum a guitar
-drinks from a straw
Here's a video of her yesterday talking with us on the phone:
Noa is another month older and on her quest to reach all her developmental milestones on time, she began cruising around the furniture, pulling up and walking while holding on to just about everything in sight. And while she had been saying Mama and Papa for quite some time I was over the moon with excitement when she blurted out hello and allo and raised my telephone to her ear to talk with me. She's also grabbing Gi's shoes and her own shoes and trying to put them on her feet. It's just so darn cute to watch everything clicking into place for her and I have to remind myself that she is certainly absorbing everything we do and say like a sponge though she has been keeping her thoughts to herself for so long. It's always a shock when she makes an advance because it is usually not just one new milestone but two or three on the same day and with no warning!
A little list of Noa's accomplishments:
-stands up (since 9 months)
-walks while holding onto furniture or with my hands
-waves bye-bye by opening and closing her hand
-waves hello by throwing both arms in the air and flapping them up and down with palms open
-says uh-oh, hello, allo, mama and papa
-pretends to talk on the phone
-tries to put on her shoes and takes off her shirts by herself
-can throw a temper tantrum in the blink of an eye if you take something away that she wants
-loves to bang on a drum, shake a maraca and strum a guitar
-drinks from a straw
Here's a video of her yesterday talking with us on the phone:
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