Fun with babies

Blame the nanny!

Roll over dammit!

Julia has decided that she's going to roll over when she's good and ready...


Any time now....

Carrots!

We tried out our new Beaba Baby Cook machine today. (Thank you, Nonna & Grampa) Julia's first foray into real food was a bowl of pureed carrots. She not only ate them but demanded more!

We made it through

The last couple of weeks have been pretty tough. It started out with restless nights due to teething & went straight into Julia's first head cold. Luckily, the head cold, despite coming on fast and furious, left just as abruptly. Julia's still teething, but after being sick, it seems to have put things in perspective for her & the teething isn't bothering her nearly as much - for now....

After catching up on some much needed rest, I've finally gotten around to uploading a few more of Julia's latest pictures. They include last week's visit from Nonna and Grampa, cheering for the Jets with daddy during the play offs, wearing one of the outfits she got for Christmas & some pictures of her sleeping in the boppy pillow that I found to be especially cute. Enjoy!

From Julia

(hint: click on her name above to see the full album)

Teething!

So, if you're wondering why I've not written in a while... it's because Julia has been teething. She's been very fussy and not sleeping AT ALL. So, mommy's too tired to write! I think we're on the far side of it for now. Let's hope the lull lasts a while.

Workout!

Julia's latest physical feat involves baby crunches. She does these all day long & in her crib at night, too! I don't know how she does it.

MARS NEEDS MOMS!

We have a nighttime routine for Julia for putting her to bed. The last bit before I rock her to sleep is to read her a bedtime story. Unfortunately, as soon as we sit down in the rocking chair, she usually starts to fuss & will have nothing to do with the story. I usually try to persist & see if she'll take to it. This usually ends with her crying & me nursing her to sleep - which is a habit the pediatrician wants me to cut down on, as it will cause cavities when her teeth come in.

Anyway, tonight, we sat in the chair with Mars Needs Moms by Berkeley Breathed.

Image from Bob & Rob Professional American Screenwriters

She fussed. I persisted. Next thing I knew.... she was smiling & giggling at me, apparently enjoying the emotions in my voice as I read her the story. She's too young to understand what it's about, but she listened to the whole thing. Trust me, this is a MAJOR milestone! After the story, she fussed a little, I gave her her binky & she settled down & I rocked her to sleep. Sooooooo Thank You Auntie Jennifer & Uncle David for your wonderful story.

Time to eat!

Julia had her first go at solid food (if you count rice cereal) on Christmas Eve & was eating like a pro by Christmas morning. Thanks to Nonna (Carol Young) and nanny, Karla Rojas for their help:


Merry Christmas.

Christmas 2009

My sister, Jennifer, created this super cool image from a photo I took of Julia's foot:

From Feet

While you're at it, have a gander at a few of the photos that were taken during our Christmas celebration:

Christmas 2009

Merry Christmas to you all.

Merry Christmas, from the Munches!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Tummy Time!

Ever since Julia has been out of her Pavlik harness, we've made an effort to ensure that she gets ample tummy time. She's typically not been a big fan. So we usually get in several 2 minute sessions throughout the day. Today, she realized that she can just hang out & enjoy herself rather than constantly do pushups. She lasted a whopping 7 minutes!!! Wow!

Amby Bouncing Baby!

On Sunday, I set up the bouncy seat on our Amby Baby for Julia. Here are the results:

Brought to you by the Letter M

A big shout out to Sesame Street - Happy 40th birthday! Julia has a favorite consonant this week.

Super Cute & Cuddly!!!

Julia had to bundle up to go out today. This is what she looked like:

Sleeping Beauty

Couldn't help but share our sleeping beauty with the world

She's Free!

Julia celebrated being free from her harness this morning...

Morning Playtime

All I wanted to do this morning was take a shower & get dressed. Julia had other plans....

A, E, I, O, U

Not her greatest hits reel, but I finally captured a sampling of our little babblepus...

I found my thumb - almost!

Getting closer to thumb sucking!!!

Halloween night

Our little missy was all babbles on Halloween night. I tried in vain to capture some of her vocalizations. Unfortunately, the red light on the front of our Flip camera seemed to put our little blabber-mouth into a trance and shut her right up. We'll try again later. For now, enjoy the mini-movie I created of Halloween night: