If you look closely, you will see Geoff up in the oak tree in our backyard. On Saturday, he climbed up the tire swing to replace the rope and to hang rope for Claire's swing. Soozie is delighted for the moment to have the tire swing and it's old rope on the ground to play with. I'm just looking forward to getting Claire outside in her swing on one of these upcoming gorgeous spring days. (And yes, that is one ENORMOUS oak tree and Geoff is one AMAZING climber).
Monday, March 22, 2010
Spring Time, Swing Time
If you look closely, you will see Geoff up in the oak tree in our backyard. On Saturday, he climbed up the tire swing to replace the rope and to hang rope for Claire's swing. Soozie is delighted for the moment to have the tire swing and it's old rope on the ground to play with. I'm just looking forward to getting Claire outside in her swing on one of these upcoming gorgeous spring days. (And yes, that is one ENORMOUS oak tree and Geoff is one AMAZING climber).
Oops! Seven Month Recap
Seven Months went by and I didn't even post or take a picture for the website! Shame on me!
To my credit, we did go and have family photos and her portraits made professionally just before that milestone hit. Unfortunately for my blog-only followers, I won't be able to post those pictures here since they were done by Olan Mills. But if you want to see them, send me an email and I will send you a link to view them online. They turned out great!
Seven Month Milestones:
Claire is certainly on the move. She can get where she wants to when she wants to, although crawling still is mostly done with tummy touching the floor and if there is anyone (or anyTHING) around that she can pull up on to walk, she will fuss and wail until she gets help walking. She would much rather walk than crawl and she will let you know it. She is actually a good stander (good balance), and can stand on her own already for a bit, and can easily do this if she has something to hold onto.
She loves to pat things. One afternoon I showed her how to pat her knee and she liked that so much she started patting every surface to see what it sounds like. She will pat her knee if I play the guitar as well, which is pretty cute. She likes for me to play the guitar and sing to her, and she likes to play the piano (both her toy one and my real one), but so far the guitar appears to be her instrument of choice (yes, I let her play it too). Her love of patting things has now extended to taking two objects and smacking them together to see what they sound like, but she won't clap her hands unassisted yet.
Claire will say "hey," but we're not 100% sure it's intentional. She went through about a week long phase where she would say "hey" to Geoff when he came home from work and would say "hey" when we said "hey" to her, but she's not really talking much at all right now, so it's hard to know if that was just a sound or if she knew what she was doing. We tend to think it was intentional, and since she seems to be focused on moving right now, she's neglecting speech for a little while to work on movement.
No teeth in sight yet, though she sure is cranky and we keep hoping that means teeth. Not that we're anxious for her to have teeth, but that we're anxious for the crankiness to stop.
One of her favorite things right now is to sit in the desk chair and for me to spin her around. She also likes me to hold her hands and feet and swing her - although Geoff is worried this is dangerous. (I know Geoff telling me I'm doing something dangerous is funny to everyone who knows us both).
She's still eating very well - three meals a day and nursing five times a day, and until the other night, she was still sleeping her 11 hour nights. She's going through a little separation anxiety, teething, and/or crawling practice in her crib and the past few nights have gotten pretty rough as far as sleeping goes (she's waking at least EVERY hour - and no I am not exaggerating)!
I'm sure there is more to it than just that, but I think that probably hits the highlights of what life is like with our seven month old for now.
To my credit, we did go and have family photos and her portraits made professionally just before that milestone hit. Unfortunately for my blog-only followers, I won't be able to post those pictures here since they were done by Olan Mills. But if you want to see them, send me an email and I will send you a link to view them online. They turned out great!
Seven Month Milestones:
Claire is certainly on the move. She can get where she wants to when she wants to, although crawling still is mostly done with tummy touching the floor and if there is anyone (or anyTHING) around that she can pull up on to walk, she will fuss and wail until she gets help walking. She would much rather walk than crawl and she will let you know it. She is actually a good stander (good balance), and can stand on her own already for a bit, and can easily do this if she has something to hold onto.
She loves to pat things. One afternoon I showed her how to pat her knee and she liked that so much she started patting every surface to see what it sounds like. She will pat her knee if I play the guitar as well, which is pretty cute. She likes for me to play the guitar and sing to her, and she likes to play the piano (both her toy one and my real one), but so far the guitar appears to be her instrument of choice (yes, I let her play it too). Her love of patting things has now extended to taking two objects and smacking them together to see what they sound like, but she won't clap her hands unassisted yet.
Claire will say "hey," but we're not 100% sure it's intentional. She went through about a week long phase where she would say "hey" to Geoff when he came home from work and would say "hey" when we said "hey" to her, but she's not really talking much at all right now, so it's hard to know if that was just a sound or if she knew what she was doing. We tend to think it was intentional, and since she seems to be focused on moving right now, she's neglecting speech for a little while to work on movement.
No teeth in sight yet, though she sure is cranky and we keep hoping that means teeth. Not that we're anxious for her to have teeth, but that we're anxious for the crankiness to stop.
One of her favorite things right now is to sit in the desk chair and for me to spin her around. She also likes me to hold her hands and feet and swing her - although Geoff is worried this is dangerous. (I know Geoff telling me I'm doing something dangerous is funny to everyone who knows us both).
She's still eating very well - three meals a day and nursing five times a day, and until the other night, she was still sleeping her 11 hour nights. She's going through a little separation anxiety, teething, and/or crawling practice in her crib and the past few nights have gotten pretty rough as far as sleeping goes (she's waking at least EVERY hour - and no I am not exaggerating)!
I'm sure there is more to it than just that, but I think that probably hits the highlights of what life is like with our seven month old for now.
Friday, March 19, 2010
stack 'em up
These are part of a stacker toy, but we had fun putting them on her legs and arms the other night - what a crazy girl! :)
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Kissy Sissies
I decided to share these pictures even though I know there are folks who are terrified of pitbull/baby combinations. I figured noone was all that interested in how I clean my house unless I posted some pictures of Claire helping me or something, so it was time for a new post and these were the pictures I had on hand. Just FYI, in Great Britain, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier (Soozie's technical breed) is called the "Nanny Dog" because they are notoriously great with children. Soozie is certainly good with Claire, and Colson is just scared of Claire because he's afraid of everything!
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
The New Clean Regime
Some folks have asked when I've had a productive day, how I've been able to be productive. I've started a new clean regime and I thought I would share it, because so far it is going well. It's very simple:
Monday = Mealday, the day I cook anything needed for the week (note that I attempt to have 3 months of main courses cooked in advance, but if I'm behind, this is a good day to catch up, and if I'm not behind, it's the day to prepare any side dishes needed for the week)
Tuesday = Toiletday, the day to clean the bathroom (I've also added towels and sheets to this day so that I cut down the number of loads needed to run in the wash in a single day)
Wednesday = Washday, the day of laundry (includes washing, folding, and ironing)
Thursday = Wildcard (for catching up or resting)
Friday = Floorday, the day I vaccuum, sweep, wash rugs and dog bedding, and dust
Saturday = Storeday, the day of grocery shopping (I also call this Caturday because it's the day I clean the catbox)
Other than this list, I just remember "Do the dishes daily." Other tasks done daily include putting away all of Claire's toys and making the beds. Claire enjoys watching me at my tasks and "helping". She particularly likes folding laundry (pulling down stacks of towels and such), and anything that involves wiping a surface with a towel, wet or dry.
Good luck with your own clean regime! :)
Monday = Mealday, the day I cook anything needed for the week (note that I attempt to have 3 months of main courses cooked in advance, but if I'm behind, this is a good day to catch up, and if I'm not behind, it's the day to prepare any side dishes needed for the week)
Tuesday = Toiletday, the day to clean the bathroom (I've also added towels and sheets to this day so that I cut down the number of loads needed to run in the wash in a single day)
Wednesday = Washday, the day of laundry (includes washing, folding, and ironing)
Thursday = Wildcard (for catching up or resting)
Friday = Floorday, the day I vaccuum, sweep, wash rugs and dog bedding, and dust
Saturday = Storeday, the day of grocery shopping (I also call this Caturday because it's the day I clean the catbox)
Other than this list, I just remember "Do the dishes daily." Other tasks done daily include putting away all of Claire's toys and making the beds. Claire enjoys watching me at my tasks and "helping". She particularly likes folding laundry (pulling down stacks of towels and such), and anything that involves wiping a surface with a towel, wet or dry.
Good luck with your own clean regime! :)
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)