Finally got it on video.
She is progressing so quickly I can't even keep up with her. Minutes after this video was taken she got tired of rolling over and decided to start scooting around the bed instead. She kept going for a while and we had to keep repositioning her so she wouldn't fall off. I think she'll be crawling really soon... she knows how to get up on her hands and knees and everything.
That was yesterday. Just barely, as I was working on this blog post, she was on the bed next to me under the blanket. I thought she was sleeping because she was quiet but nope... she was slowly scooting toward the edge of the bed under the blanket and she fell down the crack between the bed and the wall. I didn't even know she fell until she started screaming. Luckily our bed is not that high and she didn't get any scratches or bruises.
I'm kinda sad that she's growing up so fast.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Vegetables and Other Stuff
We've started feeding Pepper a little bit of food. Here are some of our first attempts on video.
Carrots:
Potatoes:
So the lighting in our room isn't the greatest and neither is my 4-year-old point-and-shoot camera so it's always a bit of challenge figuring out the settings for the best photo.
This picture was taken with the "food" setting, haha.
This is probably the best setting, if Pepper stays really still. In my dreams.
Such a cutie!
I shot one of Cambrie too, since we were babysitting her and she was being really good and cute.
This video is to show her crawling progress. She kinda got nervous in front of the camera though.
Carrots:
Potatoes:
So the lighting in our room isn't the greatest and neither is my 4-year-old point-and-shoot camera so it's always a bit of challenge figuring out the settings for the best photo.
This picture was taken with the "food" setting, haha.
This is probably the best setting, if Pepper stays really still. In my dreams.
Such a cutie!
I shot one of Cambrie too, since we were babysitting her and she was being really good and cute.
This video is to show her crawling progress. She kinda got nervous in front of the camera though.
Friday, July 16, 2010
19 Weeks Old
We finally measured Pepper again... she's at 22 inches now! That's four inches more than at birth. I'm sure she weighs a lot more too now but the scale here is currently running out of batteries or something... the other day it told me I was about 60 pounds, haha.
She seems very determined to start crawling. She works really hard to move her limbs around and can get her legs under her and everything but she doesn't quite have the coordination yet. You can tell that she knows exactly what she's trying to do because she'll watch the other kids crawling for a while, then try to copy what they're doing.
As I'm typing this it seems like she's made even more progress already. I set her down on the bed and she's trying really hard to crawl again, and she has successfully scooted forward a couple of feet already! I think she's just barely realized how to push herself forward with her legs. Go Pepper!
We haven't started the baby food yet but we do give her tiny bites of random food and she seems to enjoy it a lot.
She can't sit super solidly yet, but she can sit well enough that I can put her on the counter or the table within close distance while I do paperwork or something.
More good news: she's started sleeping 8 hours straight some nights. Yay! This is the first time in 4 months I've been able to sleep that long all at once. It feels so good.
She is so happy and talkative and funny. We couldn't have a more perfect baby.
I don't know what it is about putting multi-legged sea creatures on your head that creates so much joy, but it always does. (*Hatsuho and Chris ;)
She seems very determined to start crawling. She works really hard to move her limbs around and can get her legs under her and everything but she doesn't quite have the coordination yet. You can tell that she knows exactly what she's trying to do because she'll watch the other kids crawling for a while, then try to copy what they're doing.
As I'm typing this it seems like she's made even more progress already. I set her down on the bed and she's trying really hard to crawl again, and she has successfully scooted forward a couple of feet already! I think she's just barely realized how to push herself forward with her legs. Go Pepper!
We haven't started the baby food yet but we do give her tiny bites of random food and she seems to enjoy it a lot.
She can't sit super solidly yet, but she can sit well enough that I can put her on the counter or the table within close distance while I do paperwork or something.
More good news: she's started sleeping 8 hours straight some nights. Yay! This is the first time in 4 months I've been able to sleep that long all at once. It feels so good.
She is so happy and talkative and funny. We couldn't have a more perfect baby.
I don't know what it is about putting multi-legged sea creatures on your head that creates so much joy, but it always does. (*Hatsuho and Chris ;)
Friday, July 9, 2010
18 Weeks Old
Pepper has grown a ton from last week to this week. Her hand-eye coordination and strength is incredible. She can sit by herself for much longer periods of time now and can get her legs under her in crawling position. When we assist-walk her, she takes deliberate steps.
She loves to make sucking motions with her mouth all the time. She sucks on her upper lip, lower lip, and tongue. This is why she looks like she's making funny faces in some of the pictures.
She can play more and more games and her smile and laugh are as cute as ever.
She is learning the misery of having a stuffy nose. She hates it when I use the sucker thing to suck out her boogers.
She has these super mischievous looks and it makes me wonder what her personality will be like.
She loves to make sucking motions with her mouth all the time. She sucks on her upper lip, lower lip, and tongue. This is why she looks like she's making funny faces in some of the pictures.
She can play more and more games and her smile and laugh are as cute as ever.
She is learning the misery of having a stuffy nose. She hates it when I use the sucker thing to suck out her boogers.
She has these super mischievous looks and it makes me wonder what her personality will be like.
Monday, July 5, 2010
4th of July Stuff (On the 3rd)
We participated in the Delta city 4th of July celebrations which started out with a parade down Main Street. We watched with our friends the Melville's and saw tons of people we knew (well, mostly that Josh knew.)
Pepper had a fun time playing with her dad.
Amanda, me, and Jentry with our babies.
After the parade we went to a concert in the park. Almost all of the musical numbers were really terrible, but again we met up with a lot of people we knew so it was fun to visit.
These kids were actually really talented. They're called "Dyer (?) Highway" and they're siblings. The oldest kid (in the middle) was the oldest at 17. I didn't catch their best moment but trust me, they were great.
Afterward we visited the Hahn residence and Daniel & Ashley and Lars & Alyssha came with their kids and we had fun hanging out. Then I got super hungry cuz I hadn't eaten all day so we went to the Jenson's residence and roasted hot dogs and marshmallows in their backyard. (More pictures from that here :))
Daniel and his son, Atreyu.
Ashley getting her roast on.
Baby Rion.
Josh and Pepper having a moment.
Alyssha with a yummy s'more.
Lars getting his roast on.
Kollette playing in the dirt pile that kept her entertained all evening.
Daniel's hot-dog-with-string-cheese-in-the-middle creation.
Alyssha and her baby.
Ash and her baby. (Both boys are 8 months old.)
Josh and his baby :)
Chatting with Lars' dad.
Happy 4th everyone, and happy birthday to Neeko!
Pepper had a fun time playing with her dad.
Amanda, me, and Jentry with our babies.
After the parade we went to a concert in the park. Almost all of the musical numbers were really terrible, but again we met up with a lot of people we knew so it was fun to visit.
These kids were actually really talented. They're called "Dyer (?) Highway" and they're siblings. The oldest kid (in the middle) was the oldest at 17. I didn't catch their best moment but trust me, they were great.
Afterward we visited the Hahn residence and Daniel & Ashley and Lars & Alyssha came with their kids and we had fun hanging out. Then I got super hungry cuz I hadn't eaten all day so we went to the Jenson's residence and roasted hot dogs and marshmallows in their backyard. (More pictures from that here :))
Daniel and his son, Atreyu.
Ashley getting her roast on.
Baby Rion.
Josh and Pepper having a moment.
Alyssha with a yummy s'more.
Lars getting his roast on.
Kollette playing in the dirt pile that kept her entertained all evening.
Daniel's hot-dog-with-string-cheese-in-the-middle creation.
Alyssha and her baby.
Ash and her baby. (Both boys are 8 months old.)
Josh and his baby :)
Chatting with Lars' dad.
Happy 4th everyone, and happy birthday to Neeko!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
17 Weeks Old
Time flies for sure when you have a baby. I think this week's biggest development is her strength. She seems pretty determined to start crawling soon and can hold herself up in different positions for increasingly longer lengths of time.
She is also getting really good with her hands and can grab any object in front of her and put it in her mouth. Some of her new favorite toys are diapers and spoons, and she loves to stare at herself in the mirror.
She is pretty needy... she starts fussing every time we leave her alone but as soon as we come back she gets these huge grins on her face.
She really likes music. She likes listening to Josh play the guitar and stays calm when I sing to her. Her favorite songs are the ABC song and "Zou-san."
As you can see from the unsnapped buttons in some of these photos, she is starting to grow out of her 0-3 month old onesies. She is really starting to pork out :)
If you look closely, she also has little scabs on her nose and forehead. She just won't stop scratching her face. The good thing is, I can now get through trimming about 7 of her 10 fingers before she starts getting upset with me. Huge improvement.
Standing with her cousin, Ryann.
Per Yukiko's request, here are some videos of Pepper I took throughout the day.
She is so cute whenever she wakes up, but I can never get the full cuteness on camera because as soon as she sees the camera she gets really serious and stops smiling.
This is me playing one of her favorite games. Finally, I got her laughing in a video because her cousin Jamin took the video for me!
She is also getting really good with her hands and can grab any object in front of her and put it in her mouth. Some of her new favorite toys are diapers and spoons, and she loves to stare at herself in the mirror.
She is pretty needy... she starts fussing every time we leave her alone but as soon as we come back she gets these huge grins on her face.
She really likes music. She likes listening to Josh play the guitar and stays calm when I sing to her. Her favorite songs are the ABC song and "Zou-san."
As you can see from the unsnapped buttons in some of these photos, she is starting to grow out of her 0-3 month old onesies. She is really starting to pork out :)
If you look closely, she also has little scabs on her nose and forehead. She just won't stop scratching her face. The good thing is, I can now get through trimming about 7 of her 10 fingers before she starts getting upset with me. Huge improvement.
Standing with her cousin, Ryann.
Per Yukiko's request, here are some videos of Pepper I took throughout the day.
She is so cute whenever she wakes up, but I can never get the full cuteness on camera because as soon as she sees the camera she gets really serious and stops smiling.
This is me playing one of her favorite games. Finally, I got her laughing in a video because her cousin Jamin took the video for me!
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