Linnea: Food, Fun and Pillows

Here are some shots from yesterday! Amelia and Linnea, Amelia's photos of us feeding our little girl for the very first time, and photos of Tom with Linnea and Jeff and Tom throwing Jodi's handmade pillows at Linnea which she loves!! Thanks Jodi for providing soft, squishy toys that won't hurt her when tossed directly in her face! Thanks Aunt Sandra and Uncle Tom for the blocks she starting to play with and to Jerrold and Michelle for the little toy "keyboard" she's starting to bang on and enjoys moving around, picking it up and sucking on it.

Solid Food!!!!

Today was the big day. We introduced solid food to Linnea although I thought it was pretty liquid-y still. :) We fed her egg yolks that were softly boiled and mashed with milk. The first time she wasn't entirely sure but this evening she ate the entire yolk! It was a pretty messy experience but really cool to see her eat. "Auntie" Amelia was over this afternoon and photographed the first time she ate with Jeff and I present. I haven't had a chance to upload the photos to the computer yet but will get that done hopefully tomorrow. Tonight was super fun as we had "Uncle" Tom visiting us. She danced and giggled and laughed all night and was quite entertaining. We had a great day today and I enjoyed taking a little time away from work. The rest of the week looks crazy and very busy with several family portrait viewings here and a couple maternity studio sessions. Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention that Linnea slept for 13 hours last night and I actually went in her room this morning at 11am to wake her up! I stood by her crib watching her sleep for 5 minutes before she stirred awake.

Linnea 6 months old

She's done it!! She is now over 6 months old and healthy as can be. Today we went to visit the doctor...first time since about 7 weeks old so I guess it was time. She is 25 1/2 inches long and 17 lbs. She is average in height and weight for her age. Here are her developmental updates:
-Rolls front to back and back to front
-Has gotten up on all fours (ONCE only) with hands on floor and feet on floor, bum in the air (similar to a poorly executed plank) LOL
-Has two teeth and is still regularly teething so I'm sure those top two incisors will come in soon
-Can hold a glass with both hands and wants to drink from it but doesn't know how to drink
-Will start solid foods this week, untraditionally though - gasp, not with rice cereal...we plan on feeding her softly boiled egg yolks and then begin to introduce one vegetable at a time and then fruit.
-Can sit up on her own unattended for about 10 minutes now without toppling over.
-Reaches and grabs toys, moves around on floor, loves to suck on feet and anything she can get her hand on including my hair
-Squeals all the time and babbles a lot
-Happy, content and plays strange with people she doesn't know
-Is freaked out by skyping...doesn't understand how it works but it's cool to watch her just stare at the laptop screen in awe.
-Hair in the front is past her eyes...I have to pull it back with clips often
-Naps in her crib regularly now and has never cried for longer than 15 minutes when plunked in there for naps. Sleeps on average 20 minutes to 1 1/2 hrs+ every nap. She naps 2-3 times a day most days and continues to sleep all night long even when she doesn't feel well.
-Loves to be flipped upside down and lifted up in the air and twirled.
-Loves to see herself in mirror.
-Loves to jump in Merry Muscles every morning for about an hour. Gets great exercise!! Loves to stand as well.

I've included a couple shots taken of Linnea sitting on her own for the first time in her "Little Pumpkin" sleeper from Ang (sorry the cords she's wearing are much too long but they were clean!!), and there are a couple shots I debated putting on of her licking a wine glass that were just too cute and a couple of her in her Merry Muscles...

Back to editing and proofing sessions...lots of orders this time of year!!

Until next time,

Rachel