Fun Shot

I just played with some shots that make up a panorama image from our trip to Canmore this summer...it was just taken with our little point and shoot but it worked pretty well when I stitched them together in Photoshop. Here's the final image.

Linnea 7 months old

Linnea is now 7 months old and more and more fun and interactive. She enjoys "playing" piano, reading books (sucking on the pages), playing in her exersaucer and jumping in her merry muscles. She loves long walks in her stroller when it's not too cold out and sucking on anything she can get her hands on. She has enjoyed yams and other solid foods and has 4 teeth. Here's a photo I took of her a couple weeks ago.

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

Linnea - again

I've been super busy editing sessions and making albums the last couple weeks. You'll notice there are quite a few sessions uploaded to my blog. During this process I've been photographing Linnea quite a bit this week. She's changing fast and one thing I noticed is that last week she has a new squeal and it's quite high pitched and very loud! Today, another thing has changed. Although Linnea can roll over and has since 3 1/2 months old she only started rolling over in order to reach something if she wanted it. So today she exhibited rolling over from her back to her stomach several times in a row in order to grab and suck on a toy. And tonight she even rolled from her stomach back to lying on her back. She seems more content on her stomach these days and has her legs moving as if she wants to crawl. I think that'll be the next step....ack!!! She's quite stable sitting up on the couch now and loves her exersaucer and merry muscles (aka jolly jumper). She giggles and laughs a ton and enjoys peek-a-boo more than ever. Since she has 2 teeth now (which arrived 2 weeks ago) she continues to teethe and chomp on anything she can get a hold of. Starting her on solid foods soon will be the next step. I'm not sure if I'm ready for her to eat solids yet, but it's exciting! Which food will we start her on? Any ideas? I'm thinking a vegetable like yams or beets or peas...we'll see.

Here are some more photos of Linnea...lots in action, lots of her mouth as it's so fascinating to me and of course her eyes. Linnea turns 6 months old on October 28th. I can hardly believe she is halfway to being a year old already. Time is just flying by and I she's such a joy in our lives.

You'll notice a shot where Linnea's hand is blurred in the foreground and her eye/face is in the background. I was getting really close to her and she went and grabbed my lens and actually touched and smudged it. I thought the shot was pretty cool and fun so I included it. There are also shots of her moving and playing on the ground and sucking on her dolphin squeaky toy.

Linnea - today

I photographed a family session today that was way too much fun. The parents have twin almost 3 year old girls. They are so adorable and we had a ton of fun at the park and playing in the leaves...you'll have to check out my photography blog in a couple weeks to check out the photos from that session.

Anyways - when I got home I just had to take some more shots of Linnea. She was giving me tons of expressions today. :)