Thursday, October 20, 2011

5 months old!!!


Pictures from today!

That darn flash gets her every time...


What I thought was a cute picture turned into an action shot of her spitting up... 


She's practicing being a zombie for Halloween ;)



Tickle time!


Ridiculous amount of hair...


My toes are so very interesting...



And finally a good shot!


So a lot has changed in the last month... let's see.  The most exciting thing, at least for me?  She is sleeping a ton better.  She eats once in the middle of the night (usually around 2am) and then most nights needs a little extra TLC somewhere between 10 and 12.  Other than that, no peeps and she spends the whole night in her pack n play next to our bed.  Naps are hit or miss, but we are starting to get a consistently long morning nap.  Other than that, the rest of the day is a crap shoot napwise.

Noelle still just gets breastmilk... we're waiting until she's 6 months to start solids like we did with Brady.

The other big thing Noelle learned to do is roll from her back to her tummy.  She does it all.the.time. and usually immediately once you put her on her back.  She also has figured out how to sort of turn herself around so she's facing different directions when she's on her stomach.  She has absolutely no interest in rolling from her belly to her back.  She is also getting more interested in sitting and can kind of, maybe hold herself up just a bit for a second or two.

She's also in love with holding toys, especially the monkey on her playmat.  She can transfer toys from one hand to the other.  She is also very aware of where everyone is in a room.  She recognizes our voices and will turn her head to try to find us when she hears us but cannot see us. 

She's also started belly laughing, although she's very selective about when she'll do this.  I've only been able to get her to laugh like that 2 or 3 times and I'm not sure Sean has been successful at all yet. 

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Chillaxing

So we watched a little Sesame Street today.  Brady demanded his own seat on the couch... not too close to either Sean or me.  He also requested some juice and cheerios.  And although these pictures don't do it justice, what he was doing was laying with his head on the pillow guzzling juice... 




The Pumpkin Patch

 Brady wasn't so much a fan of picking out a pumpkin as much as he was a fan of walking around with any pumpkin until it fell.  Then he would just pick another one up.

 


My attempt at getting a family photo was a bit rough...



And this was the best we got.  I'm not really sure what Noelle and Brady are looking at but they both appear interested in the same thing.


Brady was mesmerized by the jazz band warming up.  It's the most still he was all weekend.  


The petting zoo also was a big hit.  Although from what I observed from outside the zoo, Brady tried the chicken feed twice... once was just a piece of corn that he ate, the second was when he tried to dump an entire dixie cup in his mouth.  














Friday, October 14, 2011

Bubbles!

I bought bubble bath for Brady last weekend thinking he would enjoy that at bath time.  Is that an understatement.  He LOVES it.  Sometimes he even asks for his bath way before bedtime.  And he insists on saying "bubbles" over and over while we get it ready.  Then he asks for "more bubbles" when we turn off the water. 



 And here's his sneaky face as he's about to do something he's not supposed to... eat the bubbles.


And here are a couple pictures of him eating the bubbles and thinking it's hilarious.


Thursday, October 6, 2011

Good Morning

Brady wakes up in the morning and really doesn't want to get out of his crib for upwards of an hour.  So, I've taken to giving him books or small toys to play with until he's ready to get out. He's a big fan so far.


This is the face I got when he saw the camera.  He's not a fan of pictures lately for whatever reason.

Joint Tummy Time


Brady also is super interested in Noelle.  Trying to play with her and hug and kiss her.  Here they are doing tummy time together



 And here's Noelle's "superman," which she always does when she's on her tummy.




And here are just a couple random photos of Brady


Playing with the Animals

Brady has started to really interact with Hayley and Olive.  So much that he attempts to "play" with them with his toys.  The results are mixed...