Day 144: Rolling with my Homies

Quick post today as my laptop quickly loses battery.


Best part about Tuesday is Michal gets a visit from her friend Trey.  True, he normally just tries to tickle her, but she thinks he's pretty awesome.  

Midday snack.  Love her eyes.

Please, leave me alone, paparazzi! 

Day 143: Playing Outside the Box

 I have a feeling our time with the exersaucer might be limited.


She still plays with it - don't get me wrong.  In fact just today she was inside, jumping up and down so frequently and with such gusto that I had to close my office door.  Perhaps I should raise it up to the last notch, but I am not sure it will do much good.


While she still enjoys this toy - it is a really great place in which to give her snacks during the day, as it has an area that is almost like a tray - she seems to be tiring of it.  Today she was in it for a little while before she started to fuss and express displeasure.  Once outside of the toy, she was perfectly content to stand and play with it from the outside.  Unfortunately, while she is normally fairly confident at standing, the exersaucer does rotate, so I occasionally had to catch her as she started to slide to one side or another.  She remained undeterred.

Later - quite content to play with paper.  I guess it wasn't so awful that we came without many toys today.  Until she tried to eat the paper.

Day 142: Poker Face Baby

 Today was one of those days that I do not love much.  I think I saw Michal for just about two hours of the day - maybe a bit more, but not much.  Just a good amount of stuff going on, and while most of it was really great, amazingly inspiring, heartwarming stuff, I only got to see the babes for just about 120 minutes.  Of course, I made the most of that time.


Josh and Michal came and picked me up to grab some lunch, sitting outside of a local restaurant.  The day was warm and humid, but luckily we avoided much of the rain we thought might be with us.  Due to some nap issues, Michal was only occasionally her cute, happy self.  At lunch, she chowed down on some sweet potato fries, occasionally got really upset, then smiled a bunch, watched some big girls twirl and dance in their dresses, and, here, checked out the cool red umbrella over our table. 

This is what most everyone else received when we saw them later at an Israel festival.  One lucky person was granted a squishy smile, everyone else got poker face baby.

Day 141: People of the Book

 Today found us at the Gaithersburg Book Festival, where we had the opportunity to drink in some good ole book-iness.  There is something about being surrounded by books and the people who love them.  Of course the offerings spanned a wide range from fairy books (I saw The Belly Button Fairy, which sounded intriguing) to a book written by a former secret service agent, and we were fortunate to get to hear a keynote address and reading by a blogger I have followed off and on for a while.

Here is Michal, checking out the crowd at the keynote address.  Curls! 

Looking very serious, although between that look, the runny nose, and the copious amounts of drool, it was clear to us that she was teething.  Oh, and she's actually watching the keynote speaker's daughter play just behind us - she loves watching big kids.

 Funny face, but you can definitely see the top two teeth poking through.  

Teeth #5 & 6 are on their way as well.

After a while, Michal started to fuss and talk a bit too much, so Josh put her in the stroller and walked a little ways away so she could try and fall asleep (the top picture I took from a good 25 yards away - nice zoom!  That was pre-nap activity - she loves using her feet to explore.

Naptime!

Much later, dinnertime.  She had plain yogurt with some quesadilla.  

At some point, she grabbed the spoon, and I let her play.  

Looks like she's creating an abstract masterpiece with the yogurt on her tray.

Day 140: Changing Time

Back in January I posted about our cloth diaper stash, but I have not blogged much about this topic.  Today, on my other blog, I wrote a post about our cloth diaper system as part of the cloth diaper week one of my favorite blogs, The Crafty Nest, is holding.  I took a bunch of pictures during changing time, so I thought I would talk briefly about two things: fluff (cloth diapers) and movement. 

Our laid back baby goose is starting to feel like moving.  Looking at her here, though, you wouldn't believe it.  Look how innocent she appears, totally content to hang out on her changing pad.

 Do I detect a little bit of movement here?  She started to roll towards the edge, but I was able to block her way.  

Mid-diaper change.  Take note of her left foot.  She is obsessed with the wipes container, and if it is within reach, she reaches out with her foot to mess with it.  

This is one of her newest diapers, made by a work at home mom (WAHM) in Oregon (I think).  Love it!  

Modeling her new diaper.. Look how innocent...

At one point I flipped her over (facing the opposite direction) so I could take some pictures of the diaper.  In the past, she would have hung out in that position for a while, but all of a sudden...

...she started to squirm and wiggle her way around on the changing pad.  This was a first - she has discovered how to rotate her entire body.  Her destination... the wipes, of course.  I have no idea what draws her attention there.  Perhaps it is the button that, upon depression, flips up the lid.  What a goose.

Day 139: Curly Girl

 Maybe it's just the increased humidity in the air lately, but Michal's hair is starting to take on a bit of a curl.  It is not curly all over, but it's wavy with some curls here and there.  As it gets longer, it is more obvious and people have been commenting on it.  


Today was a full baby day at work.  She was in a great mood as usual (except when she had to take a nap, when she screamed and cried bloody murder), rolling around, practicing her standing and dancing (read: bouncing up and down), and even sitting in on a meeting.

 Caught her mid-roll!

"C'mon, mama, enough with the camera already - I'm trying to eat!"

Day 138: Costco Baby

We had one of those crazy post-pickup evenings where we had to run a few errands, so the camera on my phone was going to have to do for the blog tonight.  I'm still pretty impressed with the quality of those photos, even if I much prefer the "real" camera.


We had to run to Costco for a potential work purchase (fail there), so Michal got to hang out and people watch to her heart's content.   

 "Hmm.... who's over there?"

"Ooh, that's colorful - I wonder if it is tasty?" 

We were pulled alongside another cart with much older kids.  

She is obviously interested but still a little leery. 

"Hey!  Where ya goin'?"