Puffs and Ponytails

[sal_amanda]

I am in love with those puffs of food that dissolve in your mouth that they make for babies.  No, not for me.  I think they taste kinda weird.  But Nora loves them and she will chomp on them and be entertained by them in her high chair while John and I get to eat dinner.  You seriously have no idea how long it's been since we've been able to eat dinner this easily.  Well, you could probably guess a little over seven months.  Whatever.  You get the point.

She's pretty damn funny with them.  She will try to pick up as many as she can and since they start dissolving a little if she drools on them, they stick to her face, hands, bib.  A bunch will fall in her lap.  Some will actually make it to her mouth, which is impressive.  When the tray is empty, she will look at us imploringly and make a noise that lets me know she wants more.  We check to see how many are in her lap first and then when those are gone, we'll give her some new ones.  It's a good time, too, to try out some baby sign language with her, so we'll sign her "more" at those moments.  Dorky, I know, but since when are we not.  After we're done eating, she'll finish up her puffs and we're now trying to get in the habit of giving her some water in a sippy cup.  Oh, all these fun grown up things she gets to do.  

Anyway.  I promised Kristina a picture of Nora in her ponytail and I got to upload them while Nora is crawling around my really-needing-to-be-baby-proofed office.  Here's one:

 

Comments

[busybusymama.livejournal.com]

morning sickness. heartburn. braxton hicks. childbirth.

Nora is so cute, that I am trying to remind myself why I shouldn't have another. :)

[sal_amanda]

Crying, poopy diapers, spitup, backaches from carrying her, planning your life around meal and naptimes...

[i-am-solid.livejournal.com]

Ponytail and layered shirts - she looks like my freshmen!

[sal_amanda]

What can I say? She's cooler than me.

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

I love how as they get bigger they look less like a Generic Baby and more like The Individual They Are. Looking at that picture I have this clear image of what she's going to look like as an older kid and even as an adult....

[sal_amanda]

I know. I keep joking about how she looks like a real person with her hair up like that.

[bcurse.livejournal.com]

Looks like a Goosey Gladys to me!

[kristyfrey.livejournal.com]

That's one cute pic! Dan says there is a new lead teacher at daycare, he doesn't think she's gonna last. They've had a lot of turnaround lately - our kids must be scaring them away.

[sal_amanda]

Oh, you haven't been there lately? Ms. Sue is her name. She's older than the usual slew of college girls, but not as old as Ms. Charlene, who I'm not particularly fond of. She just seems very quiet. I've had very little interaction with her. There's also a full-time teacher assistant named Val. She's usually on the younger baby side. I like her so far. I actually really like the college girls. I was sorry to see Kiera go, but I'm glad Lauren and Michelle are still there.

[kristyfrey.livejournal.com]

I don't get to daycare much anymore. With the impending move of my office to downtown, Dan and I started commuting separately and since he has the shorter commute, he takes Zack to daycare and picks him up.

I liked Kiera and Kim before her, but I haven't meet the new head teacher. That's the third head teacher and they are also on the third center manager since Zack started.

[sal_amanda]

Nora's godmother's cousin works there so I got a little bit of a scoop about the changing directors. I think we're going to be fine with Sara for a while. She had only left before because she had cancer, but everyone is really happy she's back.