It's my Half-Birthday!

I am 6 months old today!! It's hard to believe how much I've grown and changed in half a year. Even in the last couple days I've done some new things: I am doing more and more baby push-ups, getting ready to crawl. I ate peas yesterday; the first bite was yucky, but they grew on me. I think it's hilarious when someone stomps or jumps in front of me. I am getting better at getting Cheerios in my mouth.
I will be sure to keep you updated on all the new stuff I'm sure to be doing in the next days and weeks!

Love,
the half-birthday-girl, Ruthie

Photo Challenge 10

This week's challenge was "passage of time/growth". I had a hard time coming up with ideas this time...until Friday. I kind of took the "passage of time" part and ran with it. This didn't give me a ton of time to figure out exactly what I wanted to do. But, I tried some new things, and actually had to drive places to take these. I had hoped the second one would be more "sunset-y", and I'm not very experienced with night shots. I think I could have gotten some better shots if I gave myself more time. Anyway, here they are--enjoy!

Lots of News!

I've been pretty busy lately. I've learned and done lots of new things since last week. Here's a brief overview. Be sure to check out the new pictures (link on right) to see more!

We went to visit Grandma & Grandpa R for the weekend. While we were there I did a lot of playing on the floor and learned how to roll from my tummy to my back. Now Mom will have to do a better job of keeping the floor clean! Here I am playing with Daddy's foot :)

It was pretty nice outside, so I also went for a walk....in an actual stroller! (Not the carseat snapped into its frame.) It was pretty bright so we didn't stay out too long. But I liked being able to see everything around me.
Grandma & Grandpa have a big whirlpool tub, so mom took me "swimming". It was a lot of fun! I did some floating, kicking, splashing, and licking :)


As if the busy weekend wasn't enough, I had a doctor's appointment on Monday! It was my 6-month checkup, about a week early. I weighed in at 17 lb 11 oz, and measured 26 inches--90th and 75th percentile, respectively. I am very healthy, and looking forward to eating more new foods. :)
-Ruth

Photo Challenge

This week we were to take one (and only one) picture of ourself each day. No deleting. No tweaking. One chance to get it right. Needless to say, I didn't really get it 'right' every day. But here are my photos:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday
Experimenting with different ways of taking a self-portrait
Thursday
(I have to admit, I got this idea from Emily's pictures of Ruthie and Josiah)
Friday: The chaos that is my life

A couple new videos

Ruthie has been soooo cute lately that I just couldn't help shooting some video of her. Sorry it is not very good quality, but it doesn't detract much from her cuteness!
The first one is playing peek-a-boo. I think the surprise and the loud "peek-a-boo" from mom are what really makes her laugh. She had been laughing even harder before I dug out the camera.




One of Ruth's favorite 'games' is when we dangle a blanket in front of her face. She just loves it! Today she was in her swing, and I was playing with her. She got really excited when I covered her with the blanket. I love how she kicks and flails when she's happy!

Food Photo Challenge

This week's challenge was to take 3,5, or 7 pictures of food that built upon eachother. Mine for this week are relatively simple...but let me know what you think!

Eating real food!

This week I started eating real food. I mean real food like big people eat...sort of... The only difference is that it's all mushed up because I don't have teeth yet. That's the excuse mom and dad give me all the time when I try to eat their food-- "you can't have this, you don't have teeth yet." Boy, I can't wait to get teeth, whatever they are. But this mushy stuff isn't too bad either. I have been eating rice cereal and oatmeal for about a month already. And Sunday mom gave me this orage stuff that tasted really different! But it ended up being really good :) They called it 'sweet potatoes'. Here's a couple photos from my first taste of real food:

Macro Photo Challenge

This weeks challenge was to take really close-up pictures that aren't immediately recognizable. I had a lot of fun with this one, and actually have a theme this week! :) See if you can figure it out!

sleepy baby

I've been taking lots of naps the last couple of days. I have a really stuffy nose that makes it hard to sleep at night :( Any suggestions for getting rid of this?? I also usually end up sleeping on my tummy. This is nice and comfy, but when I want to flip over to my back, I find that I am stuck! Then I have to cry and wake mom up to do it for me. She hopes I learn to roll onto my back by myself soon.

-r