Friday, April 27, 2012

Sitting & Rolling

Ruthie has gotten really good at sitting.  Over the past months she has gotten lots of practice by sitting in a towel lined laundry basket. She loves sitting in this basket, and it works great for me. The basket is one of those small round ones so she can't really fall over. She has moved from leaning back on it to sitting quite independently in the middle. We keep the basket upstairs and it has a couple toys that she doesn't play with every day. That way the whole basket experience is like band new fun each time she sits in it. When I am vacuuming upstairs or taking a shower she plays quite happily in this basket.

In her basket

Independent sitting

Ruthie has not been a roller. Up until her six month check up she had rolled only twice front-to-back and once back-to-front. It was worrying me a bit, but her doctor said that she was just perfect on all her other physical markers and because she was four weeks early she might just be delaying a bit in this area. However this last week and a half Ruthie has become a roller. She is getting pretty good at rolling off her stomach when she is done with tummy time (which for her is about one minute after beginning tummy time). Occasionally she gets really mad about being on her stomach and forgets that she knows how to roll. Funnily enough one time she was crying and throwing a fit about tummy time until she wore herself out and fell asleep. When she woke up about 20 minutes later she grabbed one of her toys and rolled over.


Throwing a fit made me tired



Monday, April 23, 2012

Ruthie Says...

I am 27 weeks old!

Three things about me:
1. I like to shake my head.
2. I touched Matdy's tail while Mommy was feeding her.
3. I love to sit in my basket. "What basket?" you ask. Well, I will have Mommy tell you about that tomorrow.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

So Big!


I came across this picture of Ruthie in her carseat the day she came home from the hospital and I realized how tiny she had been. So I decided to take a picture of her in her carseat now. I can't believe how much she has grown in the past six months.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

That is the way it goes

Yesterday I ran errands, went grocery shopping, and did four or five loads of laundry (we don't have a dryer so the apartment was filled with drying clothes creatively hung everywhere). The plan for today was to fold laundry, drop some things at the Post Office, clean the living room, and clean our bedroom... Oh yes, and take Ruthie to her six month appointment where she would be getting shots. So... laundry got folded, the Post Office was visited, and that is about it. I spent the rest of the day with a cranky and clingy baby who would only sleep in my arms and who began to cry, when asleep or awake, anytime I moved to a new position or new room. Add to that her low grade fever from the shots and I spent the evening with a heater in my arms. I should have expected it because that is the way Ruthie respond to her previous sets of shots. Where was Christian in all this? Pulling an all nighter last night to finish a Geography project, attending two classes and working 10 hours (He doesn't normally work 10 hours but he just started a second campus job and because of other events this week had to switch a shift from his first job with someone. The hours just sort of pilled up today).  It has just been one of those days.

Ruthie is in bed now and I hope she sleeps through the night. I am wiped out. I sure hope tomorrow goes smoothly with a happy baby and lots of time to clean and then relax.

Dang... literally just remembered that tomorrow is Cub Scouts. I am supposed to have some ideas ready to help the boys write a skit for the Pack meeting. Suffice it to say, I do not have that ready yet.

I am going to bed.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Easter


This is our little girl all dressed up for Easter. This picture of her asleep is the only one I have. I am sorry that I don't have one of her awake or of our little matchy Easter family - Yes, we were that color coordinated family at church.  

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Ruthie says...

I am 26 weeks old!

Three things about me:
1. I can put my toe in my mouth!
2. I like to splash in the tub with my hands, but sometimes the water comes up and gets me in the face. I do not like that.
3. Sometimes when I am laying down I pull my head up off the ground. This means I want to sit up.


Funny Girl

Ruthie has started to do a funny little head shake. When she brings things up to her mouth she shakes her head back and forth to wiggle it around in her mouth. Sometimes as she is laying on her blanket and playing with toys or babbling to herself she will do the head shake as she gets excited. She is just so adorable!

Monday, April 9, 2012

Ruthie says...

I am 25 weeks old!

Three things about me:
1. I like mirrors.
2. Whenever Matdy the cat comes the room I like to watch her as she walks by. Someday I might reach out and touch her...maybe.
3. I rolled from by back to my tummy! It was pretty impressive until I realized that now I was stuck on my stomach. I do not like that at all, but don't worry--I just cried and cried until Mommy flipped me over. Mommy keeps saying that I should try to flip myself over if I don't want to be on my tummy, but I don't really see how that is even possible.

Friday, April 6, 2012

Tips from Ruthie

Today I practiced sitting up. I have a few tips for anyone who is also working on this skill

Tip #1: Practice on the bed because you might fall over...a lot.

Tip #2: Skooch your legs in. That makes it easier to balance.

Tip #3: Hold the camera the correct direction so all the video's aren't sidewise (Mommy, this tip is for you).



Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Ruthie says...

I am 24 weeks old!

Three things about me:
1. Carrots give me diaper rash.
2. I am getting better at sitting up. (I still need help but I am getting better.)
3. I love kick my legs in the bath tub.