Wednesday, March 16, 2011

A few more pictures...

Oh, spring...We are so excited for your arrival. So much more to do with a baby outside! We have decided to fix up the back yard to get it "babyproofed" ie- actually have some softer grass to play in and a safe patio/deck. Its hard to believe by summer time Ruby will be toddling around. I (Amanda) am excited to get her a little pool, she loves to splash in the water at swim lessons and I'm sure she is just going to love the summer time. (Who doesn't?)
Well, not a lot new to report, Ruby is babbling a lot more, still not wanting to say "mama" yet, but I think she's getting close. "Dada" is much easier, but I'm not sure she knows that she's saying it quite yet. She's not much of a talker in general, she seems to look around and take it all in, hard to believe given that her parents never shut up. Crawling is also just within reach, she seems to be able so scoot backwards pretty easily but gets frustrated when she realizes that she is headed in the opposite direction than intended, then she just screams for some help. As you can see in the pictures sitting up is no problem, she hasn't even had an accident toppling over in quite a while. As you can also see in the pictures the hair is taking its sweet time coming in, she also doesn't have any teeth yet, and doesn't seem to be teething (which I heard is not a lot of fun). Daddy had so much fun with the Lomo setting on his phone camera that Mommy had to give it a try as well, especially to show off Ruby's awesome Johnny Cash onesie that Brittany got for her, so excited that it fits now!






Sunday, March 6, 2011

We are having a lot of fun watching Ruby explore her surroundings, trying to crawl, and babbling. But the most exciting thing is to watch her start to grasp a new concept, its amazing to see how much babies learn in such a short amount of time. These videos are about 2 days in to deciding that we would teach her how to wave. As you can see she's mostly waving to herself, but she's definitely getting it.

Ruby Waving 01 from Adam Badertscher on Vimeo.



Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Ruby Lomo Camera #1

Daddy just got a new phone, so he's playing with all the new apps he can download. He downloaded one that can simulate lomo-style photography (just like everybody else in the 21st century has been doing for years.)

Here's some highlights from Ruby's evening:

Playing on the floor
Playing with Mr. Telephone
Playing in her activity center
Eating some dinner
Washing it down with some water
Getting ready for a bath
Playing with Mr. Telephone some more
Hanging out with Mommy,
who only gets to see Ruby for a half hour on Tuesays :(