22 Week Old Photo Shoot

When I share one photo with friends or on my blog, usually there are dozens that were taken in the same series.  Its so hard to select the very best one!

Here are some really cute photos taken the first week of January.  2010 started off quite happily in Daniel's nursery!

Hooded Towels

I love to wrap you in hooded towels. They frame your sweet face and wrap you into a cozy package.

Its nice to have you snuggle into us after your bath and smell your clean baby smell.

You are so lovely.

DDD

Isn't this a funny mad baby picture? He has really started to express
his preferences. Apparently, he wanted us to know he didn't want to
sit in the chair for one more picture.

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Playing at the Dorrs in January

Daniel is taking lessons from Emmett on crawling posture!  He still prefers to lounge instead of move around in January.

24

 Hello my 24 Week Old!

You are five months old.  It is the perfect age!  You have predictable reactions to situations.  I know how to predict what the situations will be, too, since you lead a pretty easy life. 

You wake up around 6 AM on the days I teach at the University. I feed you, and then your dad gets you dressed and ready to go to the baby sitter's home.  You take a nap around 9 for an hour and a half, then you eat again.  I pick you up and/or we play until afternoon nap time, which is around 1 PM.  You will sleep until about 3 PM, then you eat and we wait for your dad to come home around 4 PM.  He plays with you and you enjoy time with your toys while we eat dinner.  Your dad bathes you and gets you tucked in for bed by 7 PM, and you sleep until 10 PM, when you take your last meal for the day. You wake about once a night for a feed or for a cuddle.

Our first regularly scheduled separation occurred this week as you began to attend a daycare at the S house.  Rebbecca S and Kevin S are our friends that we know from work and softball.  They have many sweet children and care for a few other toddlers and your friend Taylor, too.  It was very difficult for me to leave you on the first day, even though I knew you'd be well cared for and you'd enjoy the children.  I felt sad and unusual as I pulled away from their house.  I think I will always remember that feeling and also how pretty the :morning was.  We are not ordinarily out of the house at 7:30 AM.  It was so pleasant to see the sun rise soft and pink over the snow covered landscape.

You have started to make a lot of vocalizations, many of which sound like singing.  Some do not, however, sound like singing.  They are more like sound effects!  You say almost every consonant sound except for D, Z, V, W, and L.  You have mastered the vowels and some screeching noises!  Sometimes it sounds like you are mimicking our conversations with the lilt of your voice and other times it sounds like you are saying a phrase with as many syllables as "I love you", but that is probably because you hear that phrase many times each day.

You have started to put EVERYTHING in your mouth.  Your feet, toys, clothing, fingers, couch cushions... everything.  This means I am using a lot of Clorox cleaning wipes on your toys!  You still spit up quite a lot, so I have to wash your toys and clothes quite often.  You also take a pacifier at any time during the day.  You enjoy chewing on them as much as sucking them.  You can also find a pacifier in your crib in the dark and insert it.  We think this makes you very clever!

Have you in our lives for five months has been better than we imagined.  Yes, it is a platitude, but really it is true!  I did not know we could enjoy another human being as much as you.  We really love each other, but perhaps our love for you is a teeny bit more because you are half of each of us and you are a new thing in our world to discover each day.

Love you so much,

Your Mama.

I'm a Mad Baby!

Because Baths Are SO Much Fun...

Video: Late October at Douglas Grandparents' House

Daniel, your Nana loves you so much!

A Baby Bathime: Early October

6 Month Profile

He is really growing, and this side shot proves it! I can see my family's genetic contribution showing up more and more the older he gets. Of course, he still favors his father quite a bit!

6 Months Old!

Daniel is in his sixth month of life, which means he is having a blast playing with toys, reading (and chewing) books, and expressing himself using a very loud voice. He was squealing in delight when this photo was taken, and right now I hear him expressing his unhappiness about being alone in his room for naptime.

What a Good Looking Baby!

This photo inspires me to book a professional photography appointment! I can only imagine how good of a portrait we could get these days!

Preview of 26 Week Photos

Bath Time

Bubbles, toys, and his father's undivided attention.

I think this must be his favorite time of the day!

Daniel's Friend Emmett

Emmett is one month, one day older than Daniel. He is the younger brother of Taylor and lives quite close to our house. He and Daniel sometimes look at each other, but usually Daniel is just staring at Emmett as he crawls around. I don't think Daniel knows that Emmett is another person because he looks at his reflection so often that he probably thinks he's the only baby in the world! Daniel and Emmett enjoy the newness of each other's toys and are basically the same size and shape these days.