Camila's World at Six Months

At 6 months (and a bit) Camila is so much more engaged with her world. 

She loves being up & about, and gets frustrated (and lets us know it) when she can't see whats going on. She's not crawling yet (I really thought she would be) but is an accomplished scooter! She pushes & pulls but isn't getting her belly off the floor -- while she's moving. 

She's successfully pushing back to sitting position, which is a big step toward independent movement. 

Yay, Camila!

She's getting extremely interested in standing play. She's SO happy when she's up and SO offended when she inevitably tumbles. She's learning to fall in a more protected and more recoverable "crumple" (butt or hands & knees, first) than her original "TIMBER!" falls which are just scary!

She's even convinced Daddy to "walk" her.

Language-wise she's not ahead of anything either! :)  (no consonant sounds (da, ba)) It will come soon enough, I suppose.

She's a little clingy to mama... we don't get out enough, I guess! She's ok with other people, but better if Livvie or Mama is in sight.

She's eating a couple meals of solid foods a day, and nursing, too. 

She's sleeping through the night nearly -- but not quite -- every night. We love the nights when she doesn't wake and have to cry herself back to sleep because that's no fun for anybody. :(

She's loves playing in the pool, banging her toys, chewing on everything! We've got to keep our eyes on this kid, for sure!!  (and do so, with pleasure and awe!)

current stats from 6-month well-baby check:
Weight: 16 lb, 11 oz (70th percentile)
Height: 27-1/4 in (95th percentile)

State Fair

I've been trying to get us out to the California state fair and this was the week!

We even got new wheels for the adventure! A double stroller -- Sweet!

Klaudia and Maya got one, too!

we  saw chickens and bunnies.

The girls loved the hatchling chicks, of course!

the mommies got midway food - the girls got snacks from home. ;-)

Fine Arts and Creative Arts

"don't touch - hands to yourselves!"

"what do you see in that picture?"

(I really enjoyed looking at some of the paintings with Liv and encouraging her to look at them and tell me about them - what colors, shapes, pictures she saw.  One painting had honey pots, another a rabbit, another, stars. Cool!

After the art exibits we caught a performance of Street Beat. An urban drum & dance group. Drums were trash cans, 5-gal water bottles, paint buckets. Scaffloding as set and platforms for the dancers to climb, swing, leap, etc. Everyone loved it.

(waiting for the performance to begin:)

getting in line for the train ride!

cool view of the midway from the train -Liv wanted to go on all the "'round & 'round things" but didn't meet height requirements. ((they probably did have a couple kiddie rides - but I didn't see 'em))  Next Time, Kiddo!

after about 6 hours at the fair, we were delayed by the souvenier balloons at the gate

fun, fun, fun!

another happy day!

by the way... check out the new teeth!

Cute Kids

mmmm.... avocado!

marching band hat.

hugs

Super Frank

Our friend, Lilian, turned ONE this week! To celebrate we all went on an adventure to Super Franks, a big indoor play space! Very fun, very tiring!

Klaudia and Liv climbed to the top of the big inflated slide, but then were a bit daunted by how high & steep it was.

Later on that night, Liv told me the best part was went she was stuck at the top of the slide and Miss Kate came up and pushed her down! LOL

Here's Liv and the Birthday Girl playing:

Mommy supporting Camila - she wants to play standing up now...

The foam pits were another big hit. So fun jumping and swimming in soft blocks!

Sand Box

Liv always loved digging in the sand at the beach in Alameda. She's taken to digging in the dry creek bed in the landscaping; which, -- in addition to making Jeff twitch -- isn't all that satisfying.

I saw this idea in a magazine! Lidded, wheeled, under-the-bed storage container & about 4" of sand. 

We'll see how well it holds up (and contains the sand?). But at least on day one, it's a huge hit! 

Shockingly enough, Milli didn't eat the sand... the shovel, yeah... but not fistfuls of sand. 

Progress!

Liv's Marching Band

"One - Two - Three - Four!"

Bang, bang, bang!

First Swings

So our little one is Milli this week. 

(Embarrassing that we're still trying to figure this out.)

She likes it! (of course!) She wasn't grinning, but she started looking a little dozy.

so fun!

yippee - kai - ai!