The Art of Toe Grabbing

In just a few short weeks since we bought the jumper, G can now jump in it without the assistance of the extra padding we had to put underneath for her toes to reach.

As promised, here's G showing off her latest moves...

The single grab (back in the end of May):The double grab:

The cross grab:The two-on-one grab:The multi-task grab (notice the hands in mouth AND the blanket):

And the king of all grabs, the suck grab (we were laughing so hard we almost didn't get this shot):

15 & 9

G is now 15 weeks old, it's so hard to believe how quickly she is growing. I saw a mom with her baby at BRU over the weekend, and the baby was only 8 days old. I thought fondly back to when G was that small. Yesterday at the mall, I saw another newborn, the mom had to stop in the middle of the aisle to attend to her crying baby, and I smiled at her.

So, what is G up to these days? Well, the big news around town is that G slept NINE HOURS last night! She must have known that her parents needed that because they stayed up late talking. It was a good talk, though both E and S were tired. We need to do more of that, talking, that is, it's good for our relationship. This is how we found her this morning.

This was not the first time she has squirmed into a funny position in her sleep. Here are some other ways that we have found her:


Also in G's headline news, she's outgrowing her newborn and 0-3 month clothes. We are cycling through them, taking last pictures, as S is figuring out how and where to pack them away. We've started putting her in some of her 3-6 month clothes, lots of onsies and summer dresses.

G traveled again this week. Another day trip, but this time to Coloma, a small rafting town near Folsom. It was a grueling drive there and back. We went for E's Grand Canyon rafting trip reunion, one of the guides was giving a talk, with dinner planned afterwards. S and G missed most of the talk because they were in the car trying to eat, but mostly being fussy because G wanted see what was going on around her new surroundings (probably also fussy from the poop she was trying to get out all day, and finally managed to just AFTER we finished changing her diaper).

What are G's favorite activities for this week? She loves to arch her back, probably practice for rolling over. She is getting better at grabbing her ball and is also starting to bat at her hanging toys. Did I mention last week that she started sucking her upper lip? So cute! Oh, and she's also practicing her ab crunches, bringing her legs and knees up and in, then stretching them out and hitting the floor (or bed). When she does this in her bassinet, we can see her feet come up over the sides, which is really funny. We think this is how she gets into the funny positions we've found her in. Also, her naps are becoming increasingly shorter, pretty much just an hour these days, unless she's out, then she might get 2+ hours.

We just got back from a play date in the park. I didn't get a chance to take a picture of G in her play tent before she had a huge spit up all over everything. It was in her hair, her ear, all over her play mat, and soaked through both layers. Guess what we're doing tonight? Laundry and a bath! But at least she fell asleep afterwards and is still sleeping now.

8 weeks!

It's amazing how time seems to fly by. G is 8 weeks old today. She's starting to outgrow her newborn clothes, the ones that fit her just right before are now tight when she stretches her legs and a little short on the arms.

G is no longer spitting up all the time (she still spits up but so much less than before) so we have not been putting bibs on her as much. She can sleep bib-free now too. The other advantage to sleeping bib-free is that she has graduated to a "bigger baby swaddle" which looks like this: We have been doing this so that she can suck on her hand or finger if she half wakes up, just like in this pic. Except that right after I took this photo, she woke up and it took me 40 minutes to get her back to sleep, she was so overtired.

What was she tired from since this was taken just this morning? She had a long tummy-time session this morning on her play mat after reading her new book. Here's a recreation of her 120 (that's an almost roll over):
Her starting position:


Where she ended up:


Other milestones for this week: She's starting to smile more, and bigger smiles too. I'll try to find a good photo of one later. She's also grabbing and reaching for stuff. Things she's reached for, Mommy's face, Daddy's face. She's also talking more and sticking her tongue out more, seemlingly to taste stuff (like her bib, her sleeve, her finger, Daddy or Mommy's shirt or arm , etc.