Wet behind the ears

The Who Hair returned after a siesta last week and Mom wasted no time in capturing moment.




Dad blew up and filled up the backyard pool for Inez's first skinny dip. She loved the
frigid water giving Dad hope for her swimming with him at the cabin in a few weeks!

A special thanks goes out to Sven who provided Nick with the tools to actually turn the Teapot video upright!(Please note Nick has yet to actual turn the video, but it will happen, he swears it!)

The photo speaks for itself!

Who's a Little Teapot?

Sorry, you have to turn your head to see this. Inez is enjoying being a teapot immensely.

Other interests: sitting, rocking on her hands and knees, banging kitchen utensils, singing and kicking her feet in time to music (I swear!).

Big Girl!

Caitie picked up Inez from daycare the other day and there she was sitting on the floor with the other kids like a big girl! She was so proud and immediately gave mom some Inez kisses (open mouth over mom's nose/cheeks/anything that gets near the mouth- turns out nick must have some french blood...). Apparently baby kisses actually mean she's hungry.

Our new favorite baby trick is to sing "I'm a little teapot" while one of us does the actions with her arms. If we can figure out how to add video, we will delight you all and hopefully knock off "Laughing Baby" or "Charlie bit me mommy" as fan favorite youtube videos. Inez will take the world by storm!

Even though Inez is 6 months old now (!!!!!) she won't be going to the doctor for another few weeks as dr. maren is out of town. We do have some concerns however about the size of her head. Last time she was perfectly proportional. Something has gone terribly wrong.

So, an informal attempt at weighing our little green "Hulk", broke the scales at the Coop. Check out the pictures (please think "Hulk" and not "Zombie Child").

food!

Inez is officially a big girl. she is sitting up like a pro- though she does still tip over on occasion. We forgive her. She gets a great big smile when she is either standing (with help) or sitting. She's not crawling, and I don't think she will be too soon. She does scoot forward by shoving her head into the ground and then lifting her butt. It's very elegant.

Inez also loves her tongue still. It's often out to play. She giggles a lot now. She especially finds it funny when i wash her hands with a wet washcloth. I always get giggles for that. Mom is so funny! I love being so appreciated.

We decided to try some food a week or so ago and see if she was ready. She's almost ready, but not quite. She enjoys trying things. So far she has tasted banana, sweet potato and avocado. On most occasions little to nothing gets into her tummy. But she really seems to enjoy playing with the food. It's also nice to know she takes after me, her mom. I still enjoy playing with my food. (don't let this get back to my three year olds who often get asked to stop playing and eat).

We are going slow on the food and waiting until she's really ready.

Last week we visited her great grandparents Reid in Windom. She was all eyes for grandma! It was our first night away from home since she was born and she did great.

Right now Inez is sleeping in her stroller while I type. It's only 7:30, but she must be tired from waking me up 4 times a night. We're all hoping it's a phase, maybe like the one in which she slept 8 hours a night.

Lots of fun, lots of pics

The last two weeks have been big for all of us. Inez has been smiley as ever, and after a brief flirtation with saying, "Dada" and "Mama", has taken up sticking her tongue way out!



Johny Jump-up is Inez's favorite new toy. We have a future high jumper in the family!



Inez and us miss our roommate Chris. He has flown to Peru for 10 weeks of teaching science at an American school.

Turkey, my Chinese partner in Chengdu, which is the capital of the Sichuan, survived the quake. The epicenter was a few hundred miles outside of the capital. Unfortunately, many others lives have been devestated. I encourage all of you to consider contributing to Aid organizations to help with the recovery.

Bring Your Kid to Work Day

Inez got to spend an afternoon learning about what dad does all day. It was take your kid to work day and the Seward Co-op had lots of fun activities for kids to do- scanning groceries, bagging, stocking shelves, etc. It was adorable. Inez stole the show (for mom at least) with an adorable name tag and hair net (she does have a lot of hair that just keeps growing!).

Inez is so active now, she's a lot of fun. She's now waking up at 6:30 everyday, which is less than ideal. So mom and dad take turns sleeping in. This morning, she was between us and chatting away while mom tried to keep her eyes open. Dad was happily sleeping. Well, Inez was happy to see me, but she REALLY wanted to see Nick. So she keep twisting her head and neck to check him out. She's look back at me, then twist to see him. It was like she was saying "ok, dad, ready to play?" She just loves him!

We also got some real laughs out of her! They didn't sound like a hairball was stuck in her throat!