Another Round of Cute Pictures

A day of learning how to take care of the earth at the sustainable living fair

Thanks Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunt Amy for my first set of wooden blocks!Why must mom and dad always make me wear these funny hats........sunglasses......and mullet wigs?

First Moehawk! and yes I do clean our shower regularly, the mildew is stained into the caulking. If we owned the house it would be replaced already :( My how Viv and Gibblet love each other. This is not an uncommon site in our house. Dada sure does make an afternoon in the yard complete.

Yum Yum!

Viv started eating solid foods. Here is her first try of rice cereal. Daddy actually got to give the first bite since I've been feeding her regularly for 6 months. But halfway through I got to have a turn. She took really well to eating a semi-solid texture from a spoon.First vegetable was peas! We're moving on to pears on monday.
Now that she knows how to sit up that's all she wants to do. She was delighted to discover that she can have sitting play time everywhere she is, even in her crib.
She loved using this foot stool as a little table to bang her rock and shell on. Two of her souviners from Martha's Vineyard.

Sophie's party

Okay so this was before our vacation but I still wanted to post these cute shots. Sophie (one of Jens' co-worker's baby) had her first b-day party. They had a pool out for the little ones to get in. Vivian had so much fun splashing with the older kids. Shopie is the one looking at the camera. Riley is in the polka dot suit and of course you know Vivian and I. You can't see her really but Garrett is sitting in front of Vivian sharing the rings. And if you can make her out Rosalynn is in the background drinking some water. Meadow just loved Vivian and played with her for quite awhile. She has a brand new sister so she is really into babies right now. She's 2.
Here's Sophie eating her cake.
Vivian was riding the blow up turtle and decided to taste him.

Martha's Vineyard

We had a wonderful vacation visiting Uncle Nate, Aunt Rosemary, and cousin Guthrie. Vivian got to experience so many new things. She went on a plane, and a ferry boat. She saw the ocean, sand, crabs, lobsters, shells. She even got to shower in an outdoor shower. She loved her cousin, they really enjoyed looking, smiling, and talking to each other. She took very well to her new enviroment. She did need to sleep with us most of the night to be reassured that we were there. She also went through a little mommy seperation anxiety when we returned home. All and all though we are very proud of her. She also mastered sitting up by herself while out there. Now she always wants to be playing from a sitting position.

Playing in Guthrie's room

First look at the ocean and first time playing in the waves and sand.

First swim in the ocean.

Guthrie coming in close to snag her binky out of her mouth.

Viv even happily watched us shell the crabs freshly caught by the men.

She's not even scared of crabs and lobsters. Interesting sea creatures sure look like they are fun to play with.

On the fishing docks at Menemsha, where we bought the lobsters.

Brother's carring their babies for a walk on the beach.

All of us posing at the Mytoi Japanese style garden on Chappaquiddick.

What a fun trip!

We even had fun on the plane ride home.

New developments

Sorry it's been awhile since I posted anything but here are some new exciting developments!

Vivian learned to roll over. She can get onto her belly and then actually enjoys her tummy time for a minute or so. Look at this big smile full of pride in her new skill.

Daddy is so proud. Vivian learned how to play the bass. Well, she still has the notes to learn but she figured out how to get it to make noise!

Okay, so not a new skill but we realized her hand-me down sunhat was part of an outfit.
We call this picture Zen baby. She looks so at peace in her peace shirt.
We went to New West Fest to enjoy all the goings on. Daddy carried her in the wrap for most of the afternoon. She loved watching all the people and kids running around having a blast. She was talking to everyone, even though they weren't stopping to talk to her. We watched Little Feat perform but since Viv was tired by that time she complianed every time the lead singer started singing. Guess she didn't enjoy her voice :(
Her friend John came over the other day while his mommy was working. Vivian loved watching him play with all her toys and roll all over the place. They spent a lot of time smiling at each other and grabbing at the other's face and hands.

Cousin Noey!

We all went to Colorado Springs this weekend because Joy, Joe, and Noelle were in town visiting. Noey is now 3 months old and a lot more interactive than the last time we saw her. Vivian and Noelle both took turns watching each other as well as making a lot of eye contact. It was so neat to see the two cousins playing together.

Here they were watching their mommies and grandma preparing a meal.

They spent lots of time sharing toys on their play mats!

We even made them dress up like twins so we could take pictures.
Noey is the same height as Vivian even though she's two months younger. We all think she's going to be tall like her daddy.

Once it finally stopped raining and the sun peeked out we got out the pool and filled it with warm water. Here they are enjoying it together. Once Noey had had enough and got out Aunt Amy climbed in with Vivian to give Jens' back a break and let her enjoy the bath toys (Thanks Grandma for pulling those out).

We all had a blast ejoying everyone's company. The Davis family including Ganny, Lindsy, and Braden even came over for a few hours to meet Noelle and play with thier little Viv. While we were there Uncle Paul and Grandpa came home. Paul just finished an internship with Senator Wayne Allard out in our nations capital and Bill picked him up while out east during his travels. We are so glad we had this awesome time to share with family.

Cute Pictures

So here's some cute shots of our little girl.

This was one morning when I woke up next to her and she just looked like a model the way she was laying there. I had to capture it.
Perfect little round gerber baby face :)

Here she is at 3 weeks and then 4 Months in the same position. Look how much she's grown!
Hanging out with her doggies

Playing in her johnny jumper. She hasn't quite got the hang of it yet.

Standing with support to show off her new outfit Splishin' and a splashin'
Daddy's happy little girl

New Fun

Well Vivian now loves to nap on her play mat. She will play with her toys until she is too tired and passes out. When she wakes up she's right back at it. She has been rolling onto her side a lot more to play with toys not attached to her mat. We are having her do "tummy time" everyday to get her ready for crawling. She is starting to tolerate it for about 1 minute (which is a huge improvement). She is begining the stage of wanting to touch everything she sees. It's fun to see her so amazed with everyday objects as she discovers their texture and shape.

Here she is holding her monkeys banana while sleeping. It's the first time she's actually fallen asleep with an object in her hand.