Rubley-Boobley

Sweet little Rubles, my happy, (not-so-) little baby.

I love this stage of babyhood. She is growing and learning so quickly.

She is so curious about everything. She's wanting to put everything in her mouth. I love it when she grabs something to shove into her mouth, but in all her excitement, she drops it and ends up with just her fist in her mouth. I'm sure it's disappointing, but it's really cute to watch her try!

She is rolling and moving around and with a lot of effort can get to what she wants. She'll be all over the house soon though, and we'll have to re-babyproof the house. I got a video monitor for Christmas and my birthday from my parents, and I love to watch her roll around in her crib and sleep in all sorts of funny positions.

Ruby loves her sister. Grace can do anything and it cracks her up. She watches her intently and you can see the wheels in her head turning thinking how one day, she'll be able to do all the cool stuff Grace does.

She's getting pretty talkative. She loves to chat. She'll roll around on her blanket on the floor and "talk" to whatever toy she's trying to get into her mouth. The other day I was on the phone and from across the room Ruby started babbling so loudly that the lady I was talking to was too distracted to talk. She is also quite a pro at blowing bubbles and raspberries. What fun vocal cords are!

She is also interested in anything we put into our mouths. I wasn't planning on starting her on solids until 6 months, but I just felt so bad that she lunges at any food I have when I'm holding her. This week we've started feeding her some rice cereal.

She was pretty excited. Can you tell? Just like a baby bird.

She's still figuring out how to work with the food from a spoon to get it down her throat instead of down her front. I would imagine that this is a difficult thing to do, but I don't remember. Once she get the hang of it and starts eating more, I'll really have to start working out just so I can hold her for more than 10 minutes without being exhausted. Kidding. Sort of. Almost 16 lbs of wiggly-ness is a lot to lug around!