Naomi is progressing

So, we are really beginning to see Naomi progress in lots of things.  She is starting to sit for longer without wanting held constantly and she is taking EVERYTHING in!! She is learning and is doing new things all the time.  We thought we would share a couple of videos (if you don't have sound don't worry, they are definitely for the seeing not the hearing!).

This first one is of her playing with a toy, she is engaging with things around her much more now!

This second one is of her staring intently at her hand, she does this for ages every day, every time she sees it she seems to be surprised it is there, about half way through you'll see her be distracted and then rediscover the joy (and surprise) of having a hand!!

Teepee

Since the last post was so awesome, we weren't sure how to follow it up.

So here's a teepee.

Emotions

Naomi is growing fast and is really starting to show off her new found emotions. These change very quickly - many were taken during the same evening's bounce in her chair - but we thought you might like to see how she's getting on. A couple are repeats from earlier posts that I couldn't resist putting in again :)

Anticipative.

Bored.

Cheeky!

Content.

Disappointed.

Distracted.

Excited.

Expectant - those eyes follow you around until the awaited thing happens (usually mummy providing food)

Happy - one of my favourite photos of all time!

Incredulous.

Intrigued. In this case, by the hand that appears to be attached to her some how. "Wait a minute, that's part of me!" she thinks.

Playful. She does like to play in her gym. There is the other kind of playful when it comes to bed time - waiting until you've just stepped out the door before spitting the dummy out, then grinning when you come back. Really!

Sleepy.

Thoughtful.

Unhappy. (what gave it away?)

Upset.

Downright blatantly upset. The transition from "unhappy" to this can be anywhere between 5 minutes and 0.1 milliseconds.

Granny and Grandad have come to stay

Granny makes a particularly comfy bed!

My Mum and Dad have been here for a wee while now, everyone, not least of all Naomi has been enjoying having them here.  Naomi has been, in particular, enjoying all the extra walks she has been getting as Dad uses her pram as a zimmer frame!!  I have been enjoying all the cleaning that Mum has been doing and the meals she has cooked: What will I do when they leave on Thursday?

Bathing success again!

Naomi used to love baths and we were sad that instead of her usual kickign about she had started screaming as soon as she hit the water.  After a long process of eliminating possible problems we are almost certain that the issue was the water was too hot (for her liking rather than in a dangerous kind of way).  We have now started making sure the water is a reduced temperature again and she is back to loving it.

For obvious reasons we cannot put the video of Naomi enjoying the bath on the Internet and so to give you an idea of how much our wee tyke loves her baths and how much she splashes about we thought this picture of my jeans after the bath might give you a good idea!

And also, because we know she is the only reason you even stop by the blog ;-) have a picture of Naomi enjoying the sunshine in Loughborough today

Hurrah!

Naomi wasn't such a fan of this chair while she was younger and I really wanted to be able to use it, but after a long break she seems to have decided it might be alright! After this picture was taken she even woke up and played in it for a wee while.

One of my favourite sights

I love sunshine and I love drying my washing outside, so this is one of my favourite things to see!