9 months old December 12, 2009

Nico and Uncle Paul

funny face

enjoying the colbert report

crawling to Vanessa

give me the computer mommy

no, seriously, give me the computer

Nico is 9 months old and can now wave hi/bye and clap her hands, which makes it easier to tell what kind of mood she’s in since she never really had body language before. She is so fun-loving, she laughs and smiles at any face I or other people make, and she is rarely shy and I love that about her. I can’t wait until I can have a conversation with her. I just know she is going to be hilarious.

She weighs 19 lbs. 8 oz, is 28 1/2 inches tall, with a head circumference of 44 cm, and has a 7th tooth coming in!

I finally got video of her strumming the guitars on our stand – enjoy!

Swinging into Winter November 23, 2009

We wanted to see if Nico would be into a swing set at all at 8 1/2 months, so we went to a newly built park in Emeryville to test it out.

If you watch closely, you can tell in this video that she is using her legs to swing on her own, which is pretty impressive. More shots below.

Month 8 begins, the making of a musician November 11, 2009

Nico can pluck the strings of a guitar and ukelele, and she sometimes hums the note she is striking. She plays with the knobs on the guitar, too. It’s not like we are even encouraging her to play, as I think it’s natural for babies to want to make sounds with objects, but these happen to be her favorite toys! As you can guess, we are O.K. with it. As Uncle Paul says, “Whoa, she can say she’s played guitar since she was 8 months!”

Also, she can play peek-a-boo with people on her own by bowing down and then looking up, which is pretty cute. She also loves to stand and look out the window and kiss the glass. Muah!

8 months old with Auntie Cindy! November 9, 2009

Auntie Cindy came to visit from MD!! LOVE.

New video:

Clapping and talking

entranced by a new toy

Photo Shoot by Maria Vicencio Photography November 2, 2009

Yay! I got the rest of the photo shoot pics from July when we were in MD. Nico is 4 months old in these, and they are really beautiful. Thank you Drew and Maria! http://mariavicenciophoto.com (After clicking on a pic initially to see it larger, click it again to see the whole pic. For some reason they are still too big to fit in the attachment page even though I resized them.)

And it has begun October 24, 2009

Happy to be mobile.

Pumpkin Patch Kid October 18, 2009

This one’s for you, GranMarg. I handed PJ the camera for most of this photo shoot, though I did steal it back for a few These were taken at Bob’s pumpkin farm in Half Moon Bay, the festive coastal city 45 minutes south of San Francisco.

Happy October!

First Rain October 14, 2009

Please play with your food October 14, 2009

Nico is now 7 months old, has 4 more teeth coming in, and is ready to chew more. Here are some fun pics of her discovering the texture and taste of spaghetti and butternut squash.

Lake Merritt strollin’ October 14, 2009