Zoo

You can't tell in this picture, but the post we are standing next to says "Adopt a wild child" I thought it was fitting even though that's not the actual meaning. We went to the Albuquerque Zoo today and spent about 4.5 hours there! We walked all over and saw so many animals. Naomi really enjoyed seeing all the animals. She followed their movements well and pointed after them. She was sure that the big cats were just like out little Demi at home and even called them "kitty".
We even rode the train around the zoo. Naomi enjoyed it at first, but was then put to sleep by the vibrations, it was actually nice because I'm not sure she would have taken a nap otherwise.
And I must say thank you to Jojo and Erica (children of coworkers)! It would have been a much more difficult and tiring day without their help...thanks girls!

Naomi's First Birthday!Naomi celebrated her first birthday! We had so many family and friends over and I think everyone had a pretty good time. Naomi has done so much over the last year (as all children do). She now walks expertly and really wants to run. She eats mostly by herself and has perfected drinking from a sippy cup. She is starting to talk and she certainly understands us. We are both amazed by the personality she is developing, she really shows her intelligence and sense of humor.
She is also so independent, she wants to do everything by herself, but gets frustrated when she can't do something. Luckily she learns quickly, so that those things that where once difficult and frustrating become a new mastered skill.

Map for Party

Michael and I figured out how to get a map to people and yet not display it to the world! Please e-mail me at TMMBBW@hotmail.com and make sure to let me know who you are because I don't know everyones e-mail address. Then I'll e-mail a map to you from the intersection of Unser and Northern (you can map that on any on-line mapping site). Hope that helps everyone! We are so excited to see everyone at Naomi's first birthday party!!!

Playground

Naomi has been playing at a plyaground in our local mall. It's a cute area made for younger children and she has a lot of fun watching the older kids run around, but she also joins in the fun.
She made a friend the last time we went. They played a little bit, but spent most of their time poking and pulling hair. Naomi has such a personality (that also includes a temper!). She is a little daredevil and gets into everything! She is also so curious and must explore anything new she comes across.

As some of you know, our shop was asked to make a White House cake for a fundraiser for Gov. Richardson's campaign for the presidency. I wanted to share some pictures of the finished product. I must confess that I had almost nothing to do with it, but I'm very proud of Birdie (my boss). Enjoy!

Walking

Naomi took her first independent steps on January 23rd! She took about 5 steps at work on that morning and repeated the performance for Daddy in the afternoon. She has taken several steps each day since. We are glad she's still a bit wobbly, because she's a handful as it is! Not that she tries to make trouble, but she is just so curious.
We spent last weekend in Las Cruces with family since there are many January birthdays. We had so much fun seeing everyone, and Naomi gladly showed off her new skill.
We are also planning Naomi's first birthday! It is exciting and daunting. I have gotten as far as getting invitations and beginning to think about her cake. Hopefully all will go smoothly.
Well, I'll have more pictures soon!

P.S. - Look for directions in later posts!

Busy, busy December

The month of December has been a busy one! Michael was in Vienna, Austria for two weeks for work and during that time Naomi and I stayed in Las Cruces with my parents. Naomi had her first ear infection, and her first cold, and also suffered from an Amoxicillin rash (nothing painful, but it did scare me!). Not to mention Naomi's first Christmas which in itself was quite the event!
Naomi also enjoyed her first cake. A coworker decorated a mini Christmas cake for her. She very gladly ate a good portion of it and disposed of the rest by smearing it everywhere. She had to be stripped down to her diaper so she wouldn't ruin her clothes!
We also visited Santa...twice. Once at NMSU when they had the annual luminaria walk and once at the mall with her cousin Jessica. Naomi did much better than I had expected and didn't cry! She will probably be terrified of Santa next year, but maybe not, we'll see.
Naomi enjoyed her first Chritmas, it was a little overwhelming, but she did a good job. She really is a lucky little girl to have so many people her love her, she recieved so many wonderful, thoughtful gifts.
She also stod up on her own for the first time. She does this on a fairly regular basis now, and I dread the day she takes off walking, she is so busy as it is!
Well, that's it for now. She is keeping both of us busy as are our jobs and our new house. We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Years!

Sucess!

So much has happened since I've been able to access this blogger! Halloween, I was a pirate and Naomi was Tigger. We went to the Zoo Boo on the 28th, and while Naomi didn't play any game she did have a great time watching all the kid and seeing the animals. She helped hand out candy on Halloween night and thought that it was a wonderful idea for so many fun kids to come by. Since she has learned to wave bye, she waved to each group of trick-or-treaters!

Here she is at 7 months riding on her car. She hasn't really figured out the whole going forward thing, but she has a lot of fun pushing it around and playing with the toys.
This is also at 7 months, she's trying to escape from the living room, which we have gated off to keep her out of the kitchen. She's plotting with her blue horse...lol.

Finally a picture of my birthday cake, it came out a little fuzzy, but you can get the general idea of it. It was a lot of fun to make because I could experiment with it and know that the person who ordered it wouldn't get mad if there was a mistake.

This is Naomi at 8 months. She's at work in her official 'Say it With Cake' outfit. She really enjoys coming to work and seeing all her friends.

Naomi also got sick for the first time. She has an ear infection right now and we also found out that she is slightly allergic to amoxicillan. Nothing serious, she just has a little rash, but hopefully she'll get over the little bug and be back to her happy little self.

Don't give up!

Ok, the site has been giving me some problems uploading pictures, not to mention the fact that I really haven't had all that much time! But I will get more pictures up soon. They have landscaped the front yard, so it looks much nicer now (not just a lot of dirt!), and I also have pictures of Naomi at 7 months and Halloween. I will continue to fight with the site! Keep checking back for new news!

6 Months

6 Months 28.5 inches 16 lbs 6 oz
That's right, our little girl is 1/2 year old! It is truly amazing how the time flys.
Firsts: Crawls a little
Pulls up on furniture
Gets to a sitting position from tummy
Tooth - top left on 9/12
Waves - possibly things she wants to see
Zurberts

Food: Carrots
Peaches
Squash
Corn
Oatmeal

Hates car trips, scream for the entire trip or until she wears herself out and falls asleep.
still comes to work with me and she is very good most of the time.
Having major difficulties with sleeping again, still has to cry herself to sleep and wakes up at least once during the night. On a bad night she'll wake up 4-5 times.
Loves the kitty! She squeals every time she sees her, and trys to crawl towards her. Sometimes Demi gets too close and Naomi pinches her or grabs her tail, but Demi doesn't get mad at all.

House

Ok, I have pictures of the house! Only a couple of rooms (believe me...you don't want to see the rest yet), but it's something. You'll notice that I don't actually have any pictures of the house, that's because they still haven't done the front yard landscaping (immigration issues are affecting the work force). The first picture is the guest room, then Naomi's crib, the fireplace in our living room, obviously Naomi's playroom too, then more of Naomi's room, and more of Naomi's room, and finally Naomi's bathroom. Hope you enjoy!

It's coming...

Ok, I do have new pictures of Naomi, and I do have pictures of the house...the only problem? The cable to upload my pictures is packed...somewhere.
I can update you though. We are all doing well and are beginning to really settle into our house.
Naomi is now pulling up on everything and starting to crawl. Luckily she doesn't really understand crawling yet and will only go far enough to reach the toy she currently wants and doesn't actually leave the room or get into anything....YET!
Both of our mothers have been up to help us organize the house (THANK YOU!!!) and it is really starting to look like a home rather than a storage facility.
I will post pictures as soon as my cable is located.

Oh, and Naomi slept through the night for the first time! 9 straight hours!

Moving

Sorry for the delay with new posts, we are just days away from moving into our new home and have been really busy. Thanks to both of our parents, we have everything but the furniture and our essentials moved! The furniture will be moved Tuesday.
Here are some new pictures of Naomi. As you can see she sits up very well and is up and ready to crawl (thank goodness she doesn't actually go anywhere yet). She is becoming more coordinated every day.
She's having some problems sleeping, possibly because of our stress due to the move. We will all be glad to be moved into the new house.
We will make sure to get pictures up when we have a chance to take them and have the computers back up and running.

5 Months

5 Months!

Firsts: Solid foods (rice, oatmeal, pears, carrots, and sweet potatoe)
Rolled from back to tummy
Plane trip to California
Getting on hands and knees (rocks and lunges)
Stands holding onto furniture

Naomi is really starting to have a personality. She loves songs (Monkeys on the bed and the Ants go marching especially). She also likes to be read to and eating the books, you really have to taste the books to get to the real story. She loves her kitty Demi, but sometimes has to pinch her or pull her tail (Demi bites me when Naomi does this...how is that fair?). She is so strong and always pulls up to sitting or standing when you hold onto her hands. She still comes to work with me at the shop and is good most of the time, she gets tired of being there, but we try to spice up her life with new toys and experiances. The customers really get a kick out of her!

California Girl

We're all ready to go, we just need to pack the baby...oh wait! She's already packed!
We just got back from California visiting family and have so much to share!
This is Naomi on the plane, she did such a good job on both trips. She slept and played most of the time, and really didn't bother any of the other passengers.

Naomi got to meet more grandparents, great grandparents, great aunts, great uncles, and some second cousins.


She also learned to get up on her knees! She will wiggle back and forth and lunge, but doesn't actually crawl yet (thank goodness!).
We got to see the Golden Gate Bridge and Fort Point. Naomi actually stayed in the car (with Granny Anne) for this outing because it was pretty cold and she was asleep.


Here Naomi is with more family (we're great at catching people at their finest moments...in robes and swimming suits!)









Naomi also had her first picnic in Sonoma. She didn't actually partake in the food, but we all enjoyed her company.

Here we are at the scenic overlook for the Bridge, it was really windy and a little chilly, and Naomi almost lost one of her socks! Thankfully and nice woman found it on the path and brought it back to us.

We also visited Ghirardeili square. Most of the shops were closed, but it was very pretty and we had some really good ice cream!


Here I am with Naomi and the Sea Lions of Pier 39. We ended up going into San Francisco on two different days, but we enjoyed both trips.

Other firsts from the trip:
Chewed on Sourdough Bread
Ate sand at Crissy Field
Traffic jam (Naomi doesn't like these AT ALL!!)

Earthquake (this was actually a first for all of us). It was located about 7.5 miles away from us and was a 4.4. Funny story...we were trying to get a day bed from the 2nd story porch down to the ground floor, but just over the porch railings. Ken and Anne were lifting it up and over while Michael down below holding it up when it hit. Michael thought the porch was coming down on top of him and I thought the day bed was coming through the wall (I was inside with Naomi at the time). No damage was done and we came away with an interesting stroy.


It really was a very good trip. We enjoyed seeing everyone and hope to go back out this winter so Naomi can see her Great-great grandparents (5 generations!)

I may have left things out...sorry. You'll have to bear with me, I'm still getting over the trip plus trying to pack up our house to move. We'll get pictures up of the house as soon as possible.

Naomi can stand up...sort of

Naomi can stand for short periods of time on her own (well, with the support of another object)! But, she did fall over once. She also does an excellent job in her Exersaucer (thanks for the loan!) which she really loves. She spins around to play with all the different toys it has to offer, but she does get a little obsessed by a couple of the toys and has to be turned away from them from time to time.

Naomi's new room

Here are some pictures of Naomi's new room after being decorated (yeay for help from Yaya, Nana, and Grandpa!)

First Foods

Naomi had her first solid foods this week (7/20). Rice cereal with pears...yum! She did really well and seemed to enjoy it. She of course made a mess of herself, but that's to be expected.
Here she is in her high-chair after finishing her meal.

It's hard to tell from the picture, but she's covered from her head to her toes with the sticky stuff, she had to have a bath right afterwards.

Some News

Naomi had her 4 month well baby check up this week and she did very well. She is 14 lbs 10.5 ozs and is 25 inches tall. She is developmentally a 6 month old (our smart girl!) and will be starting solid food. We plan to start her on rice cereal on Saturday. I will post pictures of her first attempt next week.

More exciting news, we are house owners...again! Our house is finished and signed for. We won't be moving in until August because of our vacation, but that gives us more time to pack. Our Moms will be out there this week though painting Naomi's room (yeah!) and I'll post pictures ASAP.

4 Months!

Naomi is 4 Months old today!
First: Gurgling, rolled over from tummy to back (6-28), drinking from a sippy cup, turns towards voices and sounds, pets the kitty, sleeps in crib, sits without support for about 15 seconds.
For Naomi's first Father's Day we went to Sweet Tomatoes, a local salad and soup restaurant, of course you've already seen Michael's gift!
She is so alert and grabs everything that is placed in front of her, and once she has it, it always ends up in her mouth, so we're learning to be careful about what we put near her.
She has also fallen in love with faces, especially noses. She loves to grab them and suck on them.
She is also learning to suck her thumb. We have mixed feelings about this, but can't really stop her.
She also "hides" from people sometimes by turning away into Mom's shoulder.

Just had to share...

...this cute picture! Here is Naomi with Quack. She's in a jumper that her Auntie Nifer gave her, but up until recently she's been too little for it. Don't they look cute together!

4th of July

Naomi's first 4th of July went well. We all went over to Michaels sister's house for a BBQ. Naomi didn't get to see any fireworks of course because they are just to late, but on the flip side she also wasn't woken up by any fireworks!
This picture is of her in her 4th of July outfit (sorry it's blurry, sometimes the camera and I just don't get along).

Update: Naomi is now sleeping in her own crib! Her head and shoulders are still elevated to help with her reflux. She is waking up just once or twice a night now.

Naomi's Ticker

Michael added a ticker to the top of the page. This way everyone will know exactly how old Naomi is.