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Climbing Stairs

Remi will be 11 months old on March 6.  She has been climbing stairs for a month but can now do both flights in roughly half a minute.  As she nears the top of the stairs she grunts, “Meow!” which is, of course, Remi-speak for Cat.  Remi’s rendition of the sound “meow” is truncated into a single syllable…so, “Mow”.

We are dog-sitting for a few days and that has been a blast for Remi.  Initially the dog was classified as a “Meow” but in less than one day Anna had Remi calling him “Bow wow”.  We notice mimicry popping up all over.  When I change her diaper I rub an alcohol-based sanitizer into my hands. Remi copies the hand movements.  If she gets a hold of a towel she will initiate a game of “Peek-a-boo” by covering her head and ever-so-slowly exposing her face -all while laughing hysterically.  She is impossibly cute.

She loves art and especially text.  She has 3 pieces of art hanging in her room which she must admire for several minutes before leaving.  We have to move from picture-to-picture so Remi can point, touch and smile at each one.  If I wear a t-shirt with printed text she will awkwardly trace the outlines of each letter.  She traces a lot with her magic index finger.  Following patterns in fabric or the corners of a room.  She is a very aware little person.

These are some pics we took as she climbed the stairs today. She was ready for a nap so she got a little moody toward the end.  The climb goes a long way toward helping her nap easily.

6 Months old!

Remi is now 6 months old!

She is sitting up on her own, eating sold food (when we have time), playing peek-a-boo, and fascinated by the cats.  Oh, and she has her first two teeth!

Still no crawling.  She “swims” in place a lot but hasn’t quite figured out how to put that into forward momentum.  She has become a master of pulling things she wants toward her.

Couch potato Remi

Remi is hooked on her first TV show: HBO’s Classical Baby series.

She has noticed TV for brief moments but nothing has quite captivated her like this.  She will sit in her Boppy and watch Classical Baby for a full 30 minutes.  I’m not quite sure what she sees but she cannot tear her eyes away from the show.

It’s all short vignettes (2-5 minutes each) of classical music playing to animated versions of famous works of art. Full credit is given to the composer and artist (for mommy & daddy, presumably).  I can’t wait for the next episode to find out if that two-timing Kandinsky is finally going to fall for Tchaikovsky or that egotistical hussy Wagner.

Sleeping through the night?

It appears Remi is about to take another big developmental step.  She has flirted with sleeping through the night for each of the last 4 nights.  We don’t quite count any of these recent sleeping performances as “full night” because she either went to bed at 1:AM or she had to wake up once during the night.  Still, the times she has woken up hungry have been much shorter and only waking once instead of 3 times is a major improvement.

Lashes

Mom requested pics of Remi’s eye lashes.  They are long.  These pics were taken on July 4th…Remi’s 3 month birthday!!

Manual focusing in a low light situation with no flash = less than crisp photos.  Love the bokeh though.

Remi's favorite toy

I realize this video may not be the most exciting watching in the world to anyone other than us.  I decided to post it because it’s a developmental milestone.  In the video Remi is interacting with an electronic plastic bear.  The white bear is attached to the green support column at the right of the screen.

This is the first time she is smiling and laughing without gas being directly involved.  She is also very aware of her surroundings and able to track movement and, in this video, all the toys hanging from her playmat.  She is specifically laughing and interacting with the bear.  He doesn’t have a name yet but he is far and away Remi’s favorite toy.

Memorial Day Pics

A few shots of Remi’s first Memorial Day.  We waited until the sun was less intense and went to play in the back yard.

Remi Swings!

Remi really likes the swing her aunt Abbie gave her!

Separated at birth? (no…)

Click the picture above for a comparison between Remi (at 2 weeks) and Camp (at birth).  The angles aren’t 100% right but we think there may be some relation.

Remi Pics [May 2]

Here are a few new pics of Rem-rem: