The Novack Family

Wow just when I was about to sit down to write about the 8th month, I realize I forgot to do 7 months...
I'll try to remember what I can, luckily the picture help me tell the story.

I always said that Blakelyn would roll back-to-front first because she is always working her ab muscles... and she did! Blakelyn rolled over from back-to-front on June 2, 2012. She has only rolled front-to-back on accident never on purpose. If Blakelyn is fussing on the floor, it's most likely because she has rolled to her tummy and can't figure out what to do... which leads me to the following morning after rolling over:

"It's too early for the flash"

"Enough with the camera mom, pick me up"

After a nap, this could make nap time more interesting...

I don't have a picture of it, nor a video, but Blakelyn will smile and laugh when we put a burp cloth on our shoulders... she knows she's about to get picked up!

Pictures:

Just can't stop playing.

Blakelyn loves to swing, it has become part of our nightly routine.

My First Mother's Day!

Blakelyn loves chew beads!

Cute monkey butt!

We went to Gatlinburg/Pidgeon Forge with some couples from our small group from church. This was our first out of town trip with Blakelyn that wasn't going to see the grandparents. Blakelyn of course loved it... lots of kids to watch, sounds to hear, and people to entertain her.

Blakelyn and Alex "playing."

As you can see they love playing together...

We went for a walk one afternoon so Blakelyn could practice her yoga.

"Sup"

Finally have a family picture of the THREE of us.

This is how pictures are usually taken, just 2 people at a time:

We began solids right after Blakelyn turned 6 months. She didn't show much interest until about 5.5 months, when she would stop what she was doing and mimic what we were doing.
So far Blakelyn loves: sweet potatoes, bananas, prunes, avocado. She didn't care for squash, it made her spit up; apples she didn't like at first, then warmed up to; peaches she liked, but then like the squash would make her spit up.

First tastes, rice "cereal" soup:

Sweet potatoes:
It must be good, her fingers have to approve.

Prunes, oh how we love prunes:

Fingers approve:

After she takes a bite, her fingers go into her mouth (reflux babies do this to help swallow and produce saliva to reduce reflux), then she flings her fingers back out and gets a mess everywhere...

"is there something worth taking a picture of"

Bryan's favorite onesie!

Beautiful Blakelyn!

Found a new toy!
Ripped them right off my face...

7 Month Photo Shoot:

So excited!

Hey look what I can grab.

Oh there's a ball here.

Oh Sophie, must chew Sophie.

Shake, rattle, and chew.

Whoo Hoo it's a clown! A new toy!
The clown is made by Bryan's grandmother (Blakelyn's great grandmother).

It doesn't taste very good.

I want to touch the whales.

Hey there ole buddy ole pal.

Getting too long to fit on here.

I clap with my feet, because my hands are busy.

We tried to get a roll in action...
Here I go:

Mid roll:

Landed... now what? how do I get back over?... that's a whole other story.

So this will be a long post since I am tying a whole month together... *must blog more often*

But hey, has anyone ever complained "geez I wish they'd post less pictures!"

Official Stats:

Height: 27.8 inches (95%)

Weight: 13.14 lbs. (15%)

Head Circumference: 16.5 inches (25%)

Early in the month Blakelyn began playing with toys, not just fingers.

Here she is with her tongue through the O'Ball:

We finally decided to put the exersaucer together. At first B-Daddy was apprehensive thinking she was too big for the exersaucer and that we should have been using it earlier...

I suppose the egg reminds her of her food source...

Her height is obviously in her torso, since her legs don't come close to touching the bottom of the exersaucer.

The biggest excitement this month was when Blakelyn found her feet!! It came out of nowhere, but a las she has toys that are always attached to her. It happened on May 1, 2012 (ok so a little before her 6th month Birthday). B-Daddy was out of town on business while Blakelyn and I decided to go to Birmingham for a few days so we (I) could get some of a break. The day we got to Birmingham we decided to go to JJ's (B-Daddy's mom) school to see her class. As we ate lunch together, Blakelyn haphazardly caught her foot with her hand... and wait for it, I think she's going to, yes, perhaps, maybe, into her mouth her foot went.

She continued to suck, chew, and explore her entire right foot (and left foot) for the rest of the day. I know because I watched her, literally, for three hours, sucking, chewing.

We thought that maybe by the next day she would have forgotten her discovery, nope she remembered:

That night, she did something she hadn't before, she held her own bottle! She had been grabbing the side of the bottle or grabbing our fingers as we fed her, but never all by herself. Granted this bottle maybe had 1 ounce left, but still it's all her holding the bottle:

Not only did Blakelyn find her feet she also found toys and reaching for them. She looks kind of like a monkey with a tamborine when she grasps onto something. Her favorite toys to chew on are: Sophie Le Giraffe, some teething rings, silver rattle, Blubee, and O'Ball.

While we were in Birmingham Blakelyn was very chill and happy, we loved it!! She took two long (1-2 hour) naps a day, smiled a lot, cooed, and hardly fussed at all. We assumed she was going through a growth spurt. Plus with all the discoveries she was making, she must be exhausted... then we came home.

The rash started on her legs and eventually made it to her arms and face, but not her torso. I called our "in house" doctor, Dr. Lala, to ask what we should do. She asked me a series of questions: does she have a fever (99.1), is the rash raised (no), has she been acting not like her self... oh man, you mean this non fussy, happy, sleeping baby is going to go away (yep sure does)!! Dr. Lala said that babies just sometimes get unknown rashes and go away on their own. I called our official doctor and the nurse confirmed, just a fluke of a rash nothing to be alarmed with, it will just clear up on it's own. If she starts fussing a lot call back we may need to see her... come mid week, our normally fussy, happy-for-the-most-part, non sleeping during-the-day baby had returned... it was nice while it lasted.

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