Ruthie Update

Ruthie update: Many thanks to the Witcher blog which this entry is based upon. Ruthie - you are eight months old and 23 pounds! You wear 12-18 month size clothing and size 3 shoes.

You learned to roll in October but have yet to crawl. When we place you on your tummy, you complete some push ups but cry and whine when you think you have been on the floor too long!

At dinner time with us you sit in your high chair with a bib around your neck. Since you were six months old, you have tried; peaches, sweet potato, pear, banana, brown rice cereal (organic), carrots and peas. You weren't a fan of the pear or peas that much since you spit those up (vomited) but you look forward to trying other foods in the future. You like to nurse and keep cozy with your mommy.

At night time you have been sleeping in a light pink sleep bag and we swaddle your arms with a small white blanket. The temperature in your nursery has been rather chilly so mommy and daddy bought you a self-standing heater that drives the chill away!

On Tuesday nights you enjoy the devotion and praise/worship time with your parents. Daddy plays the guitar and you wave your arms; sometimes shaking the egg shaker.

Every night daddy reads you your board books and your favorite is SkippyJon Jones followed closely by Look at the Animals. You enjoy flipping the pages as quickly as possible when you are in a "flipping the pages mood." However, the pictures cause you to voice your opinion with the loud noises you make.

Your favorite companion besides mommy during the day is Kit the family beagle puppy. Your arms reach out to touch her and Kit never complains when you get a handful of skin and fur. When Kit shakes her bed or runs around really fast, you sometimes think it is funny and giggle and shout with delight. Kit enjoys licking you when mommy isn't looking.

At the beginning of this month, you have learned to reach your arms up to indicate you want to be picked up. Just last week you squeezed your hands open and closed like mommy and daddy showed you.