finally an update on Imogen's weekly photos

20 weeks

21 weeks

22 weeks

23 weeks

24 weeks

25 weeks

26 weeks

27 weeks

28 weeks

29 weeks

30 weeks

31 weeks

32 weeks

33 weeks

34 weeks

35 weeks

week 52

 we made it!  this will be the end of Ruby's weekly photos.  its bitter sweet for me, i will miss having the same staged weekly photo of Ruby but since she has been able to crawl they are such a pain to take.  Half the time she is just screaming and crying at me because I am requesting her to stay in one spot for a couple minutes.  I will still continue to take monthly photos of her until she is two or so!

Ruby is so obsessed with socks.  she simply loves them and will crawl around the house all day with them in her hand never letting them go.  She'll even try to take them with us when we leave the house.  With that being said surprisingly all her socks still have matches she has yet to loose one of her socks.  Within the last month her vocabulary has blossomed a lot.  She can say (in her way) pretty, what, that, dog, Jack (dogs name), and of course Mama and Dada (even though we kinda like Papa more).  She also will say, "whats that" and point at things.  She amazes me everyday and my love grows for her everyday.  I can't wait to see what this next year has in store for us!

all 52 weeks of her first year!

That is all, goodnight!

(I put Ruby's birthday party photos in the post below)

week 51

 This little lady will be one WHOLE year old next week.....crazy.

week 50

 Sweet baby girl, your growing up too fast.

 standing, crawling, pointing, chatting, eating, bathing,

 laughing, grunting, clapping, waving,

hugging and kissing are a few of your favorite things.  

I love you to pieces! 

-Mama

week 48 and week 49

 My little lady is a few short weeks away from her first birthday.  Thinking of that makes me really sad but really happy all at the same time.  This past year has gone by so terrible fast I feel like I didn't have time to revel in the newness of her life as much as I had wished too.  Being sick for the first three months of her life definitely put a strain on me enjoying her in the beginning.  Trying to think back to the days of a cuddly sweet newborn are hard to remember, already.  Don't get me wrong, I do love her new big girl skills and her cute personality that shines so bright but I feel sad about how quickly it has all come.  When I was pregnant I was given some great advice by an old customer.  They said to me, "always be in the present, don't hope for the future or the past, just enjoy what is happen right now."  I need to keep reminding myself of this wise advice or I might find myself next year wondering how I missed everything again. 

Right now Ruby..

is a crawling machine

points at everything and says, "but?" (translation: what)

attempts to repeat the words you say when telling her what she is pointing at

claps and waves all the time, she'll even stop nursing to clap!

thinks Jack (the dog) is the best thing ever

loves socks, she crawls around never letting them go

loves to eat eggs for breakfast

thinks its the greatest thing to throw her eggs on the floor for Jack to eat

gets excited when she see snow on the ground

hates getting in the cold car

gives whoever comes into her room upon waking a sweet long hug

is super gentle

is still not a hair puller

likes to swipe glasses off peoples faces

still wakes up twice a night.

week 46 and week 47

 week 46:

Ruby is getting around really well.  She has this "fast" crawl that is super cute, she doesn't really get anywhere fast she just moves her arms and legs fast.  Ruby also has some great gibber jabber, it consists of lots of whisper noises and some deep growling.  She also loves to point at things.

 week 47:

I have mixed feeling about stopping these pictures once she is one.  Ever since Ruby learned how to crawl taking these pictures has become such a chore.  She tries to crawl away and when I wrangle her back to the blanket she throws a fit.  Once she learns how to walk I know its game over.  I will miss these cute growth tracking photos.  Hopefully she will still let me take her monthly photo's without much protest.

 turning over to crawl away

 away she goes

some classic Ruby bed head!

week 44 and week 45

 each week is getting more and more challenging to get Ruby's picture without her being upset.  She either wants to turn over and crawl away or she wants my camera strap to chew on.  She wants my camera strap in this picture.

 Although I do think her upset face is pretty cute.

 She is getting better at crawling with each passing day, now she gets into EVERYTHING.

In this picture she kept trying to turn over and crawl over to her drum. 

on her way to her drum.

43 weeks

 Guess what...This little lady has figured out crawling and now she doesn't want to stay still.  While trying to take her picture she kept trying to get away. 

 In order to get this one I had to keep making loud noises and crazy faces.

This is what she was going for its obviously much cooler than getting her picture taken. 

41 weeks & 42 weeks

41 weeks

42 weeks

 Ruby can now crawl short distances but only does it if she really wants something bad.