Archive for June, 2007

Ithaca is Gorges!

Here’s some photos from our trip to Ithaca, NY to see Uncle David graduate from the Finger Lakes School of Massage. More pictures here.

Here he is in the commencement processional:
The Graduate

Family pics:
Grandpa & Natalie

Us with David

The graduate with Smoky & Mom

At Taughannock Falls:
Approaching Taughannock

Sister & brother

Natalie on my back

Taughannock Falls

Light & shadow

At Robert Treman State Park:
At Robert Treaman State Park

Gorges!

They look so small!

Mom in the water

Enjoying the view

Next time we travel anywhere more than a couple of hours away, I think we’ll do the driving at night while Natalie sleeps. She was a trooper, but now that she’s almost crawling, she really doesn’t like being strapped in the car. Natalie wants to be on the move! She napped some of the time, but the rest of the time it was challenging to keep her entertained and not crying. We sang songs, presented new toys, played peek-a-boo, and resorted to using sugar!
Sugar: the good'ol parent-hack

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Natalie’s New-Found Entertainment

Here’s a couple of still shots of her blowing raspberries…we can add these to her catalogue of much blogged-about funny faces!

Pfffft!

Pfffffffffffft!

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Solid Food

Since Natalie’s first taste of banana on April 30, she’s enjoyed a variety of solid foods:
oatmeal
pear
mango
nectarine
watermelon
pickles
avocado

Here’s an early video of her eating oatmeal—since then she’s gotten much neater! Last night she ate avocado for the first time (she LOVED it) and hardly any of it got on her face.

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