Monday, July 30, 2007

mud bog



Here is one of the kinetic sculptures going through the mud bog.

Saturday, July 28, 2007

DaVinci Days



We attended the annual DaVinci Days festival this weekend (davinci-days.org) which is always so much fun. Ruby finally agreed to hang out in her front-pack which made it so much easier to spend our time outdoors. Her stroller, that we love, does not do so well on anything besides pavement unfortunately. Ruby loved being outside looking at the trees, and we all loved looking at the kinetic sculptures. The race through the mud bog was especially interesting. We also got to ride a segway (see Jenna above). Fun was had by all.

Friday, July 20, 2007

big girl

Ruby is such a cutie! I set her down and she stayed sitting for a minute, I couldn't believe it. She holds her head up really well and likes to stretch her legs out and stand on them. She smiles at everyone and loves having her nana, papa, & cousin here to cuddle with.

Sunday, July 15, 2007

peaceful sleep


peaceful sleep
Originally uploaded by meg+john=ruby
This was taken a couple days ago, but a lot has changed since then. Ruby hit a growth spurt and has been eating twice as often as she usually does! I thought this would mean she would sleep a lot, but no.
Ruby is also trying to talk a lot more. It's really cute. She moves her mouth around, trying to make different sounds and she seems very proud of herself when she does. She smiles a ton. She's a happy girl.
John's parents and niece arrive this week to meet Ruby for the first time. I know they'll fall in love with her; she's so much fun right now.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

so hot


crashin
Originally uploaded by meg+john=ruby
I wasn't a fan of temperatures over 100 before - especially without a/c, but poor little Ruby just can't deal with it. We've been spending our days out and about finding places with air that will also welcome a baby who might fuss for a bit. Ruby is over-stimulated, over-heated, and over-tired.

Last night we snuck into the soil science student lounge after hours and hung out there while John worked on his thesis with us. Ruby and I crashed on the couch until about 10 pm when we thought our apartment might have cooled off enough (it hadn't - it was 90 inside).

On a positive note, when Ruby is not hot and tired, she is so happy. She smiles a ton now - especially at books, which I can't get enough of. She makes a new little sound everyday, it seems. And, she is getting chubbier by the second. She couldn't be cuter, I think and then she proves me wrong.

Friday, July 06, 2007

5 weeks old

Ruby is facing her first heat wave. Now she really loves her nightly bath time, she's so nice and cool afterwards.

Aunt Brianne & Uncle Eddie came to visit this past weekend. We all had a lot of fun staring at and holding Ruby. We went out to eat and went out walking and I actually had my hands free for a few hours! Bri & Eddie just moved to Seattle from KY and we're loving being so close now. Bri and I haven't lived in the same time zone for several years.

Ruby is starting to stay awake more often during the day and sleep a little longer at night. She's begun making some new sounds, more like coos. It's really cute. She LOVES John. When he comes into view, she just stares at him and when he is walking around she turns her head to follow him. Also, every morning when she wakes up, I pick her up to nurse her and she looks out the window and smiles - so cute!