37 Weeks (as of Feb 6, 2010)

Canaan enjoys pulling up on our back glass door and looking outside. She isn't always sure how to get back on the floor though. There is nothing nearby to grab on her way down.

She started making this fish face. It is so cute! She is also smacking her lips more and clicking her tongue.

At church this week, she was promoted from the cribbers room (her very first room at church) to the crawlers room.

Daddy dressed Canaan for church today. He put her onesie on backwards. His thinking..."Our shirts button in the front." He's right about that. It wasn't any big deal so we just left it backwards all day.

Canaan loves the vacuum cleaner...even when it is on. If she sees it in the room, she will go for it. I wonder if she'll still like it when we make vacuuming one of her chores. Something tells me that won't be the case, but it never hurts to be optimistic.

Another place where Canaan likes to pull up but has trouble getting down from. This is the place I like her to be the least. I did, however, leave her there long enough to get a picture of her.

Canaan attended the first birthday party of her very first friend over the weekend. She got to play with a few friends and play with some toys we don't have at home. She did not take a good nap that day so she went to bed early Saturday night.

Her cooing/talking is getting more complicated, and she's making more sounds. She likes to have a conversation with us. She also likes to sing when we're singing or listening to music.

She is also really intrigued by our mouths and teeth. She has a very serious look when she's inspecting them.

36 Weeks (as of Jan 30, 2010)

Matthew has already started working with Canaan on walking while holding his fingers. She does ok, but I think she'd rather be crawling or walking along the couch on her own.

She loves to put tags in her mouth. She will stand at her exercauser for a really long time trying to get that tag in her mouth.

Her knees have been red from crawling so much.

My mom brought this outfit of mine before Canaan was born. I tried it on her this weekend while my parents were in town. I really need to see if I can find a picture of me in that outfit so we can compare Canaan and me. Up close, this outfit is totally 70s. It is blue polyester.

I bought this tutu from Etsy several months ago. This was the first time I put it on Canaan. She enjoyed feeling all the layers but did not enjoy trying to stand up with it on. She couldn't see her feet and couldn't tell what she was doing. We'll have to play with this many more times.

Now Canaan will stand up in her crib when she wakes up from a nap. It is a bit harder to do when she wakes up in the morning because I still have her in a sleep sack. I don't get to see this often since I am generally at work when she wakes up from a nap. She is very excited to see someone open her door and greets you with a huge smile.

She tried avocado for the first time. I put a piece in a mesh bag, and she was able to chew on it. She seemed to like this (it was her first time to use the mesh bag), but she didn't like it as much when I mashed it up and fed it to her from her plate.

She got her first bruise this week after falling down at a friend's house.

She can walk along the couch while holding on.

She is very deliberate in her crawling and pulling up.

I got this canvas from Canvas People. They are running a promotion where you can get $55 off an order. I got this 8x10 and only paid the shipping which was a little under $15. The quality is really good. As far as I know, the special is still going on. Check it out here.

8 Months

I know I say/write this each month, but I cannot believe Canaan is 8 months. Time is flying by. She is so fun now that she can interact with us and recognize us. We are enjoying our time with her.

Grandma and I took her to JC Penney on Saturday to have her monthly pictures taken. They turned out really cute. It was hard to narrow down my favorites so there will be several pictures to this post.

35 Weeks (as of Jan 23, 2010)

(playing with the Octotunes she received from the Bells for Christmas)

(getting stuck in the bottom of her exersaucer)

(Doesn't she look precious up on her knees like that?)

I'm finally caught up!

• Canaan started crawling on Tuesday, January 19th. She never did the army crawl or scooting around on her bottom. She just started crawling.
• She ate prunes this week. I think she had a better reaction to prunes than to bananas.
• Not one to settle for one success in a week, she also started pulling up on everything this week. She will even try to pull up on a toy that is sitting on the floor. I'm trying to convince her that she needs to pull up on something taller than she is.
• She has started blowing air out of her mouth.
• When she is standing and holding onto something or someone, she will take steps toward that object/person.
• Canaan is learning to fall well.
• Matthew moved her crib mattress to the lowest setting this weekend. It is the first time we have had to move it.
• She is crawling/pulling herself up into all kinds of predicaments.
• This new found freedom is causing Canaan to do a lot of whining. I have no idea what is going on with that.
• The hardwood floor causes some frustration as her legs do not always follow her hands as they should.

Grandma and Grandpa came for a visit and were surprised to see her crawling and pulling up. It is truly amazing how much she's learned in one week's time.

34 Weeks (as of Jan 16, 2010)

• This week Canaan tried bananas. They are super sweet. So far, I would guess this is her least favorite by the look on her face. She will still eat them though.
• She took her first bath in her tub without the infant sling.
• She started making what resembles a fish face.
• We had a follow-up visit with Canaan's gastroenterologist this week. We are supposed to use a less hypo-allergenic formula for supplementing and to continue to add solid foods every 5 to 6 days.
• She weighs 16 pounds 3 1/2 ounces. She has gained almost 10 pounds. She was 6 pounds 4 ounces when she was born.
• When sitting in your lap, Canaan will push with her legs to a standing position.
• When interested in something, she very purposefully touches it with her index finger and has almost a scowl on her face.
• Matthew took Max to the park on Tuesday. When Max would run back to Matthew with his ball or toy, Canaan would laugh. Last Saturday was her first stroller ride without her infant carrier. I'm sure she enjoys being able to sit up and see what's going on.
• Canaan almost always smiles when she sees Max come into a room.
• She is very interested in Max's paws.

33 Weeks (as of Jan 9, 2010)

A couple of these pictures were taken on a different camera, and I can't figure out how to rotate them. They are too cute not to post so I guess you'll have to turn your head.

• Canaan tried winter squash this week. So far all the baby food she has eaten has been Earth's Best organic. I had originally planned to make all her food but realized I just couldn't do it all working full time. So I gave up that dream and decided to buy her food.
• She is getting ready to crawl any day. She is up on her hands and knees a lot but isn't sure how to coordinate her hand and foot movement.
• She can stand for long periods of time.
• Canaan has started leaning back to look at the ceiling and anything above her.
• She will pull her bumper pad down so she can see over it out of her crib.
• She has eaten as much as 6 small jars of baby food plus cereal in a day.
• This Saturday we had our monthly Sunday school dinner at our house. Among a group of ladies, one of our friends mentioned she thought her son had a lot of rolls on his legs/around his bottom until she changed Canaan's diaper. Another lady then chimed in that Canaan had the cutest bottom and rolls she'd ever seen. That reminds me that when my SIL saw me changing Canaan's diaper over Christmas, she called to her husband that he needed to come see Canaan's rolls. We don't know any different, but apparently she has plenty of padding.

32 Weeks (as of Jan 2, 2010)

Some notes about Canaan at 32 weeks...

• It is really cute when Canaan is sleepy and rubs her eyes.
• She is not crawling just yet but can scoot around a little bit. She can get up on her knees and her hands but not very often at the same time.
• Canaan can now hold her bottle on her own. When she is eating and not holding a bottle, she generally has jazz hands covering her eyes (hands open, facing out).
• Sometimes she will reach out for whomever is picking her up.
• She tried pears this week.
• Canaan tends to move into the same corner of her bed each night no matter where she starts out.
• She is still wearing 6 month clothes.
• She is still wearing Pampers Swaddlers size 2 diapers.
• I just recently started using a second bottle of Burt's Bees shampoo/body wash.
• I am almost to the end of the first bottle of Dreft laundry detergent we purchased for Canaan's laundry.
• I am also still on the first tube of A&D Ointment we purchased for diaper cream. We also have a tube in the diaper bag.
• I think I can see tooth bumps on the front part of Canaan's lower gum. I expected to see the bumps on top of the gum so I'm not sure if it is teeth I see coming in.