Virginia's 9 Month Photo Session

Wow - I just went through the disk to find a couple of good shots to post on the blog and I simply couldn't narrow it down to just a few! They posted in opposite order of the shoot - that's why she's down to her rumpers in the top. She was clothed when we started. :) You can click on the picture to enlarge it.

For Dad

I hope you enjoy this video!

Baby Virginia's TV Debut

We just got back from our annual beach trip hosted by my parents in the Outer Banks. We really had an enjoyable week and it is deserving of a separate post...so stay tuned for it....I just wanted to go ahead and get this out there.

While we were in the OBX, Hurricane Hanna was quickly approaching the Carolina's Coast. We wanted to go down to the beach to check out the wave action and snap a few photos. As we approached the beach entrance we saw the local news van from WRAL. I was like, please don't let them come talk to us. I hadn't showered in like 2 days and had no makeup....so, of course, they came straight to us! Who can resist the lure of Beautiful Baby V?!! So, without further adieu....here's Baby V's TV debut! http://www.wral.com/weather/video/3493037/

Baby Dinner Theatre

Just a quick little post here....last night Jim went out to ride his jetski and V and I had the most enjoyable time together. After Virginia and I played up on the bonus room (she can pass the ball back and forth with me now!) I put her in her highchair and while I was getting her dinner ready I started to act out the very animated version of Sandra Boyton's "Bard Yard Dance" for her. She LOVED it!!! I thought to myself, well, here's some Baby Dinner Theatre for you little V! :)

Then after she ate her dinner, I started to make dinner for Jim and myself so after I got it all going I took Virginia out of her exersaucer and let her crawl around the kitchen to explore. We started playing peek-a-boo over the island. She was on one side and I would peek over the top, of course she got excited every time - it's amazing how that doesn't get old to babies! Then I realized I could see her reflection in the door of the oven and she was anticipating my coming over the top of the island so I totally "got" her by sneaking up on her around the side! That was really funny to us both. Then we ensued into a game of hide and seek. She's getting pretty fast and is definitely a smart cookie. Oh, I just love my daughter and we had the most fun together last night!

My Child's "Latest Trick"

Well, it's not really her latest trick, this video was taken on August 30th before we even left for the beach but I'm still catching up with my photo/video organizing! :) I just thought this was worthy of posting. I wish I could cut off the volume because I really don't care to hear myself on here, but you can just mute me out.

She used to employ this new communication skill only when it came to eating, but she has since learned that it is effective for a variety of situations. :)

PS - Mommy has since learned to stop laughing and encouraging the use of "no" in every conversation; we're working on expanding her communication skills!