The happiest place on earth

As I said.......

Aqua

Since Jim is here we have been busy showing him around. We went to the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific and walked around Belmont Shore. We also took him to our swimming lesson where Naddie was told that she would be advancing to the next level that is “Intermediate – Immersion, breath control, and rolling to the back are three skills that are emphasized in the Intermediate class. Parents are encouraged to allow their children to become more independent in the water.” She really enjoys her classes and we try to practice at home so that she feels more and more comfortable each time.
We also took Jim to see Newport and Balboa Island and had a great lunch on the beach; Naddie even added a little sand to the menu.
In the last week or so she also picked up some very funny habits and she cracks me up with them. One of them is: she is now giving the signature smile/grin to everyone and anyone who will look at her and it causes some delays in our every day.She also found the doorstopper, you know the ones cats love to play with because they make a funny sound and they are attached to the wall. Well she found them in each of our rooms and she also likes to touch them but the sound makes her cry. Even though it scares her she keeps playing with them. I hope to film it one day!!!

"Picture Perfect"

Naddie loves to pose to the camera. Have a real one or just a toy, if you say "cheese" she will strike a pose. As you can see she already has some of her signature smiles and also three teeth to show. (The fourth one is already sticking out). Enjoy the show....!!!

Naddie on the floor goes around and around, around and around Naddie on the floor goes around and around all through the house!!

Here is a quick update. Naddie is 5 days short of being 9 months old and she is certainly “showing” her age. She is now cruising around either her quasimodo crawling way (that is how Will calls her style) or holding on to some furniture while standing and trying to take steps to reach her destination. She also added “dadda” for daddy and “babba” to her vocabulary, which I think she means the blanky not baby. She is also taking some classes during the week. We go to “My Gym” twice a week where she loves to mingle with the other little ones and I think it is more of a work out for me than it is for her. We also take swimming lessons where we just learned to become little submarines, which was a bigger deal to me than to her. The instructor had to keep telling me that it was ok and that Naddie was doing great. Once again I think this class is more for me than for her.
These next few weeks we have a very full schedule. We have our friend Jim visiting us this week and our friends Kara and Lyric the following week. Lyric is 9 months older than Naddie and we are looking forward to have them down here, as we have not seen them for 3 months.