Baby

I just looked over my photos from July, and most of them were of Miss Joy! Do you think we’re enjoying her?

This was just before she started walking; she figured out that she could push the crate around.

We roasted a turkey one evening, and she was delighted to be given some of the bones.

I made a carob cake with a fudgy frosting, and when she climbed up to the table she was delighted to find something yummy!

One of her brothers got these pictures before he left for work one morning.

She loves to climb into the window and look out.

She has been eating—and loving—ice cream for months already, but this was the first time she was handed a cone of her own. She loved it!

All worn out!

Simon with his little sisters.

Mr. Intellectual with his little sisters.

Checking out the cat’s tail! Princess has trained her by now to leave her alone

Yes, we took her down from here as soon as the photo was snapped! She’s rather daring.

Toes are so fun!

She loves my cup.

She discovered the piano recently.

She likes lettuce—especially the dressing on it!

Miss Joy turned six months old a week or two ago. She learned to crawl about that time, and she is moving very fast now. She pulls herself up to anything that doesn’t move under her, and gets very frustrated when we block her from such wonderful playgrounds as the basket of newspapers we keep in the living room for fire starter! She loves to play outside in the grass, and in our bedroom, much better than in the living room—although the kitchen is almost as good as outside. She’s so tiny she can easily sit up underneath a chair.

She loves my teacup with the picture of our family on it.

She still sleeps well—although for a week or so before she got her first tooth this week she wasn’t sleeping as well. She’s a thumb sucker—the first we’ve had.

She loves ice cream! Before she was really crawling, Esther got her to move all the way across the living room by holding spoonfuls of it in front of her.

One afternoon when Miss Joy was a bit grumpy I put her in a tub with water in the kitchen. She played in the water for awhile, and then stood up and found the cabbage I had nearby! She was delighted that she could reach across and taste the cabbage!

It’s been awhile since I’ve shared any pictures of our baby! These are mainly for Grandma and the aunties, so if you aren’t in that category, feel free to skip this post.

This was her second time away from home. She screamed for about a minute after we started off—and suddenly fell asleep with this adorable pout on her face!

Four weeks—one of the first smiles.

A month old, wearing a dress from a special friend who drove four or five hours each way, with another dear friend, to share our joy in our new baby!

Five weeks, and getting fatter!

Five weeks

Little Miss loves having a baby sister! Here she was having a party; the cups were the party hats!Six weeks. Esther captioned this one something about hiding from the world. She likes to have her hands near her face when she sleeps.

Six weeks—just another cute picture!Esther tried many times before she was able to get a good passport photo. Keep your hands down, baby!

Getting fat and still very happy!

Seven weeks. Obviously, the love between Miss Joy and Mr. Sweetie is mutual! (Or maybe she just thinks he’s funny!)

We are loving having a baby in the house again! This little girl is a very happy baby, and sleeps and eats very well. At three weeks, she was already 13 ounces over her birthweight, so she apparently gets enough!

Here are my three beautiful girls, when we came home from church on the first Sunday that Miss Joy went to church. She was nearly two weeks old. The second photo was taken a little later, when she woke up.

Mr. Intellectual got help with his school from his baby sister.

Two weeks old. She was intently listening to her daddy singing, and studying his face.

Studying Mr. Intellectual…

…and Little Miss…

…and Simon.

Three weeks old. She does very well at holding her head up already, and is very alert—when she’s awake! She often spends a couple of hours awake in the morning, and three-four hours awake just before bedtime, with occasional cat naps; otherwise, she sleeps for several hours at a time, day and night. She’s very happy; nothing seems to bother her much except when she decides she needs to eat right now and gets put off for several minutes! She smiles a lot now, although we haven’t managed to capture that in a photo yet.