J-Kids Adventures

Our baby girl Isabella is 7 months old! We are very thankful to God for such a sweet, fun, alert, smart and lovely baby girl. This months: - Isabella became mobile. She went from rolling on her blanket to standing on her knees and elbows and rocking (started Memorial Day weekend) to real army crawling just 3 days before turning 7 months! Watch out doggy, and furniture... - Solids are our friend. So far zucchini, thin oatmeal, bananas, carrots and potatoes are eagerly accepted. But chicken and sweet potatoes are the ultimate favorites.  - Isabella babbles quite a bit. Usually she changes the main sounds every couple of days. Ba-ba-ba, da-da-da, ma-ma-ma are some of our favorites. First time on a swing

This week the weather for quite gloomy, and most of the days were spent indoors. We got ready for the Memorial Day Missions Conference, and spent the long weekend in fellowship at the Twin Rocks Friends Camp on the Oregon Coast. Isabella is continuing to move very actively through rolling, and is stating to stand on her knees and elbows lifting her stomach up! We won't be surprised if she is an early crawler :) She spends much of her wake time rolling, chewing on toys, or anything else that she is able to grab, and babbling (da-da, ba-ba, wa-wa, and even ma-ma are a part of her babbling vocabulary).

First of all, though we have countless photos of Isabella as she is growing, we were stunned to trully appreciate how much she changed in the last 6 months when we unpacked a baby doll that Isabella first met six months ago! November 4, 2014 May 11, 2015 This week was the first week of Baby Swimming classes for Isabella, and she genuinely enjoyed the experience. Daddy surprised everyone and came to watch her first class!

Thank you dear Grandmothers for lovely swimwear! Isabella is all ready for the season!

Our sweet Isabella Sofia is half a year old! Can't believe we can count her age in years now! Isabella is a very happy girl, and she is on a roll. Main developments this month: - Continuing to grow. 6 months weight - 18 lb, 1 oz; height - 27 and 3/4 inches. - Trying solids: thin oatmeal and zucchini puree - Sitting independently for a minute or so at a time - Attending and enjoying baby story time in the library - Developing fine motor skills - she can easily grasp a raisin now Favorite activities: - rolling on a blanket - chewing on anything that she can reach - nightly swims - watching the doggy I can sit all by myself! Daddy's baby girl

First Library Storytime! Isabella loved sitting in the circle, and watching other babies and parents, as well as huge board books.

Trip to Seattle this week! First time not only for Isabella, but first time for all of us staying in Seattle overnight.