Yeah, 13 months! So I figured out an easier way to take her monthly photos. I’ll get her to sit on the exact same chair every month and take quick snap shots. She also sat proudly on her chair feeling like a big girl smiling and waving at the camera. My little model. At 13 months, Luna is crawling around the entire house now going through baskets of things, opening kitchen cabinets, pulling off cd’s, books and magazines from our bookshelf and completely exploring the house. Luna has also learned to kiss me and Peter on the cheeks and knows how to hug her stuff animal friends. Luna loves reading time, loves ripping pages from magazines, loves hiding her socks behind her crib padding and loves eating banana.

Our little Luna is 11 months old! Luna has been more vocal these past weeks with a lot of happy screams that goes on in the morning while she plays with her toys. I can’t help but giggle with every scream as I find it too cute that she is too happy to hold it all in. Luna’s favourite toys lately are her tambourines, xylophone, and drums. She also loves our story time and her favourite books are: Spot the Dog, Dotty, Charley Harper 123′s, Charley Harper abc’s, Baby Panda and Goodnight Moon.

Luna’s bottom tooth has sprouted out and the other one beside it looks like it’s eagerly wanting to come out too. We are eyeing it every day and are very excited for this new development.

As for food, Luna is still eating very well. She has recently started eating Annabel Karmel’s chicken and apricot curry which she eats with lentils. I’m always on the lookout for new recipes and currently looking for a good baby friendly chili recipe.

Luna has also started her Creative Movement and Mother Goose classes. I’ve noticed that she really radiates joy in these group environments filled with music, activities, bubbles, book reading, dancing etc… I’m over joyed to see her so engaged in the activities and she also tries to say hi to all the other babies by either waving to them or touching their face.

Luna has also been eager to start walking. She’s not too happy to learn to crawl but when it comes to walking, she’s all over the place. I have a feeling she might skip crawling as she’s never too happy when we get her to practice to crawl.

I can’t believe in just a month, our little girl will be turning one. Everything about her is so precious and it puts tears in our eyes seeing her grow and learn new things. Luna just always amazes us. So innocent, so curious and so much love for the world.

Little Luna is now 10 months old. Luna loves swimming in the pool (we go once a week), sitting on a swing and bouncing on a seasaw at the park. She loves our long walks as she sits in her stroller and watches the world go by. Luna LOVES playing with her nephews Bailey and Nico and get excited every time they come over to play with her. They always watch her so closely (like her big brothers) and endlessly entertain her.

Luna has also learned her first word – MAMA! Though, she refers to everything and everyone as Mama. Luna has also learned to clap her hands and wave.

Luna has been eating finger foods and enjoys feeding herself. She happily eats a banana all by herself, strawberries, melons and practically anything she can get her hands on. Luna has also enjoyed everything I cooked for her so far. She loves her baby bolognese with ricotta cheese, homemade broccoli cheese sticks, peas steak risotto & macaroni and cheese.

Luna is still sleeping very well and sleeps all night by herself in her room. Oh, the freedom we have! As soon as we turn on Lullatone (given to us by Jonathan & Anita), she knows it’s time to sleep. She’s also made a friend which stays with her everytime she sleeps. It’s a little white lamb which our friend Sophia had given her. She loves her little lamb which she always has tightly wrapped in her arms to keep her cozy at night.

At this stage, we also feel like she should have a few organized activities that she can start participating in. We’ve got a puppet show to go to in our local library next week, a creative movement class which starts in 2 weeks at a community centre and Mother Goose at our local library once a week as well where we all sit in a circle and sing nursery rhymes. She’s also signed up for a baby art class which starts in November. I’m excited for that one!

We still have the last bit of Summer to enjoy and then we welcome what Fall brings to our everyday life.

Wow, our little girl is now 9 months old! A few updates this month. Luna can now sit up all by herself! She’s also eating very well. I’ve recently introduced lentils with coriander and fresh mint, peas risotto and tofu. Soon, I’ll be making her homemade hummus for her to dip her baby cookies in. As much as I can, I try to introduce a variety of flavours to constantly expand her palette.

Luna loves sitting and standing on grass. She loves the feeling of it in her little feet. She also loves to grab flowers and leaves and tries to stuff them all in her mouth. Luna doesn’t like the feel of sand in her feet and is afraid of the ocean. But I’ll try to take her to the beach more often so she can get used to it. Luna also loves being taken to the playground to sit in the swing. This has been her new favourite activity.

We’ve also successfully sleep trained her (at 6 months, she decided she didn’t want to sleep in her crib so we’ve been co-sleeping since then). She now is able to sleep all by herself in her crib and sleeps all night. Amazing! And when she wakes up, she quietly plays with her little lamb in her crib and waits for us to come in. We always look forward to going into her room in the morning as she screams with delight as soon as she sees us and is eager to be taken in our arms. These are moments we will always cherish.

We continue to watch our little girl explore her world and are excited to experience what month 10 brings!

We can’t believe our little Luna is now 8 months old. It feels like it was only yesterday when we took her 7th month photos. How time flies… People weren’t kidding when they said they grow fast – they really do. When we look back at her newborn photos, it’s hard to believe she was that tiny!

Luna is now eating 3 times a day and really enjoys her food. I’m not quite sure if she has a favourite as she seems to eat anything I give her. As long as it’s sweet, she’s happy. I’ve started giving her quinoa and will soon introduce pasta and tofu. She also likes munching on her baby mum mum and it’s so cute how dirty she gets by eating those little cookies. Every morning when we wake up, I feel like I need to run to the kitchen and quickly make us our breakfast as she wants to eat ASAP! I guess she gets it from me as I’m that way too :)

Luna also loves getting her hair brushed. She is a girl afterall… She hasn’t started crawling yet but we see her trying. Maybe soon?  Luna will also be starting her summer session of her swimming classes this Saturday which I am looking forward to. It’s really cute to watch her splash around in the pool. Our little girl is growing and we continue to watch her explore her world.

Our little girl is now 7 months old! She’s a lot more vocal now and loves rolling around. She can’t crawl yet but once in awhile I see her trying. She loves the food I make her and recently, she started eating homemade steak stew (it’s actually pretty good, a lot better then the stew I made for Peter and I a few months ago), chicken with fresh basil, mangos and soon, she will be eating blueberries. She’s finished her swimming classes but I have signed her up for the summer class as she really loves it. Summer is almost here and I can’t wait for us to spend our days lounging at the beach, picking berries at the park by our house, lots of picnics and having our meals out in our garden. Luna is a winter baby so we are excited to see her discover her world in the heat! Yay for summer!