Link to our Videos

Here is a link to the Swobodafamily Channel on You tube. You can also use the URL below or the link in the sidebar. We generally put extra videos and long videos on our YouTube channel. You can follow the link to see all of the videos we've put on YouTube. The most recent of these are what appear on the sidebar of the blog.

http://www.youtube.com/user/swobodafamily

Trip to the Zoo

We have a free community zoo in Madison, and today was beautiful (when we left) so I took Cecilia to see it. I wasn't expecting much and was pleasantly surprised at how extensive the zoo was! A lot of animals were indoors (they have several buildings too), but we walked outside and saw giraffes, polar bears, brown bears, black bears, a Tiger, otters, penguins, camels, an osterich and its egg, bison, and a lot of monkeys (sorry Allison - primates?). We went inside the PRIMATE house, and saw chimps and orangutans. We had to leave the stroller outside, however, so we only went inside one place. I took a picture of Celia in a polar bear cutout (cute!) and I also took a picture of the solar panel. You don't see many of those sitting in the middle of the zoo.


I got video in a few places, although it was just me so pardon the videography. Celia was interested in things at times, particularly the giraffes, but she got more tired as the day went on (her afternoon nap wasn't long enough). After the zoo, we picked Daddy up at work and went for a nice family dinner at The Great Dane (boy, we'll miss that place). It was a wonderful afternoon!

This video is of us and the polar bears.

This video is of us and the brown bears.

This video is of us and the otters. She really enjoyed the otters. You can't tell as much on the video, but the otters made her babble a lot.

New Game

Cecilia and Daddy really enjoy playing the game you can watch in the video. Cecilia realized that if she speaks while bouncing, it makes a funny sound. Now, when she's on Daddy's knee, she will make a long sound and expect Daddy to bounce her. It took a few takes because the video camera distracts her, but it is the cutest thing! I actually had to sort of hide the camera from her to get this video. What a clever baby!

6 Month Doctor's Appointment

Cecilia had her 6 months doctor's appiontment today. I uploaded her revised growth charts. It looks like her length is leveling off but her weight is holding steady. I question the length measurements, though. They stretch her out along a bumpy table, then hold a tape measure and measure the "crow's flight." As a scientist, I cannot believe it's accurate and it's probably off by an inch or so. They also screwed up the head circumference measurement. She recorded it as 41.3, but I was pretty sure it should be between 42 and 43 from what I could see. After the nurse left, I measured it myself and it was 42.3 cm which keeps her along the same growth curve instead of leveling off. I think Ben was a little appalled when I measured it myself, but I wanted to make sure her head was still growing.

Summary:
weight: 18 lbs 9 oz; 91.32%
length: 26 in (or so they say); 60.49%
head: 41.3 cm (officially, really 42.3 cm); 18.6% (should be around 50%)

Yesterday I put a pony-tail on top of her head for the first time, too (is there a word for that?). It's in the picture we took a picture while we were waiting (cute!). Cecilia also got a DTaP shot, which didn't even make her cry. We have such a good girl! Leah (our doctor) was also impressed that she was hungry and tired and was still so happy and interactive. What a wonderful girl we've been blessed with. She was pronounced perfect.

6 months flies by so fast. She's now learning so quickly, and everyday brings development. Today, for example, she was trying out really loud sounds. I'd be sitting with her, and she'd look at me and just "speak" really loudly for a long time. Then she grinned at me. I wish I could capture every moment on video, but then we wouldn't be living it :). We're just so happy with our baby and couldn't love her more. Happy 6 months Cecilia!

Daddy's Feet

Cecilia is obsessed with feet lately. She loves investigate people's feet and, of course, try to eat them. If she's fussy, stick a foot in front of her and it will gain her interest for a while. We try to keep her from eating them if they are not recently washed (yuck!), but this is a cute video of her going after Ben's feet. It's so cute that when she wants something, she leads with her mouth!

No Socks!

Cecilia worked very hard this morning to take her socks off all by herself! And I got it on video! It took her awhile (3 minutes), so the video is too long to put in the post. Keep an eye on the toolbar, though, and it should turn up there on our YouTube channel!

Check a few of the earlier posts. I try to keep things in chronilogical order so we can preserve some of this time accurately (if I ever get around to archiving it). There are a couple of cute videos from earlier.

Plumber's Crack

Cecilia had a case of plumber's crack first thing in the morning!