Brunch is Served

As promised, here is an updated video of Bella eating. This video was taken today (8/22) and is Bella's first experience with pears. Our doctor told us to go from vegetables to fruits, and within each category, from least to most flavorful. We spend 3 days on each food to isolate it and make sure she's not allergic. So far, she's gone through peas, green beans, squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, apples, and we've just started pears. Next is prunes, then bananas, then peaches. She also had a saltine yesterday at dinner and apparently liked it very much (because it virtually disappeared). Enjoy and thanks for visiting!

Some Relative Firsts

These videos aren't Bella's first times doing anything really, but they're close. We started feeding Bella solid food (rice cereal) a week or so before this video was taken (8/1) so as you can see, she's still getting used to it.
Likewise, on Bella's first vacation to Phoenix, Daddy tried to take her into a pool, but she was having none of it. She's gotten much better at both of these things since then. The videos below were taken just today (8/19) at the YMCA as Daddy tried to help Bella acquire her sea-legs. We were all very proud of her as she took to the water like.... a fish to water.

We'll have to video-tape Bella eating again too because she's gotten much better at that as well - enjoy!
Thanks for visiting!

Bella's 6 Month Photo Shoot - Tutus, Monkeys, and More!

Bella was a doll for her 6 month photo shoot today - check it out!

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Sampling of Summer Photos

Dad's friend from Houston who taught at his school (Jessie Forman) took the Needhams out to their first real Chicago Dog at Poochies in Skokie, IL. About halfway through their lunch, the owner brought out a t-shirt for the Tiny One. Clearly, she was helping him drum up business.


This picture was taken by Dad's friend Missy from UConn. She and her boyfriend, Ethan visited Chicago over the 4th of July and we all went for a walk down to Grant Park. This picture was taken at the observatory facing the city.





We're pretty sure Aunt Emma took this one and Dad thinks it's super cute!





Aunt Sara took this one while she was babysitting over the summer. She, along with all of our care-givers, did a wonderful job!






Grandpa took some pictures too but we haven't gotten those yet - once we do, we'll be sure to share them! Thanks for visiting!

6 Month Doctor Appointment

Bella had her six-month doctor's appointment on Monday, which was actually her half-birthday. She is predictably perfect. Her weight and head circumference are both in the 50th percentile. Her length, however, at 28 inches, is in the 97th percentile for her age. Mom thinks she's going to be a supermodel, Dad thinks she's going to be swimmer. She started rice cereal over the summer and just this week has added baby food to it. She is not an especially large fan of peas, though she does seem to like carrots (that's all we've tried so far).
She's going tomorrow for her 6-month photo shoot so we'll add some then. Thanks for visiting!

Bella's First Video Ever

We've got three videos here. The first one is from when Bella is about 45 minutes old. The only words I say are that she's camera shy... she's over that now. The second one is her sitting in her seat around 3 months old. This is from her phase of having a tongue bigger than her mouth so she was always sticking it out. The last video is from just the other day. She's bouncing in her new favorite toy which is the only thing that Mom let me put on the registry (thank you to Mom's old team at work for getting it for us!!). ENJOY, thanks for visiting!