Comments (0) Baby Elle is now 10 months old and has learned a number of new tricks – crawling (one way) all the way up the stairs to the second floor (video below), crawling on all fours rather than doing the power scoot (arms only), and starting to eat table food such as green beans, pears and apples. Still has learned the fundamental trick desired by all parents – sleeping through the night.
Granddaughter Elizabeth Ann (Elle) is now 9 months old. She rolls all around the floors, sits up, goes after the cat, and has started scooting (almost crawling) over the floors. She also is really able to move rapidly across the house in her walker (video of that is here). We’ve been actively baby-proofing the house for the fourth time in 32 years, locking down the electrical outlets and installing baby gates on the stairs. Elle has just started to get upper front teeth and has a pretty complete row of teeth on the bottom. She’s eating solid foods and loves sweet potatoes especially. She’s still not sleeping through the night, but is a pretty happy kid in general. Her sister Alex can really make her laugh. The video below shows her scooting across the floor to get a toy car, which she promptly sends driving across the room. More videos are on our YouTube channel here, and photos are on our Picasa site here.
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| Elizabeth Visits Seattle |
Elizabeth Anne had her fifth month birthday on June 7, 2010. We celebrated by rocking her to sleep and getting up in the middle of the night to feed her six ounces of formula.
But she’s been making a lot of progress. Today, June 10th, she had her first rice cereal mixed with formula. We figured it was about time to feed her solid foods because she would just suck down a 6 or 8 ounce bottle and still be hungry.
In the last couple weeks she’s also started to roll over (front to back), her hair has gotten long enough to have a “punk rock” effect, and she’s become very verbal – cooing and talking whenever she gets the chance. Teething has started, and she’s become a regular drool monster.
Elle sleeping in her Playpen.
She’s become very good at grabbing objects and (of course) sticking them in her mouth. Some of her favorite objects are a cloth flower, a cloth butterfly, and a set of beads. Gee, almost anything is fair game if it helps here solving the teeth – hurting problem!
But generally she is a very agreeable kid. Still wakes up about 3AM or 4AM, but now that we are feeding solid foods, she might sleep longer. Hope springs eternal with Grandma and Grandpa!
Granddaughter Alexandria graduated from Headstart on May 27th. She was in the Wolf Class at Daybreak Star Center which is in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle, on the grounds of an old Army post, Fort Lawton, which overlooks Puget Sound. The graduation was wonderfully noise and chaotic, included a dinner of wild salmon and rice, and was complete with red gowns and mortarboards. We went out for ice cream, afterward. Photos are on our Picasa site linked here or by clicking on the photo below, and video are on our YouTube site or click the video below. Click the links below to see both.
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| Alexandria Graduation from Headstart Picasa Album |
Graduation, Kids
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Alex, Headstart
Eleven week-old granddaughter Elizabeth Ann (Elle) visited us in Seattle the past couple days, March 19th and 20th. She’s now bright-eyed, looking around, sometimes smiling when people smile at her, and starting to coo. Below are links to an album with a few photos of the event, and below that is a link to our You Tube Channel with two videos. Like all babies, she sometimes gets upset, and she started to squirm while Alex was holding her in the second video.
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| Elizabeth Visits Seattle |
Photos of newborn Elizabeth Ann Schrier-Redmill taken at Legacy Health in Vancouver, Washington this weekend, the 9th and 10th of January, 2010. Elizabeth was born at 10:36AM on Thursday, January 7th. Click any photo to enlarge. A YouTube video of Alex and Elizabeth is at the bottom.
 Alex, mom Julia and Elizabeth |
 Alex holds Elizabeth while stuffed dog Daphne 2 looks on |
 Elizabeth stares at Grandpa Bill |
 Grandma Kathy holds four-day-old Elizabeth |
 Grandma and Grandpa and Elizabeth Ann |
Here’s a short You Tube video on the Bill Schrier Channel:
Julie Schrier gave birth to her second daughter at about 11 AM, Thursday, January 7th. Elizabeth Ann is 6 pounds, six ounces and 19 inches. Mom and daughter are doing well in a Vancouver Washington hospital. Elizabeth has already started to nurse. More photos this weekend.
 Elizabeth Ann at 8:00 PM. |
 Elizabeth Ann shortly after birth at about noon. |
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