Today was a full-on Chiara-and-Daddy day! We played the “funny faces” game, spent lots of time on the mat doing exercises, sang plenty of songs, and even had Chiara’s first taste of beef. We stayed indoors since we’re both battling colds, but that didn’t stop us from having fun. She’s also loving Luka’s bouncer more and more—though with the way she’s bouncing like crazy, I’m not sure how long it’ll last before she wears it out!
Oh, and a little side note—apparently, some people have mentioned there’s too much photography talk on this blog and not enough pictures of Chiara. So, we’re working on it! All the pictures below were taken today—Chiara is about 8 and a half months old.
Canon EOS 5D Mk II – 1/250 sec at f/3.5, ISO 640
One of the shots shows Chiara playing funny face—or at least trying to figure out what game I was playing. I was making all the silly faces and snapping pictures at the same time to catch her reactions. The bottom-left photo? That’s her “default” Chiara face. Classic!
Lumix GF1 – 1/60 sec at f/1.7, ISO 100 – Chiara standing up to look for interesting toys in her drawer. This picture has been realised without any tricks – she is standing on her own (and she’s gone there on her own too). Stability is not there yet, so yes JP is staying 20cm behind just in case (but you don’t see him on the picture – alright it’s sort of a trick). She was not look sad, this is her concentration face.
Canon EOS 5D Mk II – 1/250 sec at f/3.5, ISO 640 – She is stronger and stronger on her arms and legs, but not crawling yet. The colourful Malaysian play mat is a good place to get some smiles. She stands on her hands and feet, but only goes backward (she could actually move forward by doing a circle backward but she didn’t figure this out yet).
Canon EOS 5D Mk II – 1/100 sec at f/2.8, ISO 640 – Gina Ford (the goddess of baby books in the UK) said that at 8 months she/he should be able to use one hand to play on the tummy, while holding on the other one – here we go, box ticked.
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So cute 🙂 when we meeting up next … totally need to give her a big cuddle 😛
Merci d ‘ avoir repris le blog et d ‘ avoir tenu compte des souhaits des fans de Chiara ; ravis de ses progrès !