Ruby plays with her Giraffe

Since Ruby is starting to reach out for things occasionally I started showing her this giraffe toy...she loves it. She starts kicking her feet and moving her arms all around, breathing heavily and making cooing noises. Here is a pic of her smiling at her new friend.

Ruby and Roman

This morning a few friends and their babies came over for coffee. I snapped a few pics of Ruby with Brenda's son, Roman. They are about 2 weeks apart in age.

Video - Waking up happy

Ruby wakes for the day sometime between 6:30 and 8 most days. The past few days she has been rather chipper(at least briefly)...once the trauma of waking up passes, we have about a 10 minute window of playtime before suddenly she realises that she is staaaarrrrvinnnnnggg. Here is a short video of her acting happy to see me.

Ruby out and about in Central London

We took Ruby to see some London sights - Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, St. James Park, Picadilly Circus, etc. Then we met Nadim and Tessa at De Hems pub near Picadilly Circus. It was a hot London day, but we did fairly well...managing to feed Ruby in a sushi restaurant and on the tube on the way home! Luckily we got back to our neighbourhood before it started pouring rain. Overall a really fun day out!

Lunch at the Tate Britain

Friday we took the bus to the Tate Britain. Ruby enjoyed a delicious bottle lunch outside and then we browsed the galleries together.

Ruby tries out her new swing

We decided to get Ruby a swing so she'd have somewhere to sit while in the kitchen. She seems to enjoy it and occasionally the rocking motion puts her to sleep. Another
good thing about the swing is that it converts to a high chair she can use later on.

Ruby makes new friends

Earlier this week Ruby and I went over to Lesley's house and met a few other other moms and their new babies. They were all between 2 weeks and 9 weeks old. We lined them up on the sofa and it was so neat to see how different they all are! Ruby is in the center of the picture.