Week Eleven

I am still in love with my bouncy chair ... moreso than ever ... I can really get kicking now and make the music play and the chair bounce ... and it makes me smile so big ... Mommy of course took another million pictures of me playing in it ...

On Wednesday I went to visit Grandmommy and saw Aunt Jenny, Uncle Jason and Eliana ... Grandmommy cuddled with me almost the whole time I was there ... and I love being at her house because there are so many new things to look at ... I just move my head back and forth and back and forth ... Grandmommy says I am wearing a bald spot on the back of my head because of it ...

while I was there I sat with Eliana while Mommy read Jack and the Bean Stalk to us ... she read it a couple of times and made funny voices ... then I watched Ellie read her Sesame Street book ... it was a great afternoon ...

On Friday Mommy and Daddy took me up to Mommy's work ... we stopped and got the oil changed in the car and I was a perfect angel while waiting ... Mommy kept telling me how good I was ... then we went to the office so Marianne and Roxanne could get their baby fix ... and Alan gave me the cutest outfit from Gymboree (his wife picked it out so he checked it out with me)

This week I've started pulling myself up if I am holding onto someones hands and in a reclined position ... everyone gets so excited about it but I'm usually doing it to find the food ... it is pretty fun getting everyone so excited and I do usually burst into a smile ...

I gotta tell you ... it seems pretty easy to impress these people :)

Week Ten

On Sunday the 16th we took Grandpa to the airport ... it was so great that he got to come visit and meet me ... he said he is going to come back in the fall when I've grown even more ... little does he know that Mommy and Daddy swear each morning that I am bigger than when they put me to sleep ... I might be a giant by the time he gets back here ...

On Tuesday night while Mommy was working on my birth announcements I was snoozing on my boppy pillow next to her on the couch ... suddenly I got a huge smile on my face and then started giggling ... Mommy couldn't believe it ... she kept saying, "Oh my goodness you are so cute!" ... she grabbed the video camera but wasn't in time ... it was the first thing she told Daddy about in the morning ...

On Wednesday night Mommy cut my nails for the very first time ... before now they were just peeling off on their own ... but since I've started pinching things the long nails kinda hurt ... she used little scissors and did it while I was awake ... I sat and watched her very intensely and didn't move at all ... she was just going to test it on one really long one but I really liked watching her so she did them all ... my toe nails aren't long yet but those will be next ...

I've begun playing music on my bouncy chair with my feet ... when I kick my feet the music plays and boy can I kick my feet ... I just love it and up until this week I never even liked having the music going ... I can sit there forever kicking and smiling and watching the toys swing and wiggle ... Mommy took way too much video of me on the chair but then again I amuse her quite easily ... every time I discover something new she wants to capture it ...

Up until this week I never pooped when we weren't home ... made it easy on Mommy and Daddy and it became a running joke how I liked to be at home ... but all that changed yesterday ... Mommy and I went to Target and for the first time ever she had to use a changing table in the restroom ... and it was a double whammy ... I spit up all over myself as we got into the restroom ... so it was a full ansamble change right there at Target ... thank goodness Mommy was prepared ...

Week Nine

On the 11th I spent the day with Grandmommy again so mommy and daddy could get the house ready for Grandpa's visit ... Uncle Jason was home when mommy took me over there and he loved that he got to hold me for a while ... Aunt Jenny usually wins out on the battle to hold me ...

On the 12th I once again got all dolled up and we went to the airport ... this time the car ride was much better and I slept the whole way ... Grandpa was so excited to meet me ... I am his first granddaughter ...

On the 13th I had my 2 month check up ... I weighed in at 13 pounds 2 ounces and was 22 3/4 inches long ... the doctor again told Mommy that I was doing great and to keep doing whatever it was we were doing ... after the doctor left a nurse came in and I had to get 4 shots ... one in each limb ... mommy held me tight but it hurt and my face turned purple from working up such a scream ... I felt pretty bad the rest of the day so mommy and daddy gave me extra love and some baby Tylenol ... both helped me to feel better ...

We just spent the week hanging out at home with Grandpa ... watching movies and cuddling on the couch ... I love all the cuddle time ...

The last couple of days this week I started playing a funny trick on mommy ... every time she changes my diaper I take a poop within 10 minutes and she has to go back up to change me again ... it does make her laugh ...

Week Eight

On Saturday, July 1st Mommy & Daddy got me all dress up and we headed to the airport to pick up Aunt Kris (she isn't really my aunt but I call her that because she and mommy have been friends for over 20 years and she was almost as excited as mommy for me to get here)

It was pretty exciting going to the airport but I did get a little sick of being in the car on the way up there ... but once we got there Daddy carried me through the airport and Aunt Kris couldn't stop loving on me when she saw me ... I think she said I was cute about 100 times ...

My first 4th of July was very exciting ... I wore my Independance Day dress that Aunt Yadira and Uncle Kevin sent me and looked so cute ... we cooked out at Grandmommy and Granddaddy's house and Daddy made fried ice cream for everyone ... well everyone but me ... and at 9:00 PM I saw the most beautiful fireworks light up the sky ...

It was also Mommy and Daddy's second wedding anniversary ... I had such a good time

It was a fun week having Aunt Kris here ... she held me and kissed me all the time ... kept saying what a good baby I was and I loved hanging out and just watching her and mommy talk and laugh ...

The ride back to the airport on Thursday was a bit tough on me again ... I am getting more used to the car but we did have to stop to give me a little time out of my seat ... I was sad to see Aunt Kris go ... I wish she didn't live so far away but she did say we could all come to Las Vegas to visit and go swimming in her pool ...

On Friday morning daddy took me over to Grandmommy's house because he and mommy were going to spend the day unpacking all the boxes from their move (they moved on October 29, 2005 but mommy was so big while pregnant and they had a lot of painting to do and once I got here I have taken up a lot of their time) ... it was my first day away from them for so long ... Mommy cried after Daddy left but then got right to work ...

I spent the day curled up in Grandmommy's arms ... she sure does love me ... she talked to me ... tried to teach me how to say Grandmommy (she must have said it 1000 times while I was there) and just kissed me over and over ... it is pretty fun going to Grandmommy's house ... when mommy and daddy came to get me they hung out for a while and Aunt Jenny spent some time loving on me before we left ...

It is a good thing I LOVE being held because everyone sure does love to hold me ...

Week Seven

On the 24th I appeared to recognize mommy when she picked me up in the morning ... while I was laying on the changing table I was really looking at her face with a lot of thought in mine and smiling really big ... it made mommy so happy ...

On the 24th I also started smiling at myself in the mirror ... and let me tell you the baby in the mirror is a cutie ... especially when she smiles ...

On the 28th after we went to the mom's group we went to a very fancy baby store and got a pair of ruffled bottoms for me ... they are so pretty ... mommy came home and took a whole bunch of pictures of me so she could make a baby announcement ... the picture they chose is so very beautiful ... it came out just perfect ... probably because I was asleep when they took it :)