Week 25 and 26

Lola spitting out her rice cereal

Lots of little firsts

Grandpa came to visit also and Lola turned 24 weeks old!






We have had a busy few weeks with Grandma in town, but now she is gone. Lola and I were sad the first day, but we were glad to get back into our routine again. Lola is eating rice cereal now and playing 'peek' with herself. I say 'peek' because she puts the blankie over her face, but she can't quite get the 'boo' part yet, so I usually have to help her and pull it off of her face. She also blows spit bubbles and today she thought it would be funny to do this while eating her cereal, then again when taking her bottle. It is hard not to laugh during this, and I try to be stern with her, but then we both erupt in the giggles and not a lot of eating gets done.

Lola got a crawl ball for Valentine's Day from her grandma and she loves it. She is not even close to crawling as far as I can tell, but it provides her something to look at while she is doing the dreaded 'tummy time'. She also got some really cool sunglasses and loves to look cool in them.

Grandma visits

Grandma Harvey came to visit last week, and she will be here until this Friday. We are happy to have her and it has felt in some ways like we have been on vacation from Lola, except we are not somewhere hot and tropical like Hawaii. Darn it! Grandpa Harvey is expected at the end of this week after his vacation of gambling in Vegas and visiting my brother. We are so happy that the grandparents can come see Lola quite frequently. Thank goodness for retirement!
While Grandma has been here, Chuck and I had a dinner party to go to on Friday night, a surprise birthday party to attend on Saturday night and I went to a baby shower today for my friend Dana who is due on April 10th. What a whirlwind of a weekend, and we even managed to make church and help out Michelle with her kids since Chuck's brother Travis was on a business trip. Whew, I am happy for Monday now!

Lola at week 23

Bumbo and Jumperoo time

Lola likes her Bumbo, but isn't quite comfortable in it yet for long periods of time. But the new jumperoo she got for Christmas is filling her with lots of smiles. She can sit in this for quite some time, we like to put her in it while we cook. I love her expression in this photo, I can say I have never captured this look yet!

Lola is growing up

I heard my first giggle out of Lola's mouth yesterday and almost cried, it was so adorable! I want her to giggle all of the time now, but unfortunately, she doesn't giggle on command. I even love saying the word giggle, it is such a silly word.
We went to the zoo yesterday and the weather was beautiful. Lola saw the flamingoes amongst other animals and it was really fun.