My Week in Review

The last couple of weeks have been pretty fun. Mommy, Dad Guy and I all love spending time together as a family and they, of course, really love hanging out with me every day.

I can’t say I blame ’em.

Some of the stuff we’ve done:

Went on a retreat with Mommy’s staff team. The place where we stayed had a swimming pool. I gave swimming another chance and guess what? I loved it this time! Not having freezing cold water makes a pretty big difference 🙂

Then, Mommy took me to another retreat, this time with students. I love them because they always play with me! We didn’t spend the night there, but I got to hang out and listen to lots of people talking.

We also went to the grocery store. That’s nothing new, but I’ve started sitting in the cart more often. Mommy decided she couldn’t resist taking a picture of me just chillin’ in the cart. I have to say, it’s much more comfortable than how you’re “supposed” to sit.

Those are just a few things we’ve been up to lately. Thanks for stopping by!

My Eating

I’ve been making a great mess here lately!

Even though my parents don’t mind feeding me all of my meals, I’ve decided that I just really like to do it myself. And, turns out, I’m not bad at it!

I think Dad Guy especially would prefer it if I kept things neater, but they let me do it myself anyway because they know I’m learning 🙂

With Mommy’s help, I feed myself pretty regularly now.

I love to eat 🙂

My Page-Turning

I really like books.

I like looking at them, chewing on them and hearing them read to me.

I especially like turning the pages when it’s time. Or whenever I feel like turning them 🙂

My Sippy

Yesterday, I learned to use a sippy cup. Go me!

Mommy and Dad Guy tried to help me use one a long time ago, but they kinda abandoned it for a while and then brought it back a couple of days ago.

Because I’ve grown a lot and learned so many new things!

The first time we tried, I didn’t really get it.

But after helping me with it a few times, I really got the hang of it!

    

Now, I have a sippy of mommy-milk every day at lunchtime to go with my food. I’m such a big girl!

My Time with My Cousin

A few days ago, I got to see my cousin Anna Lynn! Though we don’t get together terribly often, our interactions are just getting more and more fun. She can move now, too, so next time we see each other we can go on lots of adventures together!

(Mommy said it was hard to get a good pic of us. Something about us moving a lot and never looking in the same direction. Whatevs.)

I saw her twice over the past few days and, while both were good, I had a little more fun the second time. See, the first time I saw her and Auntie Natasha, I had just gotten off a plane. I didn’t take my normal naps that day and I was cranky and tired. We played together for a while but then Anna Lynn pushed me and I got sad and started to cry.

Normally, I’m not so sensitive. If it had been a different day, I may not have even noticed. When our two families got together a few days later, we had more fun. The ‘rents put us in highchairs next to each other so that we could see one another and play together.

    

We “shared” toys and reached for each other… I think we were both kinda scopin’ each other out. We’re new to this socializing thing, ok?

Soon we’ll be an unstoppable force of hapa cuteness!

My Kisses

To my Mommy’s great delight, I have learned to give kisses.

It is probably her favorite thing that I do now. (As if crawling was no big deal. Hmph.)

My Crawlin’

Big things have been happening around here. On Thursday, I learned to crawl!

Mommy was videoing me to see if I would do something cute and, what do you know, I did. Dad guy missed it, so he was really glad Mommy was there to capture it.

Mommy disclaimer: Really, I had no idea she was about to crawl when I turned the camera on. I even thought I didn’t have her legs in the shot! I’m very glad I did 🙂

Mommy has been telling people that she could tell I knew how to crawl, but that I just couldn’t figure out how to get my body to do it. I think she’s right because on Thursday, it just clicked and then I was off!

I’m looking forward to all the new adventures I can have now.

Look out, world!