| Another exciting two weeks!!! She giggles now! You have to work for it, but it's just the cutest noise! I discovered this by kissing her on the neck with a funny noise. She started giggling, which only encouraged me! Apparently she's a little ticklish on her neck. She may have gotten that from me, as when I was little Dad just had to point at my neck to tickle me there. =) We bought her a pumpkin! We thought the pumpkin patch would be lost on her, but I couldn't resist getting her this little pumpkin from one of our walks to the grocery store. She likes it! It's the perfect size for her to hold herself!  Dad came for a visit during his Fall Break! We were all very excited to see him =) He shooed me out the door as often as he could so he could babysit Serenity. And she was very good for Grandpa! He gave her lots of baths, she may have had more during his five day visit than the rest of her life... although that's probably an exaggeration. A little one =) We may add it to her bedtime routine though, it did help get her sleepy!     Dad was so impressed with how well she was standing he bought her a jumperoo for her to work her legs out. She loves it! She especially loves to play with the little frog, and the caterpillar face. Once we got batteries for the piano, she loved that too. She will stay in it for a long time, up to thirty minutes! She likes it best when the music is playing, although she mostly hits the button for the William Tell Overture on her own, I push all the other keys when I help her =)    Lydia came for a visit! I was so excited to get to introduce her to Serenity. Ann was trying to get a group picture together, and she said, "I was offered the baby" and she wasn't interested in doing anything else till she got her turn! She got her a cute dress with poodles on it, and Mati and Lisa got her an adorable pant outfit that will fit her around 9 months. So it'll be a little while before she wears it, which is perfect as we don't have that many clothes for that size!  She is ALMOST sitting! She wobbles of course, and eventually bends over at the waist, but look how high she can hold herself! She loves to sit, and stand, and wiggles a lot when she's awake. She's a very active baby =) And still talkative. She's learned a funny shriek that she can't decide if it's a good noise or a bad one. She'll be happily screaming, and then she'll use the same scream for an unhappy noise. It's like she found a new volume and loves to try it out! I keep telling myself, stop positively reinforcing the scream, it's not cute, really, it's not...     She's just getting over her first cold! Just a little sniffly, but it's made it hard for her to sleep and eat which is no fun. Poor baby. We're completely in her three month clothes now. Here's a picture of her in her "Future Slytherin" sleeper, another of the great outfits made for her at the shower Tina and Ann hosted!  |