Window Ledge

Does this look comfortable to you?

Liora thinks Zooks has the right idea, but maybe she could give him a few pointers on the best way to look out a window. For starters, your eyes should be open.

She likes to look out this window and say, "hi!" to the world--not really anything in particular.

Discovering Toes

Liora has started looking intently at her feet. At first, I thought she had hurt her feet or stepped on something, but then it was happening so often that I figured it was just part of discovering different body parts.

I think this all started with the warm weather. She'll take off her socks to cool off and poof! there they are, some new things to look at.

Waking Up is Hard to Do

Often when I go into Liora's room in the morning, she isn't quite ready to get up. We'll chat while she hangs out in bed, or I'll rub or back, or sometimes bring her one stuffed animal to cuddle with. That will last about five minutes, and then she's ready to roll. We normally have about two hours together before we either have to go to work and school or Nina shows up.

One morning, that one stuffed animal turned into about 10. She was having so much fun that she forgot to get out of bed. She ended up eating oatmeal with me while she hung out in her crib (ah, breakfast in bed, doesn't that sound so nice!). She decided to get out of bed after Nina arrived.

It was so cute, I had to capture it on film.

Here she is with panda, bunny, kitten, puppy, mini-stackhouse (the black dog), dolphin, koala, bear, and sleep sheep. Oh, and GiGi makes 10.



Longwood Gardens

At the beginning of the month, we went to visit Dee Dee to celebrate her birthday. We had a quick but nice visit, complete with some New Orleans food at a restaurant in West Chester. On the way home, we decided to stop by Longwood Gardens. It was a blustery day, so we decided to go to the indoor gardens, which we heard had some cool children's exhibits. We were lucky a friend suggested we bring a change of clothes for Liora.

Because it was all about water! Liora had a ball.

At first I think we were holding her back in hopes that she wouldn't get soaking wet. Here's Adam still thinking he can stop her from getting soaked.

In the next frame, she was sticking her face in the waterfall.

And at this point, all hope is lost. Her shirt is water-logged.

And her face and hair is matted.

In this shirt, you can't really tell that she's practically been swimming!

This was the coolest part. She had so much fun putting her fingers in the spouts and splurting it everywhere.

And, one change of clothes later, we are all dry and ready for lunch (with the help of some towels the staff just happens to have on hand). This place was perfect for her--I can see many more trips in her future.

Thanks for the nice visit Dee Dee! Love you and can't wait to see you again soon.



Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...

Who is the best dancer of them all? Liora of course! This is the tail end of the first time I've seen Liora actually recognize herself in the mirror. I think that she started doing things to make sure the reflection would be doing them too.

Aquarium Visit

A few weeks ago now, Liora and I went to the Baltimore Aquarium with Auntie Elizabeth and Uncle Jason. She loved watching the fish! We got at least three new words out of this visit: fish, turtle, dolphin.

Our first stop; giant shark jaws.

 

It was great that many of the tanks were on her level.

You might notice a slight bruise on Liora's cheek...she had a fall at daycare that week, but it didn't bother her in the least. Here she is trying to catch the fishies!

Watching the turtles.

Happy baby!

The dolphin show was a hit! We were four rows back, so *this* close to the splash line. Liora loved it.

This photo was taken during a short break from her saying "more, more!" She wanted more action from those dolphins, darn it.

Liora didn't want to leave. Seriously, this is around the time I was trying to get her to get her coat on. I think she was also super tired!

With her new dolphin friend, a gift from Auntie Elizabeth.

Saying goodbye in the parking garage. She loves her Auntie!

Thanks to Jason and Elizabeth, there are many more photos (which you can purchase if you like) and videos available online at: http://jasonputsche.smugmug.com/Other/Awesome-Aquarium/16411940_2Rsbj#1234506916_ZqBLn.