Beebop-a-Lula

Lulu is in full-on toddler mode these days. Interpret that however you’d like.

Every day she wakes up with a huge smile on her face. Her hair is getting longer so she always has crazy bed head!

She has been going through an all-about-Mommy-phase for the last month or so. She gets totally whiny if I leave the room and even if I’m just heading to the bathroom, I hear the patter of her little feet running after me. She’s only content with her father unless he’s flipping her around and hanging her upside down by one leg! She equates play time with him. When he comes home from work she waits with anticipation for him to come downstairs and then when he does…she runs and hides.

Easter fez

We signed her up for swim lessons about a month ago. She’s a little older than the other babies in the class, but we didn’t want her to skip the first step. The first few weeks the results were mixed but by the third week she’s starting to get how to kick her legs and blow bubbles in the water. She also just recently graduated to taking baths in the bathtub instead of the kitchen sink, so that may have contributed to success in the water.

"talking" on the iPhone

Sesame Street is big these days (especially Elmo, of course), but Yo Gabba Gabba is bigger. I love seeing the perma-grin on her face as she watches. And I’ll clarify that she only watches one episode of Sesame Street and one of YGG per day. I haven’t gotten desperate enough yet to play them all on repeat for an entire day, although I haven been tempted…

xmas in March

As far as talking goes, Lulu is still being pretty stingy. She understands a ton of things and is really smart. She’s just a quiet little thing. It’s not that she isn’t capable. Just the other night after we went out for St. Patty’s Day dinner, she dazzled Forrest and me when she said “french fry” clear as a bell. I think she just prefers being quiet, unless it’s that time of night that she’s possessed by the after dinner rush and she’s running around, half-naked with a stream of “Lulu-ese” coming out of her mouth!

bat hat's been making the rounds

She likes to draw, but prefers us to draw for her and gets frustrated if we don’t. She’s also learning how to go down the stairs using the sit-n-slide method, loves swinging on the swings and dances up a storm when her favorite songs are on.

raiding the utensil drawer

Her clothes are starting to get pretty short for her lately. I’m hoping to eek another month or two out of them so that we can raid the summer wardrobe with the warmer weather. She and Rose go in for a check-up next month. I can’t wait to see how much they’ve grown!

I just realized that she’s wearing the same shirt in three of these photos, but I swear I took these pictures all on different days…

smiley

I call this piece: "Sourpuss in Bat Hat"

dramatic in B & W

I'm gansta, mumma.

A couple of weeks ago we went to a party at the local tattoo shop. Rose pretty much slept in her seat the entire time, but Lulu had a blast for herself. She was so adorable that she charmed the pants off of everyone, pointing at various people yelling “tat-too!” She basically ran around the shop like she owned it.

chowing on a cracker

Forrest was busy taking pictures and luckily Amelia came with us for a little while to help watch Lulu and make sure she didn’t run away with a stranger. (Reminder: must look into Baby LoJack…) She is not very shy with people she doesn’t know these days.

Pretty Mellie!

all the kids playing with iPhones. She looks so little next to them!

I was relieved when she naturally migrated to the few kids that were in attendance. Despite the fact that they were much older than she is, they were very tolerant of her hanging all over them! She was up way past her bedtime and would have stayed all night if we let her.

Rose has entered into the land of Giggletown! While still a rare occurrence it is an occasional, adorable treat.