Park Outing and a Birdie Friend

Last week, we took Lola out to the park for a little walk.

Here she is, wide eyed and awake in her car seat.  Big change from when we took her home from the hospital, am I right?  What a difference 11 weeks makes!

 She couldn't stop craning her neck to look up at the birds/clouds/tree branches/whatever new thing had caught her fancy.  The world is just chock-a-full of fascinating, new objects and colors and experiences for this little one.  Her curiosity is refreshing and it's impossible not to feel the same sense of wonder about everything around you when you're with her because, as Michael says, "she's so alive."

 

 Here, father and daughter play their favorite game - where Michael tries to get Lola to bop him on the nose -- and she complies.

 

We got her this little light up birdie from Skiphop, and she loves it.  She loves birds in general.  On our way to the park the other day, we saw a woman with a beautiful white parakeet perched on her arm, and Lola's eyes nearly popped out of her head as she goggled the beautiful, fluffy, snowy creature.  It was hilarious and adorable at the same time.  From the woman's smiles, we could tell no one had yet stopped to appreciate her pet to quite the same degree.