Lola has been sleeping phenomenally this past week - eight to ten hours in one go each night on average! She usually starts at about 6 or 7 pm though, so we still have one wake up in the middle of the night, but it has made a phenomenal difference in our sleep routine. What a wonderful baby. We are counting our lucky stars and keeping our fingers crossed that there will be no four month regression...
She continues to show marked interest in grabbing objects and bringing them to her mouth, notably her toy Sophie the Giraffe.
One of the new developments is her love of laughing and communicating - she loves to sit on our laps or, while playing in her crib, chortle and gurgle and laugh. One of the cutest exchanges is when she makes a sound in response to me or Michael, and we exchange sounds back and forth as if in conversation. This past weekend she and Michael "talked" like this in quick succession for nearly 20 seconds. We couldn't stop laughing at how adorable it was.
She continues to love story time and cuddling before sleep, though she has gotten much less fussy and can usually fall asleep without her pacifier.
One of the things we are noticing and keeping track of is her slight head tilt - we noticed it a few weeks ago, thought it was getting better after some adjustment, but noticed it come back with a vengeance these past few days. We will take her to physical therapy and I am hopeful that it won't be too difficult to fix.
Otherwise, not much else exciting happening on the home front. We went out to dinner with friends this past weekend (our second dinner out without baby) at a Korean restaurant. It was my first time eating spice in over 5 or 6 months and I really couldn't handle it!
We had a visitor this past weekend who brought us a beautiful book, "Here We Are," by Oliver Jeffers, which Lola is enjoying.
Our little vegetable garden on our balcony is blossoming beautifully. We have mint, two kinds of basil (sweet and Thai), tomatoes, thyme, and flat parsley. Not pictured is a lavender plant, the flowers which we put in sachets. And in the works are green peppers (capiscum) and chili peppers. I also need to get my hands on some cilantro seeds so we can try our hand at that. There is something so rewarding about seeing plants flourish, bud and blossom - kind of like babies I guess!
And finally, we are slowly starting to gather our things for our Japan trip. Our first flights with baby - the packing list seems daunting!
She continues to show marked interest in grabbing objects and bringing them to her mouth, notably her toy Sophie the Giraffe.
One of the new developments is her love of laughing and communicating - she loves to sit on our laps or, while playing in her crib, chortle and gurgle and laugh. One of the cutest exchanges is when she makes a sound in response to me or Michael, and we exchange sounds back and forth as if in conversation. This past weekend she and Michael "talked" like this in quick succession for nearly 20 seconds. We couldn't stop laughing at how adorable it was.
She continues to love story time and cuddling before sleep, though she has gotten much less fussy and can usually fall asleep without her pacifier.
One of the things we are noticing and keeping track of is her slight head tilt - we noticed it a few weeks ago, thought it was getting better after some adjustment, but noticed it come back with a vengeance these past few days. We will take her to physical therapy and I am hopeful that it won't be too difficult to fix.
Otherwise, not much else exciting happening on the home front. We went out to dinner with friends this past weekend (our second dinner out without baby) at a Korean restaurant. It was my first time eating spice in over 5 or 6 months and I really couldn't handle it!
We had a visitor this past weekend who brought us a beautiful book, "Here We Are," by Oliver Jeffers, which Lola is enjoying.
Our little vegetable garden on our balcony is blossoming beautifully. We have mint, two kinds of basil (sweet and Thai), tomatoes, thyme, and flat parsley. Not pictured is a lavender plant, the flowers which we put in sachets. And in the works are green peppers (capiscum) and chili peppers. I also need to get my hands on some cilantro seeds so we can try our hand at that. There is something so rewarding about seeing plants flourish, bud and blossom - kind of like babies I guess!
And finally, we are slowly starting to gather our things for our Japan trip. Our first flights with baby - the packing list seems daunting!
Your garden looks like it is really thriving! I'd love to know how your peppers turn out--I've had a lot of trouble with capiscums in Texas.
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