Happy (7 Month) Birthday Lorelei!

Today is Lorelei's 7 month birthday! I can't believe it has gone by so fast. It was just about this time last year we were telling people we were pregnant.

I also have another big announcement:

Lorelei can crawl!

This morning we were sitting in the playroom at our house waiting for Grandma to come pick up Lorelei and mommy to leave for work when Lori started making her way across the floor. I was video taping her playing with her "Roll-A-Round" balls and managed to get the crawling on tape. I am so excited and proud of her all at the same time. After I managed to stop clapping and cheering for her, I called Bryan. He asked me to catch it on my cell phone and send it to him. Because my husband is a genius, I did. Then I realized, I can post this so everyone can see! Yay!

So, I think that today has already been a fabulous birthday for her, but it will only get better. We are having a party tonight for her. I don't know if anyone will come (it may be only mommy, daddy and grandma - grandpa has a meeting for work), but we will enjoy our lasagna all the same. And then we will probably all just sit around and watch her crawl. Because as first time parents, everything she does fascinates us!

Rough couple of nights...

So the past couple of nights I have been trying to have Lorelei sleep in her own crib in her own room. The first night we tried it Bryan gave up after 15 minutes and moved her back to our bed. Then two nights ago we managed to leave her in there until 9:45 before I went and got her. Last night (I was very proud of myself) she slept in her own room until 12:30 in the morning.

Now, when we are picking her up and bringing her into our room, it's not because she is crying. It's because we are such saps and can not sleep without her cuddly little body between us. She is just so sweet when she falls asleep holding your hand and curled up against you. I miss her when she is not there.

I'm ridiculous to the point of being unable to sleep without her.

I know many people have been warning me that I can't let it go on too long, but I figure what the heck... she's only 6 months old in her footie jammies for a little while. So maybe we will try the sleeping in her own crib thing again next month...

This is a cartoon I received in my email earlier this week that I found super appropriate.

<3, ZZ

A first word then a first tooth

So, I have had this blog for a long time, but never posted anything. Usually I only use my log in to leave everyone comments. Kim sent me an email today asking me to post updates on baby girl, so I thought I would let everyone know about our eventful week.

Last Thursday (October 9th) Lorelei said her first distinguishable word. "Da Da". She got stuck on it and repeated it over and over again for nearly an hour. Then it was back to her usual babble. She has, however, been saying it more and more often now. I think that she is realizing that "Da Da" elicits a response from the rest of us so she uses it to get our attention.

Then, this past Saturday (October 11th), on our car ride to Gainesville, I discovered her very first tooth! Her bottom right tooth has poked through. My baby is getting so big so fast! :(




This picture is from Lorelei's first Gator Game (vs. Hawaii on August 30th... the Gators won).


One of Glenn's friends from work (who is also a Gator Grad) bought this outfit for her.


I absolutely love the big polka dot bows on her shoulders. She loves them too because they are big enough to reach her mouth.







I took this picture yesterday when we were going to Costco to pickup a cake for my office.

Lorelei loved sitting in the cart like a big girl and not being stuck in her car seat.

She was able to look around at everything and smile at everyone.

One thing is for certain. This little lady loves to smile!