Playtime!

Hope is starting to show that little personality so much more! She is starting to be able to enjoy some real playtime. This is her very favorite: The mobile. Hunger, tired, boredom...whatever the cry is for, the mobile will temporarily fix it! This is one of the only times I've heard her squeal in delight. When registering for mobiles, I had no idea how important they would be. I just chose one that matched the colors of the room. So, ours is a wind up, but not only that, it stops after about 2 minutes! It's worth it for how much she loves it, though. This block vibrates when I pull a little frog's leg. She kind of likes that as well.

The floor gym has been in use for several weeks. She loves it, too. Here she is in her UK onsie. She was feeling athletic in it! She was rolling from back to side. We were proud!

We love our little Hope!

Here's just a sweet picture of Hope after a bath that Mom loves. Bath time is going much better now that I've started putting a space heater in the bathroom with us. Hope is starting to be somewhat amused by her toys. She mainly likes to watch me play with them. Here she is discovering her "toy box."

Hope's newest thing is to suck on her fingers. She never did take to the pacifier. She always used my fingers. I was worried about how that would work when teeth came. Now we here her sucking these two fingers as she falls asleep, but also in the middle of her naps. Very loud on a baby monitor! She's usually also playing with her hair with the other hand.

This past week Hope had to get her first shots. Mom cried in the doctors office probably longer than Hope did. But when we got home....wow! I've never seen Hope so upset. She started to feel badly a few hours after the shots. Thankfully, after 3 hours straight of screaming and a long nap, she finally started feeling better and ate again. Of course, that's also when the nurse from the pediatrician's office finally called us back!

This is Hope's first attempt at a play date. The library has story time for 0-3year olds. Susanna was going and so Hope and I thought we'd try. She was fast asleep by the time we made it to the library. Being the over protective Mom that I'm turning out to be, I decided not to risk the germs of being with the kids if Hope was just going to sleep through it so we checked out our own books and went home. We'll try again another day...

Lovely Ladies!

These pictures were so fun to take! Papaw Maglinger wanted family pictures of the kids and us all dressed up. Then, we sat the girls on the couch and Woody took LOTS of pictures of them just interacting. Aren't they sweet in their Christmas dresses? Susanna can't wait for Hope to be able to play with her!

This dress is one size too big for Hope, but since it was just for 15 minutes of taking pictures we decided to wear it. You'll probably see it again as her "valentine's day dress."

Woody's friends Richard and Erin came in around New Years. Hope really liked Richard.

Hillary, Brian and Jack were also able to come back for another visit. Jack's doesn't look too sure about Mommy holding another little baby!