Genevieve is very quick (and quiet) at getting into things now, which is exhausting. However, along with the added mischievousness has come a lot more personality and a lot of fun. She has started to really notice things around her, especially birds and ducks. Our morning run is on the levee which makes it fairly easy to spot some of both, which is very exciting for her. She'll point and "yell" (which is just how she talks now) at them and they immediately fly away...which is probably what she wants to see anyway. She has fallen in love with books, which has motivated me to expand our board book collection so that I can read to her for longer periods of time without losing my mind. I'll often find her sitting by the bookshelf in her room, all of her books cleared from the shelves and on the floor around her, with one in her lap (she is her father's daughter). She is a very picky eater, but I guess that only applies to actual food (see photo above). She is growing like a weed, a very cute weed. I feel like I'm sorting her clothes and pulling out the next size all too often and it breaks my heart. She isn't walking, but is getting really good at walking around the furniture and can crawl extremely fast when she's after something she wants and knows that you're going to try to stop her. When Brandon works from home, she'll find the room he's in and yell and bang on the door until he comes to pay attention to her. Yeah, she loves her dad. She now has a total of four teeth...two on top and two on the bottom. Each one represents hours of lost sleep which I will never see again, but they are making eating things like toilet paper and bugs much easier and make that smile even cuter than before. She is SO happy MOST of the time. Cashiers at stores often ask if my baby is "always this happy" because as soon as they make eye contact with her she gives them a big grin and starts jabbering at them. I love it. It makes my life as a full-time, stay-at-home mom a lot of fun and worth the challenging times.
She's a very social baby. This is her friend Owen who was born hours after her, and in the same hospital. He is one of the cutest little boys ever! This was at the Children's Museum and it was a lot of fun. A lot of taking objects away right before or after they went into their mouths, but still a lot of fun.
Owen got a little sneaky with his hand while I was taking the picture, but can you blame him?!
Genevieve frequently loses her toys under the couch...
Already loves books!
My first Mother's Day! Brandon and Genni treated me well. They gave me a grain mill for my kitchenaid!
Saying goodbye to Owen before his big move to Texas...we miss them already!
Swamp Tour!
Adrianne came to visit!!! It was so great to see my Boston friend and for her to meet Genni. We had a lot of fun catching up and the swamp tour was really neat (and apparently the only time we pulled out the camera).
I believe the words coming out of my mouth during this photo were, "Eeew! Take it, take it, take it!" Which referred to both the picture and the alligator. I thought it was going to be cool to hold it, but as soon as I felt how squishy it was, it was all I could do not to toss it into the swamp.
She is SO stinking cute! I love the pic of the little boy getting fresh with her!
ReplyDeleteI think you are very brave to even TRY to hold that ugly lizard thing.
I did not grow hair until I was like 4... so in case you were wondering- there is still hope!! I think that is why I keep it so long now, because my childhood was filled with day dreams of long hair!