Little Lelia Drew is 4 months old today!
New Lelia 'Can-Do's'
- Can sit all by herself in her Bumbo! We got the Bumbo from Lelia's good friend Claire and she just LOVES it! She likes to be upright and be able to interact with her environment. During meals we place her on the table so she can be a part of our family time and when the dogs are around we put her on the floor so they can all get used to each other...supervised, of course! We usually put the tray on with a few toys and she bides her time fiddling with them. Mostly she just swipes the toys off the tray and when she gets really bored, she'll even take the tray itself off.
- Starting to take an interest in the dogs and the cat. She likes to sit in her Bumbo on the floor and watch everything they do. Sometimes they even come over to sniff/greet her and she smiles and smiles! Ellie has even gotten close enough that Lelia was able to pet her a bit. Lelia was quite gentle so hopefully we're off to a good start! The dogs seem to like her but the cat keeps his distance...go figure!
- Lately, when the dogs are told to 'speak', Lelia laughs when they bark. I've captured it on video but will have to post it later as Tre has that camera with him. It's pretty funny! Our dogs are not barkers so we have to coerce them with treats to speak but I'm glad she finds humor in their barks and doesn't start wailing.
- She has entered the 'back arching' stage. I'm quite sure it's not an actual STAGE, per se, but whenever she's had enough of sitting in her Bumbo, being held or gets tired...she arches her back and protests with loud grunts. And since she's so strong, sometimes it's hard to keep a hold of her! Yikes!
- She continues to be a stellar sleeper at night sleeping from about 10 PM to at least 6 AM if not 7 or 8 AM. WOW! The unfortunate part of her sleeping so long at night is that she doesn't sleep much during the day which makes for some LONG days. But we'll take long days over sleepless nights anyday!
- Her eyes are still pretty light...kind of a greyish blue! Maybe they'll remain that color...maybe they'll be green...maybe even hazel? Do you bloggers have any guesses?
- At last weigh in she was 14.5 lbs and 24 1/2 inches. Her next Peds appointment is in early December so I'm excited to see her stats then. Her cheeks and chins are growing rapidly so maybe she's having a growth spurt?!?
Life is busy with us now that I'm back at work. We find that we have only 1 family day per week where we're all together for a whole day. Otherwise Tre and I are like ships in the night...he comes home from his 24 hour shift in the morning, I give him a quick report and head off to work. I get home around 6 ish and we have a few hours before heading off to bed. We do get some family time at supper and in the early evening. But since Lelia goes to bed so late, we're usually so exhausted we're in bed right after her. We'll get some scheduling relief in January when my work counterpart is trained. Then I'll be true part-time, working 3 days one week and 2 days the following week. I think it's going to be a really good schedule that should increase our family days off together. Yipee!
I'll leave you with some new Lelia pics...look at those HUGE chipmunk cheeks! They are soo big they droop into baby-jowls! Hilarious! Also, note the excessive drool on her chin and in a large semi-circle on the front of her clothing in most of the pics. She's a complete drool monkey!
Big girl in her Bumbo!
She likes the Mr. Giraffe sticker that Tre put on the tray!
Petting Ellie...yes there is a little popcorn treat enticement for Ellie. You do whatcha gotta do!
Ellie and Lelia hanging out
Tsavo and Lelia hanging out
Some time with the furries!
Smiling drooling girl
Look at those jowls! Woo hoo!
What color eyes do I have?
Yes, the darker fabric on her chest is drool covered. She's a drool machine!
