Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

"Good morning!"

Yesterday was such a sunny and warm day that April and I took Gloria on a walk down the street. She seemed to enjoy it for the most part; she cried as we were going up the driveway so I carried her to the end, then she took a very quick nap in the stroller and was all smiles for the rest of the walk. Today is looking to be just as lovely outside so I'm thinking about taking another walk with Gloria. However, instead of walking down our street which has no sidewalks or really any shade, I'll drive us over to a neighborhood about a mile away with sidewalks and lots and lots of nice shade trees.

"My hand is so yummy!
And I like to hold onto my knee just like I did in one of my ultrasound pictures!"
(Look below.)

Tummy time fun

"Ooooh!"

Kisses for the birdy!

"Look at me holding my head up!"

"I'm growing up and getting stronger!"

"Tummy time isn't too bad. I can look at all sorts of fun things!"

How Gloria spent her 3 month birthday

3 months.

Gloria decided that since it was her special day, she was going to stay in bed until 10am. Of course she got up to eat around 7:30, but went back to sleep holding onto mommy's finger. When she got up, she played in her bouncy seat and then took a bath.


She ate again and fell asleep. When Gloria woke up, Grandma and Grandpa Harbin were here to entertain her :)


After another feeding, the four of us enjoyed a birthday cupcake in honor of Miss Gloria.




Then, we all went to an open house in the area. Gloria was as happy as a clam, riding around the house on me in her pink wrap.



She ended her "birthday" by taking a walk up the driveway in her stroller to get the mail, watching her mobile and swinging in her swing.

She was having too much fun on her birthday that sleep was something she didn't want to do - but finally was worn out and sleeping by 9:30pm. She slept until 7:30 this morning :) Must really have been a fun and exhausting day yesterday!

I Love You!

Just a few pictures and a video from yesterday that were taken after I posted...

"I LOVE YOU!"

"I love my daddy so much!"

Well, it's raining today - not a good day for a walk, but maybe a good day to go to Meijer. Tomorrow is Gloria's 3 month birthday and Grandma and Grandpa Harbin will be here visiting. I think I'm going to make Gloria some "birthday" cupcakes :)

Not a fluke...

Gloria can roll from her tummy to her back! She did it once on Monday, but she did it so quickly that both my mom and I missed it even though we were sitting right next to her. Today I put her on her tummy for tummy time and within a matter of seconds she turned herself over. I put her back on her tummy, and again she rolled. Then I grabbed the video camera and she did it again! Since she can now roll over, tummy time doesn't seem too bad to Gloria. She was holding her head and neck up looking in her mirror for quite awhile.




Gloria has really been using her hands to grab things - like toys, burp cloths, my shirt - and loves to bring them to her mouth. I can remember when just a few weeks ago she really struggled to get her hands to her mouth and now she rarely has them out of her mouth!





Today I decided to take Gloria on a little walk up our driveway to get the mail. It was warm and sunny as I got the stroller out of the car. Then I went back inside to change Gloria's diaper and clothes. (She had on a warm sleeper so I put her in something more lightweight.) I got her strapped in the stroller and we began our walk. As we reached the end of our driveway before going up the hill, I felt a few raindrops. They were very sporadic so I decided we would continue our walk. At the top of the hill, it started really raining. Instead of getting the mail, we turned around and went back home. It was a very short-lived rain because right now, as I'm typing, it's sunny and clear again. Maybe we'll try for another walk when Rob gets home from work.

Right now, Gloria is taking a nap in her swing. I guess she was too tired to let go of her toy! (I don't know why she's so tired. It's 3:30 right now and this is her third nap since she woke up for the day at 9!)