Pull ups

Two weeks ago, I was hanging clothes up in Gloria's closet so I put her in her crib to play for a few minutes. Not long after I put her in there, I turned around to look at what she was doing and this is what I found!





She pulled herself up! I honestly didn't think she could do that yet, but she showed me I was wrong.

This past Monday Rob went in to get Gloria after she took a nap and she was standing up waiting for someone to get her. Since then, she's been trying to pull up on everything and is being successful. At first she'd pull herself up onto her knees, but now she's pulling up onto her feet. And, she does it really quick. Little girl isn't so little anymore.

Kitty cat Gloria

Two weeks ago Gloria found Monet's basket bed in the living room. She started off by just holding onto the edge and tipping it up to get at a kitty toy that was in there. Then, Gloria decided she was going to test the basket out. She managed to get in it, roll over, and then scoot back out.

"I did it! I'm in the basket!"

"Meow"

"It's soft in here. Maybe I'll take a nap. Nah..."

After crawling out of Monet's bed, Gloria scooted over to our end table and found some of my parenting magazines. I suppose it's never too early to begin learning tricks of being a parent.

"This is a very interesting article."

Just look at the way she's laying there with her foot/leg up on the rocking horse.

Almost barrette time

Gloria's hair is growing and it's getting pretty long - long enough to stick up and cause some crazy looking bedhead. One evening last month, after getting her hair washed, she had some very funky looking hair that I just had to capture on film. So, now, presenting "Gloria's crazy wet hair!"

"What are you looking at?"

"It might be time for a barrette."

Now, here are two videos. The first one is from swimming class. The second one is of Gloria's introduction to celery. Did she enjoy it or not? You'll have to watch to find out :)

Messy face

Gloria thoroughly enjoyed her first experience with a biter biscuit (Aug. 26). She knew exactly what to do and started gnawing and sucking on it right away. They are very messy once they get wet and afterwards it's best to just give the baby a bath instead of trying to use a washcloth. Gloria ate the biscuit until only a piece a little longer than an inch remained; it started out about 4 inches long. That was when I said it was time to be done because it was becoming unsafe. (If you click on the collage, you can see the pictures bigger with better detail.)

"YUM YUM YUM!!!!"

Of course we documented this occasion with some video - take a look!

We gave her another biscuit a few days ago and she enjoyed it just as much as the first time. What a special treat for a special baby girl!

Ride 'em Cowgirl!

Gloria has her own pony! It's white with big, beautiful black eyes. Sure, it's plastic and it lives in Grammy's house, but don't tell Gloria that! She rode on it for the first time before we went to Deer Forest on August 19. She seemed to enjoy the fact that no one had to hold on to her since there is a plastic ring around the seat. So, she practiced at Grammy's house and then rode a real pony at the park.

"I love my pony!"

"Her name is Snowflake."

"Now if I can only convince Grandpa to build me a pony ride by the pond..."

I'm a little late (almost a month) in posting about our trip to the zoo on August 9 with Grandpa Dave and Grandma Vicki. We had a yummy picnic in the park beforehand and then spent the afternoon exploring the zoo.

"Cheese!"

Grandpa gave Gloria a wild animal to play with - a squirrel. Don't worry it doesn't bite :) Gloria took to it right away, and now it's a staple in our toy rotation at home.

"Just me and my Grandpa."