Trying to Crawl

Loralai has been starting to get up on to her hands and knees for the past couple of days now, she normally rocks back & forth for a few moments and then ends up on her belly. But it is the start...which reminds me I need to finish baby proofing!!

Loralai loves to reverse crawl and she has it down to a science BUT then she cries because she leaves all her toys behind! I have started to space her toys out some behind her and some in front just so that she does not get discouraged and cry. So we were excited when she started to get onto her hands and knees.

Drysdale Tree Farm

So we decided that since it was such a beautiful sunny blue sky day that we would go to the opening day of Drysdale Tree Farm. Now Drysdale is much more then just a tree farm they have activities for the kids like face painting, they have a horse pulled slay, a beautiful Christmas store, and Santa and Mrs. Claus in their little house.

This is a picture of the three of us on the horse drawn slay ride. The ride was just beautiful and picturesque!






Loralai and Daddy on the train :)



Loralai and Santa, she is looking over at Mrs. Claus! It was such a beautiful day and since it was just the first day of opening, it was quiet and beautiful. Some people were buying their trees already but I think that we are going to wait until the first weekend in December to get ours.

Santa Claus Parade!

We went to Barrie's 12th annual Santa Claus Parade tonight. Although it was so cold, -17 to be exact, we did have a lot of fun watching all the floats go by! Loralai's Grandma was actually on one of the floats so we stayed until we saw her and then we left since Loralai was starting to get hungry. We are definitely going to go again next year, but we will prepare for the cold more then we did this year! Daddy wore running shoes, mommy wore Uggs with no socks, and Mindy Loralai's God-Mother-to-be wore just a vest, so Loralai was the only one that was well prepared! I guess it is true you definitely worry about yourself last when you have a little one, and of course I would not have it any other way!



My toasty warm girl! She liked all the lights and music, she was just memorized by it all!

I am so glad that Todd got to capture this picture of grandma when she saw us, it is priceless!

The tail end of grandmas float, this picture was taken just before we made a run for the car to get some heat and a bottle!!

My little Ballerina

Yes, I am one of those mom's who loves tutu's, headbands with over-sized flowers, pink, polka dots, stripes, and her pair of very hip black yoga pants (to match mommy of course), sometimes I just can not resist! So this is a picture of my little ballerina :)

Visiting Santa

Loralai went to visit Santa Claus for the first time today! She was wonderful and did not cry or fuss at all, she was very curious and liked looking at Santa. However, she did not want to smile at first but I think it was because there were too many distractions around, we decided since they were not busy to walk around and then come back. So we ate lunch came back and after a lot of goofy faces, bells, and a hand puppet, we got this picture!



***Loralai and Santa 2008***

Happy 5 Months Loralai!!



Timbits:

- She weights 15.5 lbs
- Loralai is wearing 3-6 month clothing
- Rolling over
- Reverse Crawling
- Her coordination is vastly improving! she can grasp with both hands,
and she definitely has the eye/hand/toy to mouth down pat!
- Sit for a short amount of time by herself
- Loralai has just started to do full push ups, meaning she is up only on her hands and toes!
- She has also started to get onto her knees, usually only one knee at a time but she is getting there.
- She loves being in her Jolly Jumper and ExerSaucer
- She giggles and talks a lot!
- She is teething

Laughing Loralai!

We took this video this afternoon and my-oh-my is Loralai hilarious! Now I maybe bias, but you can not help but smile when you see this video! The quality is kinda poor since I should have turned the light on, but the sound quality is good and that is what counts.

Oh and a couple nights prior to this daddy had Loralai laughing so hard that she spit up and it came out through her nose! Poor little thing was coughing for a couple of seconds but it was definitely priceless :)

Loralai's Got Mail!!

Yesterday Loralai received her first package in the mail from her Grandma Maggie in Florida! It was cute, the package was almost bigger then she is! Grandma Maggie spoiled Loralai and got her a cute sleeper, an adorable dress with leggings, two handmade knitted hats, and some scrapbooking baby stickers (ok those are for mommy!)





The hats are only a tad too big but will fit her soon enough!



Big smiles for Grandma Maggie :)

MomsTown Fun!!

Loralai and I joined a moms network online which is specific to our city and it is great! We have already met some great mommies and babies. How this network works is that you pay a fee of $40 per year, and this group sets up different events everyday of the month that you can choose from to attend. Some of the events include: scrapbooking club, infant play, swimming, mom's night out, family parties etc etc etc. It is a really great network. Loralai and I have created some great friendships so far! So we went this afternoon to one of the mommy's home and let the kids play, ate some sushi, and chit chatted the afternoon away.

Below are some pictures from today!

Loralai and her boyfriend Drake. Drake was born June 7th and is just 9 days older then Loralai.



Are they not just adorable! Loralai, Wesley (6 months), and Drake.

My beautiful baby girl!

Pictures from the weekend

Loralai and I went to Walmart and picked up a larger piece of black fabric so that we could continue to take our own pictures at home. So I have been wanting for a while now to take a picture of Loralai with the belly cast we did while I was pregnant. I thought they turned out pretty cute! and as always Loralai was a pretty good sport!

We decided to change it up a bit and take a few pictures with her (full) piggy bank! We started to put money in there before she was born. It looks like she is thinking how can I get into this thing! Definitely a mommy's girl lol.

Baby Food Trial and Error

(How could you not love this sweet potato face?!!)

Food’s Loralai has tried so far: Like/Dislike:

Rice Cereal Dislike

Oatmeal Cereal Like

Apple Sauce Dislike

Banana’s Dislike

Sweet Potatoes LOVES

Peaches Dislike

Swingin' Park Fun

Loralai and I went to the park this afternoon after our walk and although this is not officially Loralai's first park visit, it is her second and what fun we had! I was worried at first that she was still too small for the park's baby swings but she was just a perfect size!

Mommy look at me I am swinging! :)