Happy Halloween!!

(Costume courtesy of Avo.)

First Computer

Laine has received her first computer. It is a Dell, it is tiny, and it is not a child's toy. It is a real computer! It will be covered in slime in no time. Actually, daddy will be using it until Laine is old enough not to drool on it.

Electronics

I don't know what it is about tvs, computers, cameras, and cell phones, but Laine just loves them. Meanwhile, she'll toss aside her light flashing and music playing toys. Those are apparently less interesting.

A Quick Update

Hello Blog!

Avo came for a visit this past weekend. Laine seemed to really enjoy all the singing and extra attention.

Little Laine is working on learning how to sit up on her own. She is doing pretty well at it.

I think she has found her way to tell us that she wants to be put down. Before arching her back meant "my tummy hurts." Now it means, "I am trying to inch away from you. Now put me down!"

She is still working on getting rid of a cold that she has had for nearly two weeks. Infact, Mommy and Daddy are trying to get rid of the same cold as well. Yup, time for us to build our immune system to everything that she brings home from daycare.

Laine is now turning so that she can sleep on her tummy at night. Oddly enough, it makes us slightly worried, even though she is plenty old enough. Now she just needs to get used to turning herself back over when she is tired of being on her tummy. (She rolls in one direction only for the most part.)

It is 9 PM, which means bedtime for the Mommy!

Correction...

... she wanted to put the camera in her mouth, not hold it. (You can see the tounge at the very end.)

And I swear I was getting full belly-laughs before this was taken.

The camera always distracts her. She stops what she is doing so because she wants to figure it out.

That's it, if you want to see her cutest moments, you just have to come and visit- I give up trying to capture them on camera for you.

Camping Baby

Laine went on her first camping trip this weekend. I think she was trying to determine if she liked it or not because she had a very serious, yet inquisitive, look on her face for most of the weekend.

It got quite cold at night and we had to put Laine in footed fuzzy sleepwear, wrap her up like a burrito, put her in her car seat, put a cloth diaper on her head with an oversized hat over that, and then put a blanket over the car seat to form a cocoon. This was because our original plan of co-sleeping failed miserably. Laine has no interest being in our bed, on our tummies, or in our arms at night. As a general rule, she also has no interest in covers either! Hence, the Laine-cocoon-burrito tactic.

Al & I could cuddle up to each other and keep our heads in the sleeping bag for warmth. However, pumping at midnight and 6 AM was horrible! So cold! Also, Laine was not only unhappy from being rolled up like a burrito, she was also having gastro-issues both nights. (This morning at 5:30 she managed to have a blow-out all the way up to the back of her neck. Impressive!) Because of this, we had to be out of our sleeping bags for several hours. Both nights also required taking her into the car so that she/we would not disturb KB, Emily, or the other campers.


We did manage to have great time though. We saw Anna Ruby Falls. Laine seemed unimpressed, but thought that sticking her hands in Daddy’s mouth was absolutely hilarious.









Pictures of the weekend can be found on our Shutterfly account. (You will need to go to the Friends tab to see them. They are not under the Baby tab.)