3/20

"Time for your check up." Lorelai had her doctor's visit today. She took her doctor's kit too so she could help the doctor. Other than a little nervousness when the doctor arrived, she was fine with the whole thing. She didn't cry for her shots... our brave little princess.

Weight: 30.13 lbs
Height: 34.25 inches

3/19

Happy 2nd birthday to the smartest, funniest, strongest, cleverest, little girl in the whole wide world. Look at her climbing up a big kid slide all on her own-- her idea, mind you. Lorelai is amazing.

3/18

Lorelai concentrates so hard, trying to find pictures of her cousin Christopher on Mama's cell phone.

3/17

Birthday week is full of too much fun. Recently with so much activities going on, Lorelai has been missing her nap. It looks like she demanded the nap today!

3/16

It's the weekend between the "twin cousins'" birthdays. Lorelai and Nicky both turn 2 this week and we celebrated at Nana and Pop-pop's house with some cake and ice cream. Lorelai had a great time opening her presents and playing with her favorite people-- her family.

3/15

Today we went to the Springfield Saint Patrick's Day Parade! It was Lorelai's first parade and she comepletely loved every moment of it. She saw Pop-pop Boop play the bagpipes, lots of bands and kids marching, she clapped and danced.
Mama and Lorelai ended up with a little sunburn afterwards but nothing too strong.

3/14

Daddy is going on a trip so he wasn't at dinner tonight with Lorelai and Nana to tell Mama no to sushi. Lorelai enjoyed a bit of Philly roll and some smoked salmon-- she insisted on both-- in addition to her chicken fried rice. Lorelai is an adventurous eater.

3/13

Lorelai has gotten more interested in building and Lego over the past few days. She has a great time playing with her imagination. It is wonderful to see.

3/12

We went to dinner tonight with Pop-pop and Gigi. Lorelai was served her milk in a big girl cup with a straw. This is now one of our most prized possessions. "I like it!" she exclaimed, stretching out the word like for emphasis.

3/11

On the way back in from a trip to the store, Lorelai wanted to pop some snow. It is the last bit of snow on the lawn after an very long winter... but probably not the last.

3/10

One last FIERCE hug for Jensen tonight as we were leaving their house. Seeing Jensen and Sonja are one of the reasons Lorelai loves Mondays.

3/9

Lorelai sat nicely today and read herself a few of her books. She even congratulated herself when she asked "where is the red" and pointed to Superman's cape. She was clearly mimicking Mama.

3/8

Lorelai and Chris built a "bird castle" today at a Lowe's Clinic for kids. We had a lot of fun-- it was our first time going. Lorelai loved using the hammer; she studiously created a lovely weathered look to the wood on the back of the birdhouse. She talked about hammering things for the rest of the day.

3/7

Mama had off from work today but it was too cold to go to the Zoo. Instead, we went to Jumpers, an indoor bouncy house playground. Lorelai was a little scared to bounce out on her own but she loved jumping with Daddy and loved seeing the other kids jumping. Next time, we will bring some cousins!

3/6

Lorelai loves to read. She loves to have her books read to her. Tonight, she was stacking up her books and telling Mama and Daddy the titles of each. Her rendition was pretty accurate.

3/5

Lorelai has been dancing every day-- she loves to dance. She loves music-- "'Tongue Tied', Mama!"-- and spinning. Of course, our little tyrant also loves to command Mama and Daddy dance too.

3/4

Lorelai laid down on "the nap couch" with a stack of pillows and a blanket and declared herself just like Mama.

3/3

Lorelai plays the marching drum like Daddy has taught her. Give it a few years-- maybe she'll be playing with Grandpop Boop

3/2

We went to Famous Dave's tonight with the D'Orazio's. Lorelai was beside herself with excitement to sit next to Lucas to eat dinner, so much so that she barely ate her actual dinner.

3/1

Lorelai grabbed the broom and declared it a hockey stick. She ran about the room for a hour chasing imaginary pucks and balls. She has a fantastic imagination.