5/18

We went to the Way's house this evening. Andrew has a Stay Puft bank on his shelf in the dinning room where we usually hang out. When Lorelai saw him today, she pointed and let out a string of syllables that sounded like excitement. Lorelai had a great time playing with him for the rest of the night. I know what she is asking Santa for this year... Daddy is very excited.

5/17

Lorelai is not a fan of uneven ground. We went to the park at the Springfield Library today with Aunt Col Col, Lucas, and Jacob to play. It was fun to see all the kids but Lorelai was unsure about the playground equipment, wood chips, and grass. She had fun on the swing, once she got used to it, and enjoyed the merry-go-round. Lucas helped her enjoy that! The loves things that go around and round (and up and down *cough* carousels *cough*).

5/16

Watching Daddy and Uncle Spike play hockey has gotten a little more complicated since Lorelai started walking. Now we spend a few moments looking at the ice, consumer our snack cup, play with our Guys, and walk around to say "hi!" to every other person watching the game. She also stands on the table to bang on the glass and try to lick the window while Mama tries to thwart her. BUT she can point out Daddy when she sees him. That excitement makes it all worth it!

5/15

Daddy and Mama bought a musical instrument kit for Lorelai for her birthday. This morning was the first time we put it out for her to play with. Note the "ooOOoooo" look on her face as she looks over at the new noise makers!

5/14

You can barely see it here but Lorelai is playing with Robin. She picked him up and had him bouncing across Daddy's table like Robin was walking. Her imagination is really developing nicely!

5/13

Lorelai had moved on to the next phase of her favorite game, Peek-a-Boo. In this version, she does not require a blanket but only hands to cover her eyes. She scrunches her eyes closed very tight and covers her face with her little digits. She may or may not wait for you to ask where she has gone before she whisks her hands away, giggling. She even will help you hide and appear from behind your own hands!

5/12

Happy Mother's Day to Mama and Nana and Gigi and all Lorelai's aunts. It was a lovely day to spend with family.

5/11

Live D&D session at Tom and Bri's house. Lorelai came equipped with her own jar of dice (mainly in an attempt to distract her from stealing ours). We played for 10 hours and leveled up. Lorelai was most excited for us!

5/10

Lorelai takes her love of literature very seriously. Today, she took it upon herself to read the memoirs of Adam Nimoy that she found on the couch. Lorelai enjoyed the pictures but really spent most of her time focusing on the words.

5/9

Whenever Lorelai finds something she believes to be clothes, she tries to put it on over her head. Tonight, she was wearing a pajama shirt on her head like a hat. When she wants to exaggerate being excited, she makes this open mouthed face and shakes a little with effort. It is adorable.

5/8

Today, we wanted to sing the Batman theme song over and over and over again. Lorelai's nose started to run today. Daddy thinks she may have seasonal allergies like he does.

5/7

Tonight, all Lorelai wanted was to hear the Ghostbusters song from her Staypuft. She danced around in circles and held out Staypuft every time the song ended to have Daddy help make it start again.

5/6

Sometime we have to wonder how Lorelai ever got by without her snack cup. We can't even watch the first period of Daddy and Unvle Spike's game without a few goldfish in our fists.

5/5

Nana took Lorelai outside to enjoy the sunshine and have a swing on the glider together. We had fun watching the boys run around and play while the girls had a chat and laughed. Lorelai loves to laugh and spend time with her Nana.

5/4

Grandpop gave Lorelai the rocking elephant he had made for her Daddy when he was a boy today. Lorelai had a great time climbing onboard to go for a ride. I don't think she'll be ready to play with it alone for a bit longer but she sure did have a good time.

And as it turns out, Lorelai is going to have to wait a bit longer before she gets to be a big sister.

5/3

Tonight we went to me Erik Burke. He is 3 months old now and doing quite well working on holding his head up. Lorelai was very excited to see the baby. She is a big fan.

5/2

Nana and Pop-pop bought Lorelai a membership to the Philadelphia Zoo for her first birthday. Today we went with Nana, Aunt Col, Lucas, and Jacob-- it was a ton of fun!
Nana bought Lucas and Nicky a Zoo pass for their birthdays too so now we have friends to go with!!

5/1

Sometimes we prefer the word "yes" to the word "no".

4/30

It's Slinky, it's Slinky, for fun it's a wonderful toy. It's Slinky, it's Slinky, it's fun for a girl and a boy.
Daddy found a Slinky we had packed away and it turns out, Slinky is also fun for all ages.

4/29

Daddy and Uncle Spike had an early game this week so Gigi and Grandpop came to help cheer on the team too! Now that Lorelai is out of her car seat carrier, she is much more active at the rink. May be time to start trying on some skates and getting her a few lessons of her own. Soon.

4/28

Lorelai had a great time today at Nana's house. She found two plastic scoops that made a great noise when banged together. Perhaps she and her cousins can start a band! Look how excited she is!!

4/27

Tonight is the Flyer's last game of the season. Sadly, we did not make it into the playoffs this year. Still, Daddy and Lorelai are proud of our guys in orange.

4/26

Daddy calls this Lorelai's "War Paint". Yummmm... nothing tastes better than a mess on your face.

4/25

Guess what! Lorelai is going to be a big sister in December!

4/24

Lorelai found the kitties on her pajamas. It is very exciting to wear kitties to bed.
Mama brought home finger puppets from a baby shower at work and one of them was a tiger. Daddy pointed out that the orange puppet was a kitty... it is now Lorelai's favorite. Of course.

4/23

Cookie! And she has two!!

4/22

Mama came home to Lorelai and Daddy just like this. Daddy was reading a book with Lorelai playing next to him. One moment, she is playing with a glow ball and the next-- out like a light.

Daddy sings Lorelai the "Batman" theme song from the 1960's TV Show. Usually she makes her Batman dance along to the song. Tonight, she helped sing the "Na na na na na!" at the end of the song. It's the first time she has ever done this. It was too cute!

4/21

Lorelai climbed up the stairs today at Nana and Pop-pop's house all by herself-- first try too! She made it up 6 stairs to the second floor of the split-level home with Daddy spotting her from behind.

Today we also changed out her baby car seats and bases for the older kid version. She is still facing backwards but now doesn't look like a tiny baby girl anymore.

Tonight, we plan to put her to bed without a binky. Such a big girl!

4/20

Daddy unpacked some Daddy-only toys tonight-- little Ghostbusters guys and some villains. Lorelai was pretty sure that she had domain over all toys in this household. Daddy successfully distracted her with the packaging pictures... for now. We make no promises.

4/19

Lorelai loves pizza! The crusts are helping with teething tonight and that seems well worth the carb overload if you ask Mama.

Today, Mama recieved a package in the mail. Lorelai, all full of curious diva energy, reach into the box and removed anything she could get her little hands on. She came out with some air filled plastic bags that made a fun noise when you scrunched them up. Clearly this package was meant for her attention.

4/18

Mama was eating an orange earlier this evening. Lorelai insisted she have some too in addition to the Goldfish in her Snack Cup in her hand. Since we have been battling a diaper rash, Mama thought it better not to give Lorelai an acidic orange and she received a piece of rind hoping she would be discouraged by the taste and give up. She ate it! Lorelai had already consumed bits of the rind before Mama noticed what was happening and took it away.
Oh. Lorelai. What will we do with you?

4/17

Lorelai popped her first tooth today! You can sort of see it here-- bottom row, on the left near her fist.

Congratulations, sweetheart!

4/16

Nakie Time!!
Lorelai has been fighting a nasty diaper rash this week. The internet suggested that she get time naked to allow her lady parts time to breath and her rash to dry out. Cross your fingers-- Here's hoping!

Every time Lorelai went to the bathroom without her diaper on, she immediately started to cry. It makes you wonder if she isn't ready to potty train... Maybe we are getting ahead of ourselves.

4/15

Lorelai refuses to stay in her seat for more than 3 minutes of Daddy's hockey games now. She wants to run around on the floor, sit on the table, pound on the glass, and enjoy her Snack Cup.

She really and truly pounds on the glass and yells at the players-- no joke. Oh! And today she noticed which player was her Daddy and waved to him. First time!

4/14

Lorelai had a wonderful day with Aunt Mo and Christopher today. They played outside and Chris shared his red car! And Aunt Mo showed Lorelai her dangerous nature by giving her lunch without a bib. Oh my! Aunt Mo is quite the risk taker.

4/13

Happy 2nd birthday, Taigh! Lorelai went to his Build-a-Bear Party tonight and made a new friend. Lorelai chose a honey colored bear that we named Gordon after Batgirl, Barbara Gordon. Lorelai was very excited to warm up his heart, stuff him, and bathe the bear. She even picked out a red bow tie (with the help of her Daddy).

4/12

Sauce everywhere!In Lorelai's hair, on her thighs, hands, arms, all over her face... So much sauce. She's so much like her Mama-- we love sauce!

4/11

Just sitting back... reading a magazine... nothing special happening...
Our little genius.

4/10

When Lorelai sees her diaper bag, she knows that a Snack Cup is waiting inside. When she sees her snack cup, she exclaims two sounds that sound remarkably close to "Snack Cup!". Snack Cup usually has tasty treats inside like Goldfish. Cheerios, Puffs, Yogurt Bites... any number of exciting things. And who could say no to that precious, demanding face?

4/9

Today has been the hottest day all year-- a high of 82.
Lorelai seemed a little warm sitting on Mama's lap. Mama thought Lorelai might enjoy a slight breeze so she started to blow softly at Lorelai's face. After a few gusts, Lorelai started to blow wind back at her Mama.
She's so amazing and smart.

4/8

Again, Lorelai was putting her foot down and insisted to be shown pictures on Mama's camera rather than allow Mama to actually take pictures of Lorelai. Mama and Daddy thought it would be fun to try to sneak into the photo shoot. Photo bomb!

4/7

Tonight, we went to see Aunt Col Col and cousin Jacob to watch a movie. Jacob slept thru most of the evening-- Lorelai barely knew he was there. As soon as Jacob woke up, Lorelai was desperate to get close to and touch the baby. Lorelai loves kids. She wanted to pet his head and poke his nose.... His eyes may or may not have also been in danger. Mama reminded Lorelai to be gentle and you could see her gentle her reaching hands. So sweet. Jacob would make a fun dolly.

4/6

Now when Lorelai sees Mama's camera, she insists on reviewing all of the pictures to her satisfaction. Being a little diva, fits will be had if she isn't given the chance to see the pictures of herself and other kids. She demands and you will relent. Or else.

4/5

Nana came home today!! To celebrate, all of the grandkids came over to play with her. Lorelai was so happy to see her Nana back where she belongs-- at the center of the family, with the kids and her genealogy work nearby.

4/4

We tried blueberry Nutrigrain bars today. Lorelai votes yes to portable flavor.

4/3

Lorelai decided to Hop on Pop, just like the good Dr Seuss would want.
Mama bought this shirt long before Lorelai was born. She likes the pink sparkly heart in the middle. Lorelai made a "mmmmMMmmm" sound when she saw it. It means she has found something she likes.

4/2

Lorelai has been sleeping with the bunny Nana gave her over the past few days. This morning, she explained to Daddy, by fiercely gripping the rabbit, that she wanted to play with bunny downstairs today too. What Lorelai wants, Lorelai gets (within reason).

4/1

Super Lorelai! Complete with battle cry and orange cape, Lorelai is taking after her guys and has decided to fight crimes. Tonight's crime she is up against? Mama and Daddy have snacks and Lorelai wants to teach them a lesson in sharing.