Easter and Other Business

Easter

We had a busy Easter weekend, with trips between our house and the grandparents' homes, plus a birthday party to attend for cousin Lilly! Laura was thrilled to see some kids again; I think she was missing her buddies after a week off of daycare. Laura is a good guest once she arrives, but the car trips are getting a little dicey now that she has opinions (such as, "I don't want to sit in this car seat for 45 minutes."). She tried ice cream for the first time this weekend - yum! She makes the "num num" sound when she eats it. The Easter Bunny was very nice to Laura and she had a pretty Easter dress to wear.

Smarty Pants

I had a conversation regarding Laura at Lilly's party with another of her cousins who is around kindergarten age.

Cousin: Is she smart yet?

Me: Well, she's getting smarter every day because she keeps learning new things.

Cousin: Oh. [Thinking] So she's going to be smarter tomorrow than she is right now.

And it's true! It is crazy because it seems like she is soaking up new things so fast. I love that we can look at her face and practically see the wheels turning in her head. Just in the last week, she holds her hand up to her ear like a phone whenever she hears the phone ringing. She makes a car noise whenever she sees vehicles or other machines that make noise/have wheels (including pointing at wheelchairs in church on Easter and making the car noise). Whenever she sees me pull together a purse, diaper bag, or coat she starts waving bye bye. It's so funny and we are getting a lot of amusement out of this at home.

Other Business

At the doctor's office today, we found out Laura has gained exactly 4 ounces in three months. Arggh, we had high hopes she would have gained some weight. This drops her to something like the 3rd percentile for weight. Our doctor was not nervous since her height is increasing, but it's something we'll watch. Dad thinks that now Mom can ease up on her restrictive cracker eating rules and Laura can have more than 2 crackers at a snacktime! She is a decent eater though so it's all a little perplexing. And the shots were a whole different ballgame this visit than they were at any previous one - Laura was mad, mad, mad and not afraid to let us know.

Here's Laura on a happier day enjoying a ride in the swing: