Week 8

So, this has definitely been a cool week in baby world! Elena has really started smiling on purpose and in response to what we say or do. She's also started "talking" (cooing and gurgling, mostly). It's really the cutest thing I've ever seen or heard! And it led to me laying her down on her white blanket, putting the camera on continuous, and holding the button down for about 15 minutes! The result being that we have 80 pictures which look hilarious when you just arrow through them... it really looks like she's talking then, like one of those flip books! Anyway, I didn't think everyone wanted to see all 80 pictures, so I picked two of my favorites...


Poor Elena got a little cold from the daycare this week. They called me Tuesday because she had a fever. Which made me feel like the worst mother ever, because she got sick in the first week of daycare. So I took her to the doctor (after a consultation with Aunt Yaya, of course) and they said she just had a cold. But she's already feeling better, we just have her sleep in her bouncy seat so she can breathe, and put in saline nose drops (she loves those) and we bought a humidfier for her room. So she's doing lots better now. And we've been giving her more baths to help, which led to this really cute picture from when her daddy gave her a bath.
It is definitely true, though, that your kids will get sick the day your doctor's office is closed. When we were kids, Dr. Prica's day off was Friday, we always got sick on Fridays. Elena got sick on Tuesday, Dr. Garb's office is closed on Tuesday! So we had to go see Deb in Dr. Beal's office instead. Which wasn't a big deal, but it made me laugh because I always remembered Mom having to take us to different doctors.

Sunday we went to Mom and Dad's house to celebrate Charlie's birthday (even though his birthday was 2 weeks ago). Elena wore her Grandma bib, and looked adorable in it (of course).

While we were at Grandma and Grandpa's house, we did a photo shoot with Elena in her flower girl dress because I didn't get any good pictures at the wedding. Ruth took most of the pictures, though, so I don't have them yet! But I'll post them when I do, because they were adorable.

This week, Elena also got to go to her first campfire with the youth group! She was all bundled up, and slept pretty much the whole time. She got passed around the youth group, even to Sam, who held her only under duress! His exact words were "How long do I have to do this?"

Anyway, it was pretty good week. We've settled into the whole daycare routine. I like the people who take care of her, and I absolutely love the smiling and talking thing that started this week. It just melts my heart to have her look at me, like really make eye contact, and grin really big. It's a feeling unlike any other, that's for sure!