Week 24

My sweet little baby is 24 weeks old now, and not so little anymore, though she is just as sweet! Well, most of the time... ;)

It was a pretty exciting week for the Looten household... During the week, Elena finished trying vegetables! We tried green beans and peas this week, and she actually really liked them. Not as much as sweet potatoes, but she liked them enough. It's been fun since then because I get to kind of mix up what she gets every morning. It's so fun watching her, because she opens wide for the first bite, but then when I put it in her mouth, she makes a horrible face. I guess she just expects oatmeal, which she LOVES, and then gets a veggie of some kind instead. I'd probably make a face, too! But after a couple of bites she starts pounding most of the veggies. In a couple of weeks we'll get to try FRUIT! :) Hawaiian Delight here we come...

Anyway... other than that, Elena got to be home with Mommy for Friday, which is always fun. Except, of course, that Mommy spent the whole time cleaning! Elena did discover a new trick on Thursday & Friday when she was home with me, and that was rolling over. She's rolled over before, but always only once after lots of effort. Thursday and Friday she decided that she would just roll over and over every time she gets laid down. So that's made life really interesting, because now she's actually mobile. She doesn't really have a purpose to her rolling yet, like she doesn't roll towards stuff, but she definitely moves around a lot more now! She loves grabbing her feet, and kicking all the time. She does this funny thing where she kicks with both legs and looks like a frog. It's pretty adorable, too.

This past weekend we had the Lootens in town again for Jessie's shower on Sunday afternoon. We had LOTS of women from the family and friends over, and Elena got held by everyone! She was a good sport about it, and even spent awhile hanging out with Gracie, the flower girl from our wedding. And, true to form, since there was present opening, we stuck a bow on Elena's head! :)

We had a great week, and the snow days provided some much needed home time for Elena and I. We missed Josh all weekend, since he was gone Saturday skiing with the youth group, and the boys didn't really hang around for the shower on Sunday! But this coming weekend we get to spend all weekend home together as a family, just the 3 of us. Those times are so precious to us, our little girl is growing up so fast and we don't want to miss it.

Thankfully, with our digital camera never far away, we'll at least have about 4 million pictures to remember her as a baby! Here are a few more...

Green beans are YUMMY! Not so yummy looking smeared all over her face, but cute anyway! :)

Aunt Ruthie brought Elena a little present: sheep slippers!
Aren't they sweet?
And, apparently, delicious!
We're MOBILE! I had to take this picture because I laid her down on the white blanket on the floor while I vacuumed around the living room. By the time I finished vacuuming she was halfway across the room and facing the opposite direction. Life as we know it is over!
At the shower with Aunt Jane, and a bow on her head! Hanging out with Gracie! Isn't it hard to believe that this is the same little girl who was our flower girl?! The one that refused to smile... :)

Modeling a present from Grandma Price... Josh and I decided she looks like the statue of liberty, so she's posing like it! Grandma Price bought her some bunny ears, too, so stay tuned for pictures of those!

Happy week 24, Elena!