v.17

 
 Today Lila is 17 weeks old.   Lila is discovering more sounds her mouth can make. B's and Geeeeee's! Lila can roll her tongue.  She is hard at work figuring out how to talk.  
She seems to really enjoy being with other babies.  Studying all the faces and what the other babies and moms are doing.  She recognizes her friends.  She likes to touch their faces and heads.

 Lila is drooling A LOT.  She watches the cats walk around.  She smiles and almost laughs and loves kisses from daddy and mommy especially at the same time!
She has started tapping on mommy's hand.  It means something, just don't know what yet.  Milk? Potty?  Maybe "I love you" ?

The four month check up.

On Thursday Lila went to see her new doctor.  He talked to her a lot.  He said "your mommy will teach you to ride horses because she is from Texas. "  Dr. Vic is very nice.  He weighed Lila and measured her.  He told her how pretty she was. Then he came back and gave her two shots.  He let mommy hold her hand and pick her up right after.  

We got home and Lila took a nap.  She woke up with a fever.  Poor baby.  She slept on mommy's chest for the rest of the day, 

After a little Tylenol in the evening Lila and mommy sang songs.  Grey Squirrel always gets a smile from Lila.  (She loves that song) 

At (almost) four months  Lila is 16 lbs and 24 inches tall.

v.16

Today Lila is 16 weeks old.  So much has happened in the past seven days,  Lila sees something, wants it, and grabs it!  She pulls her toy bird to make it sing.  She grabs her maraca and shakes it.  She discovered her feet and then made the discovery that she can reach them.  Mostly she uses her left hand to hold her left foot or sometimes both feet.  

Lila also likes to play with daddy's and mommy's hands... and stick them in her mouth of course.  Then on Tuesday evening (the 12th) Lila rolled over!  From her tummy to back... three times. Maybe it was more exciting for us because she hasn't rolled over again. Lila chews while watching mommy and daddy eat.  She also has really noticed water.  She watches mommy drink water and wants to touch the bottle.  The condensation is fascinating.  And Lila is giving daddy and mommy "tight squeezes".  A line in a poem  where Lila has started hugging us back. 

v. 15

Lila is 15 weeks old today.  In the mornings she wakes up so happy.  Giving daddy and mommy big smiles. We sing songs in the morning and have lots of fun.  Soon Lila starts yawning and mommy rocks her back to sleep.  Lila likes to look at books and gets one read to her every day now.  She has started watching the cats (and ducks too!!)  This week Lila loved daddy rocking her to sleep at night.  She talks more and more and we understand her "words" better every day. 

She lead the others with a quack quack quack...

 The title is a line to a fun song Lila likes... Friday was such a fun day.  Lila took a long morning nap so we were a little late to Mamatotos.  Down the street to Alice Keck park where is a duck pond and botanical garden there. We met under tree, the totos love to be outside and so to the mamas.

Lila had tummy time with her friend Ozzie.  

Then Lila ate and took a nap under the shady tree.  Everyone walked to a nearby restaurant and mommy carried a still sleeping Lila in the Moby. 



 After lunch everyone spilt up and we walked back to the park to wait for daddy to be done with work.  Lila woke up so we sat by the pond. 

  These are very possibly the baby ducks we saw here a while back.  First we watched them swimming in the pond but later they hopped out and started looking for food near us.  Lila loved watching the ducks waddle around us. 

v.14

Lila is 14 weeks old today.  Lila made up a fun game to play with
daddy.  They smile at each other and then Lila burrows her head into
mommy's shoulder.  It is fun to do over and over again.   This week
Lila has been seeing so many new faces.  She loves riding in the Moby
while mommy is running errands.  Everyone thinks she is pretty cute
and many of them want to tell her so.  She smiles at some of them and
just stares at the rest.  Maybe she will be a bit shy, after the
person walks away she buries her head on Mommy's chest.  Every day
Lila is discovering new sounds her voice can make.  Cooing and talking
and experimenting.  She studies our mouths as we talk and try's to
move hers in the same way.  Her favorite song is "gray squirrel, gray
squirrel, swish your bushy tail"

v.13

Lila is 13 weeks old today and 3 months old tomorrow! On fathers day
Lila talked all day long.  She started cooing a lot Saturday night and
then many other sounds and volumes starting the next morning.  She is
starting to show real interest in toys.  And believe it or not used
the baby potty three times! Today after the farmers market Lila starting laughing when Mommy was biting her leg.  Then Daddy was blowing on her feet and she was
cracking up laughing every time.  Then Lila and daddy were just

laughing back and forth with each other.  So cute and amazing. Laughter!!!

v.12

Today Lila Is twelve weeks old.  She is holding her head up so high.
She loves to sit up (with mommy or daddy's help)  This week Lila
started singing while being rocked to sleep.  And cooing and talking a
lot more.   And of course smiling all the time.  She loved seeing
other babies this week at a fun class called infant times on Tuesday.
And then Friday at the mamatotos meeting.  She talked and had tummy
time with a few babies!  Tomorrow is Fathers Day!  Mommy  will
make Daddy breakfast in bed!

v.11

Lila is 11 weeks old today! She loves when Mommy sings to her and really enjoys getting her diaper changed.  She smiles all the time.  She still sleeps a lot but when she is awake she is absorbing everything in around her.  She loves to look at faces and study our expressions.  She smiles differently at Daddy and Mommy.  Ashley just started play peek-a-boo game with a scarf and she almost giggles the entire time.  She is gaining much more control over her arms and legs and attempting to reach for things and to kick things.