v.26

Lila is 26 weeks old.  This week we had a wonderful visit from Nana and Poppa.  We took Nana to infant times on Tuesday and had so much fun dancing to the Beatles and getting a little massage. 

Lila has the ability to really make her own choices clearly known to daddy and mommy.  She can twist her body away and to something.  She can crawl to a toy she wants.  She can reach out to be passed between mommy and daddy or turn away from something she doesn't want.  Speaking on crawling to toys, Lila can go where she wants to.  She is not moving on her hands and knees (although she rocks in that position so proudly and with a big smile) she has a little routine that gets her from place to place.  It involves getting on her hands and knees, face planting, army crawling.  What she really wants to do is crawl on her hands and feet.  She pushes up on her hands and feet but hasn't been able to take a step that way just yet. 

Lila knows what dada and kitty means.  Mommys asks her "where daddy?" or " Lilas wheres the kitty?" she finds them and smiles and coos.  Even in the middle of a fuss mommy asks "where's the kitty?" she looks for Mango.  She loves animals.  

Lila has a new favorite game to play.   Everyone lays in bed and Lila rolls back and forth between mommy and daddy. Smiling and cooing and then rolling back the other way. The first time she played she rolled back and forth at least 15 times.  She loves daddy and mommy so much and lives when everyone is together.  She gets a real kick out of daddy and mommy kissing too!