Juju’s first plane ride!

Juju had her first airplane ride last week and it was quite entertaining. She was on 4 planes in 6 days. The first plane was a stop in Colorado and she screamed most of the hour and a half flight. We were not sure if her ears hurt or not, but she just doesn’t like being held sometimes. She is very independent.
The next flight we were on, she slept on her mom’s chest for most of the flight and we didn’t get in until 10:30 which was 12:30 (after midnight) our time. So she was really a trooper. We went to see Aunt Jami and Uncle Chris and juju and her mom spent the nights there. Jami was able to borrow a Pack ‘n Play for juju to sleep in. As long as she has her “snuggly” blanket and Murry (her stuffed cat that looks like Aunt Jami’s cat) she slept well. She did pretty well with naps, too.
We did a lot of sight-seeing and constantly disrupted juju’s sleep, but she was such a good sport. She had lots of grown up foods while in California. She loves avocadoes and Aunt Jami’s Banana Bread which had coconut in it. We went to the San Diego Zoo and she got to ride on a lift that went all the way across the park. She was only mildly impressed.
By the time the trip came, she was starting to pull herself up on everything she could including legs! She would get up on all fours and wiggle a little but not quite crawling.
April 23, 2010
Juju has a tooth! It is so cute, it’s on the bottom. She slobbers like a puppy and chews on everything. More to come! Also, she is crawling about 3 or 4 feet at a time now. She really isn’t very patient with crawling, she would rather be running.
She likes lots of new foods now. She is eating baby fruit puffs like there is no tomorrow. I think she likes those because she can feed them to herself. She will eat a couple of those then take a drink from her sippy cup to wash it down. It’s so cute because after she takes a drink, she sticks her tongue out and says, “Ahhhhhhh.” She cracks me up.
Every day now she has at least three meals with real food. She loves cheese sticks. We cut them into fourths and she puts them in her mouth and sort of gums it. She has fresh fruits and veggies every day now. But, she still likes her milk in her bottle. She wants to help do that, too, though.
When she is at Gigi’s, her favorite toy is her piano. I took her downstairs the other day and showed her the piano her mom and Aunt Jami learned on and she banged out a pretty cute song. I think being a piano player is her destiny. She will do that while attending beauty pageants and squeezing in her MENSA meetings! I’m a proud Gigi! She lights up my whole day!!