Catching up with juju!

It's been too long since I have caught everyone up. So sorry! In this past month, juju is eating fruits and vegetables, sitting up on her own and trying various ways to crawl. One day in juju's life must be the same as a year to adults. She is growing up so fast and developing her own personality.
Juju decided 2 weeks ago to attempt to crawl. She got up on all fours and rocked back and forth for about a minute then she moved her left hand forward and rocked a little, then she moved her left knee toward her hand. She looked up at me and smiled real big, then did the same with her right side but much slower. I kept calling her and had toys she likes in front of her to encourage her to come to me. She was so proud of herself. She did this 2 more times and then fell on her belly. She did not try this way again-yet!
Then, this week she got up on all fours then sat back on her legs and lunged forward like a little frog. She did this 3 more times and went about 3 feet lunging forward.
She really has no patience for all this crawling. She just wants to walk and get to where she wants to go right now.
She is a riot when I feed her the green mixture her mother makes for her. It is broccoli, peas and squash. She blends this mixture and then freezes it in ice cube trays. It looks like poop!
Speaking of poop.......no, I won't go there! Juju may read this some day. I love looking at her smiling face every day. She is so expressive. You can read exactly what she is thinking and when she is thinking it. I don't know where she gets that from.
You can never read enough books to juju. She loves looking at each page and taking it all in. Her favorite book is about animals and lights up and sings. She makes her legs wiggle every time the song comes on.
She is going on her first airplane ride next week and should be very interesting. Stay tuned.....................................

Juju at Gigi's

Juju spent the week at Gigi's. I thought that by having her here all week I could get so much more done. Boy, was I wrong. She was really good humored on Tuesday and Wednesday but really not on Thursday and Friday.
I feel so bad for her because she is teething and you can tell she is really n pain sometimes. She chews on everything she gets her hands on. But, when she is in a good mood and smiles, she melts your heart.
We went out for fish on Friday night and she was passed around by relatives. She did really well especially since she doesn't really know them.
I have found that she likes to play in her box lined with a quilt and surrounded by toys and teethers.
She has started to stretch her arms out toward people and that's really cool.
Juju is so ready to be mobile and independent. She's already very opinionated. The future will be very interesting. xo

Catching up with juju!

I haven't posted in a while because I have had computer problems again! But, juju has grown so much and changed so much in the last 10 days so I'll have to catch you up.
She is eating cereal twice a day now. In the morning and at night before she goes to bed. Almost every day she likes it, but some days she's just not in the mood. Her mom had a snow day on Tuesday but we had to go to St. Louis anyway. Juju is so nosy now that she doesn't nap at the mall any more. She wants to sit up and look around.
Wednesday we hung out at her house and played with the red piano and new books. She is starting to like to spend more time being left alone these days. It just depends on the mood she is in.
Thursday, we hung out at Gigi's house. Poppy came home to spend some time with her. But, first we had to go take the computer from hell back to the store and go to the grocery store. We were gone so long that it was time for juju to eat and there was no bottle in the diaper bag. I had to buy one in the grocery store and buy soap and a bottle of water to clean it out in the car. It was not the same as her usual bottles but I did not want to spend that much money for this one time. Juju kept spitting the nipple out of her mouth and then got hold of the bottle and threw it into the back seat. Then, I tried to reason with her and explain to her that this was the same milk she always drank and it is just this one time. She then chewed on the nipple and squirted milk all over my glasses and in my hair. She's something.........................
Friday we met friends at the Cheesecake Factory and juju had 2 firsts. The first first was that she sat in her stroller without the carseat like a big girl. She liked that because she could look around at everyone. But she did have her Auntie J scowl on her face which made people want to talk to her even more. The second first was that she sat in a high chair at the restaurant. We had to use about 10 baby wipes first to clean it, but she had a great time.

The Thrill of Victory and The Agony of Defeat

This was an interesting week with Juju...
Tuesday, we stayed at her house and played with the little red piano and her new jumping seat thing (I bought it and don't know what it's called). She was somewhat content with playing today. She sat in her big girl high chair and had cereal. Some of it actually went into her mouth!
Wednesday thru Friday...
Juju came to Gigi's house after being picked up and each day we took a little drive. I talked to her the whole time and sang to her and she slept.
On Wednesday, we tried bananas in her cereal and I may as well put a lemon in it with the face she made! So, we will try bananas again another day. She took an awesome nap on Poppy's side of the bed anchored with a cat on each side of her. It was beautiful. This week she is really starting to reach for me and it melts my heart.
She loves the song "Itsy Bitsy Spider" but I changed the words to "Icky Bitsy Spider" because Gigi does not like spiders. She's cool with it.

I put her in her little umbrella stroller and, although our house is pretty small, I pushed her stroller around the house and wherever I went. She was quite amused.
She is more and more alert each day. It is such a cool transformation to watch.
I started winking at her and she cracked up. So, that's our new thing.

Today, we picked her and her mommy up and went to breakfast. She made eye contact with everyone and smiled the whole time. Poppy fed her breakfast to her and, it was so special, she stared up at him the whole time. Not sure if it was because she adores him, which I'm sure she does, or she was mesmerized by the weird hat he had on with his sunglasses on top!
Life is great with Juju!