Tuesday, August 19, 2008

London Fiore, a bundle of fun

The older London gets, the more she talks, and the more her personality comes out. I am beginning to learn what a fun little girl we have! In the picture above, she is playing with my makeup. Up until this morning, every brush of every variety (hairbrush, blush brush, toothbrush, etc.) she uses to brush her hair. Today, she actually starting using an eyeshadow brush on her face. I can't believe she is picking up how to put on makeup already! I told her that it would be a long time before I wanted her to try the eyelash curler.
My grandmother (Ceta) in Texas had a birthday last week. I wrote her a letter and made a card with a sign. Here is one of the rejected shots from our photo shoot.

As London becomes more mobile, she finds herself in predicaments fairly often. This is what I came upon after hearing desperate cries coming from the living room. She was trying to pull the bag off the coffee table and after it fell on her head, she wasn't sure what to do next... Yes, she was stuck in this position until I slowly helped her to the floor.
This is what London looks like before she goes for a crawl. That's right- our London can crawl at last! She is still really timid about it and would much rather sit and play. But it's good to know she's capable of crawling if she must!
Haha, here's a not-so-attractive shot of London crawling.
She has four teeth now! See her top two here.



When Eadie came to play last week, London wanted to crawl all over her and get up in her face. It's so much fun now that our babies are actually interacting!
Ok.. this is London's first attachment. She cries when you take away her balloon. We got it on Saturday and today it had completely deflated, but she still carried it the whole time we were in Kroger. I wish I had a picture of that... The sweetest thing is that she can say "boooon". So every where we go, every balloon she sees, she points it out to me.. "boooon"
Snack-time with her balloon.
London's most favorite word of all time is "light." She notices every light that you could possibly imagine. The light coming in through the window, the light from the instrument at the doctor's office, the lamp, the chandelier, on and on. She says it like a little southern belle too, "Liiight" with a soft emphasis on the "l". Adorable.
I met a lady in our neighborhood who told us about a park nearby with a baby swing. London and I investigated it today, at the hottest time of the day. We stayed about 5 minutes. She loved the swing. Of course it was black and blazing hot. So here you can see how I rigged it so she could sit in it from stuff I found in the car-- a bib and two winter mittens.

5 comments:

Allyson said...

I can't wait to see her crawl!! HOORAY!!!!! :)

amber@This Mommy Cooks said...

The new pictures are adorable. She is so cute. FYI Kroger gives away free balloons if you ask for them.

Lauren said...

She is so CUTE! It is so amazing -probably hard too- that she is crawling! Before you know it she will be running!

Kim said...

Melanie, I just ran across your blog on the "Top Recommendations" of my home page. London is so cute. She really looks like a baby doll. Glad you guys are doing well!

Frances Vineyard said...

Love the balloons pictures! Great post! Mom and Dad have milk at the Horn A Plenty store on Middlebrook near Bruster's ice cream ( I know you know where that is)!