Block Party

 Avi is becoming very skilled at stacking her blocks.

Toys!

Avi's started grabbing things and pulling them to her mouth!  (Yes, that last sentence deserves an exclamation punctuating it.)  It is so weird, to see my 4.5 month daughter, carry her own toy to the car when we leave the house.  It is truly amazing.

I love this expression: it's the one she gets right before she's about to chomp down on a toy. She attacks it with a vengeance - as if it is about to jump out of her hands.

Making a Baby Sling!

This morning with SLO County Mom's group, I made a baby sling for our unborn.   These type of slings can range anywhere from $50-100 - I made this first one from a silk curtain my friend had lying around and $4 worth of rings (from www.slingrings.com).  A group of moms (all with babies out of the womb) got together to make slings to carry their little precious mini-me's around in - whereas I only have a dog to try the poor sling out!  Here's a picture of Keeta being tortured (boy, she will be happy when the baby comes and we stop picking on her).

Sorry for the blurry picture - cell phone cameras are not our expertise! My photo snobbery almost didn't let me post this pic, but Keeta's compliant attitude was too cute to pass up!

Super-sized Baby Stroller

Some people begrudgingly give up their sports car for a mini-van after months and years of trying to make a family fit in a two-door vehicle.  Michael and I did the opposite - we gladly traded in our truck and trailer for the mother of all mini-vans: a Class B motorhome.  And the kid is not even out yet!  Are we planning ahead or what?  Actually, since Michael and I LOVE to travel and make any spot we are a vacation, we've wanted one of these for a while - the baby is a convienent excuse, hee hee.  Now that we seem a bit self-indulgent, let me explain why this actually is the perfect baby mobile.  No more stopping at dirty gas stations or rest stops when the kid has to pee, just pull over to the side of the road and use your OWN toilet right in the baby wagon!  If the kids (or father) are hungry and grumpy, just pull over and pull something out of the little fridge and cook it on the 2-burner gas range!  Sleepy mommy or cranky baby?  Sleeps 4.   

We'll see how it works, but we think we are onto something ingenious here.

How's this for a baby stroller?