Chatty Cathy Learns a New Trick

Today was supposed to be Caroline's first baseball game...the Giants are in Denver playing the Rockies this afternoon, and we had hoped to go. But since she is still sick, and I am now sick too, we decided maybe it wasn't the best idea. Hopefully the next time the Giants come to town we'll be able to go. It's such a nice day today...it's too bad it didn't work out! I was hoping for some great pictures from the outing too. Oh well!

Last weekend Grandma Mary was here visiting and I think she and Caroline enjoyed each others company. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures from the weekend - apparently all of the pictures that were taken are on Mary's camera and we have none! Oops. Lionel and Lisa also came up for dinner on Saturday and that was fun too. When Caroline woke from her nap I brought her downstairs to see everyone. At first she was like "who are all of these people?!?!" But after awhile she got used to it and I think she enjoyed the attention.

Caroline has been very verbose lately, which has made me start calling her Chatty Cathy. Besides all of the babbling, she has found that she can squeal. This is something that I'm not overly thrilled about. Usually it's exciting when she learns something new...and while I know that all kids squeal, it's not something that is all that enjoyable. :-) Yesterday we met Greg for lunch at the Huckleberry and she sat in the corner being quite loud, as if to make sure that everyone knew that she was there. Luckily no one seemed bothered by it!

But Caroline has learned a new trick that I am happy about! She keeps getting better with her hands, and is getting more proficient at getting the pacifier in/out of her mouth by herself. So that is good...though that's not the new trick. :-) Yesterday I had her on the floor in her room while I got her bath ready. I had her red monkey beside her and she was playing with it. When I left her she had rolled from her back to her side so she could better play with the monkey. Then as I was getting some more stuff ready in her room, I saw her flop over! You may be thinking, wait...I thought she already rolled over? Well yes, from her tummy to her back. But this was from her back to her belly! So I was very excited about that. Later when Greg got home, we put her down again and she didn't disappoint...after a minute or two she rolled over again so daddy could see! What a good girl!

I think that's about it! We're just hoping to get healthy soon. At least it's not the swine flu...oh wait, H1N1. The poor pigs are getting a bad name. :-) Seems like the mild hysteria about it has died down a bit...thank goodness. Last week a lady at the Target in Boulder took a shopping cart and filled it with every bottle of hand sanitizer in the store and bought it. This makes me shake my head. Yes, be smart and be cautious...maybe don't go to Mexico for awhile....but seriously. What is wrong with some people?

Since I don't have any new fun pictures, I will leave you with this one from last Sunday. Greg had to work all day unfortunately, but when he came home he and Caroline hung out for a bit.