Lorelai is up to 21 pounds now! She has quite a personality too! She knows what she wants and what she doesn't and is in no way hestitant to make her needs known. Among Lorelai's words: "Night Night", "Cracker!", "Thank you", & "Please". She loves to wave at everyone coming and going and is eager to give kisses and hugs to those she sees regularly. She has started to assert herself more with others, including several attempted bites and swats at her mother and successful bites and swats at her sister. She throws temper tantrum and makes clear when she is frustrated. She makes clear when she wants to nurse. She will even, at times, tell me she is ready for bed (by pointing to her crib) before I have attempted to lay her down. She loves to help put the groceries away and becomes quite upset when I forget and put the grocery bags on the counter where she cannot reach. Some of her favorite foods right now are raisins, GF crackers, grapes, popcorn (yes, I know a choking hazard), and peas. She is still not a fan of hard cooked eggs but enjoys them scrambled. We have not fed her anything with gluten. She does not have a huge appetite, though she is less picky than a few months ago. Lorelai loves to follow her brother and sister around, as well as Kate and Sam from next door. Kate enjoys taking her under her wing and will pretend she is Lorelai's Mama and will take her around in the tractor to Lorelai's delight. Loreali tries her darndest to ride Abby's bike and scooter.
She enjoys being outside as much as her siblings. Lorelai is a little Jeckyl and Hyde with water. Sometimes she is wild about playing in the water and other times will cry at the very anticipation of going in the water. As the third child, she does not get to bed as early as she should...we have a hard time getting her to bed by 8 PM as sometimes we are still playing outside. I am afraid that has contributed to more wakings and crabbiness so we are trying to be more disciplined to come in earlier and start the routine sooner. Lorelai takes one nap in the afternoon, for 1.5-2 hours typically. She loves the swings at the park and will go down the big slides by herself. She seems to like "girly" things. She is quite fond of her dolls and stuffed animals and although she is not attached to one particular blanket or doll/animal, she does insist on a blankie at bedtime and hugs a stuffed animal or doll as she falls asleep. So precious!
