Texas June - It's getting hot!

June is over and Lena is almost 5 months old!!! She is growing so fast and is SUCH a joy to our lives. This past month she increasingly likes to lay on her tummy, holding her head up high, and even turned herself from tummy to back a few times. Sadly only when she was alone in her crib so we have yet to see it. Another major development occurred in her eating habits. We are now feeding her fruits, some veggies, and oat based baby cereals, and Lena absolutely loves it. She nurses less and less and instead focuses on how to get that spoon in her mouth quicker and more efficiently. I have to say, she has become a pro! Car rides are getting easier because she is more and more interested in toys and music and can be distracted. Her favorite toys at the moment are stuffed animals and blankets with one corner tied to a knot. She just loves grabbing something soft and pulling it toward her mouth with both arms. Her giggles and laughs bless my day greatly!
Other than Lena's developing and growing, our family is doing great. Andrew just finished his first part of summer school and about to dive in to the next. I have become a pro at driving the stickshift and have come to like it a lot. Doors still have to be fixed (so I don't have to open three of the doors, just to get Lena and I in the car), but that will hopefully happen soon. We have been pretty busy this month with all the events leading up to Nikki and Julians wedding, which will be on July 10th. We are excited, but also sad that they will be leaving for California so soon.
We have also found a family activity that greatly enriches out lives :) EXCERCISE! Good old fashioned excercise. We are going to the YMCA. Lena and I go almost everyday, Andrew makes it a few mornings of the week before work. I absolutely love it. Somedays I swim (up to 30 laps, yeah), somedays I cycle, somedays I do the bodyscultping or other kind of aerobics class). Lena is taken care of very well in their awesome childcare program and gets to see other kids while I work out :).
Here are some recent pictures:
The first time in the pool!!! What a fun family afternoon at the YMCA kids pool!


The happiest girl... :)





Everything goes in the mouth!
These two pictures are from the first or second day of spoon feeding. She still was not sure what to think of it. She thought she needed to stick her fingers in her mouth after every spoon and suck on them to get the fruit down.

Mickey got a big ham bone... a few days later he had eaten the whole thing!