Wordless Wednesday

Alaina at 8 months

We are blessed that Laura and Aaron live close to us, and we're so thankful that we get to have Alaina stay with us on a regular basis. She stayed with us this weekend and as usual, we really enjoyed our time with her.

She is now 8 months old, growing fast and changing all the time!

She is now crawling, standing up and figuring how to get into all sorts of mischief! One thing that hasn't changed is her ability to wrap Bob around her little finger!

All that playing tires a person out, and Aunt Heather is always ready to snuggle.

Here she is, getting in a little play time before church on Sunday morning.

Alaina looked so cute in her little dress, that I took her into the backyard for some pictures after church. However, she won't sit still so the photo op ended quickly. :)

She is such a joy!

Weekend with Alaina

We had a fun weekend at our house. Our son-in-law Aaron's, brother got married on Saturday, so we were blessed to have Alaina from Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon!
It was Bob's birthday on Saturday and what better gift, than time with his little sweetie!
I'm afraid that Laura may have to retrain her this week, because she gets non-stop attention over here, and has come to expect it!
I have 2 videos to share with you. (They are both under 30 seconds)
This first one shows her in her jumperoo. She loves this things and can really get going in it.






This second video is of her and Oliver. She is not quite crawling, but can really move. She is fascinated by Oliver and goes right after him. He isn't too thrilled with this new mobility and takes off when she gets close.

Wordless Wednesday

(Alaina's 6 month picture)

Alaina at 6 months

Our little Alaina is 6 months old! She is now sitting up on her own and has 2 teeth.
She's also going through a phase of being scared of people. Bob's Mom just came back from Florida after spending much of the winter there, so we stopped with Alaina to see her, but Alaina wasn't happy about this plan at all. She cried almost the whole time we were there, so I couldn't get a picture of her with great-grandma.
After we got back to our house, she was her usual happy self.



Here she and Oliver are, checking out her basket of toys.

Hanging out with Aunt Heather


Then it was feeding time. Laura had sent us a video showing us Alaina's new talent. She's learned to blow raspberries, while eating. As you can imagine, this makes quite a mess.
We told Bob he had to feed her, as he's been the one trying to teach this to her (Although not while she's eating!)

She did pretty good here - no raspberries!

Not bad - minimal mess!

Growing so fast!

I don't know if you've noticed, but I really love being a Grandma!
My sweet little Alaina is almost 6 months old and I can hardly believe how fast that time went by.
We are blessed that Laura and Aaron live nearby and we get to see and take care of her often.




This is a picture I took of her when she was about 1 week old. What a little sweetheart in that basket!

When she was over last week, I checked to see if she still fit in the basket. She does, but not for long!

A day with Alaina

*warning - lots of pictures!

We got to have Alaina at our house from Saturday to Sunday. Laura and Aaron had a really busy Saturday and we were thrilled to take her!
After I picked her up on Saturday, we stopped by my Dad's house. He's always thrilled to see his only great grand child!


Alaina and Great-Grandpa

Reading a book with Grandpa

Having fun playing

She is such a happy, easy going baby!

Alaina is never lacking for attention when she comes over!

Here she is all dressed up for church on Easter Sunday. You can see she has to work on being a little more lady like! She kept pulling her dress up and putting it in her mouth when I was trying to get a nice picture.

This is the best I could do! Doesn't she look cute?

Andy and Alaina, both looking good before leaving for church.
Laura and Aaron met us at our church, so we could all go together. Alaina was really good in church and as you may expect,I loved showing her off!


One last shot of me with Alaina after church.

America's Next Top Model

We had such nice weather last week, that we tried taking Alaina to the park to get some pictures of her.
There was a spot I wanted to use, that would show the stream in the background, but the sun wouldn't be shining on Alaina's face or at my camera. However, when we got there, we found that lots of people were taking advantage of the nice day and there were kids playing in the spot I wanted to use.

We tried this spot, but the sun was shining in her eyes.

We turned around so the camera was facing the sun, but then she didn't want to hold herself up.

Then she decided to chew on her arm...

And then, she just wouldn't keep her hand out of her mouth!
After all this she started to get fussy and sick of us repositioning her. I guess we'll have to wait on that modeling gig!

Standing on the Word

Alaina got a new seat! Not only does it have things to play with, she can also jump in it.
She doesn't do that yet, but once she figures it out, she'll love it.
You may notice there is a book under her. She isn't tall enough for her feet to reach the floor without it.
I noticed that the book was Strong's Bible Concordance.
When I mentioned it to Laura, she said - "We're training her to stand on the word!"

Grandpa's back!

My Dad was in Florida for about 3 weeks and wasn't home when Andy first got home.
When he got back took Andy out for lunch and a game of bowling. He and his wife Ann are avid bowlers and are pretty good, especially Ann.
We stopped at the bowling alley so he could see Alaina too.

He hadn't seen her in awhile and was surprised by how she had grown.

Ann had to say hi to her too.

Ann - Andy - Dad

They had fun bowling, and Ann beat them all.
I know Andy enjoyed spending time with them again!

Visits with Alaina

I've been able to spend a lot of time with Alaina this week and what fun I've had!
Laura had an appointment on my day off, so Heather and I went to their house to watch her for several hours.

This picture is a little fuzzy, but I love that cute little nose and those baby lips. :)


We even got to give her a bath. Is there anything sweeter than a baby just out of the bath, wrapped up in a towel?

Such a sweet smile!

She was paying close attention to what Aunt Heather had to say.

It was a beautiful day, so after she had her bath and something to eat we bundled her up and went out for a walk.

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Then we got another treat on Friday when she came to spend the night!

She is starting to realize when her Mom and Dad aren't around and wasn't real happy about being left with us! Grandpa reassured her that we weren't all bad and walked around with her to calm her down.

Grandma enjoyed every minute of snuggling with her. She slept from about 10:15 till 6:45 in the morning, so I couldn't complain about that!

Oliver wasn't too sure about this little person. This is the closest he came the whole time.

This is a good example of how things went - everyone was at Alaina's beck and call - even just sitting and watching her play!

Here she is, bundled up in her little bear coat, ready to go home again. Her Dad and Mom missed her and were really ready to see her again.
We gave an open invitation for her to come again - any time!

A day with Alaina

I had such a fun day on Friday!
It was my day off and Laura asked if I could watch Alaina. Of course - there was no question about that!
My sisters were also coming to spend the morning together, so Miss Alaina got lots of attention. My work Christmas gathering was at noon, so she came along and was shown off there, and we also stopped at the Hardware store to visit Grandpa.

She is such an easy going baby, she handled all that running around without a whimper.
She smiles like crazy, and is very alert - watching everything going on around her.

When Bob came home from work, they had a little nap together, before we bundled her up and brought her back home.
There's nothing like snuggling with a baby!

Babysitting!

Bob and I had such fun babysitting Alaina the other night. It was Laura's birthday and Aaron was taking her out for supper and a little shopping.
When we arrived she was sleeping in her car seat after a trip out for groceries. She looked so cute in her little hat, which Bob's sister made for her.
As Laura took off her hat, she said she may be wearing more hats in the future...
It seems she is losing her baby hair!

Here she is peering over Bob's shoulder, and yes - she doesn't have much hair on the top of her head. The sides and back are still covered with dark hair though, and I'm wondering how much of it will stay and if the new hair will still be dark.

She got lots of snuggling and kisses that night, and you can see that she is as cute as ever, even with a little less hair!

2 weeks old!

My sweet little granddaughter is 2 weeks old today. We are really enjoying being grand parents and find it's hard to stay away from her. :)
Here's a few pictures of Alaina from last week.

Here she is sleeping in the cradle that Bob made for our kids. It's nice to see it being used again.

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I took some newborn pictures of her. We found it was really hard to get her positioned, but we did get a few good shots!

Alaina's doing well, and so are Laura and Aaron.
She's a blessing!