Lizzy visited this weekend. Of course Louisa was super excited to see the aunt who lived here and who had taken care of her so long. As with every visit from relatives (and really ever new week for us too), Louisa is constantly looking different--older, more like KJ as a baby--and we are always excited to see her doing and seeming to learn new things. Her hands, for example, are able to grab things much better. She's been finding and putting the pacifier in her mouth with ease for a long time already, but Lizzy let Louisa hold her iPhone. Louisa is the video and picture star of the family, so she's used to being in front of the phone/camera. She's always reaching for it, but her parents are worried about her drooling on it and throwing it. But Lizzy was very nice to let Louisa hold the phone. When Lizzy's alarm went off, Louisa was thrilled and, with a little help from Lizzy and Mom, she was able to dance to the music!
Once everyone was out of bed, we went to breakfast at Effie's, then Greg was dropped off so so he could work on an essay and the girls went out. The pièce de résistance from their afternoon of shopping was a baby xylophone. Louisa holds the stick in her hand, then bangs her fist on the keys. It's an unorthodox way of playing (she's such a genius!). She's also very intense when the xylophone is in front of her. And she does
not like when either parent or her aunt tries to take a turn playing. Though no one thinks it's just for the baby. Louisa's mother and father kept taking turns stealing the instrument from each other to practice Chopsticks, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Happy Birthday, and all those other super hard, highly technical, incredibly complicated musical classics.
Lizzy left late last night, but as always it was great to see her again. Louisa submitted a formal request to see her again soon.
This morning, Louisa is in the middle of what is so far an hour-long nap. Finally, Daddy can take a shower and upload this blog! When she wakes up--yogurt and some fruit!
