"Mommy look!! I can feed myself!!!"

Drew had Lola one night and he decided to perform a little experiment. He fed Lola a little bit of her bottle, enough that she wouldn't be mad about what he was about to do. He put the bottle in her mouth and let it hang from her lips. She just put her hands up to the bottle and started feeding herself. From that point on she's been doing it by herself at every feeding. This definitely gives Mommy some extra time to get her other food ready while she feeds herself. It is very helpful, but it kinda makes me sad that she's getting to be so independent!!

Crib time = Picture time

Lola spent the day with Daddy and they decided to have a photo shoot while I was in school. She's just too cute to not take pictures of. I think we both get a little shutter happy.

Like Mother, Like Grandfather...

I know that's a very weird title for a blog post, but go with me for a little bit here...

So growing up I've always been told that I looked like my dad's side of the family, the Jones'. This is definitely the case now, however when I was a baby I looked exactly like my grandpa on my mom's side, Grandpa Richmond.

Ponder this picture for awhile. Just look at it and remember it.

The above picture is a picture of my Grandpa Richmond when he was a baby. He's a pretty cute looking kid if you ask me. When I saw this picture it reminded me of a picture of me when I was a baby. So we compared the two. They were almost identical. It was crazy the similarities between the two. The following picture isn't the one that made me realize the uncanny resemblance, but it's the best one that I could find. All of my baby pictures are in storage. Once they are unearthed I'll have a post with it in there.

Me when I was about a year old.

Now for the really crazy part...Lola has been going through her phases of looking like Drew and looking like me. Currently she's in a Mommy-phase, which I always love. I took this picture the other day while she was walking around in her walker. I looked at it and it just looked so much like my Grandpa and I that I almost started to cry. My Grandpa Richmond is awesome and I love that I look like him, because I hardly take after my mom's side of the family as far as looks go (attitude is a whole other story that would need an entire blog dedicated to it so I'll leave that one alone for now). It also made my mom cry to see that we all looked like her dad.

Cutie pie that looks like her mama and her great-grandpa!!

Monkey or ER Patient?? Lola chose ER patient

Lola and I woke up on Halloween in our normal fashion. We got up and she watched some cartoons while I got her breakfast ready. She ate all of her breakfast in her typical chunky monkey style. Then Daddy came over so I could go to the MedCheck to get my throat checked out. When I got home we decided it was costume time. So we dressed little Miss Lola in her monkey costume (see previous post). She wasn't a big fan since she couldn't move around as much. If I had known what her second choice was going to be I would have done everything in my power to not have that happen. I woke up from my nap to the sounds of Lola projectile vomiting all over her crib. Being a first time mom and a worrier by nature, I scooped her up and started for the hospital. My mom was asleep after having worked a stretch of night shifts in a row. I called Janean and asked if she could meet me there and help me with Lola and also keep me company. In retrospect Lola and I probably could've done without the hospital since after 5 hours all they diagnosed her with was "vomiting in children over 4 months of age". But I'd rather be safe than sorry with our Captain Chunkers.

The monitor they put on her foot for her heart rate. It lit up like a Christmas-tree light and she loved to look at it.

Her little butt hanging out the back of her hospital gown.

Playing with the toys the nurses brought for her.

Reading a pamphlet about covering your cough...in Spanish. Our little genius baby. Haha.

After we got our "diagnosis" from the doctor, Lola was so tired that we asked if we could be discharged so we could go home. I'm happy to report that after a few days of very diarrhea and no more vomiting, Lola is now running at about 95% of her normal self. She's eating normally and drinking normally, but she's been a little more clingy that usual. Don't let me fool you, I don't really mind the cuddling, clingy part.

Lola's First Halloween

Up until recently Lola has been our "Chunky Monkey". She just recently decided to become our green bean instead by jumping up in height and losing some of her rolls. Before this sudden growth spirt, we decided to dress her up as a monkey for Halloween. She didn't really like the costume because it was kind of like a fat suit that didn't let her move around very much. And it didn't help that she wasn't feeling very well either. Soon after these pictures were taken Lola decided to be an ER patient instead of our cute little monkey.

One of the few smiles we got out of her on Halloween.

Screaming like a monkey!!

Look at those cheeks...they're still chubby!!

Our monkey with her banana.

Because I didn't have space to add all of the pictures we got of her on Halloween in this post, here's the link to my Facebook album with all of her Halloween pictures in it. Enjoy!!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2979636&id=6843479&l=e672cbee44

Gotta post more cute pictures!!

I get a little trigger happy on my camera. I LOVE the fact that Drew keeps me in good cameras. If he didn't I would probably lose my marbles (and not have nearly as many good pictures of Lola as I do).

Lola in her bouncer (she looks like she's almost 2 in this picture :( sad)

She loves Beauty and the Beast already!

Our long sleepy bean!!

Lola in her rain coat my mom got her.

Playing nap time with mommy.

Grandma Bean's Birthday Night

Grandma Bean celebrated her birthday in style...with a Lola accessory. We all went out for my mom's birthday and she was the typical doting grandmother. She carried Lola around and just loved on her the entire night. It was great going back to The Cheesecake Factory with my mom and Lola since that's where her, Lola, Drew, Janean and I went the day that we left the hospital after Lola was born. I will always love the Cheesecake Factory!!!

I Wear My Sunglasses At Night

Lola is going through a phase where she throws a temper tantrum every time we lay her down to change her. I think she's at a point where because she can so easily move around when we lay her down to change her I think she feels as if her autonomy is being challenged. If that's the case then Lola should learn to change her own poopy diapers and then we can talk. Haha. To distract her one night, I decided to give her my sunglasses to play with. They started on her face but didn't stay there for very long.

Zoo time for Lola!!

A few weeks ago Lola experienced her second trip to the Indianapolis Zoo. The first trip was just with Grandma Nean, Lily and Lily's daughter, Alexa. This was the first trip that Mommy and Daddy got to enjoy with our little bean. She loved the fish and everything outside. She was NOT a fan of the dolphin show. She liked following the dolphins and watching all the stuff that they did, but she wasn't into all the loud music and the lady talking over the loud speaker. I had to leave early so I could make it to work, but she enjoyed the rest of her trip to the Zoo with Grandma Nean, Daddy, Great-Aunt Alyssa, Great-Uncle Kyle, and their two boys, Marshall and Rafe.

Mommy, Grandma Nean and Lola ready to go into the zoo

Daddy, Lola and the rhinos!!