Lola moves to Atlanta

It is official, we have moved to Atlanta, and Lola can start her life as the proverbial Georgia Peach. She loves the new house, and her new room is nice and cozy, sans the cute pink walls and chandelier but she has gained a ceiling fan, her new favorite thing! The drive to Atlanta wasn't eventful, Georgia and Lola rode in the car with me and we followed Kevin. We arrived late on Tuesday night tired but it was exciting. We slept on the blowup mattress and the movers were a day late, but we are here. Can't wait for the new adventures.

Goodbyes...

Lola said goodbyes, first to Olivia. That was hard, but didn't feel like a goodbye becase we will see her again. But we will miss her.

Then to friends at lunch, they will be missed, but they will come and go from time to time. Friendships are funny, how they ebb and flow.

And then, to Jordan Center. That was the hardest, because Verna, Tawanna, Wendy, Johnnie Sue, Krystal, Rene, Katherine - all meant so much to us because they not only took good care of Lola, but they adored her, or so it seemed. We felt so comforted knowing she was there. They made a book about Lola's adventures at daycare, and all that she learned and did. Kevin and I were really touched, and we will treasure it. Truly a sad goodbye.

Goodbyes...

Lola said here goodbyes, first at a goodbye lunch with friends, then to Jordan Center. Although she didnt know the difference, Mommy was sad, especially about Jordan Center, because they took such great care of her. On her last day, they gave us a book they had made about Lola at daycare, and all of her adventures. It really touched Kevin and I, and we reflected once again on how great those ladies are, Tawanna, Verna, Wendy, Johnnie Sue, Krystal, Rene, Katherine. We could not have survived the last 6 months without the peace of mind knowing how much they loved Lola.

Milestones!

Lola is officially crawling, as in booking it from one end of the room to the other. Of course, Kevin is surprised about "how much she gets into". Told him...

She can also hold her bottle by herself, which is very convenient when Mommy is trying to do other things.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Lola's 1st Thanksgiving!  Dad, Wendy, & Hallie drove from Arkansas to see us, and it was a haul.  I40 was closed somewhere around Asheville so they had to make a 2 hour detour, making the total drive 16 hours.  And, they had to turn right around and drive back on Saturday.  Wow!

I think Lola proved she was worth the trip :).  She was just starting to really crawl this past week, and talking and babbling a lot as usual.  Also starting to pull up!  We ordered the Thanksgiving meal so we could spend time playing and avoid being tied to the kitchen.  We also ended up driving over to Lake Jordan to visit with Wendy's brother Don who was camping out there.  The only downfall was that Kevin worked his normal hours during the visit, so he was missed.  I am really looking forward to having holidays with him in the future.

Fun things Lola is doing...

Lola-I need to capture all the fun things you are doing, I love the baby book but keeping coming back to the blog-

1.  Crawling, somewhat- Starting to crawl a few inches as of last week while we were in Atlanta.  Mostly up on all fours and crawls a few, then drops onto your.  Lola- are you trying to decide if you would rather walk than crawl... I say that because...

2.  Downward dog position- getting up on all fours with rear in the air, in the yoga "downward dog" position.  I keep waiting for you to just get up and walk!

3.  Talking-  A LOT!  You are babbling out of control, goo goo gaa gaa and then just yelling.  It is so funny, you are going to be a loud mouth like your momma.  All the noises are really funny. 

4.  Very observant- you really intensely watch everything.  When I picked you up from daycare yesterday, you were enamored with the conversation between the teachers and another parent, in fact you moved your head back and forth as if you were following the conversation.  Priceless...

You are so fun, really you are the best thing that every happened to us.  Lola Boo!

Ride to "school"

Stroller ride to daycare this morning. We will miss having our daycare within walking distance of the house...