Long Time

Well, as you may have guessed, I'm getting a LOT bigger now. Check out the pics below. I'm talking a lot, mainly using my own made-up words, walking with assistance, and growing like crazy! You wouldn't believe how tall I'm getting. I'm going to catch you up with some recent photos Momma took of me in the tub the other day. She put BUBBLES IN!!! They were too cool. But not super tasty, as I thought they would be. Oh well!

My First Music Class

Yesterday my Mom took me to my first music class. Its called Music Together, and it was a lot of fun. We got to clap our hands (well, Mom did this), tap on the floor, play with maracas and some various instruments and dance all over the place. All while listening to some fun music and everyone singing! It was a blast, and now I'll get to do it once a week for the fall!

One of the girls at music class was only a month older than me, but she was crawling all over the place and almost walking, too! I was so jealous, I screamed at the top of my lungs at her. Mom thinks these things might inspire me to start doing the same thing. Not sure about that crawling stuff yet, though. I'm going to take my time. Maybe I'll walk first, who knows?!

After class, Mom made me suffer through a short trip to Trader Joes, then to make it up to me, took me to Red Mango for some fro-yo with fruit. We shared the original flavor with strawberries and mango and it was deeee-lish!

We're looking forward to Joey's birthday party this weekend! I'll get to watch Joey eat his first cake and walk around. Poor Daddy has to work allllll weekend, so we'll miss hanging out with him.

Well, its about time to play, so I've got to be going. Hope you all have a great weekend!

Love,
Lola

The Flirt!

Not sure why my Mom is giving me so much trouble about being a flirt. I've learned some great life skills lately. If I give someone googly eyes, they ooh and awe at me. Mom loves it when I use my flirty eyes on her and Dad loves it, too. Everyone at Maya's loves my new found skills, too.

Oh, like the pic I posted? That's my cuz, Oskar. He's a flirt, too. I'm telling you, people, it works.

Bear with me while I chip away at the pics of my life up to this point. I've been livin' life, but now I'm getting super savvy on the laptop. Hopefully Dad will help get some sweet video clips up, as well.

Now...back to the playground. I need to check in on the crew over there. Can't miss out on the latest news.

Mommy's Family

Here is Grandma and Gus, or is this Gabe?



Here I am with Shelby and Michelle


and with Greta


everyone


and Grandpa

PICTURES!

Here I am. What a glorious baby I am!


and more of me.


Here I am with Grandma Sumner,


and JoAnn,


and my cousin Ben,


and Jackie,


and Patrick and EmmyJo,


and one last picture with EmmyJo.

First Few Days and First Pediatrician Appointment

Mom and I were in the hospital for two nights and got released on Friday. Things are going really well. We have some nights that are better than others, but really, I just want to hang out, and right now, the only way I can do that at night is to cry a little. Mom and Dad have handled it pretty well so far. We'll see how they hold up for the long run. I've got lots more in me. Mom sings me a few lullabies right now. She says she's going to learn more.

Mom and Dad tell me constantly how cute I am. They especially like it when I have my eyes open. I only show them a few times a day right now...I really like to sleep.

We had our first Pediatric appointment with Dr. Tholany on Monday afternoon. I think I like her pretty well. She said that the hospitals do some sort of rating of your newborn, based on their health and physical things, and the doc said most babies get 8's or 9's and that they never ever see 10s, but they gave me a 10! She also said that newborns usually lose a bit of weight early on, b/c they're waiting for Mom's milk to come in. My Mom's milk came in sometime over the weekend and so now I weigh 7 lbs 11 oz, which means I gained 5 oz in 5 days, which they said is ideal.

I'm sure Mom would like it if I bragged about her a bit (even though this blog is about me). Mom was back at her pre-pregnancy weight by day 3, and is now down another 4 lbs! She's sure the weight loss will slow down a lot now, as Mom gets used to eating more to accommodate me. And she still has a bit of a belly, so she'll have to work that off, but she's pretty proud of how she's doing so far. She told Dad that that means she dropped 20 lbs in 6 days. Of course, I'm over 7 lbs of that, and the rest is probably all water. There was a LOT of water in there. Which reminds me, I should tell you all a little about the birth! I'll leave that for another day, though.

Time for another nap. Talk soon!

Love,
Lola

Lola Coletta Sumner

Hi everyone! I just wanted you all to know that I've arrived safely in the world. I'm 19 inches tall and 7 lbs, 6 oz. The whole ordeal was a little shocking, but I'm getting used to life out here and can't wait to tell you more. Right now, I must sleep a bit. Here are a few photos of life so far! More to come!