Hook-em!

I don't have any pictures at the moment to upload although I should be able to do the ones from the weekend in the next few days but I want to brag on Chiara. So last night we were going to bed. Asher was already asleep and Rachel laid Chiara on her back next to her with me on the other side of Rachel. Chaira was really awake and kicking and waving her arms around (punching herself in the eye pretty regularly). Well, I was waving back at her and moving my fingers and stuff and she was really intent on me. So I put up a hook-em with my left hand. She stared at it for 20 seconds very intently, then looked at her own hand and started moving her fingers. She managed to get her pinky and index fingers up and the middle two a little down even if she couldn't really tuck them into her palm but she was definitely making the Hook-em. We ended up with Rachel and I both making Hook-ems while Chiara tried to match us!

Did I mention Hook-em?!!!

Custom clothes

In contrast to Sunday when Chiara wanted to model so many different outfits, yesterday she just wanted to wear this one. If you look, you can see her name embroidered on the front. How cute is that? This and a few other embroidered items were gifts from my cousin Abe and his wife Tracy. Cute huh?

She looked Mahvalous...

Chiara spent the day on Sunday modeling different very cute outfits. I think she changed clothes 7 times, not for pure cuteness (although that was in abundance) but because she just kept spitting up all over everything. Here are a few pictures we got in between the messy times.

Don't you love the way she's looking at Lisa Diane?

Here she and mama are laughing over something.Wow, Lucy is being petted with two feet and one hand, licking that hand, and pawing Joey back. She's busy for such a sleepy dog.

Bounce, bounce, bounce...