As you may have heard: we're moving to Houston, Texas in a few weeks. Crazy, right? And that mean's we've gotta get the condo all packed up and ready for the move.
Eliza really likes watching stuff go into the boxes, and every now and again we catch her praying, "Please let me have my own room!"
(This was a fun photo to take, and Eliza is really great at sitting up now. Mommy is also just outside the frame, ready to grab our baby girl if she got wobbly.)
Eliza only has one wish...
Baby Eliza and her cousins.
Everyone was happy to see little baby Eliza again, especially all her cute cousins who took turns holding and snuggling with her.
Hanging out with the Moms.
Baby Eliza loves getting attention from Mommy, and yesterday she got to have twice the love. Right after our adoption hearing we went over to E's old stomping grounds (or I guess 'sleeping on her back' grounds is more like it) and hung out with Mama Jerrica and some of Eliza's other nice relatives. No one could believe how big she is now! (Although no one was really surprised to see that she's still getting cuter with each passing day.)
Baby court is now in session.
Here's the honorable Eliza Watkins presiding over Mommy in the courtroom after her hearing. Unless Mommy granted her "more bottles and snuggles" and less "hair combing and tummy time" she was going to hold us in contempt of court.
Looks like she's stuck with us!
Here's a shot of Mommy and Daddy posing with Eliza and the judge after her finalization hearing. The whole process took about 5 minutes, and then we spent the next 15 minutes taking photos and hanging out with the courtroom staff. Everyone wanted to hold baby E. The judge was even an adopted child himself, so he really enjoyed presiding over these kinds of cases.
It was joyful experience and a quite memorable morning, and well worth the five hour drive to get there.
"Back to School" fashion baby
After having a nice day of rest, Eliza is ready to get back to school (aka - daycare). And since today is quite rainy and miserable, E wanted to dress really cute - not only for the weather, but to just brighten up everyone's day.
Of course, this ensemble didn't last very long, as Daddy spotted Eliza eating one of her removed shoes in the car five minutes later.
Sleeping off the cold.
Eliza is back home from her doctor's visit and having a nice, relaxing nap in the middle of the day.
Diagnosis: baby's first ear infection
She may not have been feeling great, but that didn't stop E from enjoying the opportunity to kick and chew on the exam table paper. She wasn't feeling herself this weekend. Took her to the doctor this morning and she has her first ear infection. Eliza now weighs 18 pounds, 2 ounces. Her nine month check-up is next week!
Enjoying all the pretty flowers.
flower_girl, originally uploaded by littlelostrobot.
Even though she has a little cold, Eliza took time between her sniffles (and slobbering) to check out the flowers in the Biltmore gardens. And like just about anything she gets into her hands - it was hard to make her let go.
Eliza is not a fan of chickens!
Eliza has several chicken-related stuff animals that she simply adores playing with, so you would think that she might be interested in a real chickens, right? Not so much. We took her out to the Biltmore petting zoo and let her watch the animals from the other side of the fences.
She loved the goats, and didn't really mind the chickens...until they came up close! She let out a panicked scream when the first one approached, so Daddy picked her up and backed away. We tried it again later, but Eliza wouldn't even put her feet on the ground. It was real cute.
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