Laurel is walking!!!

Laurel started walking at the beginning of the month. I love having a walker. She is pretty good to follow me when I say come on. I think she just doesn't want to be left alone.

"Dada? Dada?"

I have cracked up this week watching Laurel chat on the "telephone". She rarely gets to push buttons on the real phone (for fear she may really call someone). When she does find the phone she is delighted and wants to push all the buttons, of course. Thankfully I hear them beeping before she's called China. She gets extremely upset when mommy doesn't let her complete the call and use her jibberish. I finally got tired of hearing her scream after taking the phone away so I substituted it with the DVD remote. She immediately held it up to her ear and said "Dada? Dada?" I said, "say hi to Dada"--she waved her little hand. I'm glad to see she is using her imagination already. If it can be held up to her ear, she is currently using it as a phone and begins chatting...I'm sure she has observed me chat on the phone....Monkey see...Monkey do.

Anyone for a swim?

Laurel got ready to go for her 1st swim at our neighbor's pool.
We lathered her up with sunscreen and put her coverlet on.
She doesn't like to wear her sunglasses...not a big surprise :). She likes to play with them, though.
We went to the pool and it was cold. We were in just long enough to take these pictures before Laurel started to shiver. We will go back another day when it is warmer. Our neighbor had turned the solar panels on, but the pool still needed some time to warm up. Better luck next time. We might go again this weekend.

Happy Easter!

We were able to go to Tallahassee for Easter. Weston had Good Friday off so we decided to see the state. We camped at a KOA and had an enjoyable time. These are some of the pictures from our trip.

Indian Mounds, Governor's Mansions and Museums

Laurel enjoyed taking some time out of her stroller to push it herself. She is close to walking, but not there, yet.

A Tin Can Trailer. This was interesting to see. It is like an old fashioned RV. We saw this at the Florida State History Museum.
Florida State Football Stadium. It looks like a castle. This is for you Brian!

We saw the Indian Mounds in Tallahassee. It was interesting because I always thought they were burial grounds. That is not always the case, only some of the mounds were buial grounds. When we were driving to the burial grounds, we started to laugh because there was a sign that said "Burial Ground Drive" and below it another sign that said "Dead End". It cracked us up.
The Florida Governor's mansion. It wasn't open for tours on that day. I think Governor Crist is out following Presidential canidate John McCain. He is always in the background when McCain is speaking somewhere.
Laurel and Weston looking at a Gristmill in the Florida State History Museum.