Learning something new every day!

At the moment Jill seems to learn something new every day. It is very interesting to see that she goes through "ups and downs" in learning. Some weeks she seems the same every day and some weeks she seems like a different baby every day.
This week she seems to discover many new things. She found out she can make very high pitched noises and thus like to scream and this makes her sometimes even scared herself. She is much more sensitive to sounds also, because during our daily walk with Clover she started crying yesterday when a loud scooter past us and today she did the same when a dog in the park started barking right next to the stroller.
The other thing she is discovering this week is rolling from back to front. She can't do it all the way yet, but makes it unto her side and then gets frustrated, which results in her new screaming noise.
Today in her bouncy seat she tried to sit up more strait and then realized.. he those moving things (her feet) are attached to me as well.
So it is really fun to watch her at the moment and see her try it all.

What are those things?
Trying to sit up strait

Finally

after close to 4 months I fit my wedding ring again! I didn't think my fingers or feet were every going to be the size again they were before pregnancy.

Can I eat this and this and this.....

At the moment Jill will put anything she gets a hold of into her mouth. My fingers, her fingers, her toys, her stuffed animals you name it. My mom was wondering if Jill was starting to teeth, because she also drools all the time. But I think that is a little early being only (almost) 4 months... but I also had teeth really young. So who knows?

Sleepover

Jill and I went down to grandma's house for a sleepover this past week. It was a lot of fun and Jill did great.
My dad had been in Australia for work for close to a month so Jill and I decided to go test out her new camping bed and of course spent some quality time with grandma. It was amazing how much stuff I had to bring! Food, clothes, bedding, stroller, bouncy seat and not to forget Clover and all her stuff too. Sean even stayed home the morning I left to help me put all the stuff in the car. But it worked (thank god we bought a bigger car last year). The drive down was a challenge since it was really rainy and the total length of traffic jams (like 570 km) made it even in the top 10 of busiest mornings ever. Great do I have that on my first drive down there alone with Jill. Of course I checked the news and none of the traffic jams were really where I had to go but it still took me 2 hours. But it went great and Jill slept pretty much the whole drive down. Except for a small part about 1/2 hour away from my parents when we got stock in a small traffic jam. I was singing kids songs over and over and that eventually calmed her down. Good thing it isn't summer and people drive with their windows shut!
So after this adventure the fun started and my mom and I just mainly spent time talking, entertaining Jill and we also went shopping for about 2 hours in the afternoon of the 2nd day. Jill loved all the attention and kept talking back to grandma ALL the time, even when we put her to bed she kept talking. It was too cute and nice for my mom.
Jill slept great during the night in her new bed and I was really proud of her doing so well on her sleep over. Now we are confident and could do this more often.
The bonus was for my dad because he came home from Australia on Thursday morning and Jill was at their house waiting for him. He hadn't seen her in 5 weeks! So after some quality time with grandpa we left and made it home to Sean who worked from home to make sure he was home when we came back. He missed Jill and we even video chatted from my parents house so he could see her in the time (2,5 days) we were gone!

Here are some nice pictures of Jill's sleepover.

Testing my new bed!













Lots of quality time and attention from grandma!










Being creative taking a bath (wouldn't also fit in the car).. in the kitchen sink!

Pretty soon!

Today during our walk with Clover I observed that Jill is getting pretty big for her stroller/pram. So I decided to try out the other insert we have for the stroller. You are not supposed to use this until your baby is around 6 months and can sit up pretty independently, but soon Jill just won't fit in the pram anymore. Luckily you can decline the buggy insert so Jill can lay pretty flat still. I think it will work, we'll try to stretch it till she is about 4 months, that should be doable and by then it is colder and she can comfortably "sit" in the buggy.

Can't get enough of these smiles on camera

Sometimes I already have a hard time remembering how small Jill was when she was just born. Of course you see that she needs bigger clothes, gets heavier etc. but to really know what she looked and felt like back then can be hard since I see her every day. Well here is some pictures of her today and when she was 3 weeks in her bouncy seat. What a difference it makes! The 3 week picture is not the best shot we ever made of her, but it is still nice to see it.

My girls

Now that I am still home (for just a couple more days :( ) and don't have to hurry in the mornings, I usually take a shower when Jill takes her morning nap. I give her the first bottle in pj's than we play a little and after 1,5 - 2 hours she goes back to bed. So this morning I was in the shower and heard Clover come up the stairs. When I got out of the shower I noticed that Jill's door was open further than how I had left it. When I took a peep inside I saw Jill sleeping and Clover on the floor next to her bed sleeping as well. Just too adorable and I just stood there for a couple of minutes watching them..... my girls!