Breaking News! Lisi's First Laugh!

Lisi's had a lost of firsts this weekend, and I was blessed to be here when they happened. First notice of her hands. First night with enough arm control to spend it sucking her hand. First really good day of naps.

But this evening takes the cake. As Maren was breaking down some packages from Grammy that had contained Lisi's Christmas presents, Lisi started to giggle. Maren and I both looked at each other in joyous disbelief. Then we enjoyed her second giggle with tear (or two) of happiness. We rushed for a camera to document the third. Sorry you didn't get to be surprised by her first giggle, but here, preserved for all time, is Lisi's third laughing fit.

You're welcome. You'll notice that Lisi doesn't find our laughs funny. Just the destruction of boxes. She's also close to tears by the end. Whatever it takes.

Catching Up and Growing Strong

Lisi is growing up! It's so crazy to remember when our little girl was a sleepy newborn slug:

And now she's a big (ish) baby of almost 3 months! One thing that hasn't changed is her famous little cockatoo hair!

And since we've neglected giving very many updates over the past few weeks, here's a video I took this afternoon to get me through another week away from my girls. Hope it gets you through a few Lisi-less moments of your own.

My little girl is a hard worker!

Lazy Afternoon

I go in the kitchen to get lunch ready after church and this is what I find when I come out. Oh well, more soup for me.

The Little Bookworm

What could Lisi be studying so intently?

Why, the literature shelf, of course

Lisi can lay and gaze for an hour without so much as a peep (although there are some coos and slobbers). My brain tells me she's looking at all the different colors. My heart tells me she's excited by what's inside.

Elisia Mae's Baby Blessing

Dave blessed Elisia two weeks ago. He gave her a beautiful blessing and we were grateful that we had some family there to be a part of Lisi's special day.

 Brad and Jamie were in town doing some house hunting. We were grateful that they were able to come to church with us. We are really excited for them to move to Wisconsin and be so close!

 We appreciated having Dave's mom stay with us for a few weeks.

I love my little Lisi Mae.

Daddy's Little Girl

 Going on her first walk.

 

 Lisi didn't want to let go of her daddy and go to bed. Dave didn't want to let her go either.

Spending some quality tummy time together.

Story Time

Dave is so cute with Lisi. One of the things Dave loves to do is read a book to his little girl before she goes to bed. So usually I'll feed her, change her diaper, and get her into her pajamas and then Dave will take over and read her a story.

 Lisi does pretty well with story time. That is except for when Dave tried to read "The Big Honey Hunt". The first time Dave started to read it he made it a few pages in before Lisi started to cry. We thought "Oh, she must just be tired." The next day she started to cry at the exact same part in the book. The next day she started crying half way through again! It took a few tries, but eventually Dave and Lisi were able to make it through the entire book!

Lisi loves spending time with her daddy!