Eliana celebrated her first ever 4th of July by falling asleep at 8pm and sleeping all night. Yep, we wore her out. Kevin's parents came to Fort Worth to spend some time with us this weekend. There wasn't much we could do since the temperature was over 100 degrees each day, but we had plenty of play time with Eliana.
Over the last few weeks she's mastered rolling over from back to tummy. It's like an automatic motion as soon as you lay her down somewhere: floor, crib, changing table... You really have to watch where you put her so she doesn't go tumbling to the floor. She really likes playing with toys on her tummy now. And today she's said dada for the first time. Of course we do know that it's just jabber and she really isn't connecting that with Kevin, but it's fun anyway. We're working on sitting up and it seems to be quite a challenge. We use the boppy pillow around her so when she falls back she has a safe, soft place to land, but then sometimes she seems to be more interested in playing with it than sitting, so she ends up sprawled out over it by the end of the session. And she also wants to lean forward instead of keeping her back straight. So for those of you experienced parents who know good tips on teaching a baby to sit up, please leave comments. But she usually does sit for just a minute by herself. She's so cute!
Two weekends in June Kevin has had the opportunity to preach at churches here in Texas. One was in East Texas about 1 1/2 hours from Fort Worth. The other was way out in West Texas about 3 hours away. The second church was a lot of fun to travel to because we really got to see the Big Texas Sky. Man, it really gets flat out there. But it was beautiful, too. Eliana did great on the trips. She slept most of the way in the car to and from the locations and did really good with all the new people as well. She always sleeps well, so we're thankful for that. Kevin gets to preach at the one in East Texas again next weekend, so pray for him as he prepares.
