Two Months!

We cannot believe how fast the first 2 months have gone and it only is going to go faster we're sure. Josh was gone in Bangkok and Bangladesh this whole month, he left right after Mother's Day, so it was an interesting month of "single" parenting. There were a couple of days that were challenging but for the most part she was great, it was just hard missing Josh. We had webcams which helped a lot and made the missing each other not as bad. Gretta and I kept very busy while Josh was gone. We attended a Mommy and Me class once a week which was nice to meet other new moms.

Here we are on the first day of "school" :)

We went to a shower for Joel's fiance, Meghan, and then Gretta had her last shower given by my Aunt Nancy. She received a lot of adorable outfits and toys and books. I also took her up to my parents cabin as well so that was her first long trip as it was about 4 1/2 hours total in the car going up to my parents and then to the cabin. She slept the whole way! She had her first boat ride, but we didn't get any pictures of it. She seemed to enjoy it, she was a little fussy at first and then fell asleep.

Tummy time at the cabin, she did her trick of crawling over the boppy and she almost rolled over too!

She also likes to listen very intently to Uncle Joel, he speaks her language.....

We got to go see Abby and Nick at their new house and meet Raja and Furious the wonder dogs for the first time. They enjoyed licking Gretta's feet and she seemed pretty unimpressed by their curiousness! There was also another party at my Aunt Nancy and Uncle Scott's for Briana and Andy's bridal shower, my mom's retirement, Aunt Jan's 60th Birthday and my mom and dad's 33rd wedding anniversary! We like to celebrate multiple things at once and cover all the bases. Gretta apparently enjoys a big crowd and being passed around, so she was on her best behavior of course. We also went to Josh's cousin's graduation open house and my mom's retirement ceremony at my old high school so it was fun to show Gretta off to some former teachers. Then Josh came home and it was fun to see his reaction to how much more alert she has become, he didn't get to see it a whole lot on the webcam!

Just chilling....

She did start smiling at about 1 month but we've been getting smiles a lot more frequently this month and its easier to make her smile by making faces and talking to her.

Showing off her mad ninja skills....

Don't you just wonder what goes through their heads?