A weekend away

Robert and I have an out of town wedding to attend this weekend and Alice will be staying with MaMa and PaPa in Aiken (Robert's folks). This will be may first weekend away from Alice and I am very anxious! I always laughed at my girlfiends when they described to me how upset they were when leaving their little ones for the first time (even when it was Daddy caring for the baby) or would decline travel plans because it involved leaving their children in someone else's care! I have negotiated with myself all week long and will probably continue negotiating through the weekend!

We are also missing Grandma and Grandpa this week! My mom and dad are in Italy for 2 1/2 weeks. They have had an awesome opportunity to go to Rome with their St Mary's church choir to sing in the company of the Pope. They will also be traveling to Venice and visting with some friends before returning home. Grandma usually cares for Alice while I work 3 days a week, and we have all missed her greatly.

Now for Alice updates...last week she was a babbling fool saying "bababa" and "mamama". This week she has opted to be a little quieter and doing more forceful and short squeals. Personally I like the mamama's. She is eating her solids a bit better now...after I let her start feeding herself! She will pick up the spoon and feed herself afer we load up the spoon for her. What an independent little girl! She is sitting for several minutes now independently and is on her way to perfecting the jungle crawl. It is more like a roll to one side and stretch forward, roll to the other side and stretch forward. We went to our final Kindermusik class this week and Daddy was able to join us. She really loves seeing the other kids and playing with the music.