sippy cups,Iwakuni beach & baby feet

I can do it myself Mom!

trying to feed herself!

hanging out in her crib

she plays hard and sleeps harder-no matter where she is!

she loves to play! We bought her a tent for the beach!

she has big feet like her momma!

I love these shoes!!

Holding her sippy cup (which she only gets water in!) If you click on the pic, so it opens in a new window you can see her bottom teeth!!!

Lola's two bottom teeth are coming in more and more everyday! I still can't believe shes getting teeth! At the rate they are going I'm guessing they will be about half way in by the time we get home. Not only are her teeth coming in, but she is almost too big for her carseat(which actually works out since we are going home I can buy a new one), she weighs 17.5 pounds now, and is sitting so well by herself. She still has her chunky wobbly legs, but is getting a little better at standing. She can pull herself up when she holds onto my hands, and is trying so hard to pull herself up on objects now.
We went to the beach yesterday, as you can tell from the pictures! She had a blast!! She wants so bad to get in the sand and just play play play!! I had her sitting on my lap with her feet in the sand, and as I was talking to my friend, Lola was sneeky and got a handful of sand!! She of course puts it in her mouth, but upon tasting it attempted to spit it out. What she didn't spit out, I got out, but she didnt get that much of it in her mouth. I can't wait to be home and let her get in the water,the water here is too cold for her to get into.
Lola is trying to feed herself now! Thats a mess! I let her hold onto my hand while I feed her so she gets the motions, and then when we are done I let her mess with the spoon on her own a little. As you can tell from the pictures its truly a mess. In case you haven't tried it, click on the pictures and they go to full screen, and you can see more detail.
We only have two weeks until we are home in NC and I know the time is going to fly by here. I have lots I want to do around the house before we leave, and have some other stuff to do also, as well as teach English to Megumi and Noriko! They both bought me some wonderful food this week!! They always spoil me with gifts!Megumi just got back from Taiwan!! They are always traveling around Asia! I love looking at their pictures. I feel so lucky to have found friends like them here in Japan, and can't wait for them to visit North Carolina one day.
I am trying to update with pictures as often as possible seeing as this is the only way Chris will see Lola until he gets to North Carolina. See everyone soon!