Loving life in NC

Lola sleeping on Grandma Fay

Dad fixing a basket and Lola hanging out!

If this isn't a North Carolina picture, I dont know what is!!!
Lola and my dad in the middle of a tobacco field in Bath.

Lindsay showing off her dancing skills!

The newly weds!!

First time GG held baby Lola

The shirt says it all

a little ways into Lindsay's reception....just in case you couldn't tell from the sweaty faces and huge cheesy grins!!

Four generations.....my grandmother,pa, me and Lola

Me and Linds at the rehearsal dinner ( I know I have gorgeous friends!!)
In case you couldn't tell, my wonderful friend Lindsay got married!!!! She was absolutely gorgeous as I knew she would be, and we had a blast at the reception. My dad and grandmother babysat for me that night.
Lola and I visited my dad in Bath, NC this past weekend. Its the oldest town in North Carolina, so needless to say its gorgeous there. It's a very small country town, but I loved it! We took Lola on her first boat ride!!! She slept almost the whole time! She usually loves water, but was not too fond of the water that day.
We have definitely been spoiled since we've been here. Everyday we have been bouncing between grandmothers, great grandmothers, grandpas and good friends. We are enjoying every minute in North Carolina, but time is going by way too fast!

First time at Wrightsville Beach

our dog in Wilmy-Brock!

Whatcha lookin at Grandma?!

Grandma holding up the umbrella while Lola sleeps

Looks like shes picking her nose, but shes really tasting the sand

First time at Wrightsville Beach!! She loves the sand!

playing in her new chair!! She loves this thing and so do we. We can take it to the beach, park, or just hangout at the house!!

She falls asleep in a matter of minutes when we get in the car!

First time in her chair!!

Uh oh Mommy caught me!!

Uncle Dan and Aunt April

precious!

talking to da-da on the phone!

hanging out in the bathroom of the Tokyo airport! And yes the Japanese have chairs in their bathrooms for the babies to sit while Mommy potties!

Grandma Wade and I took Baby Lola to the beach today and it was an experience! It went from being too hot to the wind blowing like crazy!!! So our tent we bought for the beach didn't work so well!! We ended up having to hold up the umbrella to give Lola shade while she slept, as you can see from the pictures above. Though we had to tote everything but the kitchen sink out to the beach it was of course worth it b/c Lola had so much fun-well when she was awake!!

Grandpa playing with Lola before her 'picnic" at lejeune

sleeping in her new carseat-first ride to wilmington!

Lola laughing at Aunt April and Crissy!!

me and uncle noel!

can you tell the grandmas are excited?! this is when we had just gotten off the plane

aunt april and Lola

Lola was a little tired of wearing the sunglasses!

uncle Dan playing with baby Lola

First time she met Great Grandma Walser!!!

Laughing at Brock-first time she met him!

with Grandma and Grandpa Wade at the airport!

Grandma Fay,me and baby Lola at the airport-can't you tell we were on a plane for 22 hours?!

I want out of this carseat!!

awww hangout with Grandma
So in case you all couldn't tell-we made is safely to NC and are throughly enjoying ourselves. All I have been doing is showing off Lola!! And of course shopping for her! She has gotten lots of presents from Aunt Lauren and her parents, me shopping and of course all the grandparents buying some stuff too!!
Tomorrow I think we are finally gonna make it to the beach! Can't wait!! So I will update with some more pics. The internet is super fast here so I can upload a picture in a matter of seconds rather than minutes! Its great!

finally eating in her highchair!!

she can drink out of it really well, but just can't hold it up high enough by herself! But she sure does try!!

I love these gorgeous eyes & everyone seems to comment on how big and gorgeous they are!

she doesn't look so small in the hair w/o the tray on it!

Mommy helps me drink!

And when I'm done eating my food I clean m y bowl!!!~just kidding!

Bowl or cup?umm I'll eat the bowl thanks!
So only three more days and we leave to come home. I'm still nervous about the flight, but I know it will be fine. I can't explain how happy I am to come home and see everyone and attend some gorgeous woman's wedding;-) As well as finally get Lola christened and just enjoy family,friends and wonderful Wilmington. See you all soon-I'm working on getting a cell phone hooked up so hopefully I will be easy to contact. I will send out an email with the number if I get it.
SEE YOU SOON!

she chews on everything!!

she loves to play on my bed!

shes such a happy baby

notice her little hand reaching up for the mobile...this is why I had to lower her mattress. She was starting to try and pull things down to her and pull herself up!!
Not much to update just putting some pics up. We'll be home on Wednesday and I'm sure I will have a ton of pics to upload then!! miss you christopher!and love you!

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!