37 weeks!

Rose is just getting cuter and cuter every day! She also keeps us on our toes - the thing she loves most one day is something she wants nothing to do with the next. For example, last night she was madly in love with the yummy lentil soup Mike made for dinner. She smacked her lips after every bite! (It was so cute that I even pulled out the video function on my phone which, if you know me, is really saying something!)

Then tonight she refused to have anything to do with the lentil soup! Ah, Rose and her opinions. :)

But other than her lability regarding food preferences, she pretty consistently enjoys:
* standing
* "petting" the cats (aka ripping their fur out if they're silly enough to get within arm's reach of Little Miss)
* tapping objects together
* being a "milk monster" (this hasn't changed since day 1!)
* chewing on mommy's shoulder while standing
* pulling up to kneel by daddy's legs
* being in her stroller, especially for naps
* smiling at stranger in the mall, at Target, etc.
* splashing in the bathtub (she now knows this word and will splash on command!!!!)

We've also learned that she HATES loud noises (such as the bag of recycling being poured into the bin, or the sound of the vacuum). She also doesn't like when new people force themselves on her too quickly - she may like making smiley faces at you, but if you get too close too soon she will let out a howl!

This weekend Rose got to meet more great grandparents. They gave her plenty of time to warm up and she had a great time! (She also liked that Trula Anne shared her tater tots at lunch - Rose consistently loves tots!)

Rose is not so interested in crawling any more. Any time she tries, her knees lose traction on our slippery wood floors and she ends up further away from whatever she was trying to reach. Frustrating! So now she's decided to devote herself full time to learning how to stand. So far she has gotten proficient at pulling herself to kneeling.

Unfortunately, if she plops on her bottom from kneeling she gets really scared - so she either needs to be "rescued" after plopping or "rescued" from being stuck while kneeling.  You can tell she's so ready to be fully mobile, but she just hasn't quite figured it out yet. So along those lines we preemptively installed the baby gate that my parents gave us for Christmas. It's only a matter of time before we'll have to actually use it!

With that, I'll leave you with her "official" 37-week portrait. (I stayed up too late watching football on Saturday and watching Downton Abbey on Sunday, so this mama needs some rest!)  Hope you all have a great week!

P.S. I forgot to mention - Rose finally got her 6th tooth in this week! :)