N K T P: Hot Hot Hot

Noel pulled herself up on her feet this afternoon. I was laying in the floor with her, and she crawled over to me, sat up on her knees, then pushed off on her feet in order to get a string. :)

I also saw her crawl up to one of the baskets in her room and pull herself up on THAT. Oh boy! We need to finish baby proofing ASAP.

Yesterday we went to the park with Allison and Ronan again. It was SUPER HOT though. I lathered her up with sunscreen, and tried to put it on her scalp since she didn't have a hat, but I ended up just getting her hair nice and greasy ;-) Thus, I didn't take any pictures. Maybe next time!

We had a picnic in the shade and it was really nice! We had chicken salad sandwiches, some great macaroni salad that Allison made, and brownies. Noel was more interested in the "non-toy" items (forks, plastic bags, pine needles, dirt, rocks, Ronan's face...), so I spent most of our picnic just chasing after her and trying to keep her on the blanket. Eventually it was time for her nap and she was cran-KY. I didn't want her to fall asleep outside because it was sweltering, so we went to a nearby mall (the name of it escapes me right now) to window shop and cool off.

So we walked around the mall, and Noel slept for about 15 minutes until we decided to get on the elevator to get to the next level, and the bell/ring of the elevator woke her up. :o( She is SUCH a light sleeper.

I wanted to find her a summer hat, since it's impossible to put sunscreen on her scalp, and whenever she sees sunlight she flails around and hides her face as fast as she can. (I think maybe her eyes are so sensitive due to their color? I don't know.) I found a really cute romper (with a hula girl and palm tree on it) and hat. I will consider it my splurge of the month! Plus she needs the hat if she's going to be outdoors this summer. I tried to take some pictures this morning, but this is how it went...

Ahhhh, a blank canvas.