Blast from the past

Little girlies in their rockers. Can you guess who the second one is??

Rocking chair

I have zoo pictures to share too, but those will have to wait, since this came first chronologically. This was my rocker when I was a wee-little girl. Gemma has always loved playing with it at my parents', and now it got to come home with us!!! SOOOOOOO special. As you will remember from this post, Gemma absolutely loves any chair her size. And as you can see by these pictures, she is SO PROUD of her new acquisition. And I am so proud to have this little rocker in our home and to be able to share it with my precious little girl. It was made by my grandma and grandpa Cranmer, so that makes it all the more special.

Checking it out
Positively thrilled!
Getting situated
Look at that happy little girl. And her grin is that big practically every time she sits in it, which is quite often I might add. There are many times I'll be working in the kitchen and peek around the corner and she'll just be sitting there rocking away.
Check back soon for some GREAT zoo pics!!! Here's a teaser, Gemma has discovered the petting farm...

Of rocking chairs, puppy hats, and shoes

I have lots of pictures to share this time, so I'll try to keep the commentary to a minimum (yeah, good luck with that). As I mentioned in my previous post, we recently attended my nephew's third birthday party. Gemma was particularly taken with his rocking chair, as evidenced in the montage below. Check it out, I can even play with toys from the comfort of my (Ira's) chair!AHHHHHH, some tasty plastic peas. This is the life!
Standing up to give mom a sweet, sweet smile. But notice she's still touching the chair!!
Here she is definitely intrigued by what the big kids are doing, but she doesn't waiver...the chair it is!
Posing for a pic with uncle Drew...while keeping a death-grip on the chair.
Such a cutie!
And here's a flashback for you...Gemma-goo in the very same chair at about 6wks old. She's changed just a bit, eh?! Still the same sweet smile though, if I do say so myself.
In other news, the weather here STILL isn't warm for good. Grrrrrrr... In fact, the other morning we had record lows. But never-the-less daddy and Gemma decided to brave the cold for a walk with her in the "honey". What, you may ask, is a honey? Well, it is her front carrier, which Aaron calls a harness, which Gemma pronounces "honey", so now we all call it the honey. And now you know. At any rate, the wee-one donned her trusty cap and mittens, and off they went. As you can see, she was just THRILLED by the prospect of wearing these cute little puppy-dog accouterments. NOT!!!!
Picture 1: looking a little worried
Picture 2: These mittens have GOT to go, guys! Seriously, where are my THUMBS?!!!
Picture 3: And this hat. Come ON!!!! (I absolutely love her expression in this one)
Oh well, at least daddy was able to hold her close in the honey and keep her warm. I will be sad for the day when she outgrows that. She's really too heavy for me, but Aaron LOVES wearing her around, and she gets a pretty big kick out of it too... as long as she's not wearing a hat and mittens.

And last but not least, Gemma's fascination with shoes has again surfaced. Only now they are more than just a cool toy with strings, she realizes they go on her feet. And TRY. AS. SHE. MIGHT..., she just can't quite figure out how to get them on. Even still she tries and tries bless her heart. She tries with her shoes, with my shoes, with daddy's shoes, with just about any shoes on which she can get her little hands. It's pretty cute to watch, I just love seeing her figure out new things.
WHEW! This was much longer than I intended for it to be, but wanted to get these pics out of the way as I'm sure we'll have all kinds of Easter photos to share come next week.

May God bless you as we celebrate the Passion, Death and Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.