Changes and Twilight

This week has come with some change to our lives! We had an employee take another job starting this week, so Rodney and I both went back to work to cover her shift. So last weeek, we were on the hunt for a day care, anticipating that we would need someplace for Lola eventually. The place we like doesn't take children until 8 months old. OK by us, we are a little leary with all the flu going around anyway, so that's actually fine by us. However, we still had to find a place to keep Lola. Monday we both work, so this is the day we decided to try a sitter. Our neighbor has kindly agreed to watch Lola while we are working, the overlap is just a few hours, but still, a little nerve racking leaving our new baby girl with someone else. But Lola did fine, and we were able to get our shifts covered!
Saturday is the big day! We are very excited that both of our parens are going to come to Phoenix for our court date. We aren't really sure what to expect. We have our time, but the festivities start at 10 that morning. We had to sign a media waiver, so I'm sure that means there will be TV, but not sure how many people to expect. Anyway, when it's all over, Lola will OFFICIALLY be ours!  And we are so pleased to be a part of something so big as National Adoption Day! We will certainly celebrate this day for years to come.
A milestone for us has been Lola learning how to roll over from back to front. We find her determination to get there very interesting, as she still HATES being on her stomache. So we saw it coming...she rolled and rolled and tried to get over on her belly...and then, she did it. And then...she screamed. And screamed. So we picked her up and loved on her, but it WAS funny.  She IS determined, but has not yet learned the whole cause/effect relationship.
She has also discovered (or rather we have discovered) that Lola enjoys looking at books and having us read to her. This has been fun. I truely hope that she enjoys reading when she gets older.  I love reading, so I hope that we can teach that love of reading to baby girl, Lola!

Speaking of reading, New Moon comes out this week. Last year, when Twilight came out, Nada (my friend Cheri) and I went to the midnight showing. We decided to make it a tradition and will be hitting the midnight showing again this year for New Moon. Of course, we aren't so dedicated as our teenage counterparts...my administrative assistant will be saving us seats so we can saunter in at 11:45 without having to fight the throngs of Edward crazed teeny boppers! And, unlike them, I'll probably have a nap first! I figure I'll be home just in time to give Lola her middle of the night bottle.