Sea World

My mom and dad just celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary.. and as a gift to themselves, they took a 2 week road trip, and we got lucky enough to have them here for the last week of their road trip!! 

We went to Sea World while they were here, and that is the only time I took pictures the whole time they were here!

dolphin show

london COULD NOT get enough of riding on my dad's shoulders. 

she would squeal and laugh the whole time.

.. and she was pretty glued to my mom this trip..

she would go to her rather than me most of the time.

i don't blame her. she's pretty darn great.

Shamu show

this was the cutest thing i have ever seen in my life

i don't know if it was how bright red Elmo was.. 

or if it was how soft and cuddly he was, but London was 

LOVING him. 

i wish more than anything i would have gotten this on video. 

she was laughing out loud and throwing herself in to him. 

completely lost her head (in a good way)

she is completely full of it these days! 

9 moths old! 

blows my mind.

she is...

crawling all over like a mad woman for the last couple of weeks

pulling herself up on any and everything

walking along the couch and ottoman

she fake coughs and laughs

dances when i sing to her (which is most of the day, poor girl)

goes to sleep without being swaddled, FINALLY

sleeps all through the night

LOVES squash and sweet potatoes 

HATES green beans and garden vegetables

her first word was MAMAMA, then DADADA

but pretty much just says mama all day long

carries her bottle in her mouth everywhere she goes, even while crawling

she LOVES strangers.. light up around anybody new

smiling MOST of the day, such a happy baby.

this little friend will have no self confidence issues.. 

every small thing she does we celebrate and think is so very GREAT! 

hopefully we think the rest of our kids are this great. ha!