A Box from Grammie & a Spaghetti Dinner

Serena has been such a happy girl today having Daddy back home again!

Today's big accomplishment for Serena was finally figuring out how to use Daddy's dog whistle! She was pleased as punch to finally be able to blow on that thing and make noise come out of it just like Daddy does! Now, if she could just figure out why the dogs don't seem to respond like they do for Daddy...even when she goes and stands RIGHT IN FRONT of them and blows the whistle as hard as she can, hahaha!

This afternoon we got a package in the mail from Grammie for Serena! Inside was this adorable soft cozy sweatshirt! It looks so cute on her!

I wanted to get a picture of Serena in her new sweatshirt (I wish I'd thought to take the tags off first! :P), but she wasn't really into posing and smiling for the camera...until Daddy came to the rescue with his hat, haha!

When we have spaghetti, I use whole wheat rotini rather than spaghetti noodles for Serena so she actually has a chance at getting some of it in her mouth. Have you ever watched a baby try to pick up spaghetti noodles and eat them?! But, even with the better gripping surface, it's still a huge mess! And then comes the inevitable itch on the forehead with the spoon in hand...and then the tickle from the food deposited on the cheekbone from the spoon...and then before you know it, she's rubbing her face between each bite because of all the food on it that's tickling her!