Chicks and rabbits and rats, oh my!

Zawadi is clearly taking after me with her love for animals. Melissa Smart is a teacher across the hall from me and we stopped in one afternoon to visit all of the creatures in just teach her the meaning of the word gentle!

A special visit.

Clyde's mom and dad just recently visited and they were very excited to spend some Granny and Grandpa time with Zawadi. It was her first time meeting her Grandpa and she was comfortable with him right away. Clyde's mom babysat for us for the week and developed a special bond with Zawadi. We are so excited that we will get to see them again in September!

Swinging fool!

Clyde and I took Zawadi to the park and she LOVED the swing. She did a great job of sitting up and holding on, and even looked like she was pumping her legs a few times. She smiled and laughed the whole time. She loves being outdoors and we hope this continues as she gets older.

4 months going on.....driver's license?

Zawadi is so grown up she is even driving! We were waiting for Clyde one afternoon and we were bored so I brought her up front to play with me. We had such a good time reading magazinges, listenting to music, and playing peek-a-boo in the mirror. It's amazing how engaged she is with everything around her.

Cereal!

We decided to try giving Zawadi some rice cereal and it went great! First we let her play with it and explore with the spoon on her own. She kept holding it out to me, but after one smell of the formula mixed in, I told her no thanks, she could eat it all, lol. Once we finally put her bib on and fed her she did a really good job of swallowing most of the cereal rather than spitting it back out. We are excited for her to hit these milestones, but it is crazy how fast she is growing. I now understand what parents mean about blinking your eyes and your children are going off to college. Time is flying! We can't believe she is already 4 months old.

New little family

We get so busy taking pictures of Zawadi doing adorable things that we forget to take any family photos, lol. Clyde's aunt was here from Kenya to visit for a week with her daughter so we had a big cookout at Shirley's and finally took a few pictures. Zawadi looks so much like Clyde in this picture!

Exercise time.

I decided to take up jogging again......I was much less successful than I had hoped, but it was a start. Zawadi and I put on our sneakers and headed to the trail several different days over Spring Break. She looked much cuter than I did, and was much less winded when we were done. I hope to keep it up and eventually get back to where I was. I am taking it slow so I don't get discouraged, although Zawadi's smiling face is a great motivator.