At Home with Lera - Week Two

Another fun and easier-than-we'd-dreamed week at the Hickey household. Lera continues to do great, be sweet and cute, and she seems to really be enjoying her new home. This was a week of many firsts for her:

First time eating out at a restaurant (LaRosa's Pizza, a fitting first place for a new Cincinnatian). Lera was hesitant about the high chair at first, but once we said & signed "eat," - she was far more enthusiastic!


First bike ride (along the Ohio River)


First walk barefoot in the grass - she now wants to rip her shoes off every time we go outside! (However, she did get a bunch of chigger bites that are waking her up in the night - it's pitiful, I go in there and she points to them and says in a whisper, "itchy." Thank goodness for Benadryl gel!)

First time "swimming" (with her new neighbor friends). She loved this from the first moment; we finally had to drag her out once her teeth were chattering and she was turning blue. (Hey, I never said I'd win the mom-of-the-year prize!)

First ice cream cone (in a cute outfit from Grandma Bobby - thanks!)

First Skyline Chili (important milestone in any girl's life...and the best part is, we went with Petie, Gay, Jane & Anna - the first relatives she met).

We continue to wonder how long things will be this easy... and are appreciating every day!