Gwen was also able to spend some time with her friends. She really seemed to have a good time. She was also a big hit, squealing randomly, everyone that it was cute.
She seemed to really enjoy this, you couldn't really see the cool part of this toy, it was covered by her dress. 
This picture has nothing to do with Gwen, just that our overly creative neighbor came over and gave us this invitation. I know it looks like a box, but look at the next picture!
Video 1, Gwen playing the piano, again. She really enjoys that, if you'll notice she puts her hand up to turn the pages...I don't know how she learned that so quickly, I often play piano, but not necessarily from books.
It is amazing how fast they learn. You can see in video 1 & 2 when I say no, today she chooses to listen. In video 2 she is trying to go for the brass outlet, she wants to suck it, which for some reason I think is a bad idea! Mommy is so mean!
Riley tried out Gwen's jumper...she doesn't have much interest yet, but I am sure she will soon...although she did tell us it tasted yummy!
Here are some videos:
Here is Gwen with her party favor barrette. 
I have unsuccessfully tried to post pictures for several days now. These are the papaya photos from almost 2 weeks ago. I am not totally sure if Gwen likes papaya or not, I do know that she likes crawling on the floor looking for something to put in her mouth, I have to ask, why doesn't she like to put the stuff in her mouth that I give her in the high chair. Sure the hard wood floors are better for allergies, but they host a lot of dirt that can go in the mouth. 
Gwen has now tried pork, chicken, yogurt and graham crackers, out of the 4 she likes the graham crackers the best. She seemed to prefer the pork to the chicken, I don't know why, maybe it was the salt and pepper on the pork, or the sauerkraut that was cooked with the pork? Who knows, I was just glad that she liked to eat the pork. I don't know if it was because I had the pieces so small she could pick them up or maybe she just likes pork. It is certainly becoming more important to keep floors clean! I am watching her crawl on the floor as I write this (so excuse any typos) she is crawling to any small object she sees on the floor and touching it with her finger to see if she can pick it up and eat it. FUN! Well, I must go, she is heading to the other room...I guess cleaning the floors is added to my nightly list of activities! Hopefully more pictures later, I hope! 
Later that same day, she drank from the glass again, but got so excited, she spilled it everywhere! I don't think she yet realizes that if she turns the class over it makes her wet, actually I don't think she cares. No cause and effect reasoning for Gwen yet. 
No joke. Freaked me out, just so you can see for scale here it is next to a penny!
Our quick stop was to see Eric so we could pick up some boxes so I can pack up the stuff in the lower cabinets of the kitchen. Since I had the stroller, they didn't fit in the trunk and I had to put them in the car next to Gwen. Apparently she decided that the tape looked yummy. Can I tell you how much it freaked me out to pull that out of her mouth!
Did I mention she stood for 35 sec yesterday all by herself, holding a toy and balancing herself? 
She is exerting her want although she makes it seems like a need to stand up and walk around. She will still sit on the floor and play with her toys, but she does like to walk me around the house and see the things that she hasn't seen before. She often gets upset if she is crawling around and not walking. She just wants to hold onto your fingers and walk! 
The baby gates are up! Now we are working on babyproofing other parts of the house, like the drawers with cords. Gwen LOVES cords. We are also putting up the straps that make sure bureaus don't fall her. Who knew she was going to love pulling open drawers. I mean we don't have any closets so the only place I have to store things is drawers. Thanks kid!
Gwen still loves to charm people. She still squeals and giggles when she sees people, but now she adds in making faces. Eric says she has the same expressions as the 3 stooges. His goal is to get a picture of each of those expressions. 
Gwen loves wind! If she is upset and you blow in her face she just giggles and giggles. I think she has the potential to really love the sit-and-spin, but she just doesn't have the strength/coordination to use it. I will load the video one of these days so you can see it.
Here is a preview of Gwen's expressions that Eric has captured so far. She is not upset in any of these pictures, just making faces! What a nut/ham!
All photos, taken by Eric, except that one he is in! Well the princess is awake. Time to go!
Today we had a visit from Brooke and Eric, the godfather, and birthday buddy. They are looking for housing in Frederick. YEA! Gwen was fascinated with Brooke, she especially liked her shoes, she talked to Brooke and smiled at her and touched her shoes...they had pink elephants!
She was also less skeptical of Eric this visit. He could not believe the change in Gwen. He last visited in Feb. She was very charming and cute she even did all her 'tricks'.
I forgot to mention some things in yesterday's Easter post. I had been talking about doing the White House Easter Roll. I asked one of my girlfriends, who lives in VA if she wanted to go. She got back to me last week and said she would be in town and she would love to go. She has kids that would actually be age appropriate for this event. We spoke on Friday and I decided Gwen and I would not go. I found out that people camped out for this event to pick up the tickets on Sat morning, its a first come first served thing and it was going to be very cold and possibly snow (which according to my Uncle it did snow in VA, but we didn't have any!). We were going to meet about 5am Saturday morning, when I thought I could take the metro and go, no problem, but when I found out the metro didn't run and I was going to have to drive in DC that cemented the deal for me (and Eric). This morning when I realized how cold it was I was very glad of the decision I made. Gwen is too young to enjoy the event and it was cold! 
