Eights Months?!?! Seriously?

Well here it is, her 8 month "birthday". Wow. She didn't sleep all night and a second tooth broke through this a.m. - where has my little houseplant gone? She moves, she feeds herself, she lets me know when she wants more food. She can find my boob and latch on with little interference on my part. Wow.


She has even seen more live music than most kids TWICE her age.
moe. Cake. Ani D'. Lynch. more moe. and then some more moe. Method Man and Redman. Sam Bush. Ominous Seapods. Nate Wilson. Matthew Sweet.

Good Times.

Here's a photo recap of Lola at moe.down X

Blending in with the hippies:

A girl and her dad:

and her mommy too!!

Some of the only tears we saw all weekend:

(Apparently the teething biscuit was rather upsetting..)


And she sleeps.

Yesterday we visited Shelburne Farms with CT and Conner and Jenny, Carleigh and Miles. Lola and the kids had fun playing dress-up (the hat in front in the first picture IS Lola - Carleigh thought she needed to wear it).

Seven Months?

Wow. Lola's 7 months today!!

It seems like she's gained a ton of new skills just this past week, it's amazing how quickly she changes!!! Last weekend we went to Twin Mountain to celebrate Cindy and Cheria's birthdays. (Friday and Sunday, respectively) On Saturday we went to Story Land and Lola rode the MerryGo'Round and went on a "Safari" tour, during which she stood and held on to the back of the seat the entire time!! When did she learn to do that? She's talking up a storm, learning new sounds every day! We're expecting her to start crawling at any minute-- so not ready for that one!

On the "Safari"


Trying out the potty


Just being cute

Well Summer finally showed up!

Thank goodness, I don't think I was going to be able to stand another week of rain!! It's been great soaking up all the sun. Last week we went to mom's and met up with Lee and Sam for a day on the water. I think we all had a nice time and the weather was perfect!! I cannot remember the last time I laughed as hard as when mom and I were tubing!! It was great.



Yesterday Lola and I first went up Mount Philo with Ali and Betsy. The weather didn't look all that promising when I first woke up but I was pleasantly surprised to see it clearing as we neared the top!

After Philo I met Jen at the Addison Fair and Field Days. Lola, Carleigh, mile, Jenny and I trekked around the fair for the afternoon. Andrew joined us for dinner. It was great to spend the entire day outside. Ah. Summer.






The flowers are finally blooming! I didn't know if I was going to see much happen in our yard this summer!! The veggies are likely a lost cause, it doesn't even seem like my tomatoes will fruit much!! I "scored" some squash from my friend Maggie and her husband- they needed a place to plant and I've room!! SO at least we might get some veggies to share from those plants, so not all is lost!!!

So.

I've apparently stopped blogging. Seems all anyone cares about any more is my kid- myself included. Suddenly all those little life experiences I used to have (and therefore blog about) stopped mattering about 5.5 months ago... For awhile I was at least keeping up with some pics, but with Facebook and Snapfish it seemed like I was already posting all the "good" pics anyhow!!

I've decided to make a concentrated effort to blog more.

Some non-Lola related stuff that's new:


Nada.


Okay, not true. One garden is up and my tomatoes, peppers and herbs aren't too happy about it! The potatoes, carrots and lettuce/spinach are doing well though!! Strawberry plants are fruiting. The flower beds are doing well. Hope to till and plant the "lower" garden next week.

Also next week, I go back to work. It's only 12 days of work-- two a week for 6 weeks- doing the summer program at EHS. Andrew will stay with Lola. I think it will be nice for both of them to have that 1:1 time.

Mom is doing well, her "stuff" is getting removed on Tuesday, she'll be on crutches for a bit, but so far the prognosis couldn't be better!! (In my non- medical, just daughter opinion)

In Lola related news:
She's still tiny, weighing in at 12 pounds at 5.5 months. She's a long and skinny baby- hitting milestones as expected. Cute as hell too... (not biased, I swear) There's been a tooth waiting to break through for about 3 weeks!! She's drooly and cranky but nothin' is popping though those gums of hers- not that I mind!

She's been eating a concoction of avocado, breastmilk and rice cereal most evenings when we have dinner. She LOVES the stuff. Maybe one day I'll get around to introducing another food.. maybe.

I think Andrew had a nice first Father's day. We visited his parents and went into Littleton with the babe and Oscar- it was a nice day.

We've been heading up Mt. Philo at least once a week for the last month or so- she seems to like it.

Here she is chilling with her friend Ali

Next weekend we celebrate the fourth at Mom's... Lola's already got her outfit picked out!

This morning...

Spring is here. Yay!!
So Lola and I woke up at a leisurely 8:15 and she was cheerful and bright eyed as ever! (She's so awesome in the mornings!) We went downstairs and completed our typical morning routine.. diaper change and playmat for her while I make my oatmeal, get my coffee and brew my daily pot of tea. Then it's time to nurse her and she settles in for a loooooooong midmorning nap...
(This picture is a reenactment.....she's not sleeping!)

While Lola was napping, the mulch was delivered (YAY!)

I got to work....

I just finished the one bed today, not the most drastic improvement, but still an improvement nonetheless!

Meanwhile Oscar was busy....

BAD DOG!!


There was only one casualty to my mulching endeavor.


So I thought I'd add it to the flowers on my table--

didn't work.

So it found a home here.


Now Lola's gearing up for nap #2... Think I might transplant a few houseplants!
Stay tuned... (Riveting stuff, eh?)

It's been awhile...

Mud season is upon us, but the days are getting longer, Lola is getting bigger and my nights- well, they aren't getting any sleepier!

She's smiling like mad!!


Lola had some thrush earlier this month, it didn't seem to bother her in the least and I wasn't at all affected, but we did the treatment anyhow. We started with the dr prescribed Nystatin, which wasn't improving things after a week so I started her on the Genetian Violet treatment... that finally kicked it!

We've had a pretty good month, Lola's been out, meeting people, being all cute and stuff. Here she is at OuterSpace:

And just a few more pics from this past month..

And my favorite: