Lola's party trick

For those of your who are "regulars" you may have notice that Lola always appears to be smiling. As Jane, Jay, and Raquel can attest, Lola loves to smile for the camera. On demand. Even if she is throwing some kind of fit. Once a camera is whipped out, she's all smiles.

I swear, I didnt' teach her. Ok, maybe just a little bit......



She loves cheerios these days. That's about it though, I keep making all kinds of baby food and she only seems to like the stuff I buy from a jar. Sigh, what's a mother to do?



But she loves her present from Daphne and Owen!

And she loves to watch Daddy but the lawn. Lawnmowers are facinating machines....

The mother of all updates

We have had a busy few weeks! We celebrated Opa Bill's birthday with a BBQ and the Melis family. Even though it did rain we still had lots of good conversation, food and fun.






With our regular babysitter recovering from surgery, our parents have stepped in to take care of Lola while we continue to go to work. Sue was down 2 weeks ago and they had a great time together.


My parents were down for last week. Lola really enjoyed have her grandparents undivided attention.



It was a perfect time to visit as well as she has learned to crawl and is cruising around funiture like a pro.



And we put up containment devices( AKA gates...)

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Wil and I are wondering where our "little baby" went. We find ourselves watching her sleep and being amazed at how big she looks to us now. We are delighted at how much FUN she is and feel very lucky to have such a happy and good natured child. She is constantly smiling, laughing, clapping and waving "bye bye". While I believe everyone has good days and bad, Lola's seem to start and end with a smile.

Movin' and shakin'

It should be duelly noted that Lola is now moving with her own steam now. It is 10:00 pm, Wil just finished putting up baby gates. She is crawling, reaching, grabbing, pulling herself up and starting to "cruise" around the furniture.

Things are about to get VERY interesting......

The Next Generation......

Lola and I went home to the farm two weeks ago to visit my parents. Wil was at a bachelor party in Barrys Bay at a cottage, so it was just the ladies. This is Lola in the Cotie high chair. It was used by my Dad and his 2 brothers when they were babies. When my parents inherited it, it was in pieces. They had it put back together and it is enjoying a second wind. It has been used frequently by visiting family and now it is Lolas' turn. She seems to like it.

Water baby

Need we say more?

We are on the verge of watching Lola crawl. She sits, bounces and leans forward to get her favorite toys( all due to Wil's training schedule before I get home from work. But her MOST favorite thing to do is stand and walk around holding our hands. Killer on our backs, but it makes her SO happy it is really hard to say no.


Wednesday, when I left Lola in her crib while I started her bath, she figured out how to pull herself up to standing. Although she looked pretty upset when I got back as she didn't know how to get back down.

We are looking forward to the weekend when we can relax in the backyard and spend some time at the park. 3 days of fun in the sun. I am hoping it will be warm enough to hit a splash park as we just bought a bathing suit.

Today

I looked at this headband and said "No way".

Then, we tried it on and I said "Maybe just for today........"

The chiclets

Here's a good look at Lola's chiclets. No other appearences other than these first two.... yet.

Busy..

Ok, so we have been busy. I know, I know, it is no excuse but it is the truth. The fact is that, now that I have been back to work for almost 2 1/2 months, all the pre-cooking and baking that I had done is now gone. Wil or myself has to cook dinner every night and by the time everything is cleaned up and Lola is in bed, it's late and I am ready to head to bed myself.

But, Lola's doing great! She's finally found a comfortable position to sit in while I feed her....



She's really enjoying eating and treats like cookies



We have been taking the train downtown to meet friends( thanks for meeting up Mike and Nat!)


And having a blast at the park



Fashion wise, some days are better than others



But we can still strike a pose



And we are pretty darn happy!

Inside my brain on a hot day

Today was hot. I love hot. There is nothing I love more than feeling like a nicely browning piece of toast.
Wil and Bill(Opa) went to the Jays game.

Lola decided that napping was unnecessary.
I promised I wouldn't spend any money so we went to the Dollar store.
I bought Lola a funky yellow ball with red flowers thinking this could be a new game for us.

She's terrified of it. Seriously, she screams when she sees and I have to hide it because she keeps trying to look around me if I just put it behind my back

GREAT, now what?

Well there is always time for a photoshoot. Especially when it is hot enough to break out some new summer dubs....




Of course, Autumn needed to be in on the action




It's only 4:00..... maybe we'll go for a walk. I mean, summer is definately here so I should by some sunscreen right? I'm a responsible parent, after all. Off to the mall. Maybe I should just Look at "The Childrens Place" Oh, everything is on sale... no, we are on a spending freeze, remember? Oh, but I just ran into a friend from University that I haven't seen in 10 years! We chat up each others kids, they say that they just came from H&M. Maybe we should look there..... just look. I find the most darling hat. I want it for myself. It fits Lola perfectly. It is even cuter on than it was on the shelf.

WE NEED IT. I am, after all, a responsible parent. I'll pay cash. That makes it ok, right?

oh yeah, sunscreen. hmmmm, there is a great magazine about BBQ recipes, that also responsible as we do need easy quick meal ideas for after work.

oh yeah, sunscreen.

We head home. We have photoshoot number 2 with our new hat. Dad and Opa arrive home.

"Nice hat" says Wil

"I know" I say "I paid cash"

Another one!

Another tooth, that is! We noticed it on Saturday morning. Each day when I check they have grown in a bit more. Guess we'll have to wait and see when the next one arrives.

This is Lola and Wil 2 weekends ago when we found a new path down by the lake. I was the perfect day for a walk and we all enjoyed ourselves.

Going to the Zoo, how 'bout you?

So, we did it. We got a zoo membership. As I have already been 3 times, it has now paid for itself. Dave and Heather were visiting on the weekend and convinced Wil he should get a membership too. I swear, I never would have guessed that I would like going to the zoo in a million years but I quite enjoy it. It'll be really fun when we can take Lola to the splash park when the weather is hot.....

And I think Lola seems to like it as well.

We had a busy weekend with Dave, Heather, Miles and the Bump visiting. Plus we got to have the downtown folk visit for Sat afternoon in the backyard. Heather and I even got to go for dinner with Penny and Noelle when the boys offered to babysit. All in all, a very successful weekend!!

One down!

Lola got her first tooth today! We noticed it this morning, rather, Wil did when she was chomping on his finger and it was a little sharp. It is her bottom left tooth and I can see the right one ready to break through any day now.

She's saucy...

and she knows it. This was Lola celebrating Mothers day.

Checking things out

Lola loves to inspect things, especially grass when we go to the park.....

yum yum!

Lola tries her first cookie, a "Mum Mum" She hasn't quiet figured out how to get in in her mouth, but shes is getting closer, and she was pretty excited to try.

Sunday morning

Relaxing on a Sunday morning....

GOING TO THE ZOO!

The weather was perfect for a trip to the Zoo on Sunday. It was wonderfully sunny and warm. Since Wil need some extra "sleep"( read... he was out way late and his body was definately paying for it, let's face it, we are not 18 anymore so we probably shouldn't treat our bodies that way...) Raquel, Melissa, Lola and I headed off for our own little adventure. I'm not too sure if Lola even noticed the animals, but she did dig all the cool reflections in the water!



Us "Big Kids loved having Lola around as an excuse to ride the hippo and take lots of photos....



Wil did decide to wash the car and enjoy the lovely weather as well. Lola supervised....




Wil is away in Halifax until tomorrow so I was responsible for dropping Lola off and picking her up. I also had the car to drive to the Go which was great. And I solved the mystery on where people park. I found another entire lot of 700 hundred and some spots! Yeah for me! It is a bit of a walk but still beats taking the bus! All these little things I don't know about Pickering that I am slowly finding out as time goes on.

First time at the Park

Lola's first time at the park in the swing. It was definately a hit....

Summer, Summer, Summertime!

We enjoyed our first really nice weather this weekend and had a picnic down at the waterfront. Wil and I had subs, Lola watched.... and waited for us to be done so we could push our "diva" around some more........