Good morning!

The big thing this week is that we had to completely rearrange our living room because our little monkey never stops! She has already had a small bruise on her check, a scratch on her forward, and a mouth injury that made her gums bleed. (The last thing we need is to have the CPS called on us!)
So, what once was a coffee table is now an oversized end table and we had to pull one of our chairs over to block the other side of it. I also brought in her mini rocker so she can tackle and climb on something her own size-she isn't the only one...

 

Many falls from this table, but she just gets right back up again for more!

I deeply regret not having family portraits of all of us when she was a baby and then when she was about 6 months old (before she could crawl). I'm thinking of having a friend take some now and then I'll have professionals done for her 1st birthday, which seems to be creeping on us very quickly! Any volunteers?
Here is the latest attempt of mine to keep her still while I snap a picture of her. Her look says "I am simply tired of your shenanigans."

More time spent with Stassy and with herself in the mirror:

 

  

 

Also new this week: We bought Lyric a walker!!! She helped dad put it together, then we have another reminder of just how petite she really is...Her poor feet still don't touch the ground; not even with shoes!

 

  

Busted!  

It's time to take her pretty net down.

Labor day weekend begins

We kick off this weekend with doctor visits for both Lyric and me. Same daycare routine I wish we could break...she gets sick and passes it on. Nothing serious, just typical congestion, runny nose, and cough; I think it bothers us more than her-Lyric is still her happy go lucky self as always. Nick and I are already looking forward to Christmas vacation, which means a couple of weeks break from daycare.

As everyone warned us, Lyric is E V E R Y W H E R E now that she can crawl!! We are amazed at how fast she can move and how intrigued she is by everything she lays her eyes on. Stassy is so good with her and I'll post some pictures of the two of them this weekend.

New this week: She has tried apple juice, cheerios, and has taken her first few steps holding onto furniture.  She weighs 16 lbs and is 25.5" long...and she still fits in her 3-6 month clothes

Hope you all have a great holiday weekend!

Home sweet home

Lyric and I just had an eventful evening. While we supposed to be leaving to go to the first football game of the year, we spent an hour driving around searching for our three dogs that got out. For anyone who has lost a dog, trying to find one is challenge...add 2 more and you've got a feat!! I eventually find Molly and Sweet Girl together and we continued to drive around searching for Dotti. I stopped by the house to drop off the 2 girls and Lyric and I hit the streets again. Sadly, we returned home without Dotti and to my surprise, we go to the backyard and find ALL 3!! I guess Dotti found her way home before I locked up her babies.

Needless to say, we passed on tonight's game and we look forward to next week's. At least I have a week to order the cute hippo onesies from amazon. Go Hippos!!

...and welcome home: Dotti, Miss Molly, and Sweet Girl

Toy store

OH MY GOSH!! I had THE BEST time trying to find a gift for the birthday boy. Lyric was so patient with me and enjoyed every minute...I honestly spent an HOUR browsing the toy aisles at Target. I found myself throwing things in the cart that I want Lyric to have so I had to regroup - put items back on the shelf - and remind myself that I was there for someone else's baby. Who knew they had a sock monkey jack-in-the box?!

Yay, the weekend!

Horray! We made it through our first week of school and she's so happy to be with her friends again. Tomorrow we are going to her friend's first birthday party - hawaiian theme - so I'll be sure to post pictures afterwards.

Gami and Aunt Rainnie came to visit on Tuesday and Wednesday and it was great to see them. The first hour they were here, Lyric couldn't take her eyes off of Rainnie...I think she knows her Aunt Rainnie is going to give her a baby cousin in January!!

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Back to daycare

Today was Lyric's first day back to school after summer break with Dad and, naturally, they said she was awesome!! :) She was exhausted when she came home and was falling asleep as I was feeding her cereal and veggies. We put her to sleep around 8 so I'm anxious to see if she'll keep up her 11 hours of sleep at night after a big day with her friends.

7 month photos

She loves her Sophie!


1st teething bicuit

New this week: She LOVES electronics * We can see 3 of her top teeth coming in, so that'll make 5 total * She has tried (and likes) teething biscuits * She DOES NOT care for any meat baby foods * and she's on the move!!

Lyric is already 7 months old and all over the place! She began crawling a few days ago and moves around like a champ. She crawls over the walls of her activity mat and will do anything she can to go after Stassy, a.k.a fat cat. She has a new musical table that she is pulling herself up to a standing position and seems to think she has already mastered crawling and is ready to move on to walking.

Most of you know that I set up my own photo studios each month...gone are the days of laying or sitting her to snap the camera. She won't sit still and it doesn't help that her new favorite thing is electronics. She loves remote controls, phones, playstation gadgets and now the camera that she has been in front of every day of her life.

I'll post pictures form our latest session in progress.

Welcome!

Welcome to our family blog! I can't make any promises on how often we will post updates, but I'll sure make an effort! Thank you all for following us on hull.aboutmybaby.com. I wanted a change of scenery, so we'll see how this one goes!