eeek!

Yesterday was brutal.. turns out Lilly decided to cut her first two top molars. she was MISERABLE all day long, refusing to nap, didn't eat much.. we went to grandma's in hopes of a good distraction which did work for awhile. and she ate some spaghetti and meatballs and fruit.. but good lord she was cranky! 3 minutes into the ride home she started to sleep, so Daddy climbed into the back to keep her awake til we got home. and i thought we were doing well, getting her to bed around 6:15.. that is until she woke up screaming at 7! It took us both quite awhile to get her calmed down, but eventually she relaxed.. Finally got her back to bed around 9:30, this time without a peep. Thankfully she's still quiet so I can get a few things done, the dogs out & fed, and run thru the shower.

oh yeah, and I'm fighting a head cold. great timing, eh? :)

the end is near..

a quickie update on the lil one..

Lilly now has 7 teeth, and will show anyone close enough by biting them! She bit me last night through my jeans.. anyone have ideas on how to stop her from doing that, or is it just a phase she'll outgrow?

She's down to scheduled nursing before naptime and bedtime.. but holding on to first thing in the am. I gave her a sippy of milk and held her yesterday, but she had to nurse a bit. Don't think she got much of anything before she went back to the sippy. it seems to be going really well! I'm still a bit sad about weaning, but I think the time is right for us both. especially since she hasn't been asking to nurse any time other than after getting up in the AM.

And the biggie.. Lilly can take several steps in a row before giving up and crawling, or grabbing her walker and taking off. not on demand, but she can do it!

another cart

so out of sheer coincidence, i just found a giveaway for a double stroller!



http://cradleandall.sears.com/

http://www.mommybrainreports.com/giveaway-sears-cradleandall

Pictures..

ok sorry.. the birthday pictures will be up shortly. It's on my list, but the thank you cards need to be done first! I'll satiate your needs tho with these

Barb - I think I was channeling you yesterday! I was checking out a neighborhood garage sale, and found a side by side double stroller. In good condition. Stickered for $8. We are talking about the cart way before the horse here, but I got it for $5!! Not a stroller for shopping, but for walks? it's so worth $5. :) Now we just have to find somewhere to store it..

hmm...

man.. I need to change the top picture. that was from January! eek!

so no real big news here.. we're running around like chickens minus heads (ok maybe it's just me and my FIL) getting things ready for Lilly's party on saturday. But yesterday my FIL scored big! he stopped in to the local welding supply place to ask about helium. Now at the party store 20 min from here, you can rent a small tank (for 3 days only) for $30 that fills 60-12in balloons, or buy a lil $19 tank at target that does 30-9in ones. what did my my father in law get? a half empty huge huge tank that should still fill 100 balloons.. for $30! and he picked it up yesterday, so that's one less thing we need to do Fri/Sat. Good deal, huh Kelly? :)

I still need to do laundry, make tortellini salad, get feta for said salad, find buttermilk for Lilly's cake, make cookies, charge my camera battery, clean the house, make babyfood, clean IL's house, not mess up Lilly's naptime now that it's a lil earlier... and sustain my (almost) 1yr old's life!

on a different note.. the following may be TMI for some - have i told you lately that I hate my breast pump? hate hate hate pumping! I know i could just stop and give her the milk I have frozen, and just let her nurse when she wants instead of the sippy.. especially since we've started giving her a bit of whole milk in a sippy in the afternoon. but UGH! it feels like if I do that, my supply will drop even more, and she'll ween herself. Last night she barely nursed on my right, and only for a few minutes on my left before she was clearly done and ready for bed. My baby is growing up and not needing me as much already!

toofers

Lilly's now working on her 4th tooth! she got her two bottom middle teeth awhile ago, and a week and a half ago we noticed she had a top tooth. But not one of the standard two front teeth - her 3rd tooth is what will be the 2nd from the middle! just odd. And now her 4th is cutting through, next to the 3rd, but it's a front tooth :)

Lilly's already doing things her own way. I think we'll have our hands full with her!