Biscuits for Babies???

I bought Ellie some organic barley teething biscuits. Here are a few shots of the very messy eating experience. I think it's so funny they are called teething biscuits, now I feel like I'm feeding her a doggie treat.

I think she liked it!

Ready . . . Set . . .BOO!

This is Ellie's new favorite game. Drew takes in a big breath and then blows a puff of air in her face. You'd think she wouldn't like to be startled but she just grins!! Looks like she'll be going to scarey movies with her daddy and leaving mum at home!!

P.S. Ellie is 7 months old today!!

Still Summer Dreaming.

It has been unusually cold here in the Pacific Northwest this spring and my dad (the family weatherman) just informed me it's going to be at least 10 degrees below normal temperatures all week! That means it may not get above 60 degrees!

Brrrrr. I don't remember if sunny weather was on my Boise Top 10 list but I sure do miss the Idaho sunshine!

Here are some photos from a sunny day a couple weeks ago.

Ellie has so many cute summer outfits. I hope she gets to wear them before she outgrows them!!

She eats better than her mom!!

Ellie has been eating solid food for about a month now. Luckily, she takes after her dad and likes everything! I have been buying organic produce, steaming or stewing it, pureeing it, then freezing it in little heart shaped ice cube trays. I just pop out 1 or 2 "hearts" and that's lunch!

Here I am pureeing carrots.
Yumm, prunes!

So far Ellie eats . . . applesauce, sweet potatoes, yams, butternut squash, pears, avacado, brown rice cereal, prunes, bananas and carrots.

See I told you she eats better than me!

Playdates

Ellie has had some fun hanging out with her friends lately. Last week we met my friend Karen and her 19 month old daughter Alister at the park. Ellie sat in a swing for the first time!
I think Ellie is trying to figure out how Ali is making that thing move!!
Then we went and visited our "band" friends. The wifes of Drew's old band-mates have started having babies. It's so fun to sit around and play with babies while the boys sit around and play with instruments :)
Esther with Ellie, me with Esther's 3-week old baby Rowen and Alisa.

This week we also went swimming with my friend Darcy and her daughter, Lucy, who is 2 months older than Ellie. We had a blast. Ellie loved the water, which was a surprise since she hates her baths! The leisure pool had a "lazy river" and little floating baby rafts. She was so relaxed in her floating toy. Next time we'll take some photos.

Let's hear it for the boys!

Ellie has been going through a fussy stage lately. Teething? . . . New foods? . . . Exercising her temper? . . . Who knows!!

But luckily our neighbor brought her two little boys over for a visit. Ellie was happily entertained by their bounding energy.

Aren't they so cute boys!? Boon is 5 and Hudson is almost 3.

Hudson decided to give Ellie a little show and sing her a song. I LOVE the dramatic ending!

New Saucer

OK, I'm biting my tongue again! I always said . . . "When we have a baby, we're not going to have all that CRAP in our living room. Babies don't need all that stuff!"

Well, I was wrong! Ellie loves hanging out in different places. Like her play mat with toys hanging abover her, in her bumbo chair, in her high-chair and now in her new exer-saucer. Ma-Pop picked this up at a yard sale this weekend.

Pretty sure she likes it!