Marchin' for Babies!

Zach, Lauren & Lolli walked 3.53 miles downtown today to save babies! The March for Babies, a fundraiser for the March of Dimes, raises money to help give every baby a healthy start. Lauren & Lolli (in utero) walked last year with Annie. This year they walked with another IndyMom, her husband and son.

Lolli woke up at 7:15 this morning and refused a morning nap! She *finally* fell asleep in the stroller near the end of the walk, around 2:15. Whew!

Baby Steps

Lolli loves to go walking! Zach or Lauren hold her hands and slowly but surely she "walks" forward to wherever she wants to go. She is still quite wobbly, of course, and is nowhere near ready to walk without having her hands held. But it still is very cute, and impressive!

Piggyback Ride!

Zach, Lauren, Lolli and Otis went for a walk this evening. Lauren usually wears Lolli in the Mei Tai when they go out walking, or else Lolli rides in the stroller. Tonight, though, Lauren finally talked Zach into wearing Lolli in the Mei Tai on his back.

Lolli loved it, and Zach did, too! They went for a pretty long walk (long enough to wear out Otis!) and Lolli was perfectly content the whole time. Towards the end of their walk, a kid (around 6 or 7 years old) rode by on his bike and asked, "What's that on your back?"

Zach replied, "It's my daughter - she's a baby."

The kid stared in awe as he rode by several more times. Finally he asked, "Is that magic?"

:) Too cute! This little boy was totally fascinated with babywearing!! He's gonna grow up to be a great dad someday...

Brush 'em, brush 'em, brush 'em!

Lolli has had her teeth for several weeks now, and it just dawned on Lauren that she should be brushing them (duh). So Lauren bought Lolli a little toothbrush and some flouride-free infant toothpaste that is safe to be swallowed. This morning was the first time they tried it out. Lauren thought it would be a good idea to let Lolli brush her own teeth (HA!) so it was quite messy. Since she cannot even be sure that Lolli did in fact brush her 2 little teeth, Lauren is going to be doing the brushing from now on!

Picnic in the Park

After storytime today, Lauren and Lolli went to the park with Darcey, Hailey, Katie & Will. Lolli played on a blanket on the ground playing with some puffs while the grown-ups ate their lunches. Will & Hailey just chilled out in their infant seats. Lolli wore a dress today, and it looked oh-so-cute with her Zoo sunhat.

After the picnic, Lauren & Lolli visited Gma Bowen at Jodi's and then her house. Lolli flirted with the cable man a little bit at Jodi's, and said hello to Alix. At Gma's, Lolli picnic'd again in the front yard and this time she ate applesauce - yum!

Round 2 at the Zoo!

Zach, Lauren & Lolli went to the Zoo this afternoon. Lolli loved riding the train around the back part of the zoo. But her *favorite* part was when she got to pet a goat! She did very well and did not pull its hair at all. The goat is probably used to being abused anyway, since it gets petted by kids everyday.

Lolli rode around the zoo in Lauren's new Mei Tai sling. She seemed to really enjoy it, and Lauren & Zach enjoyed not having to worry about a stroller. They also visited the butterfly garden, which no one was very impressed with.

Lolli's first discipline :(

Lolli has recently started to pinch Lauren's skin in between her fingers while she's eating. A couple of time she's actually given lauren bruises or made her bleed a little bit. The worst ones are when she grabs Lauren's nipple and digs her fingernails in - ahhhh!

Tonight Lolli wouldn't quit pinching, so Zach came and took her away from Lauren. After a minute or 2 she was allowed to go back and finish eating. When she soon started scratching again, Zach took her away again. She got one more chance to eat without pinching Lauren, and she finally got those fingers under control.

Lolli goes to church

Lolli went to church for the first time this morning! She, Zach and Lauren went to Lakeview Church at 465 and Rockville Road. Lolli really liked the rocking music. She smiled and laughed and danced along with the song. However she started to get sleepy during the slower songs. She lasted throught the songs, opening prayer, and tithing before she started to get pretty loud and they had to leave.

Lakeview is a good church to take Lolli to because the music is fun and loud. She loves to rock out!

Finally!

Lolli's night-eating had become more and more frequent over the past 2 months. Monday night she woke up *4* times to eat! Lauren was starting to get agitated AND sleep-deprived. What happened to the nights when Lolli slept 6 hours in a row?!?

Well for the past 2 nights Lolli has only woken up twice, at 1 and at 5. This is MUCH easier for Lauren to handle and she's really hoping Lolli keeps up with this schedule. Waking every 4 hours is so much better than every 2!

Scaredy Baby

Lolli got scared today! She actually screamed in fear; it was horrible.

Lauren, Zach and Lolli were over at Gma and Gpa Pucillo's for dinner. After dinner, Lolli was sitting on Gma's lap when Morgan (the dog) was walking around the living room. Morgan wasn't doing anything agressive or even paying attention to Lolli, but Lolli FREAKED OUT!

Zach and Lauren took turns holding her while the other petted Morgan to show Lolli that it was ok. She did fine after that. Poor baby!

Group Fun at the CM

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Lions and Tigers and Bears, OH MY!

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Gma Cathy comes to town

Lauren and Lolli went to the airport this afternoon to pick up Gma Cathy. Lolli rode around in Lolli's pouch at the airport. Lots of people stared and smiled and a few even commented about Lolli's big blue eyes!

After Gma got off the plane, Lolli showed her all kinds of new stuff - how she sits, stands, and has teeth! Gma was very impressed with how grown up Lolli is ;)

A-shopping we will go

Lauren, Lolli and Violet went to the mall today to find something for Lauren to wear for the playdate and shower coming up this weekend. Lauren bought a jean skirt for herself and ALSO one for Lolli! Soooooo cute!

After that the girls visited Gma Bowen at her house for a while. Then they swung by Gma Swain's on the way home. Whew! It was a busy day and the girls were very worn out from all the running aorund!

No More Toothless Wonder!

Lolli was chewing on Lauren's finger today when she felt something hard and kind of sharp. Lauren peeked inside Lolli's mouth - there's a tooth peeking through those baby gums! It's the bottom, left-middle tooth. It still has a long way to go before it'll be "in" but it's definitely broken through the gums! Woohoo - gooooo Lolli!

Baby Storytime

Lauren and Lolli met up with Katie & Will and Darcey & Hailey today for Baby Storytime at the Lawrence Library. Lolli and Lauren made it there a few minutes early but ended up being late because, of course, Lolli pooped all over herself. Lauren had to change her in the backseat of the car and Lolli tried sooooo hard to spread the poop everywhere!

Anyway, once they finally got back inside, Lolli loved storytime! Everyone sang songs and clapped and read books. Lolli got to show off her sitting up skills for the other babies, who were very impressed!