Lolli's Fiesta!

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Lolli's First Birthday!!!

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One Year Photo Shoot

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Standing herself back up!

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Polar Nudist!

Lolli was having naked time tonight when she started banging on the back door like she wanted to go outside. So Lauren took her out back, and was surprised at how cold it was outside. Lauren, in capris and a t-shirt, was shivering and Lolli (NAKED) was loving it! She laughed every time the wind blew! She just kept walking in circles on the concrete patio and into the grass. She got soooo upset when Lauren finally made her come inside and warm up. Lolli's a polar nudist!

Road trip!

Zach had been in Ohio all week, so this morning Lauren and Lolli packed up an drove down to visit him! Lolli did pretty well on the trip down there but didn't nap much. They stopped for lunch in Harrison, OH and ate at O'Charleys. Lolli loved her rolls, chicken fingers, and mac n cheese!

After lunch Lauren and Lolli headed through Cincinnati and over into Kentucky. They went to the Newport Aquarium. Lauren didn't wanna mess with taking a stroller, so she carried Lolli in the Mei Tai all through the "fish" part of the aquarium, but held her hand and let her walk through most of the rest of the galaries. Lolli pointed at the fish and tried to touch all of them, but they were behind glass, of course. She also really really liked the alligators and otters.

There was an exhibit featuring Lorikeets (birds) so Lauren purchased a small cup of nectar to feed to them. She held Lolli in one arm and held the nectar in her other hand. Birds came down and drank from the cup of nectar. It was very cool and Lolli loved it - until she got pooped on! A bird hit Lolli right on the head and got Lauren's arms and chest. Ew!

At the cafe in the aquarium, Lauren and Lolli shared some Cookies N Cream Dippin' Dots, which of course Lolli LOVED! Finally, they purchased a copy of the picture that had been taken of the 2 of them in a set of giant shark jaws. Cool!

They headed back to the hotel and then Zach got back there from work. Woohoo! Lolli was refusing to nap, so they all three went swimming in the hotel pool. Lolli still loves to swim and is getting so good at jumping in (with mom or dad's help, of course!).

For dinner, they all drove down to Newport again and ate at Mitchell's Fish Market. Yum! Lolli loved walking around the plaza and thought she was so cool because she walked all over and climbed 3 flights of stairs (while Lauren and Zach held her hands).

Back at the hotel, Lolli crawled and played until 10, when Lauren fed her and then laid her in the pack n play. She went right to sleep, even though Lauren and Zach had the tv on. She's such a big girl!

Zach had to leave for work early this morning, so Lauren and Lolli packed up and left the hotel on their own shortly after they woke up. They stopped for a mommy-daughter breakfast at Panera bread and then spent an hour browsing at Ikea. Fun!

They finally got back hom around 1:30 on this afternoon. Lolli was very worn out and took a long, long nap!

Ha! Ha! Ha!

Lolli has 2 laughs now: her actually giggley, can't help it laugh, and her HA HA HA laugh. The giggle laugh can be heard when she's being tickled or playing peek a boo. The other laugh is much more common! She does it when something is funny to her (like a dog scratching, or someone singing a song on tv) or when she hears the adult around her laughing. It's very cute and makes it seem like Lolli has such an adult sense of humor when she laughs at dirty jokes or sarcasm. Silly girl!

Lolli's First Parade!

No, she wasn't in the parade, but her Grandpa Great was! It was the New Palestine Lions Club Fall Festival (FISH FRY) Parade, and the class of 1958 marched in it to celebrate their 50th reunion. Lolli watched the parade with Lauren, Zach, Gma Great, Aunt Jodi and cousin Alix. Lolli was kind of somber, since she's still working on getting her molars, but she was kind of happy when Alix caught a sucker and gave it to Lolli! She never licked it, but she liked holding onto it.

When Gpa Great marched by holding the banner announcing the class of '58, he walked all the way over to the sidewalk to give Lolli and kiss and hand her some candy :)

Oh, and one of the elderly ladies that was sitting with Gma remarked upon seeing Lolli, "Oh, she looks just like the Swains!"

MOLARS!

Lolli has been drooling like a St. Bernard and her nose has been running lately, so Lauren and Zach figured it was due to her 7th and 8th teeth (bottom incisors) were poking through. However, tonight Lauren was hanging Lolli upside down and she got a good view of her MOLARS poking through her gums on the top! So now she has her 4 middle teeth on top, and then a one-tooth gap on each side (where her fangs will be) and then the beginnings of molars. What a big girl!

FFF Nursery

Zach's out of town, so Lauren went to the gym during the day. She dropped Lolli off at the nursery and went to work out. About 20-25 minutes later Lauren heard over the loudspeaker, "Lauren Pucillo, please report to the nursery." Lauren RAN up to the front of the gym where she found poor Lolli crying :( The nursery attendants said she did ok for about 10-15 minutes but then all of a sudden realized Lauren wasn't there anymore and freaked out.

Zach and Lauren are gonna make sure to drop Lolli at the nursery at least once a week until she gets the hang of it. Of course, it probably didn't help that she's teething like crazy with those molars, but it'll get better!