Lolli the Midnight Bat!

Lolli was a Midnight Bat for Halloween this year. She wore a black and purple dress, a bat ears headband, black tights, and her tennis shoes. She looked sooo cute! She went trick-or-treating at Gma Pucillo's, Gpa Swain's, Aunt Jodi's, and Gma Bowens. She got some good candy and also $5! And, most importantly, she had fun showing off her outfit!

Lolli the Midnight Bat!

Lolli was a Midnight Bat for Halloween this year. She wore a black and purple dress, a bat ears headband, black tights, and her tennis shoes. She looked sooo cute! She went trick-or-treating at Gma Pucillo's, Gpa Swain's, Aunt Jodi's, and Gma Bowens. She got some good candy and also $5! And, most importantly, she had fun showing off her outfit!

Blogging for 2 :)

Lauren woke up this morning (cd30) and STILL hasn't started her period, which was odd because she averages 26.5 days. Since she didn't have any pregnancy tests on hand, she peed in a cup (couldn't hold it, LOL), got Lolli in the car, and they headed to CVS to buy a test. Lauren has 0 symptoms of being pregnant, so she really didn't think she was. So she bought a 3-pack of tests, in an effort to be fiscally responsible and plan ahead for future months of peeing on sticks.

When they got back to the car, Lauren ripped open the test and stuck it in the pee for 20 seconds. Nothing. She called a friend to complain about being 3.5 days late and NOT pregnant. Grrr! But then she looked again and she saw a pretty little + sign Lauren screamed a couple of time (ha oops, sorry Lolli) because she was seriously SHOCKED. Even though she and Zach had been trying for quite a while, Lauren was pretty convinced she wasn't ovulating yet. Guess she must've been, though....

So, Lolli and Lauren went to BRU, bought the cliche Big Sister shirt, and went home to tell Zach. Lauren put the shirt on Lolli, handed her the pregnancy test, and told her to take it to Daddy. She did, and he was very excited!!! Moreso than Lauren, actually, but that's because she's still in shock.

So, barring any complications, BeBe is due July 8th, but Lauren plans to give birth on July 9th, because that's her half birthday Lolli will be 21 1/2 months old and of course she'll be a great big sister!!!

"P p p p"

Lolli is learning new "words" all the time! She now says a 'p' sound for "please" and says "Bah!" for ball. She knows that a dog says "woof" and a cow says "moooo." She just learned the sign for baby and does it whenever she hears the word spoken. She still says "dad" and "dada" and sometimes says "mama" or "meeeeeee" for food, but is starting to replace it with her "p p p p" for please. She still says dog and kitty cat but sometimes they sound alike. Dog is kind of like "gawg" and kitty cat is sort of "ka cot." She almost certainly says the word "duck" and most of the time she remembers tha a duck goes "quack quack." It'll be a while before her vocabulary is sufficient for acting out Shakespeare, but she's off to a great start :)

Ooof!

Lolli can now answer the question, "What does a dog say?" She responds with a quiet, high-pitched "ooof" which Lauren thinks is a spin off of "woof." It's very cute!

Today Lolli also learned how to climb up onto the couch, which is terrifying for Zach and Lauren. She likes to run from one end of the couch into the back (it's a sectional) and kind of bounce off of it. It's terribly dangerous but she's fallen off a couple of times already and so far, no ER visits. It's a good thing there's an soft ottoman in front of the couch and not a table!

Lolli *might* have said "mama" and meant it today! She walked up to Lauren, help up her arms to be picked up and said "mama." Lauren had no food or drink in her hands, so it appears that Lolli is finally getting things figured out haha!

Lolli's Makeover

Lolli and Lauren were bored today, so Lauren decided to give Lolli a makeover.

Lolli got to put on deodorant, green eye shadow, face powder, and sparkle lip gloss. Then Lauren put her hair in a ponytail on top of her head. Lolli thought she was so cool to be getting to use all of her mom's stuff.

The pony tail was kind of cute, but Lolli still has some cradle cap that shows when her hair's up. She's been using Head & Shoulders, so hopefully it'll clear up soon!

Weeee!

Lauren and Lolli went to Riley park today where they met up with Carrie and Zosia. Zo is about 4 months older than Lolli, so Lolli had fun watching her go down the slide. Finally Loli got brave enough to try it, and she loved it! She made Lauren set her at the top of the slide over and over and over. Lolli learned how to scoot herself forward until she started sliding. FUN! She even slid down a curvy slide without bumping her head or falling overboard. What a big girl!

Pee Pee In The Potty!!!

Lolli had 2 big milestones today in the potty training area.

This morning, Lolli woke up around 8:30 and she played in bed with Lauren and Zach for about 20 minutes, during which time she pooped. So Lauren changed her and they went out to the living room to play.

About 15 minutes later, Lolli walked from the living room to the bedroom, grabbed the container of baby wipes, and brought them out to Lauren. Lauren told her she wasn't going to change her diap;er right then because she'd just changed her 15 minutes earlier, after she'd pooped. Lolli kept insisting, and so finally Lauren checked her diaper. Turns out Lolli was right - she'd pooped!!! And she realized that she had pooped, and knew that Lauren would need the baby wipes to get her clean again. Sooooo smart!!!

And then later this evening, Lauren went into the Colts bathroom to pee. Lolli followed her and tried to get up on her own potty. So Lauren took her diaper off her and sat her on the potty. Sure enough, Lolli peed!

Of course Lolli is not likely to be nearing being potty trained, since she's barely a year old. But it's still great that she's showing some interest! Hooray, Lolli!!!

I'm Gonna Get You!

Lolli has a new favorite game! She loves to play it outside in the back yard. She stands and looks at Lauren or Zach until they start to chase her saying, "I'm gonna get you!" She then runs away, giggling and squealing. Upon being caught and tickled, she laughs and laughs and laughs. As soon as her feet touch the ground again, she takes off running away again. That girl loves being chased!

She's really starting to enjoy her play house now as well. She goes in and out of 25 times every time she's in the backyard. She really understand peek-a-boo now and will crouch down and then pop up in a window going "ahhhhhh" in a demon voice. Then she crouches down again and pops up in a different window. It's hilarious! Sometimes she'll hide behind the doorway and then pop out the side for aq change of pace. Lauren and Zach are amazed at how different toddler-hood is from baby-hood!