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.