The first tooth is here!

We must not have been watching when the tooth fairy slipped in and gave Lidia her first tooth! The first little tooth broke through tonight. We were thinking that all this drooling had to lead to something!

November...oh where did it go!

I can't believe we are well into December already...I am so far behind. So let me catch you up on the last month or so...

I really wanted to get pictures of Lidia in the leaves this year, but missed my chance before all the rain came...below were my attempts on the first day the rain stopped. I tried to include Daisy too...I believe in this first picture it is quite possible that Daisy is whispering to Lidia, just smile for the crazy lady and this will allll be over... she then ran to the back of the yard never to come near the camera again! :)



We had a wonderful Halloween, Lidia was adorable as her little pea pod. We didn't get many trick or treaters, but it was such a wonderful night out we ended up sitting on the porch and enjoying the night. Daisy even got into the spirit of things, as you can see in this picture we called her "Scary Daisy"!

November has seemed to fly by, Lidia is rolling onto her tummy, but hasn't quite mastered getting back to her back. :) She began drooling quite a bit a few weeks ago, so we are thinking that teeth might not be far away. She has started eating her cereal and she loves the oatmeal, the rice and barley not soooo much. She smiles and laughs all the time. Everyday she does something new. The other day she was totally focused on her pacifier, she stared at it diligently for a few minutes turned in her hands...and jammed at her face a couple of times before getting it in her mouth, upside down...and then she had this look on her face, like I'm so close, but something is off... :) She is just so much fun to watch right now.

We had quite a busy Thanksgiving weekend that started off with the Turkey Trot. Scott ran the 10k and Lidia and I bundled up for the Mashed Potato Mile on the riverfront. It was a great morning that ended with breakfast with some of the Griffin clan at the Detroit Breakfast House. We saw my parents later that day for a quiet dinner. Friday was a massive cleaning day, we were hosting the Neathamer's for dinner on Saturday. I had hoped our new couch and ottoman would arrive in the nick of time, but they arrived the following week. I cooked my first Turkey and it was Edible!!! Actually it was pretty good. Thankfully all the similarly named members of the family helped by bringing wonderful sides and desserts! Thank you Krista & Kristin. It was a wonderful day! And we now know we can fit atleast 8 adults at the dinner table(s).

This past weekend we did a circle tour of southeastern Michigan. Started with Scott's open house at work, where Lidia visited with Santa and Mrs. Claus (does anyone know her first name?). She did wonderfully, must help that both Dad and Grandpa have facial hair! We then headed from Rochester to Grosse Ile to my Mom's annual family Christmas Party. Great food, family and festivities were had by all. Lidia showed everyone that she is perfect, smiling, giggling, and letting everyone hold her with barely a whimper all day long! Although Scott did learn a lesson...NO Super Baby right after eating oatmeal and an entire bottle...wow what an explosion!
Sunday we headed out to Bill's place to celebrate Krista & Kristin's birthdays. Oh what a flock of them there are this month by the way...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF YOU!!!

I do keep wanting to up load some of the video clips we have of Lidia, but everytime I try I get errors...so I'll keep working on it an hopefully soon you will get to enjoy some of our Lidia Moments!