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!

September!!! When did Fall arrive!

It's amazing how fast Lidia is growing!!! She is now 12 weeks old, 24 3/4 inches, 12 lbs 15 oz and her hair has officially decided it is too long to stand up. :( Above is my favorite "faux hawk" picture.

Last week I went back to work. :( It was hard, but good. I enjoy being back into things and working again, but I loved spending so much time with Lidia. She started daycare and so far so good. She is having a bit of an adjustment to sleeping there...they aren't allowed to swaddle her, so she isn't sleeping so well in the crib. Which is not the same story at home, she is sleeping wonderfully at night. We really hope this continues, she is sleeping between 8 and 9 hours at night, with just the occasional fuss, when she loses her pacifier.

Other than returning to work, we have kept on the move all through September enjoying the amazing weather. Lidia went to her first Tigers game with Abby and me. It was a bit of questionalble weather with an hour rain delay, but she made it through the entire game. The Tigers even won!

We took Daisy to the nearby waterpark, that opens for dogs the day before they drain the pool. It was quite the experience, we were fairly certain that Daisy was not a "water dog", and this belief has been confirmed! I tried to upload a video clip...but I'm having some issues with it so I'm going to try pictures instead... :)

Family Trip

Hi all! We successfully made it to and from the family vacation at Boyne Mountain. Oh what a trip it was! Scott was inventive and downloaded a MP3 of a vaccum cleaner running and bought a speaker...this helped soothe Lidia most of the way there and back, at night, in her stroller and pretty much any other time she needed it the entire weekend! It was great!
The weekend was full of firsts for Lidia...first time at the beach, in a bikini, dipping her toes in the lake. She even attended her first Kid Rock Concert! Ok so she didn't have a ticket, and well neither did we or anyone else in our family...but the concert was about 100 yards or so from our condo, so we were able to hear it without trying too hard. We actually sat behind the stage and listened for a while. Some of the more daring family members went up the hill and listend from above. It was quite a weekend! We even got to see Joel, Jennifer and Caitlyn for dinner. Caitlyn convinced Scott to ride the chair lift with her and to dance.

Hope you enjoy the pictures!

We are Home!

Hi all,

Wanted to give you a quick update now that we are home. After about 16-18 hours of labor it was decided that Lidia needed a bit of help getting out to join us. So she joined us via c-section. I am doing great, up and about, just a bit sore, hopefully that is how it stays! Lidia made it through the whole process great! She came out face-up, screaming for food and still quickly lets us know when she is hungry! Even the nurses were impressed with her hunger and her ability to let everyone in the nursery know what she wanted.

As it is now day 4 we are not only mesmerized by her but finding out the true meaning of tired! We have loved introducing her to family and friends who she fools into thinking all she does is sleep, by being on her best behavior for company!

Today Daisy got to meet her new best friend....and she is being very attentive...although we are unsure if she realizes exactly what this tiny smelly creature is, and that she is staying. She is totally fascinated! Lidia on the other hand is playing hard to get and pretending that Daisy doesn't exist.

I'm going to try and add a slide show tomorrow so I can show you a few of the many pictures we have taken over the last few days!

Hope to see you all soon so you can meet our newest joy!