Catch Me if You Can

Millie's new favorite game is to be chased around the half-wall that separates our kitchen from the family room. She will crawl away from whomever she is playing with, stop, sit up, turn around and flash a grin. That is when you know the race has begun! Millie thinks this is great fun! Take a look:



In other news, Millie has found her groove with food and is eating very well these days. We've kinda skipped over the purees and have gone to table foods, since Millie's favorite things to eat were chunks of fruit. Now she just eats everything in chunks :). This week she has enjoyed cod, asparagus, chicken, butternut squash, summer squash, carrots, avocado, and cauliflower. Along with oatmeal, blueberries, nectarines, and peaches. Not too bad. She's been enjoying at least one meal at Stephanie's each day along with a bottle or two and then eats dinner at the table with us. She thinks that is pretty fun too! She attempts to pick some of the foods up on her own, and actually has a pretty good grasp, it's just the transfer from the hand to the mouth that is the hard part! She'll get there.

Millie is also pulling up on things a lot more and likes to walk around holding a trusted adult's hands. She works on this a lot at daycare.

Millie gave us a good laugh this morning when she woke up. She actually slept in later than both mommy and daddy so she was up on the bed by herself. Now that she is mobile we have to surround her with a LOT of pillows and keep a very close ear on the monitor so that we can get to her before she decides to crawl off the bed. So, Scott built a pretty large pillow fort around her this morning. When we heard her start to peep we headed up. I didn't realize quite how large of a fort Scott had built so when I turned the corned in the bedroom I was greeted by Millie's head (complete with classic bed-hair) peeking up behind her fortress from a sitting position. As soon as I saw her I started laughing, which prompted her to smile ear to ear and start bouncing up and down. Which made me laugh even harder. Fortunately Scott was there and got to see the hilariousness too. Words just can't do the sight justice....

Our other big news is that we have finally signed a lease on a new house. As of August 15th we will be residents of Fairfield, CT -- just a few towns up the coast from where we are now. Here is a picture of the house:It's actually quite a bit nicer than the original one we were going to rent, so things have worked out for the best in the end. We met the owners today and they were a very nice younger couple who had a lot of great things to say about the neighborhood. Sounds like there are lots of little kids around for Millie to play with and even some college students nearby who can babysit. I think it's going to be a great move, though we aren't too terribly excited about actually moving. Should be interesting getting everything packed with Millie's help :)! Fortunately, Grandma Lainey and Grandpa Ric are going to come and help. They will be here a couple of days before the move to help with last minute packing, during the move, and a couple of days after to help get the house in order. I have the week before and after the move off so the timing is great.

That's about all the news we have here. Millie and I got a chance to meet up with most of the other mommies and babies last Monday for an hour at the park. It's so much fun to see them all together and to see everything that they are doing. They are all growing so much and are losing their "baby" looks.

It's hard to believe that tomorrow Millie will be 9 months old. She's now been with us in person as long as she was with us in spirit. We are so happy to know that she is going to continue to be with us for a lifetime of happiness. Here's a recap of our month. Some of the pictures have been seen before, but some are new...