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Our ‘hood

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My  Dad keeps asking for pictures of the area where we live.  I figured rather then just send them to him I’d share the beauty with everyone.  These are pictures of my direct neighborhood, I’m still working on a post with the second half of my in-laws visit which will have a lot more pictures of the surrounding area.

I took most of these pictures one evening when we went for a walk.

Our house

The front of our house when we first moved in

looking north from our house

Looking north on the sidewalk in front of our house

looking south from our house

Looking south on the sidewalk in front of our house

our neighborhood

A couple blocks over

our backyard

Our backyard

neighbor's tree

A neighbors tree

Of course there is a lot more to our town, but these are my current favorite parts.

Swinging the day away

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It was a joyous day last week when I was driving to the pet store and saw a park with a baby swing. I had been looking all over the place for a baby swing because I wanted Lily to have the fun of swinging without being attached to me. When I parked the car I texted Waldo that I found a baby swing, this is how excited I was about it.

On Sunday afternoon Waldo and I packed Lily up and drove the 10 minutes to the park. The poor girl really dislikes the car and was crying within minutes of taking off. I kept telling her the torture was going to be worth it when she was flying freely on the swing and that we would be there in just a minute.

We pull up to the park and I’m surprised by how few trees there are, I guess I didn’t really notice the other day because I was driving and trying not to crash.

As we get out Waldo asks me if I’m going to put a blanket or something on the swing, even though he knows the answer. I tell him of course I am, I don’t want her touching the dirty swing or especially trying to eat it. He says don’t you think people will think you’re weird when they see pictures of her with the blanket. I reply that I don’t really care I’m just keeping Lily safe. Even I have to admit it sometimes that I’m a little crazy about washing my hands before I touch Lily or putting a blanket down for her, not OCD crazy but a little crazy. But you know what? I don’t care.

So I grabbed the blanket and her hat and he grabbed Lily and away we went. I tucked the blanket in and we put Lil in and I excitedly pushed. She couldn’t have cared less. She wasn’t upset but she wasn’t excited either.

First time on the swings

First time on the swings

First time on the swings

First time on the swings

First time on the swings

We would have let her swing till she got tired of it but we didn’t have any sun block (I don’t even know if she can use sun block now or what kind to get if she can use it) and the sun was directly on us. It was HOT so we only stayed out for about 7 minutes. Then we had to put her back in the car and you guessed it, more crying on the way home. It was like a big tease. Poor kid.

I have been so inspired by Maia‘s love of the swings that I plan on trying a couple more times before winter, hopefully Lily will start to enjoy them.

The family visit pt 1

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A couple of weeks ago Lily got a chance to meet some of her family and we had a blast and of course there are pictures to prove it. What kind of blogger and new mom would I be if there weren’t?

Lily got to meet her Grandparents on her Daddy’s side and her Aunt and two cousins. For right now Lily is the youngest and only girl on that side of the family, so everyone was really excited to meet her. Ok they probably would have been just as excited to meet her even if she wasn’t the first or only girl, but you know what I mean.

It was really nice to have them here because it gave us an excuse to do the touristy thing. We live in a very beautiful area and don’t every really enjoy it. So this was great.

Some of the highlights:

We went to the park that’s about a half mile from our house.  Its a great walk and we need to do it more often.

This is Lily with her Grandpa David and Grandma Rita

with Grandpa David and Grandma Rita

Lily got her first swing ride.
with Mommy, first time on the swing

I’m really irritated, I can’t find a single park around here with baby swings.  This is one reason why we don’t go to the park more often, there’s nothing for her to do yet.

But the boys had a blast.  Brendan is 10 and Jude is 2.

Brendan and Jude
Jude really was having fun.

Jude

We went to breakfast at our favorite place, The Buffalo Cafe.
at the Buffalo Cafe for breakfast

Then we walked through downtown Whitefish and it just happen to be Huckleberry Days so they had lots of booths set up in the park and Jude and Brendan got to look at the trains.

Christy, Jude and Brendan
Brendan, Jude and Christy

Jude and his Mommy Christy
Jude and his Mom (Christy)

After looking around downtown we drove up to the ski resort, Big Mountain and took the gondola to the summit.  Of course I waited 12 years to do this so it was a cold (42 at the top) and foggy day in August and there was NOTHING to see but fog.  But I did get some good pictures of Lily with her Daddy and Aunt Christy.

with Daddy going to the top of Big Mountain

with Aunt Christy gong to the top of Big Mountain

Me and Jude
Jude and me

We spent a lot of time just hanging around the house talking and enjoying each others company too.

Waldo and his sister Christy getting burgers ready to bar-b-q
Waldo and Christy (sister)

Lily with her Aunt Christy
Lily with Aunt Christy

Grandma Rita playing with Lily.
with Grandma Rita

Lily with her cousins Jude and Brendan
with Brendan and Jude

Since I don’t know how to do a photo-lite post I’m stopping here for now.

Part two will include the day we decided to drive across the whole state accidentally. Or maybe it just seemed like it since I get car sick and have a baby that hates the car. There will be lots more pretty pictures.

Tummy time with Daddy

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I came out of the kitchen the other day and this is what I found.

Tummy time

A little while later I found this.

Tummy time

They are too cute together.

I’ll post soon about our fun visit with my In-laws and more pictures. I just need to sleep right now and maybe all day tomorrow.

First solid (sorta) food – nom nom nom

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This past Sunday Lily had her first bit of sorta solid food. We went with homemade rice cereal. I wouldn’t have attempted making my own but Lindsey had just done a post about making her own and it seemed really simple so I went with it. It was really simple. I used organic sweet brown rice, which gave a nice little bit of sweetness to the cereal which was nice.

At first Lily had no idea what to do with the gloopy stuff I was putting in her mouth. But with each bite she got more and more of a hang of it. It was amazing to watch the little gears working.

First bite
Lily's first food

Rice cereal bubble
Lily's first food

The fingers are tasty too
Lily's first food

Lily's first food

Lily's first food

The food was everywhere by the end of it
Lily's first food

This is my first attempt at video editing.

Lily’s first solid food from Christy Wiggins on Vimeo.

Check out wholesomebabyfood.com for more homemade baby food recipes and information.  Its a great reasource.

*post edited to add links*

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