Daddy and Baby

So, despite the fact that Millie is wearing a onesie that says "Mommy's Little Lamb", she is most definitely a Daddy's girl tonight.  Brady had his first day of school last night and I think M was missing him.  He and Sneaky Pete were just out for a walk, and when they were coming in the door Millie was lying in my lap and fussing (past bedtime you know). When she heard the door shut she stopped and looked back towards it.  I told Brady and to call to her because it seemed maybe she was associating the door noise with him, and when he called her name she started smiling! Daddy is much better at walking/rocking a girl to sleep :)

Another first today, when I went to put Millie down and she (apparently) didn't want me to, she held onto my neck.  She's not sitting up on her own yet, but she lifts her shoulders off the ground. When she wants to get up I hold her hands and say "Millie, do you want to sit up?", and if she does she lifts her shoulders and head and tugs at my hands.

Here's the girl with her Daddy in MA:

Brady is carrying Millie around the house. She is facing outwards and looking around like a little queen, yawning and kicking her legs.

4 Month Millie!

 Here she is with her new duck-fuzz hair and teal eyes. Oh boy I love this baby.

Right now Millie is lying on her sheep fleece blanket and cooing at her shiny rainbow mobile. I'm hearing lots of "ahh WOO"s and general throat gurgling, which she thinks is very funny.  She just picked up her butterfly toy and tossed him over her head...

Teething, Grabbing, and Reading, oh my!

So it looks like this fourth month of Millie-Bea-ness is all about teething and grabbing. Month one was figuring out nursing, month two was learning to sleep through the night (10 hours now!), month three was talking (which is now talking, mimicking, playing sound games, singing, and laughing out loud :).

Here she is grabbing her butterfly (a gift from Brady's co-worker)

Figuring out how to chew on her freezer-ring (another gift)

Some fist gnawing...

Chewing on Daddy's finger

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Yesterday we went to Story Time at the library for the first time.  Millie was definitely the youngest there, but much more attentive than some of the kids, haha.  She sat in my lap and looked around at the kids jumping and dancing.  A little boy brought a stuffed owl toy over to her and tickled her toes with it, which was very funny.  We got up and danced when they did songs and she was content the whole time (about 35 minutes... we were late due to an unexpected pig parade before we left the house). 

3 Month Millie

A little late, but here is Millie's "official" 3 month photo from July 27th

Grandma + Grandma

In honor of Millie's great-grandma Juanita, we did some bubbles today for the first time!  She liked looking at the wand, not really following the bubbles yet, but it was fun. I told her all about cheese curls, lemon cookies with tea, bubbles on the back deck, white and pink mints in the kitchen, chocolate stashed in the produce drawer of the fridge, and much much more.  I told her that one day HER grandma will hang up her artwork in the kitchen and visit us for Easter and keep a tin of crayons for coloring and smell like old-lady powder and hug her with beautifully wrinkled hands. Then Millie got hungry so we stopped talking :)

Here is my sweet lamb with her own Grandma a few weeks ago (that last one is going in a frame for sure!)

To my Grandma: Thanks for watching over my little baby girl. I love you and miss you so much. I hope you read blogs.
Love,
Helen Jane

Gabbin' with Ma

Here's a video of Millie's vocal excursions with Mama--photos from Grandma's visit forthcoming!

To Market to Market

Millie and I have been preparing for a visit from Grandma, who arrives tonight!  This week we've made pesto using basil from the garden, and also some delicious granola using a recipe from Victoria (our Doula). Yesterday we went on an outing to the Farmers Market in Croton to pick up more delicious goodies.  It was much too hot for babywearing, but once the weather cools down I'm sure the market will be one of her favorite places to look around.  We recently bought a chocolate-colored Moby by using some gift cards from Mary LoCasio (thanks Mary!). It's super easy to put on and Millie loves it, but we might need Teta and Sotir to show us how to nurse in it.


Ok, back to the food! The market was full of seriously delicious-looking things. Below is a photo of our haul, followed by the menu options for Grandma's visit.

celery
rainbow carrots
parsley
sweet onions
yellow + white peaches
blueberries, strawberries
mozzarella
handmade pasta
peasant bread
Romano cheese loaf
chocolate sugar cookies, biscotti
flowers
dog treats




Breakfast:
- greek yogurt w/ pecan-almond granola and fresh fruit
- chocolate-almond nut butter on peasant bread
- everything bagels w/ cream cheese
- egg breakfast burritos 
Lunch + Dinner:
- pesto pasta w/ black olives
- gazpacho
- fake BLTs w/ avocado
- rainbow carrot farmer's salad
- Romano cheese bread pizzas w/ fresh mozzarella + garden peppers
Desserts + Extras:
- fresh fruit
- cookies + biscotti
- organic pink lemonade
- iced coffee w/ almond milk (yum!)


We can't wait to see Grandma!