Recent Events

Lilah recently had her doctor’s appointment and she was 32.5 inches long and 25 1/2 lbs.  She was close to 80% in height and 75% in weight.  I think she is gearing up for a growth spurt though because her thighs get really chunky and thin out (she is currently at the chunky stage) and she has been really tired lately.  We did not do much on Friday because it was rainy but on Saturday we went to get Lilah’s bedrails to make her crib into a toddler bed.  We are going to wait a while longer though because she just does not seem ready yet.  She will show signs that she is and then back them up.  I think we are going to hold off for a while until the new baby is a few months old so she won’t be too insecure.  While we picked up her things from Burlington Coat Factory in Frederick, we went to lunch at Outback.  They give you a roll of pumpernickel bread at the beginning and we cut some off and buttered it for Lilah.  Lilah decided she didn’t want the slice but when for the rest of the roll.

Here is a perfect picture of Lilah with the bread.

Later that night, we decided to cut up one of the pumpkins that we got from Larriland Farms the week before to make pumpkin cookies.  That was a disaster that took most of the night because we didn’t know how to correctly puree it (it’s not just blend it up either) and it took a while to do it.  If we decide to do it again, we will just cut it up, blend it, and leave it in a strainer with coffee filters overtop a bowl so all the water can drain out.  Some directions online were telling us to use a cheese cloth and press the water out of it.  But we were definitely happy that we decided to do that on a Saturday because Sunday morning the pumpkin had a bunch of water come out of it.  Lilah definitely wanted to help out but she thought it would be more fun to throw it on the floor.

On Sunday, we went to a family reunion where Lilah terrorized her 3 year old cousin Nicholas (he wanted nothing to do with her and she thought he was awesome).  Lilah had a great time though and played with everyone.  The reunion was at a park with a great playground and an animal farm.  But Lilah was not interested much in the playground but she loved the animal farm.  Every time we put her down she took off for the farm.  She thought all the animals were awesome but was upset that she couldn’t pet them.

Lately, Lilah and David are putting me to bed so Lilah will go in her crib (I sneak out after she goes down but I have to be under the covers).  When she tucks me in she’s been petting me on the head and then she says goodnight to her little brother and kisses him goodnight.

Here is a picture of Lilah getting on her truck to try and ride it.