Da-da

Logan's been saying "ma-ma" now for about a month and while she's said it once or twice before, Logan has just now latched on to saying "da-da" and she says it all. the. time. It's SO cute and Mike just lights up every time she says it so I had to capture it on camera for you all. She's actually watched this video herself a few times and sits and smiles and repeats dada over and over again when she does. It's very sweet!

Big Girl

Logan is getting to be such a big girl! This week we introduced two big things to her: yogurt melts and her sippie cup.

Yogurt melts are a wonderful gerber product. I can't find them in any generic brands so, even though it's a little pricey, gerber wins this battle. They are freeze dried yogurt bites perfect for little baby mouths that are learning how to eat. When we first introduced them, we had to break them apart for Logan so she could suck on them and if she happened to swallow before melting them, she wouldn't choke. She has now figured out how to chew the melt with her gums and she also knows how to suck on it until it just slides down. She l-o-v-e-s them so much she just begs for more when I pull them out.

We also got her using her sippie cup well this week. She's actually been using one for about a month now, but up until this week we were having to hold it for her because she couldn't quite figure out how to hold it up and get the liquid out. This week the light clicked with her and she figured out that if she tilts her head back when she sips the juice comes out. She was so proud of herself I had to post some pictures! I know it's hard to see them in the collage so I included the originals, too.

And yes, her hair, as you can see in the pictures, is becoming very red. It's a little more strawberry than blonde, you can really tell when you look at the brows because they're very red. It's simply gorgeous and I can't get enough of it (especially the sweet little tuft in the back that's so kissable; I now know why my mom used to call kisses to the backs of our neck sugar kisses).

Baby Nole.

Here's our little seminole on gameday! *fingers crossed* for a win against BYU. Maybe this sweetheart will give us the luck we need with her cuteness...whadya think?

A girl and her puffs

We've added "afternoon snack" to our list of daily activities now! Logan gets a handful of puffs (puffed rice cereal pieces that melt on her tongue) to play around with and eat every afternoon. She's just started to enjoy them, which she didn't at first--wasn't quite sure what to make of having to dissolve her food before she swallowed.

I mostly like to play with the puffs.

Most of the snack that I have on my tray ends up on the floor or stuck in my bumbo.

Don't let this picture fool you, I may LOOK like I can feed myself but I haven't figured out how to open my little fist to get the puff in my mouth.

So mommy has to do it for me.

What do I think about the puffs?

I think they're GREAT!

Inspired By Cake Boss

Ok, I can't lie- I'm a bit of a cake boss fan. I like to record several episodes and then sit down and watch them all at the same time and marvel at the creativity that he has. I usually watch and will say something along the lines of, "I bet I could do that" to the screen, knowing deep down that I'd be lucky to create something minutely as good. I've been dying for a chance to give it a try and didn't want to just make a cake for the heck of it--I wanted there to be a reason. So, when Patty, one of my best friends from high school, found out she was having a baby girl today, I decided it was time to test myself. This is what I came up with:

Not too bad for a first try, eh? I know it could be a lot better, but I was just experimenting to see if I could do anything remotely artistic. I really do like the result though. :) I made my own pound cake from scratch and my own fondant (which was insanely difficult).
Then we took it over to Patty's and celebrated the news of their sweet little girl.
And I had to keep Logan from digging in herself. Such a precocious girl!

New Love

I have a new love: baby leggies. Before Logan was born, I saw them all over the place online (mainly in those winter months of my third trimester) and always thought, "well, those are cute, but WAY too expensive." They usually ran $10-20 a pair and that was just way out of my price range. Our hero, Target, now carries these wonderful creations for under $3...hello affordability!

Don't I look like the star of an 80's workout video?

Ok, dad, enough of that, I'm way too mature for kisses. :) (actually, she really loves them and will return them to both Mike and I in the form of a very slobbery, wet, open mouth on the cheek and a "muuuuuuuuuh" sound)

Anyway, the leggies are great because it's a little cool here some mornings and so I can throw them on her with a short sleeved onesie and know her little legs are warm. They also have been wonderful for her sweet little knees since she's trying to crawl and on them quite a bit AND they are incredible during diaper changes--no more pulling pants off to get that diaper done!

Mommy Creations

I've been crafting like crazy the past few weeks in effort to:

1. Save some money on L's accessories/clothing

2. Get ready for some big things: a consignment sale that is selling my bows and a craft fair in November and I'm getting ready to re-vamp my etsy site so that I can start really selling my stuff there.

So, the other morning L and I headed out for a morning of watching flag football. We have so much fun playing outside, BUT, Lo has very very fair skin--more fair than her Danish grandmother--and so we have to do several things to keep her from burning. One of the easiest, of course, is to stick a floppy hat on her. Unfortunately (or fortunately for my crafty desires), floppy hats don't come with bows on them, so we had to fix that.

I present to you exhibit A: mommy made bow.

And what the little bow does for her hat just tickles me:


Logan was excited too!I meant to get pictures at the game but forgot my camera so our little porch had to do.

Hello world!

Onto craft #2! I've been working on some different patterns for Logan. I mastered the pillowcase dress and had been working to make the pillowcase shirt work and finally got it down last week. Here's L in her mommy created designer outfit (please pardon the open drawer in the background):

Getting a 7 month old to look at the camera when you want her to is a daunting task.

But we got it!