Can someone please explain where the days go. Each time I sit down to write an update I find myself wishing or rather hoping that the next time won't be a month or two down the road. Hmmm, maybe its time to re prioritize.
This past weekend Ben and I spent a mommy and daddy weekend away. I had volunteered to do a demonstration for work down at a market in Bend, OR and thought it would be the perfect opportunity for Ben and I to get away and have a restful and relaxing weekend. Or so I thought. Ben ended up in Yakima on Thursday for a trade show (he only goes to two or three a year) and didn't feel great most of the day. I drove down to my parents' house late Thursday evening with Lizzy so she could spend the weekend with them and I could head to the airport Friday morning and take a quick flight to Bend. Well Ben ended up with the flu Thursday evening, drove down Friday to meet me and then I ended up catching whatever he had Friday evening. Not exactly the best start to my romantic weekend away.
We were able to catch a flick Friday night, Saturday I did my demo and then we both decided we needed to do something new so we headed to the Bendistillery right outside of town. A-MAZ-ING time. The staff was so knowledgeable and although we had both been feeling a bit under the weather the tasting of vodka and gin did surprising little to our stomachs! After a few tastings and hearing all about the product and the production process we were hooked. We walked out with three fifths of vodka. Yikes. Check it out though and like always ... buy local if you can! www.bendistillery.com
Now back to our precious Lizster. She is walking and talking and into pretty much everything. She is our little monkey finding new ways to climb all over things. We have an uncountable amount of signs we are doing now and we are learning the words to go with those signs. Our newest are banana (we did the sign our self on Thursday morning - after probably eight months of signing the fruit!) and cracker (we did this the very first time mom and dad showed her!). I know everyone says this about their kid but she is brilliant I tell you!
We went through a bit of a rough patch immediately following Labor day weekend but we now officially have four new one year molars. Her little mouth is almost entirely teeth. We chew on our binky but we definitely do not need it. It is used more as a teething toy than anything. But we LOVE our bottles. I think we are on our way to giving up the evening bottle, but she will not touch a sippy cup. She may take a drink or two here or there ... otherwise, bottle only if you please!
Last weekend we headed to our favorite spot to pick pumpkins, Bob's Pumpkin Patch! Ben and I were trying to figure out if this was our fourth or fifth time there. Ben and Bob used to work together at Fastenal so it can be a bit like old home week and it is always nice to patronize those that we know! So we took a gander at all the pumpkins. Lizzy loved to touch and feel the big vegetables although it took her a few moments to warm up to what those fuzzy leaves were all about. We measured her against the Bob's Pumpkin Patch height chart (should be fun to watch her grow!) and we played and raced on the John Deere bicycles. She figured out how to push herself forward for the first time! Mommy and Lizzy raced around the track while daddy took pictures! Unlike last year though the hay ride was probably our least favorite event. We took a ride down to the corn maze and immediately came back up to the farm.
So we'll leave you with this ... Lizzy's list of words to date ... I can only imagine how this will change over the next few months. Our next goal is to teach her aloha for our Hawaiian vacation in November!
Lizzy words/expressions:
peas (please)
buh bye (bye bye)
nigh nigh (night night)
hi (hi!)
ma (milk)
nana (banana)
ma ma (mama)
da da (daddy)
baf (bath)
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