Lilac Festival 2010

Adam had off today so we ventured over to the Lilac Festival!  Unfortunately the lilac trees/bushes had already bloomed.  The lilacs were sparse.  We did happen to find a couple trees!
We got some cool photos of Emily sitting on these giant benches which are part of theThe Benches on Parade all around Rochester.  Pretty cool!

21 months old

My goodness.  In less than 3 months Emily will be TWO!  I really can't believe it.  The last 9 months flew by faster than the last year.  She is talking up a storm.  Here are just a few of her words:

Milk
Bottle
Cereal
Cupcake
Yogurt
Marshmallow
Bear
Kitty cat
Monkey
Momma
Dada
Papa
Joe (great-grandfather)
Grandma
Abby (cousin)
upstairs
Book
shoes
socks
stroller
car
truck

I am sure there are more, I just can't remember all of them!!

Her favorite foods lately have been:
chicken nuggets
pasta with red sauce
cereal with milk
bananas
mandarin oranges
Peanut butter sandwiches
coca pops (sorta like mum mum's, but much bigger!)
Tuna fish sandwich
hot dog
carrots drizzled with butter

Her hair is getting sooo long!  Although you can't really tell how long it is unless she takes a bath!  It is almost in the middle of her back.

Finger painting

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Originally uploaded by LightningBoldt82
We did finger painting for the first time over the weekend. When I first squirted the paint onto the paper, she took her finger, scooped some up and put it in her mouth! Good thing it is non-toxic!
She had a lot of fun once I showed her how to make hand prints and pretty soon she made a beautiful collage :)

Black and White

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Originally uploaded by LightningBoldt82

I took this a couple days ago on my new camera. I am still trying to figure out all of the settings, but I think this shot came out pretty good! Now if only I could remember what settings I was using.

Ergo Baby Carrier

When I was pregnant with Emily, I purchased a Baby Bjorn because everywhere I looked someone had their baby in one.  It was popular two years ago.  Now after using it, I hate it.  Emily isn't even 20 lbs and the thing kills my back and my shoulders.  Then I did some research and found the Ergo baby carrier.  I am trying to sell my Bjorn, but since everyone has one of these, it is very difficult to get rid of.
So I am trying to win an Ergo!  You can try and win too!

Check out the giveaway site, Braggingmommy here:

http://www.thebraggingmommy.com/2010/04/03/ergobaby-carrier-review-and-giveaway/