7 months!

On October 25th, Lyla turned 7 months old. It is crazy to think where we were this time last year. In some ways it seems like an eternity ago, but then like yesterday. She continues to grow and thrive, enjoying new foods every day. Let's see so far she has had peas, green beans, squash, avocado, apples, bananas, guacamole, tuna, chicken and spaghetti. My bad on the spaghetti! Her pediatrician said to give her what ever we eat, so one night I smashed up some spaghetti for her and lets just say she rejected it, 100%. I don't know if it was the texture, flavor, seasonings.........whatever it was she gagged until she puked! I felt so bad :( I was kind of surprised because she had loved everything I had previously given her. So note to self, no Italian stuff for a while!

I have been making her baby food with her Beaba. At first I was worried it would be a cumbersome and time consuming task, but it is actually so easy. I also feel like I am doing some very healthy for her by avoiding additional chemicals and preservatives.

Developmentally, she is sitting up great now and she has two teeth! The past couple of weeks she has really been scooting around on her knees but she hasn't quite grasped crawling. Oh, the big news for her is that she is finally rolling around both ways like crazy! The day she figured it out she made it seem like she was a pro all along.

We also decided to take the plunge and put our house up for sale. We just listed it but we are hoping a praying for a positive outcome. Thank goodness our builder is going to work with us through the process. It is crazy to think that this will be the last "holidays" at this house.

Halloween

It was our first Halloween this year and it didn't quite go as planned but it was still fun all the same. We started it off by attending a very well planned costume party at the Borg's on the 23rd. We were all supposed to show up dressed in a theme. It was all planned out. Fabian would be a firefighter (I know, we have no originality), Lyla would be his little Dalmatian, and I would go as Cruella De Vil. Well all of those plans came to a screeching halt when we realized that Fabian was on shift that day. It was a total bummer, but hey, that is the life of a firefighter and I am sure that there will be many more holidays similar to this one, this coming Christmas in fact.



She was so funny to watch because I could tell that not only was she exhausted since we were about an hour past her bedtime, but she had stimulation overload. Everyone tried, but no one could distract her from all of the bright colors and kiddos running all over the place. She also got her first taste of icing. She was a fan I will just say that!



The actual day of Halloween came and went without much of a bang. The night before I noticed her sneezing and sniffing but by the next evening it turned into a full fledged cold. We still decided to take her Mainstay Farms for a photo opp, but with her not feeling well a smile was hard to come by....not existent actually. The evening came and we didn't even turn on our porch light the for trick-or-treaters! Since she didn't feel well we just decided to call it a night and decided to skip handing out candy this year. At least we saved some $$$ because last year we went through 16, yes, that is 16 bags of candy!

As I write this I am battling a little cold that was generously given to me by Lyla. I can't complain because it hasn't been too bad for me, but I can't say the same for Lyla. Initially I thought she might be teething again but it has turned into a full fledged, snottiness that I can't describe. I feel so terrible for her because she is so congested it is hard for her to even eat. I have never felt more terrible than Saturday night, which was when her cold was at its worst. She went to bed pretty easily only to be awaked by throwing up in her bed. Needless to say she wasn't too happy about that. I have never heard her more upset but by the grace of God, after rocking her for about 30 minutes she finally gave in and went back to sleep.



Being helpless is the worst feeling in the world. As a parent we are supposed to be a source of comfort and there was nothing I could do for her to make her feel better. Even though the past couple of days have been a little rough I am still thankful. I am so thankful that it is just a cold and not the flu or even worse, H1N1.