Lola's first sitdown in a restaurant high chair

It's been a crazy August and September for the Campbell family. We're in the process of remodeling our kitchen, and so Maggie and Lola had to take up temporary residence in Massachusetts during the messiest work. Then came Lola's first birthday, and most recently, Lola finished her first week of child care. We have lots of catching up to do and gosh darn it, here's a random post to get the ball rolling!

Lola enjoying the view from her high chair

We have usually had Lola reclining in her car seat thingamajig while we eat at one of our local brefus places so she can hopefully nap, but Lola enjoys all the sights, sounds, smells and people so she isn't content to chill in that seat any more. It was finally time to give the less than sterile restaurant high chair a go. Sure enough she had no problem sitting up throughout the meal, even occasionally chomping on some of Maggie's french toast, she had a great time.

First swim in a pool

This past weekend we visited my brother, Brett and his family. It was a beautiful day complete with good food (I have to get that lasagna recipe), good company, and a visit to the neighborhood pool. This was a first for Lola - who, until recently, did not like being in water much at all. It seems we've turned a corner, however, because she had a great time splashing around.

They're in - the TOP TWOFS

The top twofs

We've found pretty much the only way to get a good picture of her teeth as they come in is to take a video and grab the best frame. So here's Lola being tickled and cajoled into showing her new teeth

The kitchen sink

Here in New York it's been a hot fourth of July weekend, the temperature has been hovering around 102 degrees and the humidity has been downright miserable. We'd been putting Lola through her paces practicing crawling and sitting, so she got hot and sticky in spite of the best efforts of our air conditioner.

Flushed from exercise this girl needs a bath!

It seems to be a long standing Colombian tradition to wash el bebé in el sinko del kitchenato, despite the protestations of the other [daddy] parent. I've found Lola getting the scrub-a-dub-dub in grandma's sink and now even in our own kitchen sink! Heavens to mergatroid!

Ay carumba!

Now Lola is all cleaned up she would like to play you a little something on her spoons, enjoy!

Catching the wind

During our last visit to Massachusetts, Lola started opening her mouth as wide as she could whenever she felt the wind on her face. We thought it was another one of those things that would come and go in a few days, but a few weeks later she's still catching breezes. Maybe it feels good on her gums while she's teething? Stay tuned for a glimpse of her top set!

equal time!

We've just entered the 42 week mark in Lola's life - Scott cleverly reminded me that she has now been "on the outside" as long as she was "on the inside".

Yay Lola!

Up North to see family

Meaghan and Lola

Maggie's parents have rented a beautiful house on a lake in Framingham, MA. We drove/ferried up for an extended visit to share the baby and spend some relaxing time with family. We enjoyed time with mama, Doug, Meaghan, Bobbie Jo, Mikaela, Bea, and Leo. It was nice having no place we had to go and no agenda, we cooked a few dinners, talked, played with the baby, and watched Red Sox games.

Click here for all the pictures from our visit. [there are a lot of pictures.]

Pepe teaching Lola to count

Look at those cheeks!

Lola in her exer-saucer

Mama with Mikaela