At the Zoo with Dad

Greenie

High Chair @ Kenmore

A new piece of furniture for our big girl! And it looks great in the new kitchen.

Cookie

Here's Panda enjoying a cuddle with Cookie on the couch and then playing in the tiny kitchen at Land of Nod.

Chloe Pants

turtle!

cheek!

Sip, Don't Slurp

Panda loves her sippy cup. If you try to take it away from her she'll scream.

Rice Cereal with Dad

Daddy joined in the feeding fun and took on a meal yesterday evening. Look how Panda held his hand! awwwww

Solids, Take Two!

Yesterday Cookie and I had a successful rice cereal feeding. Chloe seemed to really enjoy taking bites, playing with the spoon, sucking, swallowing and blowing bubbles into the cereal. I'm not sure she liked rice cereal best, or is just starting to get the hang of eating, but either way it sure was fun! I'm not certain it's related but Panda slept through the night last night (for what I'd consider the second time ever) 8PM-5AM-7:30AM and then pooped in the toilet! Hooray for solids!

Happy Birthday to Gundor!

Gundor joined the septuagenarian club on September 1st and to help him celebrate the big SEVEN ZERO we flew out to Baltimore to stay with Marks family over Labor Day weekend. We had a marvelous reunion! We started with brunch with Celie on Saturday-straight from the airport so we wouldn't miss each other as Celie was to depart for Italy only hours later. After that our schedule was more relaxed, centered around home cooked meals, significant bottles of wine, and a supremely decadent chocolate cake with chocolate ganache, whipped cream and strawberries on top! I tried valiantly to stick to my diet through it all, but I so hate to be a party pooper... Even Panda joined in the fun (in the theme of eating) and experimented with her first bites of solid food! We were so happy that Millie and Gundor were able to be a part of that memorable milestone! Video to come!

(FYI: Panda, it turns out, detests avocado but will tolerate banana. Upon further review since returning home we have proved that she gets downright excited for rice cereal. We'll have to retry green things at a later date...perhaps she simply wasn't ready.)

Here we are on the plane on the way out. They had a spare seat for us so we brought on the car seat and she slept the whole way there...amazing!




The best seat in the house!

First Food!

While in Baltimore we decided to try "solids" for the first time. Avocado missed the mark...our daughter was not a fan.

Aunt Peach

Mommy's good friend, Catie, is in town and finally got to meet Panda! Tuesday we went out for lunch and then last night we celebrated 5pm with a Happy Hour for us girls!

EQ Kid's Club

Panda and Mommy are both loving the Kid's Club at Equinox. It's so convenient for me and Panda has so much fun playing with the other babies and the nice people who work at the gym! Here's Panda working out with me yesterday morning.

Panda Contemplates Fall Fashion

Panda and I drool over the Barney's catalog. Hey, that's our stroller!

Here are some daring looks from Panda's Autumn '09 Collection:

Bowie Babe

Stripey PJs, Curly Hair

Oh yeah, and Bunny Slippers!!

Baby Butt!

OMGSOCUTE!