Lucidia Lohman

A Long Overdue Update for Seven Months

Well now, it has been quite awhile since we’ve updated, now hasn’t it? Lulu’s six-month birthday has come and gone (as has another trip to Pennsylvania and my first extended leave from my girls–SIX DAYS is far too many!) and, as you’ll notice in her Flickr photostream, the little mushy thing that we brought home in December 2008 is neither very mushy or little anymore. At her most recent immunization appointment (7/15/09), she weighed in at 19 lbs and some ounces, towered over her former self at 28 and three-quarters inches, and took her third round of vaccines like a champ, crying briefly then sleeping sweetly for the duration of the afternoon.

Instead of lamenting our lack of updates (or delivering yet another acknowledgment that this site needs some freshening up [maybe for her one-year birthday!!]), I’ll take the next few days to recap the last couple months in as few words as possible.

June 2009

A few days after her first foray into the pool, Lulu came down with her second ear infection (the first occurring on Mother’s Day, during a visit from Grammy and Uncle Michael) that lasted most of the month and curtailed her pool time until around the middle of July (as we read that one should not immerse one’s snotty baby in water for fear of perpetuating the sickness). Despite the great deal of fun Lulu had taking her medicine every morning (read: not at all), she soldiered on, maturing seemingly every day and filling virtually every silent waking moment with an endless cacophony of babyspeak.

We can’t say enough about how fortunate we are to have access to a quality daycare provider. As much as we loved having an in-home nanny for Lulu’s second few months, she seems to have taken to a multi-child environment like the proverbial duck to the froggie pond. She sleeps amid the sounds of babble and bray alike, exchanges gestures and glances with the other pre-toddlers in her room, and SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT DURING THE WEEK. Grandmas 2.0 (the kindly ladies who dutifully accept our offering of Lulu every morning with a “Hay Luuuu Luuu”) are amazing in their ability to wind Lulu’s internal alarm clock and, as much as we enjoy spending more time with her on the weekends, repair the damage done by Mom and Dad’s weekend excesses every Monday.

Since taking the gummy plunge into solid foods on 5/28/09, Lulu has progressed to stage 2 food. She loves apples, pears, guava, bananas, and peaches. She is abhorrent of green beans and tolerates peas and (sometimes) squash and the illustrious “garden vegetables.” While Mom and Dad definitely have different approaches to mealtime (Mom always the businessperson and Dad always the “stand halfway across the room and rile the infant up by approaching with spoon held high whilst uttering a progressively louder “AHHHHHHHH”… FYI, Mom’s method works the best), it’s a blast to watch Lulu get more accustomed to the texture and taste of the food (we’ve begun adding copious amounts of cereal to the soupy fruits and veggies) and the approach of the spoon.

July

July started with a visit from Mom’s college roommate, Jill, and her fiancee, Mike (whose last name is Litt, which won’t be funny to Lulu for a long, long time) who met up with Lulu at her first Music On Main experience (Lulu’s old nanny Keri, her fiancee Bryce, and wonderfully cute son Connor were there as well!). Mom and Dad finally escaped the clutches of “homebodiness” (this time with the baby) and had a great time, though it was off-to-home early to get Lulu to bed.

Later that weekend, Lulu and Mom jetted off to Pennsylvania to visit the family. They had a great time meeting many of Lulu’s extended relatives at the Gorski family reunion, attending a Fourth of July party at Aunt Beth’s house, and hanging out with Grammy and Pop Pop and Granny and Popsy as well. (Thanks to everyone for their hospitality and for making Lulu’s THIRD trip to PA enjoyable [and as stress-free as possible for Mom, traveling for the first time with Lulu minus Dad]!)

Speaking of Granny and Popsy, they surprised Lulu by visiting again during the second-to-last week of July (right after Lulu scooted toward a toy–another step toward her impending mobility!) Lulu, Mom, and Dad had a great time during the visit (though Lulu missed out on an ooVoo convo with Uncle Dave and Auntie Claire in Korea!). Lulu had her first taste of fresh produce (first a cantaloupe and then a bit of peach) and her first Cheerios (though I was freaking out, convinced she was going to choke on one after another of those stinky little morsels).

More Updates

Since I obviously missed a great deal of “stuff” in this month-plus update, I’m resolving–here and now–to get this blog updated more often so that we have an accurate snapshot of our first year+ of Lulu. Please feel free to berate me in the comment thread if I fail to live up to this, as I could really use the encouragement. Much more soon!

Go Phillies!

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