The system was down

So . . . just a few days after my last blog post, we had hard drive failure. Ka-blooey. So I know what you were thinking. There Heather goes again, making one blog entry and we'll hear from her again in a few years. But ha! Here I am. Back and daring to post again. My husband is a genius. He ordered the requisite parts to get the computer up and running again and he managed to do so last night WHILE in charge of little C. Yes, he is that amazing. :)

Photo - C's four month birthday celebration. On her changing table. Favorite place!

The greatest thing about starting the blog up right before the computer crashed was that starting up the blog made me think about baby pictures. Which reminded me that I should probably back them up on the external hard drive. So we didn't lose our record of these first few months with little C. So thankful for God's mercy on that one!

Since my last post, lots has happened. C turned four months, I turned 29, C had a check up and C has started solid foods. She seems quite keen on eating from a spoon. It's messy, but she's lovin' it! Mom is quite hopeful that getting some solids in her tummy during the day might help her make it through night-time a little better without getting hungry. Oddly, all the "experts" say this doesn't work. All the moms I know say it does. Hmmm.



Lovin' that oatmeal cereal!













Flash and C love tummy time together!






Check out the big-girl jogging stroller! We took our first walk in it this week and C loved being able to see as we went. In her old stroller, she had to stay in her carseat and all she had to look at was me. (Should that be 'I'?). Thanks to G & G, Aunt Fran and family, and Aunt Jane Anne and family for the super-spiffy stroller. I think it's made of airplane grade aluminum or something . . . it's so cool!









Isn't being four months old great? Welcome to the new world of TOYS!

Yes, I am figuring this out . . .

Okay, so I know this shouldn't be hard. But I just figured out you put pictures directly in your posts. So . . . pictures, here we go!

Here are a few pics I took on a walk. This is my view from the stroller. I have a great view, no matter where we go!

These were taken with my phone, but I don't think they turned out too badly. Love the hat. She did too, til it fell into her eyes. Which it did. A lot.

Trying again

So . . . I started this blog almost two years ago. As I read my first entry, all I could think was, "Yes, I was 27. Ah, to be 27." I will be 29 on Tuesday, ready to being the death march toward 30. Well, just kidding really. I'm not worried about being 29. Or being 30. Or being older than that. It's all part of the deal. To get older is to have more time to enjoy your family, learn and grow in your faith, and to figure out how to get your dogs to behave.

So since my last post, we have had our first baby. (Yeah, that tells you it's been a while . . . kids weren't really on the radar when I last posted.) We still do crossword puzzles, but really just the Sunday puzzle anymore. Not much time for that. Tragic. But Sunday puzzles are the best ones anyway. And it has to be the New York Times. We did USA Today for a while (alas, they are free), but NYT wins out every time.

So naturally most of my future posts will be about the baby. Maybe the dogs, maybe crossword puzzles, maybe my culinary exploits, maybe my part time math tutoring job, but definitely about the baby.

Our little girl was born back in October. She is almost four months old. I'm staying at home with her, but we do what we can to avoid actually staying at home all the time. I can't wait for the weather to get nice so we can go walking every day! (The dogs, incidentally, also cannot wait for spring.)

For now, I need to figure out how to post some pictures and decorate my blog. I'll do better this time with updating it. Maybe. Hoping for long, peaceful naps!