Room Service Please...

Eowyn spent her first night in a hotel. We went away for a church retreat and stayed nearby in a hotel. Eowyn did very well being out of her normal surroundings and not in her own bed. She liked the big bed, but slept her her pack 'n play.

She looks so little!

(photo taken 7/21)

The summer of DADDY!

Christopher is a teacher. This year, instead of working a summer job, he took the teacher summer off to help with Eowyn and work on getting ready for the next school year. He had such a great time with Eowyn and she LOVED having her daddy around. Here they are playing...

Boy are we going to miss him when school starts...TOMORROW!!

(photo taken 7/22)

Catch up!!!

Okay, it's been over a month since I last posted and a lot has happened...she even turned 1 !! Sorry I've been so silent. It's been a busy month with my business, then birthday plans, and family stuff, and Christopher going back to school, and developing a new item to sell, and chasing after a very adept walker, and ... are you tired yet? I am. Not to mention computer problems that made access to pictures difficult. But, enough with the excuses. On to the pictures.

Eowyn loves to sing. She sings a lot at home, and requests music with sign language. Here she is singing in a lively church service, with her daddy, while she plays her tamborine. Lots of people talked to us afterwards about how sweet it was to see her so into worship already! (photo taken 7/21)

Bad Hair Day...

...enough said.

11 months old and walking!!

Eowyn has been taking steps here and there, as you know. But on her 11 month birthday she started walking yards, not a couple steps. She can lift herself off the ground, stand, without assistance, stabilize and start walking. She still falls quite a bit, but I do believe she is now saftely considered a 'walker'.

She went to visit her grammy today, and walked around the yard with a big purple ball! She thought she was hot stuff...

Christopher's Musings...

When I started this blog I figured Christopher and I would both scatter our thoughts on raising Eowyn, throughout the "pages". As you who read often know, it's all me. But from time to time I reference Christopher's observations. This is one of those times:

We feed Eowyn healthy foods. Most of her baby food is homemade, by me, using wholesome ingredients and a blender. I've tasted this whirled cuisine and have found it to be very palatable, despite it's lack of salt, or added sugar. She likes most of what I serve her, though from time to time she will turn up her nose, or more likely wrinkle her face in disgust over something we've spooned into her mouth.

Then there are times when we are playing outside. There is grass, rocks, woodchips, or sand. All of these things my tactile baby loves to explore. Often times they head towards the mouth. Sometimes we don't catch it in time and it reaches it's destination. Such was the fate of a handful of sand at the lakeside beach. We diligently tried to wipe away all the little particles, which we succeeded on a moderate level. As Eowyn happily gummed the gritty residue, and reached down to try this move again, Christopher started to ponder... "Why disgust over tasty morsels in her highchair, but enthusiasm over a mouth of dirt?"

Conclusion: Children must have a switch in their brain. Food or Explore. When the food switch is on, the child has the ability to discern flavor, texture, and temperature. These all must align in perfect harmony for success to be achieved. But click the brain to Explore and anything and everything is fair game, and quite tasty to the little adventurer. Unable to find the switch, we will continue to dodge handfuls of sand and the occasional ant traveling along the floor...

Standard Issue Teddy Bear...

Legend as it, my Aunt, Uncle and Father were talking about "the problem with kids" and someone determined the problem to be the fact no one gets "standard issue Teddy Bears" anymore. Simple brown, soft bears, who don't talk, sing, dance, they just "are". So started my Aunt Eileen's (loving refered to as Chip by all her family...another story) quest of ensuring the children of the family start out on the right foot. A "Standard Issue Teddy Bear" is given to all the kids when they are born. I had one, my cousins all got one, and Eowyn recieved hers, as well. She loves that bear. She likes to drag it around, lay on it and give it great big "bear hugs" complete with a little growl of enthusiasm. Here is Eowyn, happily enjoying "StandardIssue", the Bear. Thank you Chip and Thank you Grammy Ouellette for the fabulous picture!

Showin' off for Uncle Kenny

Christopher's youngest brother, Kenny, came over for dinner tonight. Eowyn decided to take the opportunity to break her record of 4 steps in a row (which was achieved on the evening of the 20th), with a whopping 7! This is also the first time that she walked on her own, where the goal of her strides did not involve something we had told her she couldn't have. She was walking to Daddy tonight...aaawwwww.

And to the top...

Eowyn loves stairs! She doesn't take them slow either. If you are her finger support and she heads for the stairs, be ready. She is beatin' feet up those babies, and don't expect her to get both feet on one step at a time...one step = one foot, just like the "grown ups" do it. I'm sure that will change when she's flying solo, but right now she has many an adult taking the stairs!

Like mother, like Waterbaby

I love the water. If I'm stressed the best way for me to calm down is relaxing in the tub. In the summer, I love floating in the water in a nice big innertube. Eowyn seems to find the same solace and enjoyment in the lovely mixture of hydrogen and oxygen. She enjoys her baths, loves when Grammy W lets her play in the sink after a particularly messy meal, and recently had her first adventure in a lake. Here is the sweet baby girl enjoying her new floatie from Grammy O.

Summer Fun!

We went to our first BBQ with Eowyn. My cousin's son, Will, was baptised on Sunday, and we went to the "After Baptism BBQ". It was a great time and Ewoyn loved their lawn! She had the best time exploring, and I couldn't take my eyes off her, it was such a delightful sight. She picked up grass, leaves, rocks and the best part...nothing went to her mouth! She did a great job of exploring with her other senses, instead of her old standby. She also spent a good deal of time watching all the big kids play. You could see the wheels spinning. She wanted to be out there running around too. I'm sure she will be by the end of the summer. I took a ton of pictures and this is one of my favorites. It makes me smile, I hope it makes you smile too!

More elusive than the...

the black rail, a mythic red-eyed bird so rare and secretive, so deftly elusive in the fine grass of its meadow home, that few ornithologists had ever even seen it...

Eowyn Standing.

She has been standing for short periods of time, all by herself. It started last week sometime, I'm not sure which day, and she's done it several times since then. She gets all proud, but then realizes that she doesn't really know how to do this by herself, then sits down. It's very funny. Until today, I either didn't have my camera at all, or when I did she'd sit down before I could snap! Today however, Laurie, who helps me with my business, was playing with Eowyn during a short work break, had her standing and I had the camera!!

Here's the Sweet Baby Girl showing off, before going to the park with Daddy.

If you are interested in seeing pictures of the Black Rail, you can pick up a copy of William Burt's book on Amazon...for only $5.99 in hard back...any bird lovers out there?

7 Random things about Eowyn's Mom...

1) I didn't want to name the baby Eowyn, because I was afraid it was too weird...I'm glad we did it anyway.

2) I enjoy reading books written by Jodi Picoult and am currently reading 19 Minutes.

3) I love split pea soup!

4) My dog has approximately 103 nicknames, all given by me.

5) I like to sew clothes for my baby girl...but don't get enough time to.

6) I love soaking in the tub!

7) I miss my husband when he's not home.

I'm tagging my friend Ellen, even though she'll probably want to kill me!

EEk I've been tagged!

My cyber friend Kim "tagged" me...so now I must think of 7 random things about me and figure out someone to tag...

This is going to take a day or so to figure out, so check back this weekend!!

In the mean time you can check out the cool stuff that Kim sells on Etsy... She has helped Eowyn to be one of the best dressed babies of all time...especially at mealtime.

This little pinafore is one of her creations...Ewoyn looks adorable in it, and I have a matching bib coming...it's in the mail right now!!

Ready for bed...

Eowyn is a late night baby. She likes to stay up until about 10-10:30pm and then sleep until 9-10am. Since Christopher and I prefer that sleeping schedule too, often we are all up late at night doing stuff, and we occassionally lose track of the time. The other night we were reminded of the hour when Ewoyn brought her little dolly over to the dining room where I was typing, layed her head on it like a pillow, looked up at me and smiled. So off to bed she went. Well, tonight, at 10:30, she grabbed a towel that was on the couch wrapped it around her and layed on the floor. Christopher helped her up and off to bed she went...

Everything is to be explored!

Eowyn was too little to "play" outside the last time the weather was nice in New England, then snow came, cold, followed by rain, but finally the weather is nice and there is a whole world to be explored! Eowyn has been going to the park quite a bit and having lots of fun on the various climbing structures, but a couple days ago she was far more interested in the bark mulch covering the ground, then anything else. She took handfuls of the stuff, dropped it, grabbed again, laughing and smiling all the while. She did not try to eat it, which we were surprised about.

Then yesterday we went to visit our friends at a local campground, and my friend Laura and I walked Eowyn on the edge of the water, barefeet sinking into the sandy "quicksand" as we went. She loved it! She seemed very excited to have the water and sand between her toes. We walked the length of the small beach on the lake a couple times and on the third trip, Eowyn plunked down for a tactile "look" at what she had been walking in. We took off her outfit and let her go. She had the best time grabbing fists full of sand and watching it sneak out between her fingers into the water. Again, none in her mouth.

Finally, today, we went with a group of people from church for a picnic. Eowyn sat in the grass grabbing clumps and pulling. She would investigate her hand with the little blades of green sticking out in all directions. It was very funny. Oh, and yes mom, she had her sun hat on and sunscreen...she didn't even turn pink!

This is going to be a very fun summer! I'm looking forward to time with Christopher and Ewoyn, as we all discover the world around us for the first time, or all over again!

Climbing...

Eowyn and Christopher went to the park yesterday and I asked him to bring the camera. I'm so glad I did! He made a fabulous little video/slideshow of Ewoyn's adventures...

we are having technical difficulty with the video online, so here are a couple pics until we get it fixed...

I can't praise this enough!

Eowyn loves all music, and when she was a teeny baby we didn't worry about the lyrics, but when her favorite song became a catchy tune by Micheal Knott, about a woman and her alcohol struggles, we decided we need some kid music. Well, not as easy as you'd think, since most of it is quite painful to listen to...Enter Frances England and her fabulous CD, Fascinating Creatures!

I can't praise this enough. The songs are clever, catchy and FUN to listen to, for Ewoyn and the adults who join her! There is a song about a tricycle that mentions the Tour D' France, here is a link to a fun video using the song http://www.francesengland.com/video.htm , A fun little tune about Jazz Greats, "Charlie Parker". "Digging in the Dirt" explores gardening. A song about the worlds best breakfast food, "Blueberry Pancakes". For those who want to encourage reading with Children, you'll love "Books I like to Read"and my 3 favorite "Sometimes" which explores emotions, "Daddy-O" which is sung from the childs perspective, to their Daddy...so sweet...and "Paint a Picture" which Paints a touching word picture about family! Several other songs complete this CD that is a total must have for all children and their parents!


My little confession...I've listened to it when Eowyn is not in the car! Go ahead and get your copy now!

One hand only, please

Eowyn no longer desires two adult hands to assist her in walking. She only wants one! She's on her way to walking. She actually took a couple steps the other day, all by herself. It was an accident...the thing she was holding onto was further away from me then she thought it was so when she went to grab my leg she let go of her stable support and sort of did the jerky baby lunge, with legs in motion, thing, which qualified as 2 steps, on her own. She has been spotted standing alone for several seconds at a time, that may or may not have added up to 1/2 a minute.

She thinks she's pretty cool, and will often start talking to the dog as she's starting to move from one stable object to another. Maggie fains interest, but really just wants to be sure Eowyn is not going for anything that Maggie wants, like rocks, our shoes, her bone, though she has very little concern with Eowyn investigating her toys...Maggie is actually far more interested in Eowyn's toys then her own lately, and I think would rather trade, so sees "sharing with Eowyn" will acutally work in her favor.



Eowyn is talking to Maggie as she walks with Christopher...She's pretty proud of herself, as she carries her little lion (thank you Ellen). Maggie desires that Lion, too, by the way...

Like Father, Like Daughter...

Eowyn was very tired yesterday afternoon, and had avoided napping, depsite many offers for naps throughout the day. The sweet little girl was rubbing her eyes and looked ready to finally give in. Being naive parents we had a "brilliant" idea. We were going to go see Spiderman 3, I'd nurse Eowyn off to sleep when we got there, and we'd enjoy the film while holding a sweet sleeping baby. (you can stop laughing now...)

We got there and she nursed, as planned, closed her eyes, seemed to be fading off to sleep. Then she sat up, done nursing and started watching the movie! We spent the rest of the 2 1/2 hour film taking turns bouncing her, pacing in the back of the theater with her, and my nursing her. She was really good for a baby in a movie, that wasn't allowed to watch the screen because we didn't know if the "bad guys" would scare her.

When the scene took place in a Jazz Bar, Eowyn sang! When the fight scenes kicked in, she talked like she does when we are in busy stores or other places with lots of people. The two other couples that shared the theater with us, came over afterwards to meet Ewoyn, and tell her how good she was and how cute she is!

All worked out in the end, but we will be getting a baby sitter the next time we want to go to a movie!

The girl has rhythm!

Eowyn is a very musical child. I'm not claiming prodigy (yet) or anything, but she has wowed her dad and I quite a bit. She is certainly drawn to music, and most specifically bass... We have encouraged her enthusiasm by giving her a nice range of musical influences, some musical instruments and she and I recently started going to a music class, called "Music Together". It is an international program for kids and music. It's a great concept, and our specific instructor is excellent. We are having lots of fun! Eowyn's little friend, Carrigan, from mom's group, attends, as well.

Here are the two of them playing with stick to one of the songs. Eowyn was even keeping in rhythm for chunks at a time. Maybe my drum set won't collect dust it's whole life...

Her first Natural Disaster...

A "state of emergency" has been declared for our part of the state. Flooding, serious power outages, and the rain has started up again! While the rain took a break today, Eowyn, Grammy, Grampa and Mom all went for a walk up the road to check on the bridge. We doubt we'll be going anywere for a couple days. Here are some pics...

A flooded bridge up the street from our house.



Eowyn in front of that bridge.





My feet on the yellow line! With water past my ankles, in the shallow part. Further up the street, the water was mid-thigh, on a grown man, who was checking on his flooded house.

Blend it for Baby

I have started making Ewoyn's baby food! It's very fun really. I made Broccoli, Green Beans, Peas and a mix of the three in about 45 minutes, the other day. That was enough for, probably a couple weeks...I blended the veggies, put them in ice trays, let them set and popped them in freezer bags. It was great. I have a few recipes that I'm looking forward to trying next week after I pick up the organic ingredients. A citrus couscous that I think I may make extra of and serve with steak for christopher and I. The recipe came from this fabulous book:



The book doesn't just contain yummy recipes, it also has helpful information in regards to feeding your child, like what foods contain the best 'stuff' for babies, as well as, what not to serve them...like Honey. You should not serve honey to children under the age of 1 because it contains a bacteria that could be harmful to the young immune systems of infants...why have I never heard that? Dogs not eating chocolate, that's everywhere, but honey and babies...well, now you know.

Nunchuck Skills, Computer Hacking Skills, Photoshop Skills...

For Easter, I decided to do some pretty photos of Eowyn in a fancy dress holding some flowers and put them together for the grandma's. Well, Eowyn just wanted to eat the flowers, so I had to get creative.

Not bad, if I do say so myself...

First Trip to the Park

Yesterday was a beautiful day, sun shining, birds singing, kind of day. We had been driving a lot and Eowyn was becoming disenchanted with her fabulous car seat. So spying a park along our journies, Grammy, Eowyn and I stopped for a little break! Eowyn had a great time. She loved the swing, and was very proud of herself, when she climbed the stairs (with help from mommy), to go down the slide. It was a lot of fun to explore a park from Eowyn's perspective! This is going to be a fun summer.

8 months!

Eowyn is 8 months old today!

Christopher had the day off from work, so we caught up on some things around the house, then ventured to Newington for a nice afternoon walk, capping the day off with a fun trip to Barnes and Noble. Eowyn helped Christopher gather copies of "Dracula" for the kids at school to borrow, as they are reading it this semester in the 10th grade. She browsed Knitting books with me...then to the cafe for some reading of kids books!

We found a wonderful series of books by James Mayhew. Katie is the main character and she takes trips to the art museum with her nap prone Grandma...Grandma naps and Katie explores the artwork, up close and personal. Not in a mischevious, destructive way that generally happens in books when the adult in charge naps. Rather she becomes part of the piece and has adventures with the other subjects. They are adorable. The store only had two different books in the series of 5, but we found copies of the rest on Amazon.com. I'll be adding them to "Eowyn's Library", since we did buy the whole series. They are amazing!

Right after this surreal image of Daddy and daughter reading together in Barnes and Noble was taken, Eowyn promptly started trying to eat the book...They are reading "Seen Art" by Jon Scieszka...the author of such greats as "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" and "Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales". "Seen Art is another trip to the Art Museum, specifically MOMA, for the main character. Yes, we added that one to Eowyn's Collection, too.

Happy Birthday Great Grammy!

Eowyn went to her Great Grammy's 82nd Birthday party today! She was a little fussy, due to the teething thing, but she still said hi to her grammy and looked darn cute in her flowered hat! Thank you Beth for taking this sweet pic of the birthday girl and her Great Granddaughter!

The workin' girl

I say I'm a work at home mom, and while I guess that is the best way to describe what I do, it's not entirely accurate. I run an online business, and since the store is online, I can do most of the management from home. But there is still a lot of running around, going to suppliers, checking with the employees, helping with manufacturing, and I'll stop there, before I get tired just thinking about all I do. Well, I kept thinking that when Eowyn was "a little older" she'd be easier to bring to work. What really happens is she's different to bring to work. The infant who used to cry if I put her down in the office, is gone (mostly) but the busy baby who wants to move has arrived...less noisy, but equally challenging. I did find she was happy to keep herself occupied while playing with the boxes of orders to ship, while being coralled in a USPS tote. Here's the working girl...

Brown Bear

Another knitted toy! This time I got the pattern from a seller, Purl, on www.Etsy.com! A great pattern, easy to follow and lots of fun. I modified a little. The pattern called for felt (that cheap craft stuff) for the ears and the flowered eyes. I instead knit a swatch of cloth for each color, felted and cut them from that. Sure, do think I'm pretty clever. The hands have bells in them to make for a hard chewing surface, which is a big plus in Eowyn's book...teeth are on their way. I'll brag a little and point out that I made the dress she's wearing in the picture, too!

Crawling!

Well, learning to stand proved to delay Eowyn from Crawling. It seemed every time she started to get up on her knees to crawl, she'd keep straightening her legs, in an attempt to stand instead. She finally made the change from the "army crawl", to full on crawling. She did so on her 7 month birthday 3/9, and it was caught on "film"!! I have been very fortunate to have the little camera around at the milestones. So here is the sweet baby girl, crawling, on her knees, and in a dress!! Nothing is stopping her now...well except a well placed baby gate!

Double Sweet!

We saw a little girl (about 2 1/2) at my favorite local yarn store and she had an extremely cool doll. Well, with the little information the mom had about the origin I finally found it online...I love the internet...and we had one made for Eowyn. The artist, Sara, is wonderful to work with, and they whole thing is hand made, from the hand painted faces to the removable dress. Her workmanship is great and the fact it's a bit bazarre is even better! Here are "The Sisters", as named by Christopher...

Standing Alone...

Independence is something we will be striving to instill in our daughter. Not the kind that makes her think she needs no one and relies only on herself, but rather the kind that helps her to see how wonderful she has been created, and that who she is is not dependent on other people, but rather on her Creator and how much she allows that to influence her life. Christopher and I both believe that a strong understanding of who you are created to be will determine a truely happy and fulfilled life, which is what we most want for our daughter.

Well, that is the philisophical view on her independence, and then there is the practicality of learning new things and doing things on her own...Like tonight, when she scooted (still not crawling in the traditional sense) to the Excersaucer and pulled herself up from a laying position to full on standing, with no adult safety net behind her. Doesn't she look proud of herself, as she smiles up at her daddy (off camera)! Our little "One Girl Army" is ready to conquer the world, or at least the Excersaucer.

Investigator and conqueror of random household items...

Eowyn has a myriad of toys. I have made her a bunch, people have bought her a bunch, I've bought her some too...but sometimes, they just don't "do it for her"... when fussiness overtakes the Sweet Baby Girl, and I know she's been fed, changed and isn't tired...what is a mom to do? Go do the kitchen of course...no not for a swig of cooking sherry, but for a random household item. Eowyn loves to investigate, and try to fit new and exciting things into her mouth. It may look like this Rubbermaid storage container has the upper hand, but look closely and you will see Eowyn has it right where she wants it...

Sleeping "comfortably"

When we worked at the Group Home, Christopher hypothesized a theory, that you could know for sure one of the girls was actually sleeping if there is no way you could possibly be comfortable in the position they were laying in...Well, Eowyn wasn't faking at naptime yesterday, either. Our little human pretzel has taken to sleep in the most bizarre positions. She has been in the safe "Back Position" her whole life, and now that she's got some control of her amazing ab muscles, she never stays on her back anymore.

How did she get such amazing abs? her dad and she work out almost every day, together. Christopher has a whole series of exercises that he does with Eowyn, using her as the weight. It's very cute... she has her own set, situps, with the help of Daddy's fingers. She really enojoys her workout with dad, so hopefully she'll maintain that habit for a healthy lifestyle, as she grows!

Finally starting the scrapbook!

I am a hobbyist, for sure, but one of my many, is certainly shopping. I love to shop for my hobbies, in particular. I have purchased a bunch of fabulous pens, papers, stickers and some great photo album binders and the way cool cutting tools...all the things I will need to make an amazing journalled album of Eowyn's life. But, she's 6 months old, and I have not lifted a single glue stick or cropped even one picture. So, with the recent tragedy averted, I decided I'm motivated to start. I have all the pictures we've taken of her in a file, by date of photo, so I can easily pull off the first month, or first six months of her life. Today, I printed almost 100 pictures of her 15 days! Sure most of them are of her sleeping, but really, which one would you pick? I see some montage pages...

Butterfly!

I love making toys for Eowyn. I have made some clothing items too, but she's growing so fast and with spring around the corner, I decided if I'm going to knit, for now it will be toys...Soon I'll start for next fall and winter, but for now, I'm having a great time making toys. This is the newest one. I actually felted an old sweater for the underside of the wings, instead of the polyester craft "felt". I'm excited with how it came out. I also put some bells in the body as I stuffed it to make it more fun! Eowyn liked it, but I didn't get a picture of her with it yet. Here it is on it's own though...

The pattern came from the book that Eowyn (Christopher) bought for me for Christmas, Knitted Toys: 25 Fresh and Fabulous Designs by Zoe Moeller. I have to say, I would make at least 15 out of the 25, no questions asked, and the rest I am considering! This book is great, so if you knit, or know someone that does, and you want to make some cool toys, check it out!

Valentines Day 2007

Eowyn's first Valentine's Day was also her first Blizzard. New Hampshire was covered with over a foot of snow.

I got new software when I got my computer replaced and I was having fun with it...

What would we do...

So water spilled on my computer last night. Thankfully my mom was around and grabbed it, tipped it upside down and let the water drain out, because the water did not reach my hard drive. Phew...



After all, such things would be a nightmare for most anyone, right...well, all the more since I am horrible at backing up my computer and EVERY picture we have ever taken of the Sweet Baby Girl is in that hard drive. I was sick with worry until I arrived at Best Buy where they removed the drive, were able to recover all the data...and, because we have the "accidental extended warranty", I am now typing to you from a brand new computer!



Yes, I am going to back up my computer more often now...but it did get me thinking about all the ways you could lose every picture you had taken of your baby, and how horrible that would be...Thanking God today for all He's given us, including an answer of "yes" to the repeated prayer of a mother..."Please let all those pictures be safe".



Next on my agenda, to start printing out those pictures and putting together her scrapbook before she turns 1 year old!



Oh, I can't leave you without a picture, after all the talk of them... This one is a little blurry, but I love it all the same. She is trying to stuff a ball, that is on her excersaucer, that is a bit larger then a golf ball, into her mouth...She expends so much energy on such things. It really makes you wonder what she'll put her mind to once she can control much more of her environment.

Poor Maggie...

Maggie's world has been turned upside down. She is awakened at all hours of the night, she has a little person scooting across the floor wanting to pat her (which inevitably ends in the baby grabbing her fur, more then patting), there are toys everywhere (that she is not allowed to chew), and then the ever tempting baby socks that find their way misteriously into the living room. We are doing our best to make her life as good as it can be, and as close to "pre baby" as possible, and she's been a real trooper. Pretty patient, and affectionate towards the baby. However, this pic really kind of exemplifies the puppy wuppy's new world...

6 months old!

Sweet Baby Girl is now 6 months old... Her "birthday" was 2/9.

She's pretty excited! She's ready to take the world by storm...we hope it takes her a bit longer to get the balance thing down. But I do need to start looking for a new pair of jogging sneaks!

June the Bug

I made Eowyn this little stuffed animal...When I had finished, my hubby introduced the new toy to her...he said, in a very deep voice, "Hi Eowyn, I'm June, June the Bug". So this little Bug, made of wool and organic stuffing, is a boy named June...

By the way, Ewoyn loves him! She has started to felt one of his legs from all her sucking.

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So many fingers, so little time...

Eowyn is a dyed in the wool finger sucker. She found her own during her first few hours of life, and since then she has tried to sample any that make their way near her mouth. Here she is with her Uncle Kenny, her newest digit donor...

Doesn't everyone love Grover...

You may remember from my Poop on Me Elmo post that we are not fans of licensed Characters. Well, recently one of Eowyn's Uncles gave her a Grover. Christopher and I both had to admit, that there is a special spot in our childhood hearts for the Blue Furry Lovable Moster! So while we will not be redoing the nursery with the Blue fella' (Which would likely be difficult, anyway, because of how much Elmo has really bullied his small voiced way into the limelight, making Grover stuff more difficult to find) we did, as did Eowyn, appreciate the little furry gift. Eowyn loves sucking on him and he's just the right baby grabbing size! Thank you Kevin.

Eowyn loves to play with Grampa, and if he tells her she's "Lookin' good" she will usually give him a big smile! Here they are playing together and she is giving her tighlipped grin that Grampa is so fond of! This is also now the basis for her bubble blowing trick...she drools just a little, tightens her lips and blows bubbles in her drool...sounds gross, but on the Sweet Baby Girl it's really quite adorable!

A month of milestones!

Rolling, rolling, rolling, keep that baby rolling... Eowyn now rolls as a mode of transportation. She realized in the beginning of the month that she could roll, and it took only a few short days to figure out that she could use this to her advantage, and she was off and rolling in no time!

She needs to get help sitting up, but once she has assumed the position, she can stay there pretty steadily for several minutes at a time. She has even learned to brace herself with her arm if she starts to tilt to the side...tilting backwards is a sure fire trip to the floor, so she can not be left unattended while sitting. Here is the Sweet Baby Girl showing off her Sweet sitting Skills!

She keeps trying to pull herself up. If you give her fingers to hold onto she immediately pulls herself up to a standing position. She can stand if she's holding onto something, but as with the sitting, she still needs constant attention to be sure she doesn't drift to the floor.