To quote Turtle

"Not dead yet". He spelled it differently. But it covers the situation. I feel bad for not having blogged for a week. All is okay. Nothing too major. I've been working my tuckus off since July 17. Got to love it when the government changes their mind, twice. Just got to survive the long hours until August 17. Hopefully after that I'll be back to my 35 hour work week. I'm soooo spoiled. And I love it.

Laney's been busy being a big kid. She's discovered pasta, fresh fruit (especially bananas, peaches and peeled & halved grapes), and other fun finger foods. Tonight she finally seemed to have a concept of how the sippy cup works and that apple juice is good. We mostly use Playtex drop-in bottles, so she tends to suck her milk out, using the vacumn action of the collapsing bag. This way she doesn't have to tip her bottle. But this makes it harder to learn to drink from a cup. Also, she has pretty much flat refused to drink anything but formula until tonight.

Also, she's standing on her own sometimes. At least until she realizes it. Then she plops down on her little diapered rear. But she's doing it more and more. She pushes anything that will move with her across the floor. I found Kathryn's old activity table in the attic and she is loving that!

She's moved to the big car seat in Daddy's car.

She's learned to play with her toys too. Right after we got back from vacation we realized she'd learned cause and effect - she pushes every button she can find to see if makes music, squeaks or lights up. She's also started to play with her stuffed animals.

She's got 1 1/2 teeth and she's working on a third. We had the sick day yesterday to prove it. Luckily, one of our good friends from church (and her cutey patooty granddaughter) came over for the day to watch her.

Finally, she's got a 3 word vocabulary - "Uh-Oh", "Dada" and "Hi!". Apparently the "Hi" thing is a source of amusement at day care. She says it every time some one walks into her classroom.

It's been a rainy summer. So it hasn't been hot, but life in the Swamp is not fun. Anybody want a mosquito? I can ship you about 3 billion. It also means we're not getting much use out of the baby pool, play house or swing. This bums me out! But we make it out there when we can.

Hope to be back soon, but we'll see . . .