catching up.

yeah! my internet is finally back up and running.  we had the craziest storms here in nashville in the middle of the night on monday.  we spent almost an hour in our "safe place" ie. our downstairs bathroom waiting out the storm which consisted of 70 mph winds, thunder, lighting, heavy rain and quarter-sized hail. sounded like someone was throwing marbles at our house. unreal. makes me so scared when i think of something happening to lillian...thankfully we are all ok, our neighborhood is a bit of a mess, but we have already lost all the tress on our property this tornado season, so we have nothing left to fall! craziness.

we have had a great beginning of the week, hanging with friends...

reading books...

and swimming in the pool :)

hank left for a golf vacation with all his friends this afternoon so lillian and i decided to head to CT for memorial day.  we leave tomorrow to hang with family :) so looking forward to it.

also went to the doctor on monday, lillian is almost fourteen pounds! and is ready to start food.  our pediatrician gave us all the information we would need to go the traditional route, but, as i am not always a traditionalist we are going to try baby led weaning which really just means lillian will let me know when she is ready to eat and what she eats, she chooses too! i will introduce a few foods at a time, one every four days or so.  she will have the opportunity to hold it and guide it to her own mouth, rather than being spoon fed.  this allows her to have fun, explore eating, chewing and eat with us at the table :) i hear it is quite a messy process, but can't wait.  she has just started to stick her tongue out at me, a sign she is in control of her tongue, one step closer to eating! 

i will continue to breastfeed of course in the meantime, and think it will probably closer to 6 mo or so before she is ready, but we will see :)  my friend heather is doing it with her baby girl summer, and as been so inspirational for me & lillian. thanks heather!

off to pack!