Catching up on Lottie and the Fosters

I can't believe it is almost the end of my summer break from school. This summer flew by. I also can't believe that I have not had a spare minute to update our blog since I started in April. Blake and I spent the summer in Carolina Beach along with Lottie and Choo-Choo. Between graduate summer school, real estate, being a wife and being a mother to a 5-7 month old, I have just been swamped. Now, I am catching up in Florida. Grad school is out until August 26th, Lottie is being loved on by Boppy, and my teaching school does not start until next week. I have completely forgetting how to relax. I slept this morning until 8:30 for the first time since December 14th, 2008. Boy, was it nice!

As I mentioned, we spent the summer at Carolina Beach. Blake’s company is based there and my family house cottages there. We stayed in the loft upstairs which threw a curveball for Blake’s cooking. Don’t worry, it didn’t stop him from making some amazing creations.

Now onto Lottie. She is 7.5 month now. Her hair is getting so long. I truly can’t believe it. Since I last posted she has started eating solid baby food which is tons of fun. We are still working on teaching her to actually pick up food and put it in her own moth. As of now, she just smears everything around. I have started making her food at home because I calculated the cost of premade, Orangic foods. I was spending $47 a week, plus $45 in formula. That is way more than necessary. Making my own takes that cost down about 75%. Can you believe that?

Foods Lottie Loves:

BEETS- her favorite
Peas
Apples
Pears
Mangoes
Bananas
Carrots
Blueberries
Peaches

Foods Lottie Hates:

Green beans
My Veggie medley
Avocados

She is a pretty good eater. Lottie has always been a spitter. As she got older, she began spitting up more and more. At her last appointment (7 months), the doctor decided it would be best to get her some blood work to see if we can get to the root of the problem with the spit up. She was spitting up about 30 times a day. We are anxiously awaiting the results. I will update you when we know something.