I can sit by myself!

Today Lily is 7 months old!

Over the last several days, Lily has been doing awesome with sitting on her own! And she likes to surround herself with lead-free toys.

Lily and Maya playing

I love carrots!!

Morning Tradition: Smoothie
A few people have asked how I make my smoothie:
1/2 cup nonfat plain yogurt
handful of almonds
teaspoon flaxseed
a couple of frozen strawberries
half a frozen banana
hand full of frozen blueberries
trace of almond extract
one package stevia (you could substitute any sweetener)
enough non fat milk to blend this all together (about 1/2 cup or so depending on how thick you like smoothies - I like mine fairly thick)

This makes a large glass full and I'm sure has plenty of calories. You could reduce these amounts for a small glass.

New Barista in Town

There is a new barista in town! I finally made a good latte at home!! Move over Starbucks! I also used non-fat milk. According to Alton Brown, you cannot foam skim milk - what? I say that is good foam!! Don't get me wrong, I love Alton Brown. I always learn something new from his show.

As I've mentioned before, Colorado gets great rainbows. We were graced with another one on Monday night. This is from our backyard.

These two are the front yard...notice the double rainbow!

Okay, I'm not a photographer, but I had to take a picture of the sunset tonight. So pretty!! My camera cannot capture it, but I tried!

I also got the name of the website for "natural" toys. Nova Natural has their toys should be without lead.

Worrying about Lead

Just a small rant here.
I heard about the toy recall list from last week. I double checked my toys to make sure none of them were on the list.
Why must we be worrying about lead contamination with our children's toys?! We buy a toy, thinking of a child's learning experience and fun and come to find we could be harming them!?? Please see the recall list if you have children, especially small children who tend to put *everything* in their mouths.

Then, this morning, I was getting coffee with some friends, one of my girlfriends told me that on Good Morning America, she said many more toys were found to have lead. See their video.

David bought us a Lead Testing kit. I have tested a few things around the house and so far, so good! You can get a lead testing kit here.

David has also mentioned some websites that sell wooden toys (hopefully without paint). I'll get those from him and post them soon.

Spa Day, Stamping

On Saturday I got a Spa Day! Thank you David!!!! I got a massage, manicure and pedicure. These are my toes. Sorry for all those who don't like to see feet. I thought they were cute though. I have nice toes for once in a loooooooooooooong time!

Saturday night I went to Open Stamping Night at Kim's house. Kim is a FABULOUS stamper. She has been stamping and scrapbooking for awhile now and has many many great ideas.
Check out Kim's blog.

Lisa

Betsy

The instructor, Kim

These are the stamping pets...they gave us a show last night. heehee

Belly, Playmates, Late Night Coffee Talk

My friend Melanie came over for dinner the other night. She is 20 weeks pregnant! She found out the sex of the baby...I won't post it until I know she has told everyone. Congrats Melanie! I cannot wait to meet your little one!!
Yesterday, Lily had a playdate with Caoimhe (pronounced Keeva) and Isobel. Isobel hosted the playdate this time. Isobel's Mom, Cat made yummie sandwiches, guacamole and cookies. Thanks Cat!! On Friday Caoimhe will be hosting a playdate. Caoimhe and Isobel are a few months older than Lily, so I'm hoping Lily will watch them crawling/walking around and learn a few tricks.
I had coffee with my good friend, Christine last night. I went sans baby. We met after Lily went to bed and spent a good 2 hours chatting. I always enjoy my time with Christine. I forgot my camera, so this is a picture of her with Lily a few months ago.

Just a random picture of the Lily Pad and me...