Baby shower!

Moira, grandma C, and I went to our friend Stephanie's baby shower today and got to see another little girl baby MacKenzie. It was a lot of fun! Moira was crawling around on the grass in the shade most of the time playing with grandma and smiling at all of the other people, she is a real charmer! Friday we went to the Carter's tent sale and Super Target in Lino Lakes and Moira got to eat her dinner in a highchair at Target, she somehome managed to get tofu and zuchinni all down the front of her shirt after she ate her disposable bib, so she ended up eating the rest of her dinner topless! We had a really nice time, she loved smiling at all of the strangers and working on her wave! Moira's kisses are still mostly reserved for me, but today at grandma and grandpa's house she gave a big one to grandpa C! Her kisses are wide opened mouth and always are followed with a snuggle, my sweet, sweet girl!

Hi mom! eating cheerios at valleyfair... 

Moira at Valleyfair, a beautiful day! We had a very, very hard time keeping that hat on her head! 

Moving from sitting, about to crawl... 

Trying to eat the grass! 

Check out those teeth!!! 

Long tall baby girl! 

and swinging... 

Swinging... 

Swinging at french park... 

Lunch! 

Moira eating lunch at French Park Monday... 

Soooo busy!

Moira is amazing me more and more every day! Her crawl has quickly moved from arms pulling rest of the body, to up on hands and knees moving at light speed! She is pulling herself up on things like her exersaucer and toy boxes, she does best without any socks on, our hardwood floors are working against her! She is doing very good moving from crawling to sitting and sitting to crawling. I miss her imobile days, but this is so much fun too! Her pincher grasp is getting perfected, she loves to pinch pieces of egg and cheerios between her thumb and pointer and put them gently into her mouth. She also likes to grab hand fulls of egg and cheerios and cram them into her face, it really depends on her mood! She has learned how to wave hello and good-bye and does it almost always now. Her wave is an entire arm wave, and she always does it with a smile and a little bit of body bouncing too! ADORABLE! Sleep has been really difficult lately, she has had many nights of 1-2 hours up at a time between 2-3 a.m. on top of her 4-5 night wakings, we are in search of a new sleep solution. I really don't mind waking at night to nurse her, but when she is up for an hour or two it makes me just a bit nuts. I'm getting very, very tired. She seems just about the exact same size as she was a few weeks ago, this poor girl is never going to get to wear her 6-9 month summer clothes! Oh well, she could care less I'm sure! I am loving every day, she is so amazing and wonderful! Here are some photos of our picnic at French Park on Monday and Valleyfair on Tuesday, she had two great naps at Valleyfair, and really enjoyed the day looking at all of the people!
Enjoy the photos!

We didn't buy the hat, Kieran didn't like it!  

Moira at Enger Park waiting for Kieran and dad to get back from exploring! 

Eating grass!!! 

Moira at Enger Park posing pretty! 

Moira eating lunch by the pool...  

Moira in the hotel room in her play area between the beds, very happy time! 

Moira and Kieran on the Vista Star for the boat tour, she slept for the first half of the ride, then she wanted DOWN! 

Moira in the lecture hall at the Maritime Museum on the UGLY carpet, she doesn't mind! 

Moira and Kieran in Canal Park, she really wants to get down! 

Moira with dad and Kieran in canal park, almost nap time and getting sleepy! 

Moira relaxing in her stroller on the pier, she loved all of the people talking to her!!! 

Moira and dad in the pool, she loved it! 

Duluth!!!

We had a great vacation! Moira finally cut two more teeth which brings her total to 6, so she was in a much, much better mood! She slept most of the way up to Duluth which meant for a nice ride for all of us. She really enjoyed the train ride and all of the time in her stroller looking at people. Naps were messed up all week which meant so was nighttime sleeping which was ok, I'm used to it. She loved all of the attention from all of the people and she really enjoyed eating at the restaurants! Kids eat free at the Holiday Inn, and it was nice because Moira got all of the Cheerios she could eat! We just kept filling up her take and toss containers with the Cheerios they gave her, and bringing them with us, we will probably be using them for the next month! Moira loved the pool, we sadly lost her pretty swimming suit at the hotel, I think I dropped it on the way back to the room... so sad. Moira really wanted to get out of her stroller and crawl around, so there were a few tough times holding her and steering the stroller... there aren't very many clean places to let a little one crawl around while sight seeing! Overall it was a really wonderful trip, I am so glad that Kieran and Moira and Stephan and I got to spend such a wonderful time together! Enjoy the photos!

Blueberries!

So, we tried blueberries today... that was sooo much fun! She loved to eat them, and smear them, and feed them to me! The following pictures show the resulting mess and cuteness in all it's glory, enjoy!

"hey this isn't bad!" 

"can I eat with both hands?"