How Much I Have Grown

These pictures may give you an idea of how much our little girl has grown. The first picture is Grandpa holding Dalby when she was a few days old. The next picture is Grandpa Dalby holding Dalby when she was 13 weeks old.

Our Michigan Trip

The trip to Michigan was wonderful! The first few days were summer type weather and then we moved into bundling up weather. Almost every night we wrapped up in warm clothes and took an evening stroll with Grandma, Grandpa and Mr. Whims. The Baby Bjorn is a favorite for Dalby. It seems she prefers the Baby Bjorn to the stroller. Often on the evening stroll she would take a nap for the duration of the walk.
Also on our trip to Michigan we were fortunate to see many family members. Great Grandma and Grandpa Luttenton enjoyed spending an afternoon of talking and eating(Dalby ate) with the newest Luttenton. Cousin Aricin also had a nice day of sharing his toys with his youngest cousin. He also could feel quite proud of himself because “the baby” still goes pody in her pants while he is pody trained now – what a big boy!!!

Dylan the Duck

Dylan the Duck has been a pal since birth. Dylan has received many kisses and had many deep discussions over the past few months.

Packing for the North

Dalby and I are in Michigan visiting all of the grandparents. Ryan is traveling the next few weeks so we came up to MI for a fall visit. Who doesn't love a MI fall? The leaves changing, the apple cider, MSU tailgating, the humidity disappears, sweatsirt and shorts weather(my favorite).....It has been unseasonably hot for MI, but not to worry the temperature should drop this week. The crazy MI weather made it difficult to pack. We shipped coats ahead of time and then packed for both summer and fall. Here are a few shots as we packed.

Sip and See

Our Nashville friends organized a wonderful party for everyone to meet our little one. In the south this type of party is called a "Sip and See". The idea being that you sip tea and see the baby. So on Oct 6 we walked down to our neighbor's house, the Lynch's, were the party was being hosted and prepared to party! The hostesses had selected a menu of Blueberry Martinis(unbelievably good), pork tenderloin sandwiches, shrimp cocktail and various dips and desserts. The party started off smoothly until about a half an hour or an hour into the party Dalby started to scream. Our poor little girl screamed for two hours. She had some sort of belly ache and it took the magic of several party guests to calm her down. She finally calmed down as guests were leaving......Despite the fact that she screamed for most of the party, a fun time was had by all. Sadly, there are not too many pictures of the party.......but a diaper cake and an awesome umbrella stroller made it home for future use. There is also a shot of dad holding a half naked baby. (She lost her cute shower dress towards the end of her screaming fit. She had gotten herself so worked up and was so hot). Dad seemed to have the touch that evening. Everyone should also know that upon returning home at midnight Dalby woke up and was all smiles and chitter chatter, she ate and went to bed a happy camper, the little stinker!

Lounging

A little evening lounging in our fancy slippers watching some Thursday night TV with the folks......

Boyfriends

Several friends have had little boys lately, Courtney has Clinton who is 8 months and Jen has Chase(her second little boy) who was born 3 weeks after Marin Dalby. We were visiting Courtney and Clinton, and most of their time together is spent looking at each other or just coexisting.....at one point Clinton crawled over and gave Dalby a kiss...Courtney and I were oogling over that....then in the next moment, he head butted her:) As you can see in the pictures we were not feeling particularly modest, with our dress over our head for both shots. Her new thing is to eat her clothing and to completely drench the front of her outfit.

Chase and she just hung out under the play mat toys. Chase is so cute, smiling and talking to his toys. Lucas(Jen's older little boy) watched a little as we took some pictues, however he was quite busy with toys of his own.

Notice the tongue hanging out - this is her "focus face".