Outdoor Girl

Monday, July 20, 2009

Pippa's debut at the beach!

We took Pippa to Butterfly beach this past week, she loved it! Patrick is hopeful for a future volleyball star!!

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

OK, not sure if you've seen this new way to feed stuff to babies or not...but it is basically a mesh bag on a stick that you put food in to let them bite and suck on so they safely get a little bit of food at a time.

We gave PJ a bit of banana in this bag today. She was excited at first and loved banging it on her high chair, but was unsure of the banana. She eventually came around and loved it. Solid foods are fun!!!

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

New High Chair

Our baby girl is growing up fast...we put together her high chair this week and she LOVES it! We picked out a Svan high chair that is table height so Pippa can sit right up to the table with us, and her Grandma Sharon bought it for us a few months ago. (Then we moved to a smaller place and got rid of our dining table in favor of a desk and more floor space, but that is another story!) The chair is great, it is solid wood and will grow with PJ through the years by converting to a toddler then somewhat big kid chair later.
Patrick managed to sort out all the pieces and get it assembled with minimal swearing in about an hour. Pippa

took to it immediately, enjoying "drumming" on the tray table and playing with a spoon. She had a few meals in it this week, inlcluding some banana in one of those mesh baby feeders and rice cereal.
Thanks for the high chair Grandma! I am sure it will star in hundreds of pictures over the next few years!!!

Camping June 2009

We braved a family camping trip with Pippa earlier this month...I have to admit I was hesitant...but we all ended up having a great time! Pippa especially loved being outdoors so much and was entertained by a constant stream of live action from her 4 cousins.
Our first night sleeping in our 2 person backpacking tent proved to be a challenge for Patrick and me, although PJ didn't seem to notice! We upgraded to a larger 4 person tent for nights 2-4 and were much more comfortable. Pippa had her own tent for daytime, she enjoyed hanging

out and playing with toys in there.
We ate well, hung out by the river, did some tubing (boy was it cold!!!), hiked among some huge sequoia trees, and lounged by the campfire. I can't wait until next year!