Lula Update

I am so far behind on house and Lula updates I'll never catch up! I'll have to make some quick and concise recaps...if that's even possible for me! So, to appease my grandmother, who I'm sure is dying to see some pictures of Lula, we'll start with the baby. Lula is now 17 months old and a little spitfire. She's still the sweetest, quietest, happiest baby around, but she's definitely starting to show a little more spunk and sass. She jabbers ALL the time and I can't wait to hear what she's actually saying in her head. She's a funny little girl and the only real issue we have with her is when it comes to eating. The child is unbelievably finicky and would rather starve than eat something new and different. This was a serious point of stress for a while and was causing my overly-emotional pregnant self some major tears and frustration. But thanks to some advice from a friend and tweaking that advice to make it work for us, I think we're going to survive! Yes...I know it's a lot of pictures, but like I said, I'm rather behind...and she's just so stinkin' cute!

Lula also LOVES to help us with whatever we're doing. She will be an excellent helper...someday...right now, it's just frustrating as we try to work on the house. She grabs paint brushes and screw drivers out of our hands. And if we happen to be sitting on the floor, will plop down right in the middle of our laps to see what's going on. We've sent her to Grandma's several times so that we could get major projects like painting finished without interruption. Here she is checking out some outlets that were sitting on the table too close to her high chair!.
In her sweet vintage top I bought her in Seattle. I know she's mine, but she's just too adorable!

So, I've never been a big fan of the bright, loud, tacky kids' toys, but what can you do? I asked for some advice to keep Lula busy at her age and this Fisher Price house came highly recommended. It received 5 out of 5 stars based on over 600 reviews. So we splurged...and she loves it! She also received a little train for free from a wonderful friend. It has lots of activities on it and she absolutely loves it too.
Lula loves to put on hats and sunglasses now. She found one of my hats and was running all over the house with it on...which is why the picture is blurry! I guess she thought she was modeling.
Into everything...
One of favorite features of our new house is the windows. We have two very tall windows, one in the living room and one in Lula's room. They're perfect for her short little self to look out. Mollie likes them too! Some day when Jay has a table saw and a little extra time again, I want him to make a window seat in Lula's room. She would absolutely love that!