11 Months!

Our little peanut is 11 months old! Here is what she has been up to this month...

Spiffin' it up! Kitchen Remodel

It's taken us a few months, but our 1936 English Tudor kitchen is finally complete.  When we moved in the kitchen was drab.  Old appliances, yellowish/orange oak cabinets, original wood floors (which I love) , "country" curtains (as my husband called them).  It was not our style and in need of some serious upgrading.  It has taken us 4 1/2 years but I can finally say that I love our kitchen.  It's not my ideal layout, but islands were not a big thing back in the 30's! I do enjoy a lot of it's original charm, now it just has a more modern twist.  

before 

after

before

after

breakfast nook before

breakfast nook after (still needs curtains & pillows)

dining room before

dining room after

dining room

kitchen

Let Freedom Ring!

Liddy's first Fourth of July weekend was fun and not too eventful.  We didn't get to see any fireworks, because they didn't shoot off until 10 pm, which was pretty late for a 10 month old, but we did get to do some other fun things to celebrate the holiday.  We even took a last minute trip down to Jasper so that I could meet baby Benjamin, my newest nephew!  Boy, is he a cutie!

Grandma, Mark, and Liddy at the Carmel 4th of July parade 

Marks favorite- he loves a good bag pipe.

Watching the parade with Grandma

Sweet Baby Ben!

splash, splash with Daddy

Cousins!  (minus sleeping Ben)

And of course we had to stop at Bloomington Bagel on the way home from Jasper!

Kisses from Lucy

Happy 4th of July, Friends!

10 Months

Could this little peanut really be in the double digits?? Time is flying and Lidia is changing every day.  This is such a great age!  It's been a busy month! 

I am quite a happy baby!!

...and I realllllly love my Daddy!

I love to stand! 

....and shake, EVERYTHING!

Baths are so much fun!

...but swimming is even better!

Shots at the doctor's office are not very much fun.
 

...but hanging out with cousins is fun! 

Strawberry Festival

Every year that I can remember the Graudins family has attended the annual Strawberry Festival.  It is downtown Indy on the circle and has been running for 48 years!  Let me tell you, they make one mean shortcake.  I was very excited to share this tradition with Lidia... hopefully we can continue it for years to come! 

Fully Loaded....delicious!

Lovely Indy

Gimme, Gimme, Gimme 

Lots of people head to the fest on their lunch break.  

I love the banjo! My kind of band!

Aunt Kate let Liddy play in the fountain.  She loved splashing and kicking her feet in the water.  She got so wet we had to strip her down afterwards!

Fun Day!

Grandma and Lidia

See ya next year Strawberry Fest!

It's a Celebration!

Last weekend was special. My dear friend Caitlin is getting married in July.  In order to celebrate her upcoming nuptuals we headed to Chicago for a girlie bachelorette.  Once you have a baby getting away seems to be a thing of the past, so getting to spend 3 whole days with my ladies was a special treat!  Here is the weekend in photos!

Beautiful Chicago

My first Cubs game!!

celebrating at a bar in Wrigleyville

Caitlin was bought a "fireball shot" by a random guy.  It was meant to be since she is marrying Mr. Firebaugh :)

taking in the sights

Jess and Cait

Christie, Barb, and Logan at Rockit

Becky threw Caitlin an amazing dinner/shower at her home before we boarded the trolley on Saturday night.

Sexy Lingerie? I think not- only footie PJ's for this gal!

Anna, Jenn, and Cait on the trolley

Who doesn't love a good trolley ride?

Judy and Mindy always keeping us entertained!

Thanks for a great weekend, Chicago!