random.

so i told you that loralai started to eat solid food (well, pureed, but it's solid to her.). right. so she's not really keen on the whole idea. she'd eat off her mama milk cow for the rest of her days if i let her. since i'm not going to nurse her into kindergarden, i figured now was as good a time as any to let her taste the deliciousness of smooshed bananas, sweet potatos and that gross rice cereal. sweet potatos seemed to be good to her - smooshed bananas were alright - but that rice cereal, not so much her favorite. she's sneezed it on me twice and now she grabs the spoon as it's coming to her mouth and she purses her lips like, 'no way woman.' this from a baby who puts EVERYthing in her mouth. but not rice cereal.

yuck, mom. just plain, yuck.

the other night we had our friend, doug, over for dinner. it used to be a sunday night tradition to do dinner w/ him (that was pre-baby). but i think we're starting to bring back a few things from the old days - and if not every sunday, at least more often than the past few months. and when doug comes over, so does his dog sammy. sam.

sam, sam, sam.

sam is a great dane - in case you didn't notice. i've known sammy for three years now and it always amazes me at just how dang big that dog is. he weighs in close to 130 pounds. doug can pat his shoulders and sam will put his front two paws on doug's shoulders - while standing. it's insane. the kids that live around doug's house all compare him to a horse. anyway, see for yourself. but know this - as big as sammy is, he is the most loveable big dog. there's not a mean bone in his body. in fact, when you take him for a walk, he'll hold the leash in his mouth and run...but be careful. b/c if you try to run w/ him and play rough w/ him, he'll play back. only he doesn't realize how big he is. make sure where you fall is going to be soft ;)

maddie and sam. (maddie weighs 67lbs - sam: 125ish lbs)

sam and doug.

and because we always post stuff about the baby, i thought the frank dog needed a little love. so here is a picture of our sweet black doggy, frances. (frank, frankie, francesca...she comes to all sorts of things)