Big Firsts (an update)

Well, so much has happened lately. So much!
Our little one has started teething. And that is NO fun at all. She actually hasn't cut teeth yet, but she has all the signs of it about to happen. The drool, the crankiness. It is all there!
I know it will only get worse when the teeth actually come. oh boy.

She has begun to roll from her back to her tummy and can scoot herself a few inches. Not actual crawling, but it is something. She used to HATE tummy time, but now is doing better with it. She can at least be on her tummy for more than a minute without freaking out.

We continue to be amazed by her every day. As Billy mentioned, she is getting so grown up!
The other day at daycare, Ms. Paula was taking care of another little girl. Much older than our little Lils. That baby took her pacifier out of her mouth, cried, and then put it back in. I mentioned to Ms. Paula that I would like Lilly to be able to do that... manipulate the pacifier like that. As soon as we got home and settled, I put a paci in her mouth and what did that child do? grab it by the handle and put it in and out of her mouth. It was as if all she needed was someone to model it for her and she was off and running.

We are just amazed at how smart she is!

We had some firsts recently. Billy and I decided to go see Rob Bell when he came for the Drops Like Stars Tour, so that would require a babysitter. Yikes! So her Nana and Grandpa came up to watch her for the evening. It took LOTS of convincing to get them to come. :) (I think as soon as we said, "we might need a ..." they said YES) It was the first time, other than daycare, I had been away from her for very long. But she was in good hands and B and I were able to have a nice quiet, non fussy dinner all alone. It was so refreshing.
And I think Nana and Grandpa had a great time too!

And speaking of Nana and Grandpa, we are headed there for Thanksgiving. It will be the first time the Lils will be away from home for more than a day. I, personally, am not looking forward to the packing that is going to be required for a little child like this. I am sure glad we aren't flying and have luggage restrictions! My family is just itching to meet Lilly and hang out with her. Plus I am placing bets as to who wins the wrestling match over who gets to hang out with her more between my cousin McKinsey and my dad. It will be a tough match!

So we are good. Busy and sleepy all the time, but good. Thanks for checking in on us. We love the fact that you love us so much that you want to learn about us. We are thankful for you, the Lilly Fanclub.

My dad has voted himself the president of the Lilly fanclub by the way. He will be collecting dues soon. :)

Growing Up

Well, we can pick up the pacifier and put it on our mouth, we can rollover, and we can do this....

Talking

The new toy

Did you realize just how much crap is available to purchase for babies these days? I mean really!
Yeah, I gave in today. I admit it. When I picked her up from daycare, Ms. Paula was talking about the jumperoo thing that they have there. She hadn't put Lils in it yet cause she wasn't sure if she was big/strong enough for it. So I put her in it to see. Lils loved it so much! She loves to stand up, so anything that allows that to happen, she is in favor of.
So after she played and played with the one at daycare, I got to thinking... this might just make cooking dinner a LOT easier. Now she is in her little bouncer chair and while I cook dinner and is none to happy about it cause it doesn't allow her to move around freely.
So one trip to Toys R Us later, we have the pinkest thing I have ever purchased in my life. (the pink one was on sale, that was the only reason we got it instead of the regular one that doesn't look like pepto bismal spit up all over it!)
So here are pictures of The Lils in the newest toy. Her legs aren't quite long enough to reach all the way to the bottom so Daddy got her a phone book to stand on. I knew there would be a purpose for that phone book one day.

Sunday equals Dancing!!!

All dressed UP!!!



A ballerina has to practice her moves.



Taking a break from the dancing fun.

Halloween is over. So is the newborn phase... sad

yep. Monday when we got dressed for school, we were both sad to know that Halloween was over and she wouldn't be wearing any more Halloween goodness. It has certainly become a topic of conversation at school. The last few weeks, I would come in and hear from random teachers in the school, "so, what Halloween outfit is Lilly wearing today?" Yeah, I guess people thought we were a little crazy!

So now that she is wearing real clothes again (or should I say regular clothes?), I have been looking for just the right outfit for each day for her. And we are realizing rather quickly that many of her newborn size outfits just don't fit anymore! I took out a bunch of them and put them in the back of the closet to save for donation. Ugh. She is now in 3 month size and I don't like it very much! She just is growing up too fast!

One good thing about her growing up, is that she is now talking. Well, babbling is more the word, but she is sure using her voice quite a bit. I sing songs to her and recite poetry to her and she "talks" along with me. Very sweet. It is as if she has SOOO much to say and just can't quite get the words out.
The good thing is, when she talks, she looks pretty happy, so at least she wants to tell us good things.

I will post pictures/video of her talking very soon. (it has been a crazy busy week!)

Super Girl!