Lily is now 19 months old. I look back at her baby pictures even just last Spring and I barely recognize her. She still looks like Lily, but she seems so little and young. I can barely remember that time. Her "baby" time went so fast. TOO fast.
Though I miss that baby time, I love the age that she is now. As each month passes, I think "THIS is my favorite age. No THIS is my favorite. No THIS time is the best. I guess I love each and every stage and all that those stages and developments bring.
Just today, we were playing with her Tupperware "Shape-O" toy. I was saying the name of each shape. "Pentagon", "Hexagon" Lily was listening to me and said, "ah-gone"
I also LOVE how she says, "Hi Honey."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bNioUEILQk&feature=plcp
Here is a video of her saying "Hi Honey" and playing with her Shape-O
She can also say "Morning" and "hockey".
She calls Alex "Aiya" and Calvin is "Cubby" or "Calvy"
When Lily sees me she says, "Hi Mommy!" or "Hi Momma"
She also likes repetition. Sometimes I hear her say, "Oh No.....Oh No! Oh No.... Oh No." or "I know! I know! I know!" She is also learning to count. Last week she said TWO TWO TWO. All counting numbers were two. Now, it's One, Two! One, Two!
I can believe how sweet and smart and wonderful she is. I love her more than anything in the entire world.
Her favorite things are her "Bankie" and "Paci" (though sometimes paci sounds like patsy- but are cute).
These two items are the only things she loves. She doesn't have any particular attachment to any doll or stuffed animal or toy. Though she LOVES books. Books by far are her favorite toy.
As for TV, she loves Baby Signing Times. She has One through Four and they are just about her most favorite things. She also loves Doc McStuffins. She used to call that show "oh oh oh" on account of the theme song. It goes, "...oh, oh, oh, it's the place to go when you feel a little under the weather..."
Now, when it comes on she says, "DOC!" and smiles like it's Christmas. She also loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and and just now say "Mickey!"
It's so fun playing with her. She loves to take things in and out of a big plastic pumpkin I bought for Trick or Treat. We take ducks in and out and also puzzle pieces out one at a time.
Oh I forgot! Lily LOOOOOOOVES chalk! and crayons! She would color every surface inside and out if I would let her! She will walk along with two sticks of chalk and take a few steps, and then mark a tree or the sidewalk or a step and then walk a little more. walk, mark, walk, mark and on and on.
I just love this little girl!!!
Monday, October 15, 2012
Saturday, March 3, 2012
1st Birthday
We had BIG plans for Lily's 1st birthday. The party invitation was a fabulous compliation of all of her "month" pictures. Family and friends were all coming today to celebrate from 3 to 5pm.
Unfortunately, Calvin, Lily and I all got the Noro virus. It was AWFUL! Lily had explosive diarrhea for days. Calvin and I threw up a lot. In light of the germs, we had to postpone the party. There was no way in good conscience we could expose our loved ones to this nasty sickness.
However, there was still a little bit of fun for us. I went ahead and made a small, simple "smush" cake. Lily had a BLAST!!
Here are a few shots of the messy, chocolate-y fun!
Unfortunately, Calvin, Lily and I all got the Noro virus. It was AWFUL! Lily had explosive diarrhea for days. Calvin and I threw up a lot. In light of the germs, we had to postpone the party. There was no way in good conscience we could expose our loved ones to this nasty sickness.
However, there was still a little bit of fun for us. I went ahead and made a small, simple "smush" cake. Lily had a BLAST!!
Here are a few shots of the messy, chocolate-y fun!
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| Lily's "smash" cake |
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| The candle was too big for her teeny cake! |
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| Cake! Weeeeee! |
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| awwwwww |
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| Lily didn't get to wear her entire 1st bday outfit, but she tried on her tutu |
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Four Steps
Today, Angie and Emelia came over. We were in the kitchen chatting and the girls were getting reaquainted with one another. At one point, Lily was looking at Emelia and without realizing she took FOUR steps with no assitance whatsoever! Then, right after that she took three more! I was BEYOND proud and happy.
Matt, Alex and Calvin have reported steps but I haven't seen honest to God walking myself. That could be because she likes me to hold her and clings to me more than others. In addition, today I decided to skip the gym. Our daily routine is usually: 1. wake up. 2. snuggle in Mommy's bed. 3. Lily sits in her highchair while I make coffee, clean up the kitchen and eat breakfast. Lily eats cereal or Cheerios. 4. Go to the gym. 5. come home and eat and Lily naps. 6. Play for a little bit before Mommy goes to work.
I decided that today I wanted to NOT do that schedule and just spend the whole day doing number 6.
It was a LOVELY day! When I left for work, the house was a mess, not all the dishes were done, and I hadn't exercised-but I was HAPPY. =)
Matt, Alex and Calvin have reported steps but I haven't seen honest to God walking myself. That could be because she likes me to hold her and clings to me more than others. In addition, today I decided to skip the gym. Our daily routine is usually: 1. wake up. 2. snuggle in Mommy's bed. 3. Lily sits in her highchair while I make coffee, clean up the kitchen and eat breakfast. Lily eats cereal or Cheerios. 4. Go to the gym. 5. come home and eat and Lily naps. 6. Play for a little bit before Mommy goes to work.
I decided that today I wanted to NOT do that schedule and just spend the whole day doing number 6.
It was a LOVELY day! When I left for work, the house was a mess, not all the dishes were done, and I hadn't exercised-but I was HAPPY. =)
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Toofers!!
Jan. 18, 2012.
About 2 weeks ago, a tooth broke through on the bottom left. Then, a few days ago, a second one on the right started working it's way out. So far, teething hasn't been too bad. Lily may be fussy or a little grumpy for a day, and then she's fine the next.
The hardest part with teething is when she's bored she wants to BITE me! I scream! It really hurts!!! Now, she can clap her hands. It's really cute! It's especially cute when she does it spontaeously herself and at the perfect moment.
She still lvoes Sesame Street and we love to snuggle in front of YouTube to watch Sesame Street songs. Our favorites are "1,2,3,4" by Fiest, Adam Sandler's song "This is a song about Elmo", Bruno Mars "Don't Give Up" and the ABC song with India Arie and Elmo.
Now that Lily is 10 1/2 years old, she is standing on her own for a few seconds. Mostly she does this when she doesn't notice. As soon as she notices that she's not holding on to something, she plops down. Yesterday, my sister came over and was holding just Lily's shirt and she took a few tenative steps. It was soo sweet!
Other developments-Lily is allowed to sleep with a blanket. She really loves it. Putting her down for a nap or for bedtime is easier. If you give her a pacifier, a doll baby to hold and then put her quilt over her, she snuggles right up and is happy. =) I love being able to give her that comfort!
She's also allowed to eat table food. She likes bread and Cherrios broken in half. Today, I gave her steamed carrots, peas, corn and cauliflower. She eats about 1/2 of it. The other half ends up in her lap which then falls out as I take her out of her highchair and Coco is only TOO happy to clean up for her.
Also, I joined Urban Active. They have a play room. Lily seems to enjoy it a LOT. She plays with all of the toys and goes up to the other kids. They say she's really good and Mommy's favorite part is she's so tired after that she sleeps a solid 2 hours instead of 1!
Overall, Lily is a joy. a joy! joy! joy! I can't imagine her being sweeter, smarter or more wonderful.
=)
Happy times!
About 2 weeks ago, a tooth broke through on the bottom left. Then, a few days ago, a second one on the right started working it's way out. So far, teething hasn't been too bad. Lily may be fussy or a little grumpy for a day, and then she's fine the next.
The hardest part with teething is when she's bored she wants to BITE me! I scream! It really hurts!!! Now, she can clap her hands. It's really cute! It's especially cute when she does it spontaeously herself and at the perfect moment.
She still lvoes Sesame Street and we love to snuggle in front of YouTube to watch Sesame Street songs. Our favorites are "1,2,3,4" by Fiest, Adam Sandler's song "This is a song about Elmo", Bruno Mars "Don't Give Up" and the ABC song with India Arie and Elmo.
Now that Lily is 10 1/2 years old, she is standing on her own for a few seconds. Mostly she does this when she doesn't notice. As soon as she notices that she's not holding on to something, she plops down. Yesterday, my sister came over and was holding just Lily's shirt and she took a few tenative steps. It was soo sweet!
Other developments-Lily is allowed to sleep with a blanket. She really loves it. Putting her down for a nap or for bedtime is easier. If you give her a pacifier, a doll baby to hold and then put her quilt over her, she snuggles right up and is happy. =) I love being able to give her that comfort!
She's also allowed to eat table food. She likes bread and Cherrios broken in half. Today, I gave her steamed carrots, peas, corn and cauliflower. She eats about 1/2 of it. The other half ends up in her lap which then falls out as I take her out of her highchair and Coco is only TOO happy to clean up for her.
Also, I joined Urban Active. They have a play room. Lily seems to enjoy it a LOT. She plays with all of the toys and goes up to the other kids. They say she's really good and Mommy's favorite part is she's so tired after that she sleeps a solid 2 hours instead of 1!
Overall, Lily is a joy. a joy! joy! joy! I can't imagine her being sweeter, smarter or more wonderful.
=)
Happy times!
Saturday, December 31, 2011
The new year!
Today is December 31st. Tonight, at midnight we begin 2012. I can't believe that on Monday, Lily will be 10 months old!
We had such a good Christmas. We all went to Mom and Dad's Christmas Eve to open presents. Lily did very well. Aunt Debbie bought her a Fisher Price Amusement Park. She was busy playing with the little people that came with the park. Lily even learned how to rip open a present or two.
While Lily Belle doesn't yet understand the meaning of Christmas, she was still a delight!
Christmas morning, it was just me, Matt and Lily. (as Calvin was in Arkansas with his Mom)
We got a Fisher Price Talking People Zoo for Lily. The night before, Matt and I assembled the Zoo and had it sitting by the tree. She spotted it right away and crawled up to it. We even got pictures of her heading for her Zoo. She likes to use it to stand and she loves "Zookeeper Zach". We all like to sit down with her and play Zoo. She seems to undy the ida of playing with the various nooks, and noise makers on the zoo. I LOVED my Fisher Price toys as a kid and I hope she will like hers too.
Matt got a bunch of cooking tools. Lily loved Daddy's gifts-especially the whisk and spatula. She was only too happy to hold onto them for Daddy!
Some new skills-Lily has CURLS! There is one adorable curl over her left ear. Sometimes it separates into two curls. She has a soft layer of hair over her whole head. I'm obsessed with the fine downiness and can't stop looking at, kissing, and adoring her sweet little head.
On Friday, Dec. 30th, Mom and Dad, Debbie and Zach came over for dinner. Mom was holding her in her lap and Lily was looking at Grandpa. He would bend his head to the left and then the right. Lily copied him. It was the SWEETEST thing. She's learning now to mimic you and copy facial expressions and movements. It's an adorable new development. Also, on this day she wore her first blue jeans! I can't get over how big she's getting!
While I'm sad she's not a true baby anymore-I love every new skill. Every new development. Each day her smile is bigger and brighter and warms my heart even more.
We had such a good Christmas. We all went to Mom and Dad's Christmas Eve to open presents. Lily did very well. Aunt Debbie bought her a Fisher Price Amusement Park. She was busy playing with the little people that came with the park. Lily even learned how to rip open a present or two.
While Lily Belle doesn't yet understand the meaning of Christmas, she was still a delight!
Christmas morning, it was just me, Matt and Lily. (as Calvin was in Arkansas with his Mom)
We got a Fisher Price Talking People Zoo for Lily. The night before, Matt and I assembled the Zoo and had it sitting by the tree. She spotted it right away and crawled up to it. We even got pictures of her heading for her Zoo. She likes to use it to stand and she loves "Zookeeper Zach". We all like to sit down with her and play Zoo. She seems to undy the ida of playing with the various nooks, and noise makers on the zoo. I LOVED my Fisher Price toys as a kid and I hope she will like hers too.
Matt got a bunch of cooking tools. Lily loved Daddy's gifts-especially the whisk and spatula. She was only too happy to hold onto them for Daddy!
Some new skills-Lily has CURLS! There is one adorable curl over her left ear. Sometimes it separates into two curls. She has a soft layer of hair over her whole head. I'm obsessed with the fine downiness and can't stop looking at, kissing, and adoring her sweet little head.
On Friday, Dec. 30th, Mom and Dad, Debbie and Zach came over for dinner. Mom was holding her in her lap and Lily was looking at Grandpa. He would bend his head to the left and then the right. Lily copied him. It was the SWEETEST thing. She's learning now to mimic you and copy facial expressions and movements. It's an adorable new development. Also, on this day she wore her first blue jeans! I can't get over how big she's getting!
While I'm sad she's not a true baby anymore-I love every new skill. Every new development. Each day her smile is bigger and brighter and warms my heart even more.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Time Flies
There have been so many fun events in Lily's life!
Today is December 8th and she is now 9 months old.
My Lily has HAIR! Still no teeth-but a light, fine dusting of sweet blond hair.
She can CRAWL! Hands and knees, honest to goodness crawling. My favorite part is that she SLAPS each hand down as she goes along. SLAP, knee, SLAP, knee. It's quite cute.
She's also standing on everything possible. We have a few things she could use as walkers but because we have hardwood floors, they all move too fast. Lily has a lot of luck using her laudnry basket turned over and pushing it along.
One of my favorite little moments with Lily is after she eats. Sometimes, she will look up at me and vocalize what sounds like "ahhhhhh." I like to think that if she could, she would say, "Great meal, Mom! High Five!" After her "ahhhh" she will have these quiet little babbles including her favorite- "a-dah, a-dah." It's such a special moment and I cherish it so much.
On Monday, December 5th, Alex and I took Lily to Easton. We dressed her in her "Elf" costume to meet Santa. She did a GREAT job and we got an adorable picture of her on Santa's lap. I'm excited for Christmas! I bought her a Fisher Price Little People Zoo and 2 Baby Signs DVDs.
Today is December 8th and she is now 9 months old.
My Lily has HAIR! Still no teeth-but a light, fine dusting of sweet blond hair.
She can CRAWL! Hands and knees, honest to goodness crawling. My favorite part is that she SLAPS each hand down as she goes along. SLAP, knee, SLAP, knee. It's quite cute.
She's also standing on everything possible. We have a few things she could use as walkers but because we have hardwood floors, they all move too fast. Lily has a lot of luck using her laudnry basket turned over and pushing it along.
One of my favorite little moments with Lily is after she eats. Sometimes, she will look up at me and vocalize what sounds like "ahhhhhh." I like to think that if she could, she would say, "Great meal, Mom! High Five!" After her "ahhhh" she will have these quiet little babbles including her favorite- "a-dah, a-dah." It's such a special moment and I cherish it so much.
On Monday, December 5th, Alex and I took Lily to Easton. We dressed her in her "Elf" costume to meet Santa. She did a GREAT job and we got an adorable picture of her on Santa's lap. I'm excited for Christmas! I bought her a Fisher Price Little People Zoo and 2 Baby Signs DVDs.
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