Reunion/Birthday Party

Saturday was a busy day for the Scott's! In the morning, we drove to Alma for my Grandma Odie's family reunion! (To say we were "youngsters" there would be a mild understatement...haha!) Just kidding Grandma! Daddy, Lilly, and huge pregnant Mommy

Lilly's GG Odie and Granddaddy Dennis

GG Tomara, Grandma Oksana, Lilly, and Mommy

Lilly, Granddaddy Dennis, Lola

Family at the reunion...nobody wanted to pose for the camera....go figure!

This was the teeniest miniature doberman pincher I have ever seen!! The teeniest dog I think I have ever seen....including chihuahuas!

What made her hilarious was that Lola and Zya (Granddaddy's dogs) were terrified of this little itty bitty puppy!!! Lilly thought all the dogs were pretty entertaining. The reunion was a good time...we got to see lots of family we don't ever see and eat some pretty tasty lunch!

After the reunion, Lilly grabbed a little nap on the way to cousin Emma's 3rd birthday party!! It was a pool party!!!!! As you might be able to tell in the above picture, Lilly got to taste a little bit of her first cupcake. (I promise she eats stuff that isn't sweets!)

Daddy and Lilly

The water was freezing and it was overcast, so to my surprise Lilly really didn't want to get in at first. THEN she found this little sprinkler!!!

(BTW DeDe both of our bathing suits worked out perfect!!)

She had such a good time with this little water jet!! (It was sooo cold!!)

But it got her ready to get in the big pool!

Where she discovered that she could really make a BIG splash!! It was hilarious. You can tell by Matt's face that she is a pretty good splasher!

At this point she was saying, "ooooohhhh" over and over and, of course, squealing.

Hehehe.

The birthday girl!! Happy birthday sweet Emma!

Lilly and Aunt Shelly

Standing on her tippy toes.

Another sweet picture with Aunt Shelly! We had tons of fun at the pool party!! You would think that Lilly would've passed out from all of that activity, but she still had a little bit of energy left to burn when we got home! (Mommy and daddy....not so much energy left!) I can't believe we are going to have two babies next summer!!

Our Friday

We had a great Friday! "And she's proud to be an American"...anyway, Lilly in one of her festive Fourth of July outfits...a little early, but they are so cute I can't help myself!!

We just LOVE her so much!!!

Back to the day, Lilly took a good morning nap so mommy could get ready. Then, we got out and ran a couple of errands and had lunch with Daddy, MoMo, and MoMo's friend Sara.

Of course sweet Lilly is the only one that got her picture taken!

After a short nap, we went swimming at Aunt CiCi and Uncle Greg's pool! I think we are going to have a little Lilly fish on our hands because she LOVES LOVES LOVES the pool!!

She is pretty funny because she doesn't like to get in all at once. Gradually!!! First dip the feet in, then up to the knee, then the thigh...you get the point! Eventually she is all in and splashing and kicking and having a blast!

Saying cheese with the ducky!

This is Lexi waiting to "save" somebody! She is so funny. If you jump in the pool, she jumps in after you and drags you to safety. So if you want to jump off the diving board, you have to make sure Lexi is at the pond or not around!! They didn't train her to do this, she just does it on her own.

Mixing It Up

Lilly played all day (and I pretty much mean ALL day considering she decided naps were not necessary today) with a mixing bowl and two rubber spatulas!

Having a good time!

She really looks like she is up to something, doesn't she??

Stir, baby, Stir!

Who, me????

See those two bottom pearly whites?? I finally got a picture of them!!!!

Daddy and Lilly after her bath tonight...oh how I love these two people!!!!!!

While we are getting Lilly ready for bed, she HAS to hold her lotion tube!

Goodnight everybody!!

Teething Biscuits

Lilly got to try her first teething biscuit the other day. She loved it!

Mmmmm, mmmmm good.

It was so messy and gross and EVERYWHERE!! However, her joy is worth the nastiness!

LOVE IT! Is this not the cutest foot ever??

We had 8 month photos today! Again, we got in just before the next month starts. She turns 9 months on Monday so we made it with a few days to spare...ha! Anyway, the above is a sneak peak at what photos were taken!

Videos! and Date Night

Saturday night, Aunt CiCi and GG Odie (and Uncle Greg) kept Lilly so Matt and I could have date night!! We went to dinner at TGIFridays (BTW..I had the Jack Daniels Grilled Chicken Sandwich...YUMMY...anywho) and then to the movies to watch Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonians. I am partial because I loved the first one, but I thought it was cute and funny! We had such a good time and it was really nice to have some couple time. However, once we were heading home from the movie, I really felt like Lilly should be with us. She spent the night and we got some good sleep (however, she is sleeping really good lately--knocking on wood as we speak--so that hasn't been a huge issue lately) and then we picked her up first thing Sunday morning.

We had a great time! Thanks again guys for keeping our little princess! Ahhh, now for the videos.

(VIDEO above) This is a video of her kicking her leg and playing. She always lays on her side and kicks whatever leg is on top...it is so cute and funny to watch.

(VIDEO above) This is a video of Lilly soldier scooting for Tank's bone. She is a regular scooting-type crawler now. She goes all over the place. She is really motivated by Tank's bones, her pacifiers, hangers (? go figure), and the diaper bag.

(VIDEO above) This video cracks me up. She is in her highchair...which she turns into a rocking chair! There are a few other things I would like to get on video (i.e. her chasing Tank in the walker) this week. Anywho, we are all caught up on blogging so no more 20 picture posts this week...haha.

Mommy's Helper & Memorial Day

Lilly has been "helping" me lately. She likes to do whatever we are doing. So, while I am in the kitchen making dinner, Lilly hangs out in her walker and "helps"...she has her own spoon and everything. I don't think that I have mentioned that she has become a walker expert. She goes forwards, backwards, turns herself around, and her personal favorite is to chase Tank. You have to keep an eye out because she will ram right into the back of your heels or over your toes--Ouch!

I'm ready to help Mom!

Every good chef does taste-tests while cooking.

Mmmmmm....

She also helped me assemble her new shopping cart! She is quite the helper.

She helped read the directions.

"I think it goes right here, Mom"

She even helped with the screwdriver!

TaDa! Reaping the benefits of her hard work.

We have been working on pulling up and standing with support. She is getting pretty good...strong legs! She likes to stand on her tippy-toes though.

We went down to Benton for Memorial Day weekend, but before we left MoMo came over to help out while I got stuff ready to go! She wore Lilly out!!

Oh, alright, she was able to get a second wind!! If you look close, you can see Lilly is sporting an Afro in this picture. Ha!

Well, I did a horrible job taking pictures down there! But here are some of Lilly playing. She got the shape sorter from Babies R Us while we were there.

Sooo cute.

Lilly and Grandma Betty

Lilly and MaMaw. It was a fun weekend that wore Lilly out! I think three days without a regular routine was a little much. It took all week to get us back on track! It was worth it though. (-: