New Highchair

This picture (and the one below) was my attempt to get a picture of her two bottom teeth! you really can't see them...BUT, the white dot in the above picture on her bottom gums is one of the teeth. And...

The two shiny spots on the bottom gum in this picture are the teeth. I will keep trying to get a better picture of them! In the meantime, the pictures are still cute so they work!

We got Lilly one of those "space-saver" high chairs. It attaches to a regular kitchen chair and travels wherever you want it to...so it works for us.

Lilly wanted to hold her after-dinner popsicle tonight. She wanted us to feed her the popsicle, but she wanted to hold it in between "bites".

She wasn't sure at first, but by the end she decided she loves having a highchair. It was definitely time....she had become way too mobile to feed on the floor.

The ABOVE VIDEO is pretty long (like 3 minutes). It is of her eating peas and carrots. I originally was recording it (Matt is the videographer for this video) to get her "gross" faces while eating peas....BUT she didn't make any faces. However, it isn't totally clear, but she is blowing raspberries with her food!! That is why the food keeps getting all over her face and bib. She also screeches and says "mama". Oh, and at the end, she drinks out of a cup. (All stuff that is probably only awesome to us, but she is cute either way.)

Happy Mother's Day!

Well, Lilly started Mother's Day off with her own little present for Mommy--sleeping until 9:00 a.m. without even making a peep through the night!! Thank you Lilly!! We got up and ate some breakfast. Lilly and Matt gave me a certificate for a 90 minute prenatal massage (Yea baby!) which I plan on cashing in very soon. What a thoughtful husband, daughter, and baby-boy-to-be I have!!!! Then, I took a nap and Matt did some house work. The gifts just kept on giving. Thank you Matt for being such a great, supportive, and helpful husband to me and father to our babies. Mommy and Lilly. I loved my first official Mother's Day. It was such a special day with special meaning because I just love being Lilly's mom and I am very excited about being the little guy's mom too!

After I woke up, we went to GG Odie's to see the whole family. After such a busy Saturday, Lilly was a little overwhelmed by being around so many people for the second day in a row. She did get to see Grandpa Dennis though!

They had a good time with the chicken (it sings the chicken dance and flaps it's wings--Lilly flaps her arms, too. Ha.)

GG Odie and Lilly.

GG Odie, Grandpa Dennis, and Lilly.

GG Odie, Grandma Oksana, Oksana's mom, and Lilly. Oksana's mom brought her the cutest outfit from Uzbekistan. I will post a picture on the next post. Thanks again, we love it!!

The usual suspects...haha.

I just love the look on her face in this picture!!

By this time, Lilly was done with photo opportunities. She was so overstimulated! She is such a trooper. She lets us take her all over the place and is happy to tag along with us. So, if she gets tired every once in a while, I try to take note. So today (Monday) we just relaxed at home.

The gang again. It was so good to see so much family this weekend. My favorite thing to do is to be around family so this was a great weekend for us.

We left GG Odie's and let Lilly get a good nap. Then, we met up with MoMo for dinner. The above picture is MoMo giving Lilly some of her favorite treat...ICE CREAM.

Yummy!

"Mom, why are you taking another picture?????" Oh yeah, at dinner, Lilly ate peas without any problems!! The peas win!! I guess we will have to wait and see if it was just a fluke or if she likes them now.

Jackson, Lilly, and MoMo.

We had a great Mother's Day here. We hope yours went just as well.

Road Trip

Saturday, after Lilly slept until 9:40 a.m.!!, we loaded up and took a little road trip to Perryville to celebrate Thelma's 90th birthday! Lilly enjoyed the ride. She did great on the way there and back!

She got to see Aunt Susan again! She liked Aunt Susan...she jumped and jumped and jabbered and shrieked!

This is one of those mid-jabber pictures.

She got to see Grandpa!! She was pretty happy about that...I even saw her giving him some of my cuddles! Stinker. (Just kidding--I share when I have to.)

She saw Granddaddy too!

Getting some loving.

I think she is saying "thank you". (:

Such a good picture! So sweet.

Thelma, the birthday girl is the one to the left. Then Jan is holding Lilly. By this time, Lilly was ready for a nap and looking at the camera was NOT an option.

After the party, we went to Aunt Laverne's house (she got a little snooze on the way there so she was feeling much better).

Lilly was pretty good entertainment. She visited and played on the floor with her toys for awhile. She got LOTS and LOTS of attention...and we know she loves that!!

Darryl (Matt's cousin) was there, too. He was kind of forced to hold Lilly. He had never held a baby before. Darryl--you did great!! He said he couldn't be won over by her charm, but he was! I saw him making funny faces at her and smiling because she is just charming!!

Who wouldn't be won over by that little smile?

There they are playing. He was a little nervous because he wasn't sure what "to do" with her, but he did just fine as you can see in these photos. Lilly made a new friend!

Daddy, Mommy, and Lilly. Grandpa took this picture and did a GREAT job. It is my new favorite family photo. As you can tell, we got to see lots of family and it was so worth the drive!! We had such a good time seeing everybody and Lilly loved getting to play with them all too!! We will post about Mother's Day tomorrow. We are kind of posting a day behind because our weekend was so busy.

8 Months!

Yesterday (Friday) Lilly turned 8 months! Lilly, what have you been up to? Well, for starters you have been teething! You love this rubber toothbrush. You are the proud owner of two bottom teeth, but you are very stingy in showing them off. You stick your tongue out over them when somebody tries to see them or if Mommy is trying to get a picture of those pearly whites!

All in all, you have handled teething pretty well. Thursday you were clearly uncomfortable as the right bottom tooth was finishing coming all the way through the gum...we think it is understandable though.

Also, on your 8 month day, you sat in a high chair for the first time. I wasn't sure how you would do since you sit up when you feel like it...but you really enjoyed it. You ate, looked around, and stayed in there while we ate lunch! You are becoming such a big girl.

You are also talking and jabbering up a storm. You say, "dadadadad", "mamamama" (my favorite), "yayayayaya", "nuhnuhnuh", and "ahnooo" which sounds a lot like "I know!". In addition, you also like to shriek. Daddy and Mommy joke that the pterodactyl is not extinct in our house!

Eating: You like to eat! You are like a little bird with a wide open mouth between bites. Tonight, you ate peas without making all the disgusting faces. You do enjoy blowing raspberries while eating which results in food being sprayed everywhere....lovely.

You are army crawling sometimes...it is getting more and more frequent. You still roll everywhere. You also get on your hands and knees and rock back and forth and scoot backwards. You haven't exactly figured out to get all of those things to come together yet, but you are so close!!! However, you have been able to get around by rolling for awhile now.

You walk backwards in your walker. I can take your hands and help you go forward, but on your own, you just go in reverse around the kitchen/dining room.

You are such a happy baby. People are always asking Daddy and I if you are always "this happy" and the truth is that you pretty much are. You are so sweet and happy all the time. We are worried we might be in big trouble with your little brother because what are the chances that we will get two babies that are this happy all the time? (Either way, we will love you just as much little man!)

You raise both of your hands up in the air...like you are shouting "hallelujah" or "touch down"! It is so stinking cute! You are also back to sleeping through the night (hallelujah) on a regular basis. And as with every month, you are growing like a weed! You are in 6-9 month clothes. You wear size 3 diapers. You weigh 18 lbs. 11oz. You are getting a new car seat this weekend because you have really outgrown the infant carrier. Also, you have become a little too mobile so we are also getting you a high chair this weekend.

On an "eight month" final note, You ate a cheerio for the first time Friday as well. You actually ate 3 and did very well--no choking. You like little bits of ice, ice cream, and Popsicles! Popsicles have really helped with the teething (Dr. recommended this for other moms out there)..you grind your little teeth stubs on the Popsicle. I could never list all of the stuff you do to make us laugh and smile and amaze us everyday, but I think that is enough of a highlight for one post. We love you baby girl and thank God for you each and every day!!!!

On another important note, my 4 year old nephew had to have his tonsils and adenoids removed AND new tubes put in his ears. Above is a picture of Lilly with her MoMo's friend Adam. He came down to make sure the surgery went well with Ethan. He and Lilly became good buddies over the weekend.

Praise God! The surgery went well!! He did so well. We are soooo proud of him...he was such a BIG boy! He wanted Lilly to sit next to him. My sister, Michelle, is sitting with Lilly and Ethan, too. She handled the whole situation like a champ!

Okay, so while Ethan was "out" for surgery, they put an IV in his arm. To prevent him from pulling it out, they put foam under his arm and wrapped it with a bandage....so it looked like a cast. Well, when he woke up from surgery and saw his arm, he thought they broke his arm!! Even now that he is home, he is walking around like his arm is broken. He is so funny and adorable.

Lilly and MoMo.

Friday night, we went out to dinner with our friends John, Brittney, and Trevor. Brittney is pregnant and is due a week and a half after me. It is so nice having a friend that is pregnant at the same time!!

We went on a mini road trip today (Saturday) and I will post about that tomorrow because this post is already really long.

Wednesday Randomness

Sitting Pretty. Lilly is pretty good at sitting up (when she wants to be sitting up). This morning I went to lay her on the floor so she could roll around, but she wanted to sit up and hang out...so she did.

Two things Lilly loves to do: (1)Hang out in the stroller with her feet kicked up. People are always commenting on her propping her feet up. What can I say? She likes to be comfortable. (2)Eat yummy ice cream! If you stop feeding her to take a bite for yourself, she just stares at you and kind of smacks her lips.

Here are some pictures from her tonight just hanging out at the house.

Such a sweet and happy girl!

Playing with the carpet--she just loves the carpet texture.

Who me??

Lilly girl--we just love you sooooo much!!! Oh, we put her to bed last night at 7:30 and she slept until 9:40 this morning!! I was about to go wake her up to make sure she was okay! (On a side note, it is 10:40 and we have been trying to get her to sleep tonight for at least 2 hours--crazy girl!)