Lily and her Wooby

It seems our little one has developed special affection for a certain pink and fuzzy blankie....

Carousel

Take #1: Riding the carousel with Grandpa at the mall. Pretty uneventful...just another chance to love on one of her favorite men....

Take #2: Riding the carousel with Grandpa at the zoo. A few minutes of wonder and curiosity followed by....

Poor baby girl. Fortunately Grandpa was there to comfort her.

She recovered but it may be a while before we board any moving metal horsies.

This is it....

...the absolute love of my life.

Almost Crawling

My tiny baby girl is getting so big. It is really amazing how much she changes every single day. We have been giving her tons of tummy time and she has been making the best of it. Giggling at herself, rolling all over the place...

She has now perfected sitting on her own. If she starts to fall, she catches herself. She can sit for long periods without me propping her up again and again. When she gets tired of sitting, she will purposefully topple herself over.

Late last week she started this....

She's up on her knees! I nearly screamed with glee when I saw her doing this. She is ALMOST CRAWLING! She can't really get herself to go anywhere or keep her belly up off the ground for too long but it's a start. I am sooooo proud of her!!

First Trip to the Zoo

Last Tuesday we packed up our baby gear, grabbed Grandpa and went to see some animals. Lily was all for it....
Grandpa and Dadddy were bravely facing the heat for their little one...

The BOB was put to good use

Lily stared at fish and lizards alike

Mommy and Daddy in a self picture

Lily and Grandpa

Ooooooh....elephants

And monkeys in a tube

See baby girl....

Daddy will do anything for a smile from his little girl

NOTHING comes in between Lily and her nap

It turns out it was naptime for most of the animals too

Rawwwwrr - this poor lion was so old and wrinkly

Pretty zebras

I love giraffes but they sure are smelly

You know flamingos are pink because they eat shrimp, right?!?

Cheese Grandpa!

Another fun day as a FAMILY!

Lily's Week in Review

I have been back at work full force for a few weeks now and it's rough. I cherish every minute I get to spend with my precious new family. My little girl grows every day and I am so fearful of missing even one new face, milestone or even one poopy diaper. Every moment is fuller now, every breath has new meaning and it is all so awesome. This has been a good week for our little one.
More smiles and two new teeth...now she has both the bottom front two completely in and the top two partially in. My poor baby has been teething like CRAZY.

More happy times with mommy as we were getting ready to have our first family pictures taken
More experiments with solid foods. She has now had peas, sweet potatoes, bananas, apples and green beans. Surprisingly, she doesn't like sweets at all and has refused the bananas and apples. I have tried mixing them in with rice cereal and it's still a no go. Somehow I will get her to eat some fruit.

Goofing around some more with daddy

Lunch out with Grandpa, Mommy, Daddy, Karen and BFF Sophie from China

That tongue is a killer. It must be soothing to those new teeth.

Beautiful Sophie at the FlipBurger

Karen, Sophie, Lily and Mommy

More tummy time. Lily can now roll in any direction, is pretty sturdy at sitting when she wants to and can grab things from all directions. Still no crawling or pseudo-crawling but it may not be far off.

We took a trip to the mall with Grandma and Grandpa and Lily had her first carousel ride with Grandpa. I think Grandpa may have giggled even more than Lily.

Grandpa and Lily after the carousel ride

Cheeeeese, or is it mooooooo?!?

Loving some green beans and hamming it up for the camera

I love this life!!

All about the food

It's always been all about the food in our house and, with Lily, it's no different. It was so hard to get her to swallow baby food but she is making great progress with every attempt. We are trying to introduce the new foods one at a time weekly. Last week was the sweet potatoes and this week....peas! We are trying to follow the suggestion of introducing the more savory foods first. As long as she does well, Lily will have bananas or apples next week. It is so much fun to watch my munchkin experience new things. Her face and personality are priceless. I am still overwhelmed every day at my capacity to love this little person.

Experiencing things through her, even peas, is amazing. And that face....oh that sweet green globbery goo covered face. Love it!!

I'm so proud of our little family. Through spit up, poopy diapers, razzzzberries, giggles and belly laughs we are a unit, a family and, once again, it is better than my best dream.

No, it's not punkin...

...it's sweet potato!

Oh-oh say can you seeeeee....

The 4th of July was special this year...because we have our own little patriotic girl to share it with.
One of my former co-workers/friends made Lily this beautiful little dress to celebrate her first holiday as an American.

I think she looks adorable as always (with Grandma holding her)

Happy 4th of July to everyone!!