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Lily has made HUGE progress with her sleep. Three weeks ago, I stopped nursing her as she continued to wake multiple times as night. With me going back to work next week, the time had come to really focus on Lily getting a good night sleep. It took a couple of rough nights to transition, but she has finally figured it out. She goes into her crib at night with a bottle of warm milk around 7:30 and wakes up happy around 7:00 a.m.




We are still working on naps in her crib. Lily would rather nap on the floor, which I have no problem with as the kids nap on small cots at daycare. Today however, she was overly tired and wouldn't sleep on the floor.


We have a camera mounted on Lily's crib so we can watch her. Today, I put her in there to take a nap and was watching her play. All of a sudden she put her face right up to the camera as if she was saying, "I don't want to take a nap, Mom!"



A few minutes later when I heard her get quiet, I checked on the camera and saw this.

Video and Picture Catch Up

It's time to catch up on some videos and pictures of Lily. She is mastering milestones like crazy. She is doing great at walking, and when she takes our cell phone or t.v. remote, she attempts to "run" away with it.

The Ball is one of Lily's new favorite toys. She likes to kick the ball and play soccer. She is getting pretty coordinated and has started to walk up the ball by herself and kick the ball at the same time.


We discovered last weekend at my parent's house that Lily knows where her dirty diaper goes. She takes the diaper to the garbage and throws it in the trash.


It's amazing how much Lily is understanding. We can ask her to bring us the ball or book, and she will go and get it for us.

One of our local television news channels does a feature each night called "on the spot." The weather man will predict the weather on the day of your event. I sent in Lily's Birthday Party that we had at my parent's house and she was featured. Below is the video from the news.


Lily enjoying her car out on the deck.




Lily loves mowing the lawn with grandma. On this particular day, she fell asleep, and grandma didn't want to wake her so she started mowing all the neighboring lawns to keep her asleep.


Watch out "So You Think You Can Dance!" When the music is on, Lily likes to dance.


Lily

Happy Birthday Lily :)

July 28th our sweet baby girl turned 1 !! We can't believe how fast the time has gone. This also means I will be going back to work and Lily will be starting daycare in a month. On her birthday, we had a party at the park near our house. Lily had her own smash cake that she LOVED to eat.


Playing with Tallula and Emmett.

Lily is getting really good at walking.


After Lily's party, we drove up my parent's house for the weekend. I had my 10 year class reunion on Saturday night and we got some great family time at the lake. Sunday, Lily had another birthday party. Lily and Daddy got a nap in before the fun began.