Our Little Water Bug !

Lily is obsessed with playing in the water. We knew from swimming lessons that she enjoyed it, but now she can sit in her own pool outside and play. Her love for water doesn't stop there... she is always checking out the bath tub to see if there's any water for her to splash in. For her baths at night, she kicks water all over the floor and if you're the lucky one who is giving the bath, you better have your suit on !!






My little helper has discovered the dishwasher and climbs all over it.


At times, Lily gets a little lazy and will use her face instead of her hands. When she is eating, instead of picking up something from her tray, sometimes she will put her face down and pick it up with her mouth. In this video, she used her head to play some tunes!

Memorial Day Weekend

We had a wonderful 5 day weekend up north. Lily turned 10 months old on the 28th. Our little girl is getting so big. She is waving "bye, bye" and loves to eat cheese!
Her happy personality shows through in this picture.
10 months old


While vacationing up north, the weather wasn't the greatest, but we did manage to get out for a Boat ride on the new pontoon! Lily seems to enjoy the boat.


I brought my camera up to practice taking pictures and had a great day on Sunday for picture taking outside with Lily. It was a little Windy Outside, but Lily loved being in Grandma's Perennial Garden.


Lily Laughing at Bella, she does this everytime she sees her.


Up in the Apple Blossoms.


Playing in the fountain was almost as much fun as playing in the bathtub.



Bella is enjoying living at the lake. She hangs out in the day with my dad and brother while they work in the shop. When she gets warm, she heads to the lake for a quick swim.



Playing in Grandma's Garden.

Update

Last weekend, we went to my parents house while Levi was in the Boundary Waters with some friends. Lily had a great time helping grandma plant her flowers.


Planting flowers is hard work...

Lily has started to say "Hi" and "Da, Da" although she hasn't quite made the connection to what they actually mean. She is working on waving bye, bye and is starting to share with us. She tries to feed us her food, and put her toys in our mouth too ! Lily continues to pull herself up on everything and walk along furniture while holding on. Her two bottom teeth are really coming in and we think more are on the way.

busy, busy, busy

This picture of Lily looks exactly like me when I was her age.



Lily loves to feed herself. She usually takes a big handful and tries to push it all into her mouth at once.


She pulls herself up on pretty much everything, and moves along the couch. She is working on waving bye bye.


When we were up north, we went and visited my mom's friend Maggie, so Lily could see her horses. I think Lily is going to be an animal lover :)


In the kitchen, Lily loves to raid the drawers. Her favorite thing is the wax paper.

Lily riding on her stuffed fish.


We have discovered the swing at the park! I'm amazed at how much Lily loves to swing. We walk to the park everyday that it's nice out so she can swing and watch the big kids play.

It's so fun to watch Lily's personality develop. She is such an active little girl

Twins Game

We have a crawler !

This month has been filled with so many firsts for Lily. We had so much fun bringing her to the Twins Game last Saturday. Our friends Paul and Marjorie Kocian were in town and arranged for us to get a suite at the game.
Playing with Tallula at the game. So tired Sunday we spent Easter with my family up north. Lily was very interested in the plastic eggs. Lily is starting to pull herself up on things. I have been organizing the living room and Lily-proofing all things she can get into.

Lily started crawling one week ago. She went backwards for one day, and the next she started going forward.



Lily has two bottom teeth and is getting a third on the top.

Cheesy Smile



Lily and Tallula

Many milestones are being reached !!!

I'm happy to share that Lily is finally sleeping through the night. We met with a pediatric sleep doctor several weeks ago to discuss Lily's lack of sleep. She was continuing to wake 3-5 times a night to nurse. We developed a plan to try and break Lily of the habit, but after a week and a half, things weren't getting much better. Last Sunday I reached a point where I knew we had to try something else. We both hadn't slept for 8.5 months and it was really starting to catch up with me. Levi drove Lily and I to Brainerd Monday morning as I needed my mom's help. For three nights we had to let Lily cry and boy was this painful. By far the hardest thing I have had to do so far in motherhood. On the fourth night, she slept through the night, and the fifth night, and the sixth night. We came back home last night and I was nervous how she would do in her own crib, but she slept all night.

We had such a great week up north with my family. Lily had a blast driving her car in Grandpa's garage.




Lily had her first tooth poke through two weeks ago. We had no idea it was even close as she wasn't at all fussy. One week later another bottom tooth came in. Fingers are crossed that teething will continue to be this joyful.


Although Lily was all dressed up for the Twins Opening Game, she stayed home with Grandma and watched it on tv. We will be bringing her this weekend to her first game of the season.



Lily started crawling backwards yesterday. She gets around pretty good, and I'm sure it won't be long before she is crawling forward.

If you're happy and you know it ...

Clap your hands !! Lily has learned how to clap and is loving it.



She also enjoys working on her car !


Reading books is so much fun.

8 Months Old and Las Vegas Trip

Happy 8 Months Today to Lily !!! She is trying so very hard to crawl. She gets up on all fours, but then falls to the side. It won't be long... Bella left us last week to stay up north with my parents. The house seems a little empty with her gone (she does take up some space), but she has so much fun running around up there. With her gone, I have been able to get some hard core dog hair cleaning in. Today I scrubbed all the floors, and got up all the random paint drops that were on there in anticipation for Lily to be crawling shortly. We got home Thursday night from Las Vegas where we had an AWESOME TIME!! Lily was such a great age for a trip like that. She loved being in her stroller looking at all the lights and getting lots of fresh air. Swimming in the pool was another highlight for her; she is quite the little water bug. She kicks around of her tummy and then dips her face in too. Levi's first morning of meetings. Can you tell we were up until 3 a.m. (because of the time change)? The convention center was attached to the hotel, so we were able to walk with him to his meetings. We were so lucky to have grandma come along with us. Levi was busy all day and many nights, so it was nice to have her with to keep Lily and I company and to babysit when Levi and I went out to dinner. Thanks again Mom ! Monday was pretty chilly (upper 50's) so we went to a really nice outlet mall. Lily had a great time people watching! Lily and Grandma sharing a Monster Burger. Tuesday we walked the strip and did some shopping at Fashion Show Mall. This picture is in front of the Bellagio. Getting ready for our first dip in the water.
Lily loves to swim
Big girl in her own sun chair with Sophie the Giraffe.

Taking a break from swimming.


Hi Guys !

Viva Las Vegas

We have had a busy week of packing and getting ready to leave for Las Vegas! Levi is going there for a work conference, so Lily, my mom and I are going too :) We leave this evening and will be gone for the week. We are looking forward to some warmer weather. Last night we put together this new toy for Lily. She really likes to ride on it. When she starts standing, it can convert for her to push. Speaking of toys, Lily would rather play with the movies and pull them off the shelf.
We still have no visible sign of any teeth, but Lily continues to chew on everything. She loves to chew on frozen fruit in her mesh feeder.


Lily looks so big in this picture. This was a day last week that we were out running errands.

March 2011

Lily has completed her second week of Swimming Lessons at the YMCA. The first time she was a little nervous as the water was colder than what she's used to in the bath tub. By her second lesson, she was a lot more comfortable in the water. She does a great job of kicking her feet and doesn't mind getting her face wet. Here are a few pictures from Saturday. I will get some action shots next week and post them.