Octo-girl

Monthly check in - month 8. I'm coming to you from the great state of Texas where the family and I have been for a week and a half. We are having a great time! Nana and Opa have a jumperoo at their house, which is totally awesome, and I also got to spend some time with my cousins, Luke and Abby. The big news of the month is that I can finally sit up all by myself! Once I figured it out, I caught on quickly, and now bath time is so much more fun! I feel so free. I am also starting to move around a little bit more. I can scoot backwards and roll over to change the view, but I'm not quite crawling yet. Maybe I'll just start running instead. It's supposed to be good for you. Talk to you later!

Love, Lily

Happy Father's Day, Daddy!

Today was Paul's first Father's Day, and Lily did not disappoint. She was adorable and smiled for him all day long. We hope all the other great Dads out there had a wonderful day!

Just a few adorable pictures

Cute pictures of the day!

Food, glorious food!

Ok - so we started solid foods a little while ago, but here a few pictures. She's so cute!

7 month report

So - I am now closer to my first birthday than my actual birth. 7 months and getting bigger everyday! Since we last spoke, there have been some big changes. The biggest news is about two very small teeth that have made their appearance on my lower gums. The hurt like nobody's business right before they came in, but once they came through, I felt so much better. I like to stick out my chin now and show my teeth off to anyone who will take the time to admire them. I think some more may be on the way, because I'm in an inexplicably bad mood these days.

I have decided that being sick is for the birds. I got sick, Daddy got sick, Mommy got sick. It was terrible. I had to go on my first antibiotic because my eyes got so gross that I had a hard time seeing! Now that the sick days have passed, I am looking forward to a happy, healthy summer. Mommy is almost done with school and we are heading to Texas in less than a month. I'll have to phone in my next update from Dallas. Take care!

Love, Lily

And I just thought this one was funny...

Show off those pearly whites!

I got a few shots recently (OK, today) that show off baby girl's newly minted teeth. They are small and really just enamel covered ridges, but her father and I are proud nonetheless.

New pics

Lily had her six month pictures made a couple of weeks ago, and I finally got the pictures on line from JC Penny. Here are a few cute shots from the day. You can't see them, but there are actually two tiny teeth in that adorable mouth. Soon she'll be flashing a mouthful of pearly whites and then ruining them with candy and thumb sucking.