Hippity Hop

Happy Easter, everyone! Lily had a great day with the Cribari, Wismer, and Maring families! The food was fantastic and everyone had a great time. Lily managed to get into the spirit of the day by temporarily growing rabbit ears. Once she was done with them, she shed the ears and let a few others join in the fun!

ZZZZZZZ....

So, after 5.5 months of sleep deprivation, Lily finally slept through the night. She fell asleep early last night, so we thought we were in big trouble for long stretches of awake time later, but after a quick dream feed around 10:30, Lily slept until 6:00 am!!!! Paul was so happy he offered to buy her a car. Good thing she didn't hear that or she might hold him to it someday! Who knows if she will ever do it again, but for now, on a Monday morning, we are all feeling pretty good.

Spring has sprung

Lily was traveling during her 5 month birthday, so her next report will have to wait until 6 months. I told her it was the same as the rule that says you can skip mass when you're on vacation. Same thing for bloggers. In the meantime, Lily has been a busy girl! She went on another plane trip to Texas over Mom's spring break, and once again, she was a great traveler. So far she has been awesome on planes and seems to stay quiet even when the other kids on the plane are going bananas.

After a fairly mild Winter, Spring is here, and things have been starting to bloom. It was so pretty! That is until we got close to a foot of heavy, wet snow that did quite a number on the delicate Spring blossoms. Now that things have melted, the weather is gorgeous, so the family went for a walk around the neighborhood. Lily made her first trip in her big stroller, and since she needed to make it her own - she threw up all over it.

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Too cute!

This past week, Lily got the chance to go to Austin, TX to spend the day with her cousin, Luke, and her brand new cousin, Abby. Nana got them matching outfits, and then the photo session began. It's really hard to get three little kids to all look good in a picture. It's really hard just to get them to look!

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4 months old!

Its time for the monthly report! Things have been moving so fast lately! I can't believe that another month has gone by and now I'm 4 months old. I've been changing a lot and getting stronger all the time. I love to stand on my tiny little legs with some help from one of the bigger people. I'll be standing on my own in no time! Since my last post Mom and Dad have been so busy. Dad is teaching at Coyote Hills and also working hard on his graduate classes (what are those?) and Mom works all day at school and then comes home and takes care of me.

I went to a birthday party over the weekend for my cousin John and had a great time. I got to see so many people and they all wanted to hold me! I hope they didn't mind that I spit up all over them. I do it all the time, but I don't mean to. It seems like I get a new bib every 30 minutes. I saw cousin Melissa, and I can't wait for Kayden to be born. I know that we will be great friends.

My last doctor's appointment caused some pain (in the legs), but I also found out how much I've grown. Mom and Dad predicted that I would be around 13 pounds and they were close! I weigh 12 pounds 13 ounces, and am 24 inches long. I'm talking - secret code language - all the time, and I can scoot myself around by pushing off of the floor with my feet. Watch out, Ruby - Here I come! Here are a few new pictures so you can see how big I am. Don't be fooled by the sitting up. Its all done with mirrors.