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One of those days...

I don't have any new pictures for today. Sorry. I had such bad insomnia last night. I don't know why. Not to be mysterious, but Pedro and I had some good news yesterday. I guess I'm still anxious. Would you believe I'm still getting notices about the insurance bill for having Lily???? It's only been since October 18th! I don't want to complain too loudly because I'm not paying for most of it, the insurance company is. *sweet smile* This picture is when Lily was around 6 weeks.

Let me see - Pedro had an hour and a half massage today. He came home looking pretty relaxed. :) This picture is Lily at roughly 5 weeks. :) It's amazing to think how far she's come - and how far she still has to go! We watched a cool movie today. The Devil's Backbone, it's a spanish horror movie. It wasn't super scary and it was a good film. Even Pedro was watching it intently. :)



Let me see.... I know bathing Lily doesn't take a long time and it's nice to get her cleaned up but I'm just dragging by the end of the day. Pedro often cleans her up in the shower, after he gets home. So she's not a mess ALL the time. :) I'm not sure about putting her in the tub, I still bathe her in the baby bath thing. It's built for toddlers too. I think the three things that worry me most about bathing Lily are my back and my knees. :)

All about the hair...

If I have one particular vice as a mother, it's not bathing Lily every day. The books say do it in the evening before bed. Well, I'm bloody worn out by then so it usually doesn't happen. Daddy is good about taking her in the shower. So I noticed yesterday morning that her bedhead was screaming for a good bath.

So she got a bath in the morning. I'm sure the baby books are all screaming on the bookshelves. I know it's a routine to help babies know that sleepy time is coming, but we usually don't have a problem getting Lily to sleep at night. Her nighttime routine is daddy coming home. But seriously, doesn't it look like horns coming out of the back of her head?

Oh yeah, and we have to drop the mattress this weekend. Lily kind of crawls up the bumper. She can't pull up to a stand but she's so big she can peek over the railings anyway. I'm sure she's trying to figure out how to bust out of the crib. :) And I can't stop eating cookies because I'm still so tired everyday that they're a quick fix. Some days I stagger around all dizzy, which is a horrible feeling when trying to care for a small child. Pedro had to help Lily at 1am. I slept through her cries, I think I was just too exhausted. :(

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Let me see, not much time but I have a lot of information to share (for those who care). Lily can sit up on her own now. I mean, she can get into a sitting position on her own. That didn't take long. I can't remember if I said it yesterday or not but she follows me down the hall now. I do put up the babygate though because the cats have ripped up carpeting and there are some exposed nails. Which is why two of them are going in to be declawed next week. It's funny how priorities change once you have a child.

Anyway, what else. Riley and Lily have kind of started playing together. Very cute. Oh and last night when Pedro went out to pluck the fallen pieces of chicken from the grill, there was a raccoon on the back deck with the same intentions. He wasn't as big as the Vancouver raccoons who grow large on the excellent offerings from garbage cans there. Apparently, he was quite saucy and walked down the back steps slowly checking back over his shoulder to see if he was being followed. Sassy thing.

I'm sure I've forgotten something. Oh well. Here's another cute picture.

Dying

Not to be melodramatic or anything. I feel so awful today. I might be getting a cold - I'm all achy. Add that to being woken up last night and I want to fall asleep and stay that way for days. But I don't have that option so I get to eat lots of cookies.

Let's see, Riley threw up on the curtains this morning. Lily is behaving herself. A few birds have discovered the bird bath. Oh, I made an awesome video of Lily last night. She was mouthing off, crawling, doing some yoga, frowning, crawling more, etc. I'm not allowed to post any videos to youtube so I took a picture from the video to show her frown. It's more impressive in the video. You see, she finally looked up and saw me filming her. You know how kids refuse to do anything on demand and I was getting great footage. So anyway, she frowned in 3 parts. It still makes me giggle to see it. :)

At least Riley is earning his kibble today. Lily keeps "chasing" him. He walks from one side of the room to the other. She follows behind with a 2 minute delay. It means I get a small break. whew

hmpf

I had another bad night last night. I had trouble falling asleep and then Lily had trouble staying asleep. Oh well, I know as soon as she hits 12 or 13 she'll be impossible to get out of bed in the mornings. :) So I only have another 11 years and 5 months of sleep deprivation. :)

And for the people who complain about the slow posting (and you know who you are) I'd like to say that no one leaves comments anymore so I feel like no one's reading the blog. I need a little incentive. It's not the hardest thing in the world but Lily takes up a lot more of my time now that she's crawling. So when I have a moment to myself, updating Lily's blog is not at the top of my list. :) So if you want more updates, leave more comments. hmpf!

I did mean to tell the story of Lily's travel down the hallway. Yesterday Pedro and I were grilling hot dogs. We left Lily on the study floor. When we came back in, Lily was halfway down the hall. I think she was looking for us. :) It was VERY cute. :) She's still not a smooth crawler but she's only been doing it a few days. And no, I did not get a picture of her in the hallway. The hotdogs were ready. Priorities people.

It's official

I don't have any pictures of it but Miss Lily is now crawling. It's hesitant and she tends to lift her arms really high but what the hey, she's still learning. :) But here's what's really important about today: Pot Roast! Here I am browning it. It was almost 5 pounds. :)

Here it is in the slow cooker. I put potatoes and red onion into cook with it. I couldn't wait until it was done. It's been agonizing me with its delicious smells all day. The end meat was starting to fall off so I've been eating that. :) It's good! I guess I'm the opposite of most people who are grilling for the holiday weekend. Oh well. :)

Oof

Well, we're trying to encourage Lily with her crawling. She can move by getting up on her knees and flopping forwards, getting up on her knees, flopping forward, etc. I love this pic. I'm not sure when I took it.

Daddy used his car keys tonight to try and get Lily to crawl. She's just not quite there, but I don't think it hurts to encourage her. :) But here's the winning photo from tonight....

I forgot to add that Pedro told me that several people came up to him in Lowe's and told him how beautiful Lily is. It didn't hurt that she had her cute pink sunhat on. :) I was outside looking at bird baths. I did get one. There are several birds that hang around the front yard and I'd like them to hang out more. :)

Aah ba ba

Well, that's what Lily says anyway. :) She talks to herself a lot now but I cannot, CANNOT, get her to talk on the phone. I try to let her daddy listen. I did, at least, snap a picture of her acting like a little sassafras recently. I understand why she stops talking when I hold the phone close to her. I never hold the phone close to her because she tries to chew on it. :)


I also took some pictures, trying to show how she can almost crawl. Of course, she never crawls TO me. Here she is acting like a little squirt. I know she's not being an exhibitionist, she's just playing with what's closest to her - her shirt. :)

It hasta be pasta

Miss Lily sort of crawled today. I had to provide the proper incentive - car keys. What is it about babies and car keys? Anyway, she didn't do any crawling after that. She did eat some of my pasta though. I was trying to eat my dinner and she plopped her hand right in my dish. I broke up the rotini into little bits so she wouldn't choke. I could hear her chewing away. :) It looks like she might be eating our meals sooner than I thought. She still slammed her last bottle of the day though. :)

It's Skink Love (Parental Discretion Advised)

It's been quite the day. Lily woke me up at 4 and didn't fall asleep until 6 this morning. argh. She's been Jekyll and Hyde all day. Right now she's happily playing. She's taken a move or two crawling but you can tell it makes her nervous. :)

Alright, I heard B.G. maniacally scratching the front door and saw him watching THIS. They were awfully, ummmm, motivated. I'm going to have baby skinks!!!! In other news, I gave Miss Lily some banana baby yogurt for her snack. I think I'm going to have to up her solid food intake.

And poor B.G. I shut the front door to give the skinks some privacy. My front porch has been the scene of some in flagrante delicto. I guess I'll have to hose it down. :) Oh and I'm watching Miss Lily launching herself across the floor. It's almost crawling. :) I just hope she tires herself out with her playing so she sleeps alllllllll night. :)

So far...

Well, today has been MUCH better than yesterday. Lily's gone down for her naps well and she hasn't cried over nothing (that I could figure out). The only time she thought about crying was when I took her away from daddy's computer cables. She quite liked wrestling with them. :)

Maybe Lily was having a bad day yesterday. We all have bad days, right? I took some pictures of her today trying to crawl. She's SOOOOOO close. She can scoot up her knees under her body and can lunge forward. She lifts up her arms, one at a time, of course, but she can't quite figure out how to move forward.

She's been happily playing today. Here are some pictures of her stuffing her mouth with her red monkey. Silly Lily! I'm happy too today because I just finished a big batch of sweet potatoes. I think one of the reasons she was cranky yesterday was because she might have been hungry. So I've been trying to give her more snacks during the day. Thankfully, B.G. likes cheerios. He eats up all the ones that end up on the floor. Thank you B.G.!

Sigh

Things have been a little stressful lately. For some reason, Lily doesn't like falling asleep anymore. She fights it and cries and cries. She cries so hard I worry about her breathing more than her crying. She did this last night (Sunday) and again today. I really don't know why. Could it be because we went away this weekend and she's afraid to fall asleep in case she ends up somewhere else? Is it because she's trying so hard to crawl? Even when she's falling asleep her legs keep kicking and butt keeps lifting. I really don't know.

Here she is on Saturday looking all cute. I guess she really is a good-looking kid. :) You can tell I'm packing for Lily as well, with all the pink in my case. :) Yes, my bed is messy but I have everything I need within reach. :P

This last picture is of Miss Lily sleeping 5 minutes ago. She kind of collapsed on her Pooh bear.

Zoo

Well we might be going to the zoo today. We're going to grandma & grandpa's house. Mommy and Lily already went to the salon for mommy's pedicure. Gosh it feels good to get that old skin filed off! Unfortunately, I think Lily has inherited my feet so I'm going to have to show her how to take care of them. I can tell because sometimes her feet sweat, a lot. Sorry Lily. :) This is a really old picture. I like looking at them. You can see the the seeds of who she'll become in there. Plus, I like her fuzzy socks. :)

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It's not fair. When Lily sleeps through the night, I have insomnia. When I am able to sleep, Lily wakes me up all night! Okay, she only woke me up a couple of times last night but I need a good night's sleep!!!!

Miss Lily decided to stretch out in her crib today. The wrong way, of course. She thoroughly trashes her crib these days. She kicks her musical things, messes up the sheet, bunches up the bumper. I'm the kind of person that if my bed is messed up, I have to get up in the middle of the night and straighten it up. I'm trying very hard not to let my OCD interfere with her sleeping so I kind of grit my teeth and walk by. :)