Oof

Lily and I have had quite a day! I hope I remember everything! Let's see... I had an eye exam this morning. The doctor had fun trying to move things around with Lily hanging onto them. :) She did that light test where you follow the light with your eyes and apparently Lily passed too. yay! I'm sorry Pedro but the only sunglasses that looked good on me were Prada. Consider them an anniversary gift. *sweet smile* Then we went to Whole Foods. yummmmm

Then Lily did some more practice walking in the livingroom. She likes hanging onto the elliptical machine. She turned to look at me and let go and stood on her own power for about 5 seconds. Then I should have yelled, "timber!". Down she went. She took a hit from part of the machine that doubled her over so her head landed on the floor first. What did our princess do? Got up to try again! At standing, probably, not falling over. :) I checked her out and she seemed fine.

Okay, so that was fun. Then we had to go on another trip to the grocery store. It was pretty uneventful (except for all the people telling Lily how cute she is) until checkout. Lily's getting good at taking off her hat. I put it back on her head because we were about to leave and I didn't want her to lose it. She gave me this look and reached up all sassy like to whip it off of her head again. Well, as they say, pride goeth before a fall and our little princess poked herself but good in the eye. So now she's screaming in the checkout line. Fortunately, she had been making eyes at the man behind me (he encouraged her in a round of peekaboo) so I lifted her up and kissed her and showed her to the man behind me. I told him she had poked herself in the eye and he told her "you poked yourself in the eye? that hurts" So she smiled for him. Crisis averted!

She is getting over her stranger anxiety. Some people she positively beams for. I can see the corners of her mouth turning up around the pacifier. :) I'm so looking forward to tomorrow. I'm marinating my chicken tonight, for the thai peanut chicken, which I'm going to grill on kebabs with some peppers and sweet onion. Then I'm making coconut rice. Pedro will be in charge of the hotdogs and hamburgers. I bought a lovely fruit tart with blackberries, blueberries, raspberries & strawberries. I think it's supposed to look a bit like the american flag. I know Whole Food's fruit tarts are yuuuummmmmmy!

Have a happy 4th! And a happy belated Canada Day to my Canadian homies!

Saucy!

Oh, the title thingie says I've already used Saucy. hmfp Oh well, it's more applicable for this posting. I may be really busy tomorrow so this might have to count for then. Gosh I'm tired. Anyway, I made some pasta tonight and shared it with Lily. :)

She did pretty well with it. I had to give her a bath afterwards, which might be obvious given the state of her hands and arms. :) For an afternoon snack she had soft cheese and ham. I'm trying to make an effort to give her more advanced foods. Sometimes it's easier just to crack a jar open than to plan for different textured snacks. I know, I take my mommying pretty seriously. :)

Oh and I do have some bad news... Lily's legs are starting to thin out and she's losing her fat rolls! eep! She stands for long periods of time, like 20 minutes or more. And she bounces in place. Sometimes she moves her feet a little to reach across the sofa. I'm a scairt! The walking monster will be here soon!

Sleepy Fusion

ummm I know I had a point with the title but I forgot it now. Anyway, Lily is asleep (finally). I went to make her apple sauce this morning and I don't know if I misplaced my apples or used some already but I could only find 2. So I kept on scrounging and I found a nectarine, strawberries and a banana. I called it a Fruit Fusion. It tastes like a wickedly good smoothie. Lily had some for lunch and kept opening her mouth for more, even when the jar was finished. Sorry Lily.

The pictures are from this morning. Sometimes when I change her diaper, I put her pants on her head to keep her occupied. Little hands like to explore when the diaper comes off. I don't really want to clean poop off of Lily hands, or anything else she touches. blech Anyway, today she didn't mind having pants on her head. Sometimes she doesn't like it.

I've been busy today. It's amazing what I can do with a full night's sleep! Pedro says he may let me sleep in the spare room again. One last time. Sigh. I actually slept through the night last night. I usually wake up to see if I can hear Lily. Mommies are so silly. :)

Fast

I have to do this quickly. It's our anniversary today so we want to go out for lunch and also get some more baby things. Lily needs a bathmat and some more bath toys. :) She absolutely loves her nighttime bath. :) Anyway, isn't this the cutest picture ever?????



Well, alright, the cutest for today. :) Lily was a cranky thing yesterday. I don't know why. I gave up on cheering her up and just let her be a grouch. Of course, she is getting 3 new teeth so that MIGHT have something to do with it...

Pizza Stealer!

Pedro stole my pizza this morning. He just said that he could have eaten the whole thing. hmpf! You know, you ask someone if they want any pizza, and they say no, so you order enough for yourself. GRRRRRR.

Anyway, onto the Lily stuff. She is really good at pulling up on things now, which means that I'm going to have to be really careful about keeping things away from the edges of tables, etc. She's already knocked over one cup of tea. Thankfully, it wasn't hot and it didn't land on her.

Also, last night Lily had her first bath out of the baby bath thing. Pedro said that at first she was freaked out but when I went in there she was crawling around and kicking and playing. :) I can't post pictures of that because nekkid baby photos on the internet are just not a good idea. Trust me that she did look very cute and was having a great time. :) At the rate she's progressing, she'll be able to run her own bath in a month or two. :)

Tired

Yes, I'm tired but it was actually Lily that fell asleep while sitting. Okay, she was sitting cross legged in her crib. I left for a minute and when I came back she had bent forward to rest her head on her feet and fell asleep. :) I didn't take a picture because I was on my way to nap too! Here is another picture of Lily standing yesterday. She's getting to the point where she can shuffle her feet a little while standing. She's going to be cruising soon. I'm going to have to get her a fake phone because she loves to play with the real one. Sometimes I hear a little beep and she's managed to turn the phone on. To give her credit she always looks shocked and lets me turn it off. :) I'll try to have better pictures of her tomorrow. I keep forgetting to put fresh batteries in my camera!

hmpf!

I put up an adorable picture of a newborn Lily and no one comments! What is wrong with you people?! What do you all have jobs or something??? No new pictures, just a scolding.

Lily is pulling herself up more and more. She took a couple of days off after the first time but she's right back in it again. I think mostly because she wants to get to the good stuff on the couch, like mommy's cell phone and the tv remote. Sometimes she stands and wiggles and bends her legs like she knows there's something else she's supposed to do. I think she might be walking before I'm ready! Actually, that's a lie. She is getting to be so heavy, I am more than happy for her to move around under her own power. Just so long as she moves in the direction I need her to. Alright, I can't help it, I'll post another picture. It's an older pic - maybe from April? - but it's still one of my favorites.

HOT!

It's supposed to be up in the 90s today. Boo! Lily and I will hide out inside again. :) This morning I was looking at "old" pictures of Lily. Thankfully, grandma Sarah took some great photos of Lily just after her birth. I was in no shape to do so. I can't remember, I think I had 5 hours of sleep over 3 days? Or something close to that. No one gets a lot of sleep in a hospital. But look at her all little and wrinkled and fat. And look at her now!



It's just always so amazing to me to see the changes she's gone through in 8 months. And I'm not trying to be mean, but she seems like such a big baby. It's getting harder and harder to lift her! I feel for the moms who have babies that weigh over 15 pounds. Granted those are the babies whose moms have gestational diabetes but still! Anyway, here's Miss Lily clapping. I tried to take a picture when her hands were together but digital cameras are a bit slow.

Sometimes when I sit on the floor with Lily she'll come up behind me and either put her hands on my back to pull herself up, or lean up against me. It's VERY sweet. :) She is a sweet child, albeit one with a large stubborn streak. I wonder who she gets that from. hehehehehe!

Park

Grandma, grandpa, auntie Nicole and uncle Todd, Lily, daddy and I went to Walnut Creek park yesterday. It was kind of spur of the moment for me as I was going to stay at home and nurse my back. But then I thought maybe getting out and walking would help. If we go again I'll be a little more prepared. :) We'll make sure we bring our bathing suits.

Okay, don't rub your eyes and don't adjust your monitor - yes, it's a picture of Pedro smiling. Smiling! It helped that he was tickling Lily at the time. You can't help but smile when you hear her laugh. I'm sure it's that way with most babies. :)

Let's see... This is the first morning in over a week that I woke up without any back pain. It's still twinging a bit but I had a good night's sleep except for Lily waking me up. :) I'm not sure I should mention this but daddy gave Lily to her grandpa to hold yesterday while she was asleep. I thought it was really thoughtful but Pedro said he did it because he wanted to make sure he got to the buffet tables unencumbered. But then he added that he was also glad that grandpa got to hold her. hmpf

** UPDATE ** Daddy called from work to let me know that he was joking about why he gave a sleeping Lily to her grandpa to hold. I have been severely chastised. Although anyone who has met Pedro knows how serious he is about buffets....

Isn't She Lovely....

Okay, there are a couple of stains on the dress but that's because Lily pitched a fit when I changed her. She's been pretty cranky today. I wonder if she's like her daddy and the curry is affecting the more delicate parts of her anatomy? Anyway, what a great picture, right? I think she's looks so pretty. Oh, and no she doesn't have one huge hand, that one's mine.




I guess that's all the new news. That and the viking cheese is really good. :)

viking cheese

I couldn't think of a really good title. Obviously. But I do have viking cheese in my fridge. I think it's Icelandic. Anyhoo, today was errand day. I dressed Lily up in one of her new outfits. And she got to wear her daisy sandals. Lucky her. :) I wanted this picture to be all about Lily so I'm, ummm, hiding behind her.

I did get her another dress today, to replace the sundress she's already outgrown. It's beautiful. Dark green, sort of and it ties behind her neck. I made sure to get a big size. hmpf I also got her a reversible sunhat to replace the pink one that's too tight. This is just going to be a common theme isn't it???

This picture is from last night. Look at those dark eyes. Her personality is coming through a little more. I've been trying to get her to feed herself a little more and gave her the rest of her bottle to hold. She got it in her mouth but in a way that no formula was going to reach her lips. So I tried to turn it and she fussed at me! She didn't let go of the bottle either. She is definitely the child for Pedro and I. As stubborn as Pedro and I are, I think we made a triple strength stubborn child. :)

Oh and grandma Sarah, you missed a good lunch! We went Milan for the curry buffet. For dessert they had a mango pudding with chunks of mango in it! Plus it had crushed cardamom. So it was sweet but a little spicy. It was so good!!!!! Lily had a little bit. I think she ate all the food we gave her. :)

Moving on UP!

Lily and I had fun at our solstice lunch. Alright, I had fun. Lily looked around askance. There are a lot of people on the downtown mall. Actually, she slept through my 15 minute walk up and down the mall. I had dumplings for lunch. yummmm She woke up when we met up with my friend and did NOT look pleased. She did get to sit in some grass and run it through her toes. I was watching for anything dangerous in the grass. When I lived in Vancouver, it was not uncommon to see needles and used condoms on the curb and I'm sure worse was in the downtown parks. I wanted Lily to wear her pretty sun dress that she's only had a chance to wear once - and then she threw up on it so she never actually made it out the door in it. Well, the dern thing is too tight already! It was pinching her under her arms, you can kind of see it's too tight.

Farewell pretty sun dress,
We hardly wore ye.

Anyhoo, on to the big news.... Yes, it's true, she's standing and she pulled herself up. I knew the little munchkin would follow in my illustrious footsteps. My mom told me I could pull myself up at 8 months and Lily is a MUCH bigger baby than I was, so imagine the strength and coordination it takes for her. :) I couldn't find my camera but my cellphone was right beside me, hence the fuzziness. Pedro, take a pill, it's only a 25 cent charge. Walking will be just around the corner....

solstice

Tomorrow is the summer solstice. I'm planning on celebrating it with a friend by having a picnic. Of course, Lily is coming along too. :) I haven't been updating her blog as often because we have relocated our HQ to the living room. Lots of room to roam and cats to antagonize. She's started to practice pulling up on the sofa (chesterfield to my Canadian homies!) and pulls out DVD cases to teethe on. It's a good fun. :)

Oh and the other reason I haven't been updating things is that my back still hurts. It hurts to sit. :( That's the other great part about the living room... I don't have to pull Lily out from under my desk every 5 minutes and stress my back out more. :) The above picture is of Lily napping yesterday. I love the bent knee and flipped over foot. Yay, Lily!

Lily broke her mommy

I'm sitting here in my computer chair with the heating pad behind my back. Sigh. Repeatedly lifting a 25 pound baby has taken its toll. I think it's a strained or pulled muscle. Take your pick. Anyway, let's see what's new on the Lily front. She can almost pull herself up in her crib. This pick is from this morning.

We also had a visit with grandma yesterday. There's a nice picture of them reading Brown Bear. Lily has also discovered the magic of Dr Seuss. I remember I used to LOVE Dr Seuss. :) Gosh that heating pad feels so good. You know what would be better? If Lily quit unplugging it. I keep thinking I'm getting tolerant of the heat when it turns out the thing is just cooling down. Sigh.

Oh and if I could get a virtual drumroll please... Lily slept through the night and didn't wake me at all. I know this because my back screamed every time I tried to rollover last night so I was awake plenty to know that Lily was peacefully sleeping. :) Here's a pic of her napping yesterday. Silly munchkin.

Let's see, I'm sure there was something else. Oh yeah! Today Miss Lily is 8 months old. yay! Oh and also just got herself totally wrapped up in the heating pad cord. Sigh.

Wow

I'm always amazed at what Lily does. I guess most parents are when raising their kids. :) Anyhoo, I just took some pictures of Miss Lily sitting cross-legged. I mean, she's not 8 months old yet! And you cannot tell me this isn't the cutest picture ever. I've been taking her with me to the kitchen lately. I gave her some mixing bowls to play with today. She enjoyed it but not as much as toying with me....

Now remember she's not quite 8 months old yet. She crawled over to the garbage can and pulled on the top of the plastic garbage bag hanging over the edge. She knows she's not supposed to do this because daddy was after her quite a bit last night. So today, I'd hear a crinkle and when I turned around her hand was an inch away from touching the bag and she was watching to see my reaction. What a little minx! She did this several times in a row, I guess to see what I'd do. I thought the terrible twos wouldn't start for a while!!!