Busy!

Well, Miss Lily and I had a, umm, well, busy day. We got some things for the house from BB&B. Cuz A&AA was closed! Just kidding. I AM tired. In any event, we also went to Old Navy cuz they have a kid's clothing sale. weeee! So get ready for the fashion show. First off, here's a picture of Miss Lily sleeping this morning. See, I don't need to worry about her falling off the bed now. Note the spot of drool at the top of the bed. :)

Okay, here's Miss Lily in her pink velour outfit. It's pretty big on her but I have to remind myself that she's going to grow like a weed. I almost typed, wig. Am I weird?

Okay, Miss Lily might not really be a prep princess, but it's a great sweat suit, not pink and I thought people like Kathleen would be proud of me. For my wig growing, naturally. Sigh.

In the very good news department, Miss Lily likes wearing tights. Unfortunately, I took this picture right before she shoved her foot in her mouth to chew on that funny material. They are adorable tights though, right????

Okay, here she is in the top half of her sweat suit. It was a pretty hot day so I wasn't going to put her in the whole thing, all at once. I think she's going to need to figure out the hoodie part.

Here she is in her Hallowe'en shirt. Sorry. That's how I was raised to spell Hallowe'en and that's how it's going to be. I realize it makes me look like some raggedy Druid throwback (how close that is to the truth, you'll NEVER know!!!) but at least I'm a consistent raggedy Druid throwback. phew And no this isn't her costume, this is just so Lily is avant garde during the season - note how it actually fits her. :)

Last but not least here is Lily in her element. Just in her diaper and enjoying it! She was a good sport about trying on clothes but I think she was really glad when it was over.

Cable

Yay, we got our cable yesterday! Not without some blood, sweat and tears though. I'm not sure why but every time we change our service, something goes wrong. I spent an hour, a whole hour (!), on the phone with Comcast, trying to get our internet back up and running. I also had to call Pedro on his cellphone, to get him to help me with stuff the tech needed me to do. I know some people hate cellphones but they do make life easier in many ways.

Anyway, the above picture is Miss Lily at Red Robins. She was being a goof. :) I've had quite a morning. Daphne had poop on her bum and left skidmarks in the living room. Fortunately, we have a steam cleaner so I took care of that but Miss Lily and I have not been able to enjoy our new cable. The carpets are still drying. :P You know, it seemed like so much more happened. Well, after cleaning the poop, I had to clean the machine. Lily was pretty good and didn't destroy the study. Oh, and then I had to try and get the poop off of Daphne's bum. Always a treat. So, yes, it's been quite a morning.

Blogger has this new thing where you can add videos straight off of your computer. When you post things to youtube, other people can do stuff with them. I'm not sure how but Pedro gripes about it. So it's been taking a long time loading but I present to you a video of Miss Lily!!!! I pushed the bed against the wall so I don't wake up all night worried that Lily has fallen off of the bed. Now she can stand on the bed and howl at the trees through the glass door. :) The volume seems a little high so be ready for that, get ready to enjoy!!!!

Princess

Just in case anyone was worried that Miss Lily is being spoiled - don't worry, she is. She had trouble falling asleep over the weekend and so Pedro put 2 pillows in her crib. She was asleep in 2 minutes. I think this sets a bad precedent. Sigh. What do you do when you have a princess????

In this picture Lily managed to walk to the table. Okay, it was within easy reach but she did it by herself. She's trying pretty hard to walk on her own. I've started walking her holding on to one hand only and she can balance. I've heard it's harder for big babies to walk. I think they have more mass to coordinate.

Let me see.... Lily has been waking up again at night. One night I took her to bed with me and got rid of all the lights. She fell asleep pretty fast in the darkness. I've really been watching her naps to make sure she doesn't sleep too much during the day. Sigh. Sometimes she sleeps through the night, sometimes not. I've found that lately at night she has trouble falling asleep. So I've started reading her bedtime stories. She was never interested before!!! But now I find that they calm her down.

In other news, we're getting cable again tomorrow. Just 20 channels. I'll bet you didn't know you could do that!!! I really just want to get PBS in clearly. The rabbit ears don't always have good days. I figure all that static and fuzziness isn't good for developing eyes. Especially since Lily seems to be paying more attention to the tv. It will be nice just to see one Elmo at a time on the tv. :)

Thanks

I'm feeling kind of... grateful (?) right now. I was just thinking of all the people who have helped me since I've become a mom. Grandma and grandpa have, of course, done a lot. :) But right now I'm thinking of the strangers who have helped me.

There was an older woman in Whole Foods who practically forced me to let her push my cart to my car, waited patiently for me to settle Lily, then unload the cart, then took the cart back to the store with her. There have been a number of people who have taken my grocery cart for me so I don't have to leave Lily in a hot car for a minute while I run the cart back. And then there are the people who see me getting Lily out and bring me a cart. Maybe I reap the rewards for living in the south in a rural community. Anyway, thank you everyone who's helped me and Lily. :)

I like to be a helpful person too. Although, when I hold a door open for someone and they don't say thank you, I tend to say "You're welcome!" in a large, sarcastic voice. But that's just me.

And do I need to remind Lily that she has an Elmo chair??? She almost fell asleep in her toy box today. Oh and we skipped the morning nap too. :)

Better

I didn't destroy my teeth last night, although my tongue had to deal with being a chew toy. The pictures this morning are from Lily's bath last night. Bath pictures always seem to be popular. :)

This is almost a "no" face. I sometimes wonder if she even likes baths anymore. She's always getting up and out of the water. Pedro says she's leveling up. Getting ready for a new skill. Oh and Lily used to be so good at falling asleep. Now we have to spend 10 minutes or more with her in bed as she flails around and kicks her legs. Then once she's good and asleep I move her to her crib. It's not the worst thing in the world but I worry about her being able to fall asleep on her own. She does for her naps of course. Maybe it's cuz daddy's home at night and she doesn't want to miss out on spending time with him???

Awful

Since the princess is snoozing I thought I'd complain about my day. I woke up at 2:30am with a toothache - the bottom right side of my mouth was throbbing (no dirty comments M'lou). By the time I fell asleep again the fire alarm went off at 5:30. Thankfully, there was no fire. Pedro and I both checked. Back to bed. Then it went off again at 5:45. I didn't even bother to get up. hmpf

I had to go to the dentist again to get another impression for my biteguard which is loose. I have to live a week without my biteguard! I may not have any teeth left! I am a grinder, what can I say (no comments, M'lou). Boy oh boy my eyelids feel heavy. I'd better go and wake up Miss Lily from her afternoon nap so she isn't awake all night. Yes, we went back to the old routine today. YAWN!

Changes

Lily didn't have a morning nap today. I'm trying to let her have one big nap in the middle of the day. I don't want to be rigid in her schedule so I'm trying to accommodate her needs and our needs. Our needs specify that she get no naps after 4:30 so that's why I'm letting her have a good nap now. This is it until bedtime at 8 tonight! We have found a routine. She has dinner around 6, then plays a little, then a bath at 7:30 and a bottle at 8! She used to like being in the bath a long time but now she crawls out of it after 3o minutes or so. Oh well. And by crawling out of it, I mean she grabs on to me and makes me pick her up. :O

And isn't the Elmo chair awesome? It also laughs and shakes but that kind of disturbs Miss Lily so that's turned off for now. And no, she doesn't laze around in her Elmo chair all day. She only reclines on it when she starts to get tired.

Here is the blue ball that terrified her for a month. I feel like this has been a very blah posting today. All about schedules and boring things. Let's see.... I did order new tires for my car. No, not exciting enough. I got a clean bill of health from the dentist. *yawn* I guess there's just really nothing thrilling going on. Oh, for Pedro, I did move the movie 300 up our Netflix queue. I saw it was available. Don't say I never do anything for you! That was 3 seconds of my life, at least. Hark, I hear a baby stirring.

Sorry

I keep on forgetting to put batteries in my camera so no new pictures. So here's another beach picture that I missed the first time around. We bought Lily an Elmo chair, which she loves. She's also started to play with the blue ball which used to terrify her so she's growing and changing. She has also said "Hi Daddy" a few times today and in the correct context, as well as, Ri-leh. Nope, no mummy yet. HMPF!

I'm going to go and cry in a corner. I guess I should be happy that she's picking up words. Just not the RIGHT words. *grumble*

Schnell!

Just a quick update (before I go out AGAIN!). Lily and I had a blast at grandma's house. Those two are becoming good buddies. :) And Lily slept through the night!

Lily had a slightly different reaction for the beach. I don't think she hated the whole thing. She screamed when the waves came in. Bear in mind she was high up in my arms. She would look down and shriek at the water around my legs. :)

I think it was a good first try. I have never been to the beach as a mother before and although I was packing sunscreen, I was woefully short on the other required items. So it was a learning experience for Lily and I. :)

Oh, and sorry about the quality of the pictures. My camera batteries died so it was up to my camera phone. Which I think did quite well. :) Thank you technology!

Outties

Lily and I are going to be out of town for a couple of days, chilling at g-ma's house. Well, chilling might be stretching it as it's going to be super hot and humid. But I'm hoping to get to the beach, if it's cool enough. So no mean comments about no postings for a couple of days!

And Auntie Nicole, we'll give you a shout while we're there!

Waiting

No shoes yet. But I checked the tracking number and they're out for delivery! Lily almost managed to get up on her car by herself today. I had to take my car in for a state inspection today. Then I drove over to Pedro's work, switched the baby seat out and took his car in for an inspection! Lily and I had our work cut out for us. :) People were saying what a good baby she is as she wasn't crying or fussing. :) She saved that for when she got home.


Just kidding. She was a little tired but not too put out by our little adventure. We're hopefully going to go and visit grandma all by ourselves this Thursday and Friday. Daddy deserves some time to himself. I'm sure to come home to 6 pizza boxes.

Jump

We all had a good visit with grandma and grandpa today. Lily got over her grandpa issues. :) Yay! It took some cookies. The way to a baby's heart is through her cookie jar. Wait. That doesn't sound right.

The pictures tonight are from some baby/daddy playtime. We watched Nacho Libre again. I know it's a cheesy movie but it cracks me up. "I smell cookies". That scene kills me. :) Anyway, as you can probably tell, I don't have a lot to write about. This is basically just filler for the pictures. :)

I know that one of the pictures cuts off Lily's head (hopefully M'Lou will forgive me) but it does show how far daddy throws Lily into the air! Yes, I think Lily's going to be a very quiet, serene child. She obviously hates being thrown in the air. :)

PS (I should get my shoes on Tuesday!)

Happy

Miss Lily is 10 months old today! We went to Whole Foods to get some groceries. We found some great teething cookies. They're the consistency of dog biscuits but they're made out of graham crackers. :) It took Lily the whole drive home to eat half a cookie. Let's see, I also received my crock pot cookbook in the mail today. woot! It's by the same company that made my crockpot so I won't have to second guess portions, etc. Some of the recipes look scrumptious. And there's even a section on desserts!!!

Yes, I included an artsy shot of my living room. Artsy in that I avoided all the messy parts for once. Oh and the good news - my sandals will be here by Tuesday. I'll be blogging in them!!! We're also looking forward to a visit tomorrow by grandpa and grandma. Shout out to Nicole if she wants to come up too!!

hmpf

Well, clearly no one was moved by my Biscuits and Applebutter post. Sour grapes, huh?? Actually, I'd forgotten I had that for breakfast. Anyhoo, here are some pictures of Lily playing in her toy box (again). She discovered she can get in, but she can't get out!!! Cue scary music.

Let's see. I think I've neglected to mention that Miss Lily has a no face. She puckers up and makes a fishy face when she doesn't want anymore of a particular food. Fortunately, I can trick her with a food she likes. Actually, today she learned to grab food she didn't know about first and touch it to her tongue. Then if she didn't like it, I got the "no" face. Smartypants.

Let's see, what else. Oh tonight in her bath, Miss Lily fell over into the water. Mommy, is always right beside the tub so I got her upright quickly although it took a snuggle from daddy before she'd go back in the water. :)

And then Daddy had the nerve to tickle mommy while Lily was in the tub and I guess I made an annoyed noise which upset Lily. Who then pulled herself up on me and turned to fuss at her daddy!!!! I've got an almost 10 month old bodyguard! :) This is not a "no" face.

This is not a "no" face.

This is not a "no" face.

This is also not "no" face.













So no one can complain about not getting enough Lily pictures for today. (M'Lou will manage, I'm sure). And those sandals rawk!

Biscuits and Apple Butter

Guess what I had for breakfast???? These pictures are from this morning. Daddy was bouncing Lily on his knee. Oh and because I'm too lazy to email - I hope grandpa got in touch with his relatives in Peru and that everyone's okay. I wonder how the Incan foundations have held up? I remember seeing the old foundations under new buildings. The Incans had kind of a jigsaw puzzle approach to putting down the stones but what wasn't torn down by the Spanish, still stands. Their building style could handle the frequent earthquakes of the area. I know, hundreds of people are dead and I'm wondering about foundations. Priorities, right?

I'm hoping that daddy will take a picture of Lily and I walking around the living room. She's getting pretty fast but she still needs to hang on with both hands. She's so cute, when she's had enough, she bends her legs to plop down on her butt. :)

And lastly, I know this is really pathetic, but aren't these shoes awesome? I ordered some cheap shoes online and unfortunately (or not) they sold out so I had to order some new (more expensive) sandals. I LOVE them. Unfortunately, they won't get here until next week. SIGH.