Sittin' Pretty

Right at her 6th month birthday Lilly started sitting up on her own!  

Here she is that day doing a little reading!

Look Mommy; I'm a big girl!

It's been so much fun that she can sit and play on her own some!

Dallas had an 80 degree day last week so we headed out to the front yard.

Such the little lady; it's so cute how she crosses her legs on the ground, in her high chair, and in our laps.

She got to wear her cute sun hat that her Aunt Lindsay & Uncle Chris got her for Christmas!

First time to put my toesies in the grass!

Enough pictures mommy!

I SPY: saturday morning

I spy...
monkey bread fresh out of the oven.

That was then flipped over nicely onto a platter onto the stove and then spooned into a bowl. 

Yum!

I spy....

a breakfast date at home.

Taylor's Nonnie gave us these message mugs for Christmas!  We each wrote on each other's.

I spy...
little hands playing with little feet after a nap.

Ah-ha!  There's the cutie those hands and feet belong to!

I spy...
little miss Lilly all ready to go run errands with Mommy & Daddy!

Thought I'd share a few snippets from our fun Saturday; hope yours was good too! 

Jumping Bean

As Lilly has gotten bigger she is not as content just laying on her play mat or lounging in her bouncer...who would have thought!?  She is loving being up and around where she can see what's going on around her.  


Here she, at 5 months, in the doorway jumper that Taylor's mom let us borrow.

She's not so much jumping yet, as much as she swings back and forth or goes in circles.

 Right now her favorite part is that bee you see on the left strap.

It has the "crinkly" wings and she loves to grab it and really loves to get those wings right in her mouth when she can reach!

I wonder if the lack of jumping is tied to how high or low I'm adjusting the jumper; either way I'm sure she'll be a little jumping bean pretty soon.

The next few pictures are from when we first tried this fun new toy out at 4 months.  I feel like she's changed so much!

At first she was just slip-sliding around so I grabbed the gripper pad from under her changing pad so her little strawberry feet could get some traction!

At 4 months you can also see I tucked a few rolled-up receiving blankets in around her to keep her from leaning to one side.

Looks like someone got their hands stuck all snuggled in the seat!

Little Missy, you are just a growin and a growin!

Sleepy Bear

Look how invigorated Lilly is after a brisk walk!

When the weather has been nice (January = 40 degrees one day, then 70 degrees another day!) we've been venturing out on more walks!  Sometimes I just wrap her up in a blanket and carry her up and down our street, sometimes we whip out the stroller to venture to and around the park, and one Sunday we took a new route and walked over to pop in for a quick visit at our home group leaders' (Jerry & Rayanna) house.   This day we snuggled Lilly up in the Baby Bjorn carrier Mark  & Lindsay lent us.  


When I have her in the carrier I can't see her face so I'm constantly asking Taylor "Does she look cold?"  "Is she happy or sad?", etc, etc.  She obviously takes after her Daddy because she seems to love the cold air!  As the wind blows by she just looks around wide-eyed....and then even falls asleep!  She was obviously uncomfortable on this chilly day!  


This day we had walked to and around the pond at the park.  She is snuggled up in her hat and bear jacket and then you can see we got crafty with the pants / shoes set up.  Her legs are so long that even these  9 month leggings (at almost 5 months) have a hard time staying down so we tucked them into her socks!  Also, if you look close you can see the little black hair bands around her ankles that I slipped on so that her booties wouldn't shimmy their way off her sweet long skinny feet!

Sweet Feet

Our little sweetie is 5 1/2 months old!
In the last two weeks diaper changing time has become lots of fun as she has discovered that she can grab onto her sweet little feet; it's pretty precious!  

Her cloth diapers are a little bulky, thus making it hard for her to reach her feet all of the time.  Once the diaper comes off, those feet pop right up!

She is also putting everything in her mouth...including her toes when she can reach them.  I'm amazed at how flexible our little munchkin is!

I've also been teaching her that these fun new little toys are called feet and toes.

I'll usually draw out the word and emphasize the end "ffffffff...eet!" and that usually gets a smile or sometimes a giggle out of her!

She is loving them so much that when I start to put her diaper back on now she gets a little frowny face and starts to whimper.  Sorry Miss Sweetie; we have to put our cute baby clothes back on!  We'll play with our feet again soon!  Or at least, with your feet!

Pretty in Pink

Yes, we have a five and a half week old; surprise!


A recap of our first month with sweet little Lilly Marie is coming soon, but for now I wanted to share a few pictures I snapped earlier this week.

This outfit was inspired by these cutie shoes!

I realize these shoes are not weather appropriate since our days our still in the upper nineties, but Tay likes to keep the house nice and cool...frigid...  :)  So, break out booties!

 At 5 1/2 weeks Lilly has not mastered sitting up on her own :) so we found a nice spot in the corner of the couch cushions to hang out in.

Here's her signature "cherrio" face!  She's made this little cute 'oooo' face since day 1!

She made a lot of these serious/concerned looks early on; so cute!

She loves to kick, kick, kick, so socks and shoes don't stay on often.

It's been so fun to play dress up with her cute girly clothes and accessories!  I can assure you there will be many more pictures to come!

As we celebrate America's Independence Day I am reminded of the freedom that believers, in every nation, have in knowing Christ as their Saviour!

May our lives reflect our belief that the Lord is our Saviour and that HE has conquered sin and death once and for all! 

We don't have to live in bondage to our sins, big or small. 

Instead, let's strive to know Him more and more each day, accept His forgiveness and grace when we fail, and praise His name that His love for us is unconditional and can never be earned or lost due to our successes or failures!

Happy 4th!

34 weeks

Here we are at 34 weeks!

Really loving the long dress; so comfortable!!


Our little girl is between 4 1/2 and 5 lbs and is doing great!!  Praise the Lord!
I'm feeling great too, just finding it hard to bend over to tie shoes, cuff jeans, pick things up, etc.  This is especially fun when I drop something in the hallway or kitchen at work; hoping nobody walks by at that moment to witness such an awkward attempt to bend / squat.  

And yes, our bed is made.  Woo-hoo!  I've been making it each day right when I get up as a little way to keep things tidy.  Yes, this is a new thing...eek!


OK, that being said, off to bed!