It finally happened. Today, our Lily Rose, the delicate flower, began to crawl. Oh yes, she is truly mobile. It didn't even take 2 weeks from the time she decided to sit herself up until the time that she decided that this lunging thing she was doing just wasn't enough. It seems the time that Mommy and Daddy spent working to get the family room semi-babyproofed last weekend was indeed time well spent. Its not totally finished, and we have yet to babyproof the kitchen (which adjoins the family room) but since Daddy isn't working just yet, we are fortunate that he can spend the next day or so working on that. Yippee!
We took some video and hope you are excited about this development as we are. YAY!
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Monday, September 18, 2006
Sleeping Lily
Dad loves it when Lily takes a nap on him. This period of time won't last forever so on weekends this is how she often sleeps.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Lily & Daddy spend some quality time
Lily has been home sick from day care the past couple of days. She woke up yesterday morning with a fever of 101.9. Mom and I took her to the doctor only to be told that it was a viral infection and that we should just treat the symptoms (Tylenol every 4 hours). Consequently, Lily and I have had some quality time. She has not felt the greatest but the Tylenol has kept her fever down so it hasn't been that bad.
Today, when I set her in her crib so that I could do something real quick, she pulled herself up to a standing position. She looked surprised at herself. I only wish I could have gotten a picture. This is the first time she had done that! She has also been scooting around on the floor like a veteran. She doesn't really crawl, yet, but that will come very soon. Her new found mobility has Lily excited and Mom and I a little nervous. We still need to get the baby proofing done.
Today, when I set her in her crib so that I could do something real quick, she pulled herself up to a standing position. She looked surprised at herself. I only wish I could have gotten a picture. This is the first time she had done that! She has also been scooting around on the floor like a veteran. She doesn't really crawl, yet, but that will come very soon. Her new found mobility has Lily excited and Mom and I a little nervous. We still need to get the baby proofing done.
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Mobility at last!
Lily, just prior to her 8-month mark, had yet to begin crawiling. In point of fact, she hadn't even been able to sit herself up yet, or she chose not to (perhaps believeing that was the peasants duty to place her in an upright position).
This, of course, led to me to an irrational albeit minor freak out (as mothers are wont to do). I tried to tell myself that if she wasn't crawling until 9 months, then I could legitimately melt down. Besides, the longer it took her to move around, the longer we could put off that 'babyproofing' thing. Somehow, John doesn't seem to carry the gene for needless worry. That’s why he is able to get to sleep so quickly. Nighttime is my time to obsess..erm meditate... about this.
Apparently, its time for me to adjust my focus onto something else because she; A) started sitting today and B) can crawl one step forward and inumerable bits backward. Along with her other skills of grabbing everything within reach, eating paper, chewing on carpet lint, my keys, bits of leaf drug in by the dog, dried dinner off the floor, slobbering on everything dry, and ripping chunks of fur from any passing dog or cat, etc (all of which are very marketable skills). It appears that she is moments away from a full bore crawl, as well as pulling herself up in her crib and on anything else. She stands so well already that I fear the crawling may not be long lived and that walking *gasp* is only weeks away.
All of the sudden, it’s a whole new ball of wax. It appears that this weekend John and I will be in the baby-proofing supplies aisle at Target or Lowe's, trying to keep Lils from eating the shopping list and trying not to sob too loudly at her getting so big.
This, of course, led to me to an irrational albeit minor freak out (as mothers are wont to do). I tried to tell myself that if she wasn't crawling until 9 months, then I could legitimately melt down. Besides, the longer it took her to move around, the longer we could put off that 'babyproofing' thing. Somehow, John doesn't seem to carry the gene for needless worry. That’s why he is able to get to sleep so quickly. Nighttime is my time to obsess..erm meditate... about this.
Apparently, its time for me to adjust my focus onto something else because she; A) started sitting today and B) can crawl one step forward and inumerable bits backward. Along with her other skills of grabbing everything within reach, eating paper, chewing on carpet lint, my keys, bits of leaf drug in by the dog, dried dinner off the floor, slobbering on everything dry, and ripping chunks of fur from any passing dog or cat, etc (all of which are very marketable skills). It appears that she is moments away from a full bore crawl, as well as pulling herself up in her crib and on anything else. She stands so well already that I fear the crawling may not be long lived and that walking *gasp* is only weeks away.
All of the sudden, it’s a whole new ball of wax. It appears that this weekend John and I will be in the baby-proofing supplies aisle at Target or Lowe's, trying to keep Lils from eating the shopping list and trying not to sob too loudly at her getting so big.
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Babies and Antiques
Lily went to her very first gigantaflea market today. Mommy, Daddy, Grandpa, & Michele accompanied her to Sparks and White Cloud for the day. When we got there, we met up with Cousin Isaac who was accompanied by his Mommy and Daddy, Lily's Auntie Anna and Uncle Pat. THEN it got even more exciting when Mommy's friend Ellen, her boyfriend Jeff and their baby Broden, who is 2 days younger than Lily but 1 day older than Isaac showed up.
Lily got very tired and ended up taking a little bit of a nap but her entourage perservered and finished up finally about 3:00, poorer, wearier, and yet very happy after a productive day of antiquing. Hooray! I think we were a bit overdue for this. Lily had her first antique show at 3 months, her first art opening at 5 months, so by rights, this flea market should have come about a month ago because she is nearly 8 months but technically, she is only 7 months now so it just barely slid in under the 'new every 2' wire.
Lily got very tired and ended up taking a little bit of a nap but her entourage perservered and finished up finally about 3:00, poorer, wearier, and yet very happy after a productive day of antiquing. Hooray! I think we were a bit overdue for this. Lily had her first antique show at 3 months, her first art opening at 5 months, so by rights, this flea market should have come about a month ago because she is nearly 8 months but technically, she is only 7 months now so it just barely slid in under the 'new every 2' wire.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
What do you mean its not a real duck?
We just thought this picture of Lily in the bathtub was hilarious!
Friday, August 18, 2006
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Sleep? What sleep?
Lily still is not sleeping well at night. Mom and I have been splitting the night so that we can each get some sleep. While she will go to sleep just fine to start the night, after a few hours of sleep she wakes up and then starts a cycle of waking up about once each hour. We are trying a new routine that we hope will break the habit that she has gotten into. We know that how we respond to her cries will affect how she sleeps so we are really looking at what we do when we go in to soothe her. We know that this will eventually pass and she will sleep through the night. We just hope that will come sooner rather than later.
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Happy Baby
Lily was playing in her crib today while Mom picked up her room. She was having such a great time that Dad took her picture.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Lily and Dale
Lily was carrying on an intellectual conversation with Dale the Math Professor. What were they discussing? String theory?
Friday, July 21, 2006
Adoption is FINAL!!!!!!
We will post more later but we wanted everyone to see the picture from the courtroom immediately after Lily's adoption became final. We are now legally a family!
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Lily with Daisies
While we were in Fort Ransom, we saw this bunch of daisies sitting in a freshly mown ditch. We couldn't resist taking a picture of Lily with the daisies. This is just one of several pictures that we took.
Lily and Daddy
Lily and Daddy have been spending more time together this week. After the trip to Fort Ransom, Mommy got to feeling not so good and had to go to the doctor. It was a very lucky thing that she did, too, because if Daddy hadn't forced her into it she would have not gone, and it ended up that she had to have surgery. Lily was at Daycare that day and so Grandpa Leamon went and picked her up. Then, he and Grandma took her home and the lady neighbor named Karen came over to put her to bed. Grandma and Grandpa Leamon went to the hospital to be with Daddy while Mommy was in surgery.
Then, when the doctor came out of surgery to talk to Daddy and Grandma and Grandpa, listened to what she had to say. The doctor told them she removed Mommy's appendix and everyone agreed that Mommy was very lucky this didn't happen when she was in North Dakota. After making sure that Mommy was OK, Grandpa Leamon went to rescue...erm...relieve Karen. Lily was in bed already sleeping but she woke up a little bit later and Grandpa gave her a bottle. Then, after Mommy woke up and was taken to her room, Daddy went home to relieve Grandpa and Lily woke up again. Daddy fed her and put her back to bed and finally, Lily slept for almost an entire night! The next morning, Daddy took Lily up to the hospital to see Mommy before Lily had to go to school. Mommy felt much better after seeing her girl.
Then, when the doctor came out of surgery to talk to Daddy and Grandma and Grandpa, listened to what she had to say. The doctor told them she removed Mommy's appendix and everyone agreed that Mommy was very lucky this didn't happen when she was in North Dakota. After making sure that Mommy was OK, Grandpa Leamon went to rescue...erm...relieve Karen. Lily was in bed already sleeping but she woke up a little bit later and Grandpa gave her a bottle. Then, after Mommy woke up and was taken to her room, Daddy went home to relieve Grandpa and Lily woke up again. Daddy fed her and put her back to bed and finally, Lily slept for almost an entire night! The next morning, Daddy took Lily up to the hospital to see Mommy before Lily had to go to school. Mommy felt much better after seeing her girl.
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Trip to Fort Ransom
Lily had her first plane trip to a family reunion of John's family in Fort Ransom, North Dakota. She did very well most of the time. Lily was the hit of the reunion with everyone wanting to hold her. She held up very well remaining as cheerful as could be expected considering being passed around the room. She really liked her cousin Joey, who is the youngest of her cousins. When Joey would come up to her she would smile that big smile of hers.
I have posted all of the pictures from our Fort Ransom Trip on Flickr.
I have posted all of the pictures from our Fort Ransom Trip on Flickr.
Monday, June 19, 2006
Lily in a high chair
For Father's Day, we went out to a restaurant and Lily sat in a high chair in a restaurant for the first time! She looked like she was enjoying it.
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Lily Rose is 5 Months Old!
Lily turned 5 months old today! We had a big outing to see all of the relatives for a cousin's baby shower. It was a 1 1/2 hour drive each way. Lily got soooo sleepy!
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Video of Lily
Lily really loves her dog, Bartlett. She gets really excited when we put her down to pet him.
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