Happy Valentine's Day

Here's Lilian in her heart pajamas and a cool card made/given by Aunt Stacy and Nathaniel and Josie! It's wonderful and hanging on our fridge. Hope you all have been loved on this weekend!

7 Months

Lilian is now 7 months old. Wow, time is going by fast. I'm not wanting to rewind anything...in fact, I'm still looking forward to crawling, then walking, and talking, among other things. Although I'm trying to enjoy the ride along the way. Here's some super cute pics of Lilian on her 7 month birthday. oh, yeah, and she weighs 18 lbs now!!! CHUBBERS!!!!

Enjoying a bite!

Now that we have 2 teeth, we can try out different foods, right? Here's Lilian getting a taste of Graham Crackers with daddy. She just knawed and knawed on those things. It was too cute!

WIPEOUT!

We went sledding over the weekend. So I decided to take a video while Jeff and I went down together. I doubt this will work unless you are on high speed internet. But hopefully you can enjoy our little "Adventure". :)

Snow Day!

This is the second day I've had off from work! I guess you can tell, because I've finally got this blog caught up. Maybe I can do better now....here's hopin'!

I thought the drifts of the roof were interesting!

Anyways, we got lots of snow and sleet. Jeff measured 8" in the yard this morning. It's drifted some, so that may not be entirely accurate. We did get enough to cover the grass and even the fields, so it has been a substanial snow! Jeff even had trouble getting in and out of the driveway for work. On bad days like this, I like for him to call when he gets to work. And he's good about remembering to call me. This morning, he called to say that he'd made it to work, but his truck didn't! OH NO! But, it was only stuck 500 ft. from the school. Thanks to the Bluford guy who pushed him out!

A special thanks to Shannon for blading off our driveway, too! (i doubt he'll ever see this, but he is on the world wide web now!)

I love the snow. I wish with all my heart I could've gone outside to play in it. Lilian is definitely not ready for this however. Maybe next year! I did bundle her up in as many clothes as I could for a little photo time. You see, they don't make heavy winter coats for infants her size. At least, not that I know of. They all seem to start at 12 mo. So she's got on 2 pairs of pants, 2 shirts (although the top one is like a heavy jacket thing), 2 pair of socks +booties, a hat and a hood, and one more pair of socks on her hands. What a TRIP! hee hee...please forgive me baby.

Here's Lilian playing, which is what we do most of the day! I love being home to play with her! Too bad I can't do it all the time!

SO MUCH TO TELL-Part 3-first tooth!

If you look real close, you can see Lilian's first Tooth! (Click the picture to see it larger) This is quite a milestone here! And let me tell ya, she's been a crab. She was getting over her cold and she still has a runny nose. She's not sleeping good, spitting up more often, and drooling all over the place!

I ended up asking a lady I work with, Cheryl, whose daughter is 2, how her girl acted when she was getting teeth. She pretty much described Lilian! So we' d been keeping our eyes on her mouth. Jeff thought she had some pretty good bumps on her upper gums.

The next day, I went to St. Louis with mom, Stacy, and Lilian. I asked my sister, who is much experienced with her own children, to check out Lilian's mouth and give me her professional opinion. After sticking her finger in Lilian's mouth, she was like, "Yeah, hello! It's poking through!" You know, I may be a little green on the whole baby thing, but even I could've figured that one out! "Seriously", I said, "it was NOT like that last night!" And that's how we discovered Lilian's first tooth! She's still not done, there must be more on the way because we're still crabby, and drooly, and snotty. Be on the look-out for pics as soon as teeth are actually visible. :) In the meantime, here's some shots of our big girl!

SO MUCH TO TELL! Part 2-first major illness

In addition to all the pitfalls of our first roadtrip, Lilian was in the middle of her first major cold. Without being too graphic, I can't belive how much stuff can come out of such a cute little nose! We just suffered through with her until we made it back home. I took her to the Dr. and was told to keep doing what we were already doing. Mucus removal and saline. A week and a half later was Lilian's 6 mo. check-up. Which, she did pass with flying colors, except for this nagging cold. The Dr. did give her some antibiotics and she is better, I'm happy to report. Unfortunately, Daddy and I both had sinus issues, so she isn't going to have much hope in the future I'm afraid.



Now, she cries every time I lay her on the changing table, because she's afraid I'm going to get her nose. She'll stop crying when I tell her, i'm just changing her diaper. I'm telling you, she's a genius!