Wednesday, September 29, 2010

8 Months Old!

I have to quickly get this posted before Lily turns 9 months old! First pictures, then fun facts.

Got this one on the first try! (that never happens)

Shoes are overrated

On the move

Time for a new pose with Pooh Bear
As you can tell from the pictures, Lily is VERY mobile now! She's a speedy crawler, she can pull herself up to kneeling and standing, and she's started cruising. I bet she'll be walking in another month or so. Our photo shoots are getting tougher because she's constantly moving. A few other fun things about Lily...
- When shopping she sits in the cart or stroller like a big girl (no longer restrained to the car seat)
- When out to eat she sits in the high chair (again, no longer stuck in the car seat)
- Lily is eating finger foods. She does very well with cheerios and I just recently let her try scrambled eggs. She has very busy hands while eating and either wants to help hold the spoon or put her hands in the food bowl. I'm fine with her holding the spoon, but she cries when I try to take it back to put more food on it. ugh!
- Lily is very vocal...especially when showing displeasure :) There is usually a large scream at the beginning of a diaper change or when I leave the room for too long. But it quickly ends when she's distracted with a toy.
- Lily LOVES my cell phone and the tv remote. We even found her a baby remote control but she definitely likes the real thing better.
- She still puts everything in her mouth - most recently it was the doormat by our patio (YUCK!) All of the cat toys are kept behind the gates so she doesn't eat those.
- The house is almost officially baby proofed. I think the crib can go one notch lower and there are probably a few more things I need to move to an upper level.
- Still no teeth yet. I wonder if they will all come at once (ouch!)
- Lily has started the #2 jars of food and is getting some of the jarred meat (Mmmm! j/k) I still try to make some homemade baby food but stuff like the meat I'm not going to try. We just went to the apple orchard last weekend and I turned some of those into apple sauce for Lily. I gave it a taste and wished I would have made some for me!

That's all I can think of right now. It sure has been an eventful month. It is a little sad that my baby is fading away and this toddler is emerging. But it's very cool to see how much she's learned and what she can do now!

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Lily's Baptism

Time to play catch up again. Here are all the family photos from Lily's baptism. We were so glad so much of our family could help us celebrate!!

God parents Rich & Jane
Aunt Laura, Uncle Pete, Nana & Grandpa
Papa & Grandma
Pastor Sharon
Cousin Allyson
Aunt Carolyn
Aunt Carolyn & the Calvert Cousins
The Harris Cousins
Cousin Vicki
The Cammarata Cousins
Cousins Beth & Mike
Uncle Tom & Aunt Vera
Grandpa & Nana
Aunt Laura & Uncle Pete
Rich & Jane
Grandma & Papa

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Baptism Portraits

Lily was baptized over Labor Day weekend (more pictures to come). A few days before, I took her to her first formal photo shoot. She looked so pretty in her baptism dress!!