Indiana visit

At the end of July I had events in Indiana two weekends in a row. So instead of doing the drive twice, Lily and I stayed at Grandma & Papa's house for the week in between. Mommy got lots of work done while Grandma & Papa had tons of fun playing with Lily.

The first event was my 10 year High School Reunion. (Am I really that old?!?!) Friday night we had a fun night Harry's. There weren't tons of people, but I was impressed with the turn out. Some people even flew in for the reunion from out of state.


Saturday night we met for dinner at Bruno's. That even wasn't as well attended. But at least we all fit in the group shot. WEST SIDE!!

My friend Beth invited us over so Lily could have her first time in a pool. We had just been to beach earlier that month but Lily only got her toes in the water. In the pool we held her in the water and she got to float around. She kicked her feet and had a good time. Of course since it was a new situation and new people, she was "Serious Lily" - which means she was very quiet and just stared at everything around her.

Uncle Matt was in town that weekend too! Lily was much different from the last time he saw her. While he was packing up and getting ready to head back home we took some pictures outside.

This one makes me laugh every time I see it!

During my week at home Lily and I popped down to Indianapolis to see my friend LeAnn. LeAnn is expecting a baby boy in November and we are so excited for her!!! Lily's going to have a boyfriend :)

The second weekend event was a shower & bachelorette party for my friend Kim. I took pictures on other people's cameras, but I didn't get many good ones on mine. Sorry Kimbo!

Too cute not to post

I don't really have a theme or story for this post. Just a few pictures from Lily's 6th month that were too cute not to post. Side note - Lily's eyes are officially brown :)

Ready for some football

We haven't been able to watch any pre-season Bears games yet, but that's probably good because Lily didn't have any Bears clothes to wear. Now she's got her jersey and she's ready for the season to start! Let's just hope the Bears don't let her down like the Cubs did this year.

7 Months Old

In mid August Lily turned 7 months old! What a difference a month makes. Lily is officially mobile! She quickly transitioned from "scooting in a forward motion" to full-on crawling. Time to get the gates up and do other baby proofing. She's got so much more personality now and is very talkative. No official words yet, but she definitely make "d" sounds around Matt and "m" sounds around me. She doesn't have any teeth yet, but I feel like we could be getting close.

I couldn't decide which 7 month picture to post because I got so many cute expressions.





Lily is still doing well eating her solid foods. She still eats everything we offer her and favors veggies over fruits. I'm still nursing but we had to introduce some formula since we've been away on the weekends a lot. (My frozen milk supply is officially gone.) She hasn't had any problems with the formula and seems to like the first one we tried, so that's been a big relieve. Part of me is ready to give up nursing but there's another part of me that wants to keep it going. I'm still working from home right now, but if that changes and I'm going to be gone more, we may have to go all the way with formula. Knock on wood - Lily has still never been sick and seems to be growing and developing wonderfully! I'm glad I've been able to give her such a good start in life.

Tutu Lily

July was a fun month... but it was also very busy and caused me to get behind on a lot of things. I have many blog posts to catch up on. Until then, here's a peak at my cutie pie. My friend Kelsey let me borrow the tutu outfit and it made for some GREAT pictures. :)

6 Months Old!

My little girl is getting so big! It's amazing to think of how much she's changed and learned since she was born. The doctor was very pleased with her growth and development. Lily's 27" long and weighs 16 lbs 3 oz. She had a couple shots at her check up but it seemed to go better than last time.

Lily has mastered rolling both ways and likes to roll herself across the room. She also can sit on her own. She LOVES her jumperoo and bounces like crazy when she's in it. She still "talks" a lot and is starting to mimic sounds that we make. My favorite is when I clap and say "yeah!" she says "yeah" back. (At least that's what it sounds like to me.) She makes da-da and ma-ma sounds but I don't consider any of them an official word yet.

She's still eating breast milk and rice cereal and we just started introducing fruits and veggies. So far she's had apples and zucchini and doesn't seem thrilled about either. But she still eats it, so that's good. I tried making my own baby food and it was really easy.

Kiawah Island Part 1

We are on our first family vacation! We are in Kiawah Island, SC with Matt's family and having a great time. I'll write more when we get back home. For now I'll just send a sneak peak of pictures we have so far. Lily did FANTASTIC on the flight here and she's been her usual happy self since we've been here. (I got all stressed out over nothing.) She is such an amazing baby!

View of the beach from our condo.

Grandpa & Nana have been a HUGE help with Lily. It makes it more relaxing for Mommy and Daddy when the grandparents can help out.
Reading in her tent on the beach

Meeting Uncle Jason

Meeting Aunt Millie

Attacked by the paparazzi!!

Happy 4th of July! Lily loves the beach!

Beach naps are the best!