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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Apples=Yum!

December 23rd, Today we introduced apples to Lily's diet and she loved them! :-)







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Roll, Baby, Roll!

Lily has been trying so hard for weeks to roll over. She usually gets all the way to her side and flops back to her back but today, December 17th, Lily finally rolled over! :-) She was so excited she did it over and over!





Look at this smile!





Watch her roll!

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She's growing so fast!

Saturday, December 17, 2011

December 7th, 2011 5 Months Old

There's no way it's been 5 months already!! Wow...Where does the time go? Seriously, this precious angel of mine is growing by the second and I can't keep up! Maybe I should stop feeding her, so she stops growing? No, I guess that wouldn't work... {sigh} I'll just have to deal with her getting bigger. :)
Well, this month we weigh in at 26 1/4 inches and 24.4 pounds! I told you! Growing like crazy!
She is trying her hardest to roll over from her back to her belly. She gets all the way over on her side and just can't figure out how to pull out that bottom arm yet. There are times where she will figure it out accidentally but not often. Her most common trick is the 180..You put her on her playmat, turn your back, count to 3, turn back around, and somehow she has turned half way around..Wiggle Worm! :)
The first 3 months of life this little angel didn't want a thing to do with being on her belly, but this month she is embracing it! She wants to be on the move oh so bad! I really don't think she will crawl all that much. I think the second she realizes how to work those legs and lift herself up she will be off and running! She is very strong already, she spends so much time in her Johnny Jumper that she thinks she can walk! Sometimes when I am a few feet away and playing with her she gets all excited and pulls at the jumper just trying so hard to move it closer to me. :) It's too cute! 
Sleep is also her friend this month, and boy does it scare Daddy and I at times! On December 13th, Lily slept for 8 hours straight at night from 8:00-4:30am. We are used to her waking up at least once around 12-1 for a feeding or even just comfort. Daddy was the first to wake and with a startle he jumped out of bed to check on her, for sure something was wrong! Puzzled, he walked back to bed confused at how she was still sleeping! LOL For about a month now, even though she has been sleeping in her crib she has had a pretty solid schedule of the following:
5:00 Nap
6:00 Dinner (Solids & Nursing)
Bath & Playtime
7:30 Bedtime
8:30 Wake up {not fully, just wanting to be soothed back to sleep}
12:30-1 Wake-Soothed to sleep
3-4:00 Wake for feeding then sleep until 6:00
Her new schedule now that the solids are fully incorporated as a nighttime meal and she is more comfortable with her room...
8:00 Bedtime
sometimes 1-2 wake and sooth back to sleep
4:30 Feeding and back to sleep
6:00 Wake up on school days 8:00-8:30 on weekends
Happy as can be! :)
 She just can't contain her joy and I love every second of it! :)
 I could stare at her for hours...
 Toes!! What?! Where have you been all my {5 whole months of} life!?
 Priceless
 She was determined to get them in her mouth!!

Oh Christmas Tree!

My two little Christmas Angels :) We are so blessed!
Daddy dressed up on Saturday afternoon to play Santa at the bank. Kids from all over town came to see him as he handed out candy canes and fresh $2.00 bills. So of course we had to go too! :)
Daddy playing a great Santa! :) Lily wasn't the least bit scared of her Dada. Too Cute!
Those sweet baby blues
 
We had our first Family Photo Shoot at Goodwood Plantation and ended up with some great photos! Thanks Mike & Amanda! :)

 
After our family photo fun it was time to buy our Christmas tree so we headed over to the Boy Scouts on Bannerman Road. We love going there each year, they have great trees, fire pits, and free hot cocoa! :) However, this year they were just a bit pricey so we settled for a Walmart tree..LOL Hey, it does the job!
We still took advantage of a great photo moment with the kids.
 

Solid Food..Yum & Yuck!

On November 30th the family was enjoying our luxurious sloppy joe dinner while you eyed away at Mommy's plate...It has now been 2 1/2 weeks since we first attempted to feed you solid foods and you sure seemed interested. I thought I would test the waters by offering you a small {miniscule} piece of my bun. You went to town and eyed me down for more! So, I put my plate away and got to work whipping up some rice cereal for you, added some Mommy milk and warmed it up a bit. YOU CHOWED DOWN! :)
 


From that night on we ate rice cereal after your 5:00pm nap. You started with 1TBS but quickly moved up to eating 3TBS at a time.
On December 8th, after a whole week of eating rice cereal, we attempted our first fruit, bananas! Well, you hated it! You made yucky faces and spit it out! Experts say that it may take up to 10 tastes of a food for a baby to like them so I was determined to try again the next day. December 9th was even worse; you cried! After that I didn't think it was worth it to try a 3rd time...maybe in a few months, but not now. So we went back to eating rice cereal.

On December 14th, I decided it was time to try something new. This time I chose sweet potatoes and it was definitely a sweet success! You LOVED them! Today is December 17th, your 4th day of eating sweet potatoes and you just can't get enough of them! It's great!


What should we try next?? :)

Lily Madison-Baptized 11-26-11

The big reason for our trip to Port Saint Lucie, aside from Thanksgiving, was the planning of your baptism in the Catholic Church.
You were baptized on November 26th, 2011 at 2:00pm in Saint Bernadette Catholic Church along with Colin. This is GeeGee's Church and boy is it Bea-u-ti-ful!
 GrandPam & GrandPop
 
 God Bless Colin & Lily
 Pop's Favorite Girl :)

 Thank you Father Ulto for a day we will always remember.
 Our GodChildren Colin & Lily
 My precious Godson, Colin Michael

 Gee Gee loves her Lily
 Lily's Baptism
 Colin's Baptism
 Colin slept through the ceremony while Lily chatted away!
 
The Three Amigos, Elliot, Lily, & Colin
 Lily & Aunt Lauren
 My Precious Pea, always a happy girl! Ready for bed after a long, awesome day!