Lily is 5 months!

This last month has been the most eventful by far! She's become so much more vocal and engaging and she's got such a unique personality. I can see a little human emerging, no longer just a baby blob. She recently started laughing, which is just amazing! She's also big enough for things like doorway bouncers, exersaucers, jumpers...things like that. She also just started to sit on her own! I sit her up but she stays there for a good while. She's also starting to recognize Dex. She follows him with her eyes and she reaches for him. The other day she was just pounding his back and grabbing his fur and he just laid there. It was so cute! I love to see her learn new things. She loves getting her little baby massages too! After every bath I massage her little body and she just smiles and squeals the whole time. I think she's beginning to be ticklish!

This month I took her to meet Santa (twice)! She met Santa at the photography studio and at the mall! She did great both times! Mall Santa was with Braden and they were dressed like little reindeer, Lily wore a bow on her antler ;)

Lily and Braden are MFEO!!!

So I've decided that Lily and her little buddy Braden are totally Made For Each Other :o) I just love love love to see them interact week after week. Every Monday we get together for a "playdate" and a few times a week we go for walks in the park. I just know they will be best of friends. I know I've said it before, but it's so nice to have someone with a baby the same age as Lily. Jill and Braden have become like family to us. Me and Lily are so lucky to have such great people in our lives. We love them! Here are some of my favorite B and L moments!!!

Just a few weeks old

Lily showing Braden who is boss

Shopping at Target

Baptized together

Handsome and Adorable

First Halloween Pictures

A cute video of the babies :o)

Lily's 3rd Month

Lily's 3rd month was an eventful one. The third month had the most transitions. When she turned 3 months she moved into her own room. As the month has progressed she's gradually dropped her night time feeding. She usually makes it 9 -12 hours straight before waking up! Most recently (at about 3.5 months) she turned from her back to her tummy! Baby girl has strong core muscles! I have adorable video of her doing it!

Also in the third month my mom, my grandma, Lily, and I took professional photos. All four generations. I know it will be a great memory for Lily when she's older. My grandma was 50 when I was born and my mom (Lily's grandma) is also 50 (next month). The day we went in to take the pictures we also got to take some of Lily by herself, and they came out so cute! Below are the pictures.

Baptism Week

Lily got baptized this week. She did so good! I took a bottle to the church and fed her when she fussed and then she ended up going right to sleep. She slept through the entire ceremony. It was so sweet :o) When I walked up to the priest I said "she's super asleep", hoping that he would be gentle with the pouring of the water, but no such luck. HE SOAKED her head, but she didn't even bat and eye! Then we stood in line and he came up and rubbed oil ALL OVER her little head, but she still didn't wake up! She woke up at the end of the ceremony when they rang some bells/chimes. She did very good, like the precious angel that she is. The baptism was separated into two ceremonies, one was on Tuesday and the other was Saturday. On Tuesday it was the anointment, she did ok that day. Lily is the luckiest baby to have such wonderful Godparents! Benny and Therese got her her plaid dress, her baptismal gown, her after party dress, a beautiful white embroidered blanket, an adorable white embroidered burp cloth for the ceremony, her little baptism candle and countless other goodies! I look forward to the day when Lily can spend quality time with them. It's such a blessing to have such wonderful people in my life and to be able to have them in Lily's life. They are truly a gift and we love them so much. Here are some pictures of little miss Lily during her big week!

Today was a pretty low key day. I decided that after yesterday Lily needed a day to relax and just hang out at home. I took her into her nursery and sat her in her bumbo and we "played". I showed her some of her toys. She's never really played with anything before. The "baby keys" were a HIT! She's so cute I can hardly stand it! Everyday she learns more and more, but today was the first day that I really felt like she was really interacting with me and her surroundings. She reaches out for my hands and face. She follows things with her eyes and grabs at them. I sat her in her swing and my dad started talking to her and she just started chatting away! She's getting such a unique personality and it's awesome seeing how she changes everyday. She's so loved :o)

Here's some video of Lily with her keys and of little miss chatter box!

New Camera = MORE pictures

I got a present today!  My mother in law got me a new camera.  I'm super pumped because it has a fast shutter speed (I think that's what it's called).  Anyway, it takes photos pretty quickly so I never miss a smile!  I took a few pictures today, but I'll make sure to be taking PLENTY more!

This past Monday my mom, me, my grandma, and of course LILY went to take some professional pictures.  We wanted a picture with all four generations.  I'm not sure how they came out, we'll get to see them on Monday.  We also took some of Lily on her own.  I think those came out cute, but again, I wont know until Monday.

(Ugh, I changed the settings on my blog and now I'm not sure how to make the pictures I just added of Lily any bigger...either way enjoy!)

This Saturday is Lily's baptism day!  Her and Braden (and 3 other little ones) are all going to be baptized.  After the baptism we're having a little get together at my parent's house.  I'm already stressing about it!  I hope I can get organized in time!  I already have all the food and drinks, and supplies.  It's just a matter of tying up lose ends.

I'll try and post some pictures of the four of us and pictures of the baptism on Monday.

Vent!!!!

Some people can be so rude! The other day I realized just how protective I have become of my precious Lily. I'll quickly give a summary of the scenario that really irked me:

My mom (first time grandma) posted some pictures from Lily's 3 month portrait session. A woman that she went to high school with commented "Cute pictures...I guess". My mom, thinking she had to have been joking, responded with "You guess? Like, you guess, if you're into adorable, precious, gorgeous babies?". The woman then decided to respond with "I'm just saying that all babies are adorable in the eyes of their parents/grandparents". My mom then deleted the entire thread.

I lost my sh*t!!! Who says that and why??? All mothers think their children are gorgeous, why would anyone decide it's their duty to burst that bubble? Not to mention, it's a baby! Sure we've all seen babies that are cute in their own way, but they are still CUTE. It's a baby for god's sake. As a first time mother, I take pictures of everything and anything and I post pictures almost everyday. Excessive? Probably! Do I make any apologies for it? NO! Why would I, it's a freakin' baby! Who am I hurting? I just can't believe that this woman saw the pictures and decided, "I'm going to tell this grandmother that 'I guess' her grandchild is cute"...why say anything at all? Why not just keep that to yourself. Ever heard of the saying "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all"? Why couldn't she just say "cute pictures" and leave it at that? I just look at my Lily and my heart swells and I'm overcome with LOVE. Knowing how I feel about my baby, I get how other mothers must feel about their children. Knowing that feeling I would NEVER say something so half-hearted to another mother/grandmother/baby lover. It's just mean spirited and rude. I know Lily is gorgeous, I don't have to "guess", but it still really bothered me. That's all I have to say about that. I had to get it off my chest.

Now onto something else, I took some footage of Lily during tummy time. Adorable :o)

3 Month Portraits

Hooray! Lily is 3 months :o) She got her portraits taken today and they came out so cute! Here are a few of my favorites!