Lily has been fighting her naps all week. She was doing it last weekend as well. She almost falls asleep then she tries to sit up and flails herself around to wake herself up then wants to play. She didn't nap at all on Thursday. She hadn’t been sleeping well at night either. None of us slept much all week because Lily was really gassy and woke up multiple times each night crying. Paul would bounce her on his arm to get some gas out then she would fall back asleep fairly quickly but all of the disturbances left us all tired in the morning. That combined with no napping on Thursday, I thought, would have led to a very cranky baby but she was in a really good mood. That was a relief because my parents came over that evening to watch Lily so Paul and I could go out as it was New Year’s Eve. My mom got an air cast on her foot that day so she could get around a lot better and didn’t have to use a walker anymore. Paul and I didn’t do any partying, just went to the movies and out to dinner. We saw Sherlock Holmes which was the first movie we had seen at the theater in over ten months. After the movie, we tried to go grab some dinner but had a really hard time finding a restaurant that was open. I thought that we would have trouble finding a place that wasn’t too busy but instead, most places were closed, even some bars and restaurant/bar combo places. It was odd. We had to drive all the way to Bennigan’s in Howell. Grand River was like a ghost town! By then it was almost 11pm and they were getting ready to close but they let us in to eat, thank goodness. After our burgers, we hurried home to see the ball drop. We got in the house with five minutes to spare and were surprised to see Lily awake. Apparently she was wonderful for my parents and went to sleep without incident around 9pm but then woke up a few minutes before we arrived all happy and ready to play. Apparently she wanted to be awake to ring in the New Year as well! We all watched the ball drop then my parents left and Lily went to bed without fighting sleep.
We were all tired from the busy week and were still sleep deprived from Lily being sick then all of the holiday bustle so we were excited to have New Year’s Day off with absolutely nothing urgent to do. Paul let me sleep in then he, Lily, and I spent the entire day in our pajamas. Paul watched football while Lily played with all of her new toys. I finally got a chance to put together the walker that she got for Christmas from her Aunt Beth. I had also bought her a walker off of Craigslist that I picked up on my way to Kirsten’s after work on Tuesday. The people I bought it from live less than a mile from my house and also had some toys that I bought as first birthday presents (it will be here before we know it). I got the second walker for her to play with at Kirsten’s but took it home for her to get used to first. She absolutely loves both of them. The one she got for Christmas is a stroller that she can push her doll around in. The one I bought off Craigslist is a doggy that barks and pants when she walks. She is so excited to walk with the aid of the walkers and smiles and giggles the entire time. It is so cute! She had been using her play table as a walker and pushed it around the living room with her stomach but she finds that the walkers work so much better. She started off just going back and forth across the living room but by the end of the weekend, her stamina had increased so much that she can go around the circle consisting of walking through the living room, dining room, kitchen, hall, front entry, and back to the living room yet again. She can’t turn the walker so we have to do that for her or she just keeps jamming it into the wall over and over again trying to get the wall out of her way. What a brute!
It was a super cold weekend. I wanted to run errands on Saturday but kept putting it off hoping that it would warm up outside. It never did. Lily was very gassy. She had a bunch of diaper blowouts which made her feel a lot better. She also took a lot of naps. She and Paul accompanied me on my errands but she passed out in the car so Paul kept the car running at all of my stops and just dropped me off and stayed in the car with her. It worked out well for me because I didn’t have to spend a lot of time outside and always had a warm vehicle. Unfortunately, Paul was bored out of his mind but he hates errands no matter what.
Sunday was a sad day for us as it was the one year anniversary of when we lost our beloved Beagle, Betsy. I will post a little tribute to her separate from this post. A lot has happened and changed for us in the year that she has been gone. I miss her and know that she would have loved Lily and vice versa. Lily’s gassiness and GI activity continued on Sunday but her mood was wonderful. She and I stayed home and played all day while Paul spent about six hours at the airport picking up Rachel. Security is even tighter after that crazy Christmas day bomb attempt so he had to get there about four hours before her flight arrived. What a giant pain in the butt! They got home fairly late so we had a late dinner then all went to bed. Rachel was exhausted as she just got back from a cruise with her mom and spent Saturday traveling from Florida to South Carolina then spent Sunday on the plane and now has school tomorrow. Not a lot of time to relax and settle back in! She had fun on her vacation but was excited about going back to school and seeing her friends.
Lily’s hair seems to be looking darker now. It used to oscillate between looking blonde and light brown, sometimes reddish. Now it’s a medium golden brown. It’s very cute. Her eyes haven’t changed at all. They are still the same bright light blue they have been since she was very little. She still only has six teeth- four on top and two on the bottom. They are almost all the way in and there is a cute little gap between her two front teeth. I wonder if it will close up when more of her teeth come in or if it will stay. It’s funny because I absolutely hated the gap between my two front teeth but I think it is unbelievably adorable on her.
Last but certainly not least, a hugely monumental thing happened this week. Lily is talking!!! She has been saying mama and dada occasionally but now she says “Whazzis?” and “Whozzis?” all the time in this adorable voice while pointing at things. She is so curious about the world around her. She had been pointing to things with her whole hand the past two weeks and when she does so, we name what she is pointing at. Then I turned it into a game in the hallway where I would point to someone in a picture and say “Who’s this?” kind of high pitched then identify the person to her. I was doing it to get her to say mama and dada more consistently and to teach her sissy. She loves the game and loves to look at the pictures and point at the different people, especially baby Lily. Little did I know that instead of teaching her the answers, I was teaching her to ask the question! It is so funny that instead of a consistent first word, she jumped right to her first sentence. It is so cute, especially because she ends “Whazzis?” high pitched, just like you do when you end a question. I have to get it on video!
Here are some pictures from this week.
Our stockings, still unopened as of Monday! We have been too busy:
Lily spotted the Pooh bear sticking out of her stocking on Tuesday and had to have it:
That finally prompted us to open the gifts in our stockings. Here is Lily playing with her stocking stuffers. Her new doggy walker is in the background:
Lily with her favorite Christmas present- her Playskool Busy Ball-tivity Center:
Lily got this pop-up book from our co-worker, Lois. She absolutely loved it:
Crawling after Reiley on Thursday:
Watching daddy finish putting together her stroller walker on New Year's Day:
Lily and daddy playing belly blast-off:
My happy girl enjoying her first day of 2010:
Lily cuddling with a stuffed dog that she stole from Rachel's room when she was in there trying to figure out where her sister went:
Laughing at Blue's Clues with mommy:
Happily clapping to "mail time":
My cuddly girl:
Lily pushing her doll around the living room in her stroller walker:
Back at it again on Sunday morning:
Lily taking a morning nap on mommy:
We finally changed out of our pajamas to run errands so I put Lily in this super warm outfit as it was so cold out. She looked so adorable pushing around her dog walker:
Back at it again on Sunday morning:
Lily taking a morning nap on mommy:
We finally changed out of our pajamas to run errands so I put Lily in this super warm outfit as it was so cold out. She looked so adorable pushing around her dog walker:
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