4 months!

Lily is 4 months today!

The facts:
You weigh 13 lbs.
You are 23 inches long.
You eat when you want to; sometimes every 2 hours sometimes you go 3-4 hours between feedings.
Schedules aren't really your thing, you enjoy sleeping when you're tired and being awake when you want to be awake.
Bedtime is around 7:30-8:00 and you usually sleep until 4-5 and then another hour or 2. Except lately, you've been up at 2am ready to play. Mama no likey.
You smile and laugh at Mama and Dadda.
You smile and shy away when you see yourself in the mirror.
If I lay you on your back, your feet are busy, constantly moving and kicking.


A little about your sleep:

You have slept through the night 4 or 5 times! (weird at first, but SO good.)
You take a paci and always spit it out as you fall asleep.
You sleep with your hands behind your head like you're going to do a sit-up.
You keep one eye partially open, keeping a watch on the world.
Noise does not bother you when you sleep. Leave the windows open!
Of certainty, you look so peaceful and beautiful when you sleep.


Fun things:

You LOVE to stand (and be naked)

You LOVE being outside

You're growing to like tummy time. 

It's still very much an effort, but you're learning.

You're learning all about your feet. You hold them and stare at them with curiosity.

Wow, you're getting so big.

We love you, Lily!

Goings-on cont'd

Fun with SO many bunnies!

We went to The Y with Baba and swam for the first time.

Lily was pretty unexpressive about the whole adventure.

I baby-sat my cute little neighbor, Kenton.

He has red hair, too!

Mother's Day

being sweet

little friends who wanted some coffee

 This is 2 blocks away from our congested neighborhood. 

...dreaming of living in the country.

Goings-on

My computer was down for quite a while. Long story short, it kept freezing when I tried to upload pictures from my camera. I took it to a local place (The LapTop Guy - highly recommend) and they replaced my internal hard-drive. It's all better now.

I am going to post pictures that most of you haven't seen. Hopefully this will be a quick way to get up-to-speed and keep current with posts from here on out.

just as we got home from the hospital

Itty-Bitty Lily

3 days old

sleeping in the moby, ready to catch some flies.

snugglin' with dadda

sleepin' with dadda

thinkin' about which diaper to wear

beautiful bleeding heart out front

evening walk with "Ellie-Belle"

homemade rosette for Lily

The never ending to-do list. sigh.

Lily is almost 4 months!?! She is getting so big, so fast. 

I'll do another catch-up post tomorrow.

garden 2011

I didn't post much about our garden last year.
It was a great first year. We had lots of vegetables and no animals.
We are gearing up for this year's garden; soil went in today and we will be planting soon.
In central Ohio, the rule of thumb is to wait until Mother's Day before you plant outdoors (most plants).
I'm itching to plant. I love walking out back to get ingredients for lunch and dinner. YUM!

Here are some pictures from last year:

 soil

Seeds: Spinach, lettuce, carrots, cucumber

seeing growth was exciting!

 L to R: toms, cucumber, carrots, spinach/lettuce (didn't work out) :(

Pretty Petunias. 

 I loved these petunias and their beautiful color! They were planted Memorial Day weekend and lasted well-into August. Notice the cucumbers getting all up in their space.

3 tomato plants. We had lots and lots of toms! 

peaceful evening garden

Wait until you see what we have going on/in this year!

2 months!

Lily is 2 months today!

About me: 2 Month Edition:

• I weigh 9 lbs 8 oz. I am a growing girl! 
• I just started wearing my fuzzibunz and barely fit into my 'old' newborn diapers. My bod fits into 0-3 month clothes (almost a squeeze with my big diaper bum). 
• My eyes are pretty blue (who knows what they will be). My hair...is brown but definitely has red hues in natural light. woohoo!
• A daily "schedule" is something like this:
•  A morning nap (or naps) 
• A long afternoon nap
• Awake from 6-9pm and then I sleep until 2:00-2:30am. 
• I eat every 2.5-3 hours except my long stretch through the night.
• As of recent, I started smiling at my parents(!!) and mimicking what they are doing i.e. sticking out my tongue when they stick their tongues out at me.
• My movement is still very robotic but I am learning how to use my arms and legs more. I've even hit my daddy with my right hook. Sorry, Daddy! My mommy thinks I am a squirmy wormy because when she holds me up I bob my head sharply to the left and right. I like to see everything that's going on.

on my fun play-mat 

my hair is growing back in

 mommy was blowing raspberries at me

doing GREAT during tummy time

no pins necessary

We decided to cloth diaper Lily (and our future children, Lord willing). I'm sure most of you immediately think of white cloths and pins and who knows what else.

Cloth diapers have come a long way! With the encouragement from my SIL, Jenny, I chose to use the brand fuzzibunz in their style called "one size elite". These diapers allow Lily to wear them from infant to potty training with a few simple changes to the diapers. It IS extra work but it WILL save us money and is much better for the environment. 

Aren't they pretty? 

Every time I see at the brown diaper I think of the m&m commercial about the m&m being naked because she is brown...anyone? maybe it's just because all the other colors are "pretty" :)

a trip to Chicago

Lily and I just got back from visiting my grandparents in Chicago.
We stayed with them last week and got some much needed R&R! (Thank you!!)

Lily's first flight. She did wonderful!! 

We flew from Columbus to O'hare and my grandparents met us at baggage. I am so thankful the first flight was from Columbus to O'hare because when I got to O'hare I was a little overwhelmed with all of the business folks who were, well, in a hurry. 

Me and my baby, we took our time getting where we needed to go. 

Meeting Great-Grampa and Great-Gramma!

Lily got a bath in great-grandma's sink. Great-Aunt Denise stopped by to help!

She did meet Great-Uncle Steve too (sorry, I don't have any pics)

all cleaned up and tired after her bath

A little late on the band-wagon, I started reading The Hunger Games. 

I openly admit that I am addicted, I just finished yesterday and am going to start book 2 soon.

Lily shared in my excitement. ha!

I have lots of pictures to share but my computer has been a little wonky and I might have to take it in to apple to get a cat scan or something. ugh.