6 Months!

Lily is six months old today! It feels like time is going by even faster with her than it did with Luke. She is such a sweetheart and she brings so much joy to our whole family. Here are just a few of the things I want to remember about this time:

• She is a talker! She loves to be social and will coo and babble endlessly with Matthew and I.
• She is a Mama's girl. She lights up when she sees me and it makes my heart melt every time.
• She is sitting up on her own! She loves to sit on the floor and have Luke make her musical zoo go around.
• Luke calls her "Sissy Princess" and has become her spokesman for whatever is wrong, especially in the car. If she starts crying or fussing, Luke announces the problem and tells her "It will be okay, Mommy will fix it when we stop."
• She is a great eater and hasn't disliked any of the foods she has tried. Her favorites right now are peas and oatmeal.
• She is a drama queen. If something is worth getting upset over, it's worth getting REALLY upset over.

Here are a few favorite pictures of the Bean.

Luke Needs a Vitamin

Here is my conversation with Luke from a couple of days ago during breakfast.

Luke: Mommy, I need a vitamin.
Me: Oh, you need a vitamin, huh?
Luke: Yes Mommy, just like I said.

This is a new one that he's come up with. Ever since he learned to talk, Matthew and I have repeated things to him, just to confirm that we heard him and we know what he wants. Up until recently he would just continue to repeat himself until we acknowledged what he was saying. Evidently this is no longer necessary, seeing as how he has begun telling both his dad and I that things are "Just like he said."

I love, love, love my little boy!

Sweet Girl

Our precious girl is five months old already! Here are a few pictures of the Lily Bean.

Lily is four months old!

Our sweet Lily is (over) four months old now! She is doing great. I just took her to her four month check up and the doctor said she looks perfect! She is 12 lbs 10 oz and she is 25 inches long. That makes her in the 23 and 73 percentages for weight and height. She is gaining weight at a steady pace now, but because she started out slow, I am adding some high calorie EnfaCare to her cereal for the next month. Hopefully this will help her gain a little more weight!

Here are a couple of pictures of Lily at four months.

Isn't she beautiful?

Loving that exersaucer!

She is such a fun little girl. She loves to have people pay attention to her and she talks to everyone...Mommy, Daddy, Luke, people in line at the grocery store, the frog attached to her carseat, etc. She has just started rolling over and she loves to ride in the sling and nibble on her toes.

Time is just flying by. I'm trying to slow down and enjoy these sweet baby moments before they're gone.

A Pretty Girl and A Little Reader

Sweet Lily Bean in one of my favorite dresses.

Luke is so into reading right now - I love it! This morning I told him I would be right back and when I came back he was sitting in the corner on his stuffed puppy dog reading to himself.

I love, love, love these precious children!

Easter

Well, the plan for today was to try and get some pictures of our family. (You'll notice below that there are exactly zero pictures of all of us.) But sometimes kids don't quite understand how much effort goes into these things, and this morning my children had absolutely no interest in being photographed. We did however, get a few good ones of my sweet babies this afternoon.

I love this picture of Luke. He is so very intent on watching the ants crawl.


I really wanted to get a few pictures of Lily outside, but I'm glad I snapped this shot before we went out. Here is the progression of how Lily felt about having her picture taken.

Just hanging out inside.

Obviously she was not loving the fresh air.

It took quite awhile to get her calmed down, after which she was all done in and had to nap in Daddy's arms.

I love these precious children so much! They bring me joy every single day and I can't imagine my life without them.

Lily's First Overnight Trip

I have so much updating to do...but I'll start with the pictures we took in Marble Falls last weekend. We got to take Lily on her first trip and she actually took the 4 hour car ride a lot better than we were expecting. It was so nice to see my Granny and she got to take her first in person look at Lily. Here are a few pictures we took while we were there.

Luke checking out Granny's flowers.


Lily laughing in Nina's lap.


Four generations: Nina, Nikki, Lily and Great Granny


The whole genetically related crazy crew: Nina, Luke, Great Granny, Aunt Billie, Nikki and Lily


We had such a wonderful time - beautiful weather AND great company!