Milano

Our weekend in Milano in pictures...

Here is Luke climbing on the remnants of a tree that was cut down.


Luke with a grasshopper that PopPop caught for him.


Sweet Lily with a grasshopper bow in her hair.

Mommy and Luke.

Lily and Daddy on the tractor. She was loving it!

My babies and their Dad.

Nina and Lily bean.

Luke feeding the cow at the neighbor's.

It was a GREAT weekend.

Lily at 9 months!

So here she is at nine months old! She is all over the place and usually has this happy grin on her face. I can't believe it's been nine months since I held this little girl for the first time. She brings so much joy to our family - we are so very blessed.


Some things for the record book...At 9 months Lily is

• Pulling up on everything and cruising around the furniture like a pro.


• Standing for several seconds at a time before plopping back down on her bottom.


• She has seven teeth and the cutest little grin in the world!


• She weighs just over 16 pounds.


• It's not in the book yet, but we're pretty sure she knows who she's talking about when she says Mama and Dada.


• She adores Luke and always wants to see what he's doing. She drives him crazy trying to touch whatever he's playing with, but he is super sweet with her and will always go get her another toy to play with.


• She still loves her Mommy best when she's sad or tired and I still occasionally get to rock her to sleep. Just thinking about it now brings tears to my eyes.

She is such a precious girl and we love her so much! And on that note, a final picture...

September

We have had a very busy September moving into the new house and getting everything unpacked and everyone settled in. We are really liking the new neighborhood and Luke absolutely loves having a playroom for all his toys. There is still A LOT to be done, but we are mostly unpacked and we finally have a few things up on the walls. No paint yet, but hopefully soon we'll get started, most likely with the kids' rooms.

Anyway here are just a few pictures from the last month...

This is Luke's new "smile" - he has this one squinty eye thing going in almost every picture we have taken lately.


For those of you who missed seeing Lily's first two top teeth...may I present Vampire Baby! ( I would like to add that she has since gotten her two front teeth so she no longer looks like she has fangs!)


Luke helping with Daddy's tools.

Sweet Lily girl playing with her kitchen.

I promise I'll post again soon(ish)...maybe Lily will get a 9 month post.

Just a Few Pictures

I just wanted to post a few pictures of my precious kids. They make me smile!

Can you tell we're getting ready to move?

One of Lily's few happy times on her belly...mostly she prefers to sit up. I'm not sure she's ever going to crawl. Her current mode of transportation is scooting around on her bottom.

Luke helping Mommy with the dishes (or dumping water on the floor, however you prefer to look at it!) He is such a great helper, especially when it comes to cleaning.

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.