Lily goes to work!

Well, not exactly...but she did go with me to my holiday work party downtown at P&G. Lily was a little angel and was wide eyed for about the first 30 minutes and then zonked out...she apparently had better things to do. :) I had a great time seeing my co-workers and participating in the White Elephant exchange. My gift contribution was $10 in lotto scratch offs and I ended up getting a $10 Chipotle gift card (sorry Bo! - at least the Hannah Montana wig looked nice on you).

Here are a few pictures of Lily's big day at P&G...

Sarah K and Liz holding Lily...

I always thought Bo would look good blond...

This is my desk at P&G...notice that someone wrote a "Welcome Lily" note on my board!

Erin holding Lily-bell!

Getting geared up for the party...

Our Little Movie Star!

This is the first time we've tried posting video of Lily - so hopefully this works! She's quite alert in these videos and I think she's really trying to "talk" to us. :)

Reach for the Stars, Lily!

Lily attended her first author/illustrator speaker yesterday! We went to see Loren Long who is a very cool local illustrator who came to Borders to read and sign his new book, Drummer Boy. His illustrations are priceless - check him out at: lorenlong.com He even illustrated a children's book that Madonna wrote! Lily got to meet Loren and he signed 3 books for her. He said Lily would love a book he's writing now that should be due out next year...about a tractor named Otis. We'll be sure to add it to Lily's library once he finishes it.

When we first got Boomer, he didn't chew many things, but we had a copy of Walt Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" that Long illustrated....and Boomer decided to shred. I had to buy another one and have him sign it. This time, it'll be under lock and key so Boomer can't touch it. :)

Long was very interesting (although Lily decided to sleep!) and talked about the local pictures he added to "Learn'd Astronomer" - pics of the Cincinnati Art Museum, etc. It's neat to look through and actually recognize area places that he drew. He also told us that he added pictures of his dog Stella in "Drummer Boy." He dedicated the book to her ("why not dedicate a book to a dog!?") and included Stella in the manger scene at the very end. Like he said, "I figured dogs could've been at the manger!" Here's a picture of Long with his dog Stella:

It was an interesting afternoon and Lily will enjoy his classic books for many years to come!

I'll Take the Big Boy Platter, Please...

We've taken Lily out to a few restaurants so far, and we took her on her first "fine dining" experience...to...where else!? FRISCH'S - of course! She would've ordered the Big Boy platter, but she was a bit tired and decided to sleep through the whole meal.

However, she did wake up for pictures with the big guy himself...

1 Month Old!

It's hard to believe Lily is over a month old - time has gone by so quickly! She is such a good little baby and we're really enjoying our time with her. She has been a good sleeper too (much to her mom's delight...as I need a lot more sleep than my "I'm fine with 5 hours of sleep" counterpart). Lily typically goes to bed around 9-10 p.m. and then wakes up once about 5 a.m. to eat - and then back to sleep until 8 or 9 a.m. Let's hope this keeps up!

She has also started smiling which is the MOST adorable thing in the world! Her whole face just lights up and I find myself wanting to capture each smile on camera. She also recognizes our voices and will watch and follow us with her eyes.

Happy 1 month birthday (plus a few days!) Lily!

Lily Helps Put Up the Tree!

Well, maybe she didn't exactly help with the tree, but she was bright eyed when we showed her the lights!

Lily has had a very adventurous month of December so far! She has been out and about walking with me quite a bit, attended her very own "Welcome Lily" party, went to dinner at Sarah and Joel's house and hung out with little Ari, attended a cookie exchange, met a bunch of mommy and daddy's friends and got spoiled at grandma and grandpa's house while her parents went out "solo" for the night!

Lily with our good friends Terry & Alicia...

Friends from New York!

Our very good friends Kelly and Joel McFarland came in town over Thanksgiving to visit. They now live in NY but moved to Cincy about 10 years ago for Joel's med school/residency at UC (and I met Kelly when she started working at P&G). I remember Kelly walking around on her 1st day at P&G to meet everyone and I blurted out, "yeah!! a new girl!!!" Kelly and I became great friends from the day we met (I think our first conversation was about playing soccer and wanting to get an indoor team together...and the rest is history!)

They moved to NY last year after Joel decided to do his GI fellowship in Rochester. Happy for them...but bummer for us. We miss them lots. ;) They have 2 of the cutest kids - Cooper and Macy. Lily loved meeting them both and can't wait to visit them soon. She did try to woo them back to Cincinnati by taking them to Skyline (and Cooper experienced his first cheese coney...a hotdog on a bun w/cheese, no chili). We had a great evening...and are looking forward to the trek to NY. And by the way McFarlands...there's a house for sale on Garden Road...just sayin'...in case just for the heckuvit you happen to be looking at houses in the 'Nati... :)

Love and miss you!