Getting So Big

VIDEO TAKE 2!!! Had some problems (it was the website, not me!) with the video playing, but hopefully it works now! If not, oh well - moving on!!

Lily is so close to walking...shouldn't be long now! She totters and pulls herself up on everything and loves walking all over (with you behind her). She also recently got her first tooth on the bottom. I think 4 more teeth are coming in (or more!) I think all the teeth waited so long to come in, and now they all want to bust thru. She's been doing pretty well with it - but last week she had a double ear infection which wasn't so fun. That along with teething made for a couple rough days!

She's also babbling up a storm and trying to repeat things that we say and do. The other day she was in the middle of tumbling on our bed and I said, "where's daddy's nose?" She stopped what she was doing and leaned over to touch Greg's nose - wow! Sometimes I don't think she "gets" what we're saying, but I'm sure she catches a lot more than we even realize.

It really is an amazing experience to watch our little one grow before our eyes.

Here's a video of her saying one of her favorite words and her way of proclaiming that lunch is over.

Whose woods these are...

I have some random memories from when I was pregnant that I always associate with Lily. One being reciting "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" over and over in my head on my daily walk. I was towards the end of my pregnancy and walking home from the bus stop after work. It was a pretty mild summer, but there were some really hot days mixed in. To make the walk go quickly, and to trick myself into thinking it wasn't as hot as it really was, I'd recite these lines over and over as I was walking...almost like a mantra. Since it's winter now and this is one of my favorite poems, I thought I'd include a post about it! Plus, I just really like that photo of Robert Frost.

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer

To stop without a farmhouse near

Between the woods and frozen lake

The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake

To ask if there is some mistake.

The only other sound's the sweep

Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.

If I was ever going somewhere, I was running!

Sorry it's sideways, but I just had to post...what fun things we find to do on a snow day!

Our little reindeer

Here are a few more Christmas pics...

The morning of St. Nick's Day - checking out her stocking.

Gum for me!?! No wait, that's for Daddy.

Books!

Boomer is super excited about his St. Nick gifts.

I love St. Nick's Day!!!

Cutest little santa baby.

I liked this photo for the Christmas card...

Greg liked this one...his won out!

Putting the ornament on the tree

Happy reindeer.

Not so happy reindeer.

Doesn't my shirt say it all!?

Christmas Eve

Christmas Morning! Note the bib - the drooling has picked up now that she's teething!

Ethan in the Hot Wheels.

While Ethan was napping, Lily took it on a spin.

Checking the dials.

Who knew Crocs could be so cute!?

Any why not try them on over her dress!?