Playing Part 2!

Little treadmill at the museum! She's training to race her Uncle Dave and Aunt Rach one day.
Ari and his mom Sarah.

Ari the tool man tailor.

Splash!

I love that you can see her hair is soaking!

She loved these big guys.

Not sure which one is having more fun!?

Here's a video of Lil' splashing!

Playing

Over the winter we took Lily to the Children's Museum quite a bit. Last year she would've been a tad too little, but now she just loves it! She especially likes going with her buddies Peyton, Ari and Carter.
Lily sporting the smock.
She loves the water!

I love how her smock goes to her feet. Everybody was laughing as she walked by.

She also loves anything with a wheel.

Now onto playing in the new wagon (thanks grandma and grandpa!)

Helping daddy put it together.

We took her out so Greg could put the final touches on it. In this pic she's signing "more" because she wanted to get back in.

Monitoring the progress.

Giving her penguin a drink.

Finally!

All aboard!

Watching it snow outside from the comfort of her wagon.

Lily Having Fun

Puzzles! Lily and cousin Atticus putting together the puzzle.

I had to add a couple photos of the huge icicles hanging off the porch. We've been creative and had a lot of fun playing indoors, but we're ready for spring!

Where's Waldo?

Showing off her tooth. Fun playing in the tub!

She loves putting the bucket and purse on her arm.

Here's a video of Lily scooting followed by her cousin Atticus imitating her.

Communicating

Although she's not totally talking yet, Lily sure does know what she wants and is able to communicate in her own way! She knows some of the basic signs and has even made up a few of her own (points to her nose = kiss, hand to ear = phone). She has always been good at poining to what she wants which she does all the time. She'll point and put her hand to her head if she hears a dog or plane outside.

She has also been "talking" more now (babbling) but it sounds different when she's reading a book or she thinks she's really talking to us. She'll even have inflections in her babbling and will watch us to see how we respond (by talking back to her of course!)

Here's a video of Lily "reading" her book...in her own Lily language...

Getting Dressed...and Teeth!

Trying to get a close up of the tooth! She now has 2 on the bottom and all 4 on top are ready to pop any day!

She insisted on wearing her glasses on top of her head while eating.

After attempting to put the shirt on, she plopped it on her head. Usually she can get her arms in the sleeves, but if not, on the head it goes...

Look at that pretty girl!

Signing "more" during lunch. More...cheese, juice, yogurt...

Showing Grandma Cole my cool shades!

Lily now wants to try and do everything herself - from eating yogurt to getting dressed and putting on her shoes. We try to let her do as much as she can (within a reasonable amount of time...sometimes you just have to get out the door!)

Mobile

Lily is so close to walking and will toddle around while holding onto one finger. She'll walk pretty far unassisted between us and is so proud of herself when she walks into our arms. She's getting braver and more sure of herself so it won't be long!

I had a few videos of her walking but for some reason my video posting isn't working well so I found another video that could load. Here's Lil' playing one of her favorite games... (excuse the text message at the end...I haven't gotten around to editing videos yet!)

Here's another method of Lily's mobility...