Teeth and Topples

Lillian has five teeth!!  Her two lower incisors came in nearly two months ago, but one of her upper incisors and two of her upper canine teeth have made an appearance!  You can see her upper incisor in this photo, which was taken today on the swings (one of her most favorite things to do).

 Lillian can crawl backwards, no sweat, but hasn't quite figured out the coordination to move forward yet. Keith and I have been helping Lillian find the motivation for forward locomotion.  She absolutely LOVES knocking these cups over and works really hard to move forward (not quite there yet!).  Here she's contemplating her next move.   

Stretch!!!!!

"I think I'll just play with the rocking chair mom..."

Ruffle-Butt!!

Sunday Bliss!

Asleep in Daddy's arms

Buck'n Bronco!

With friends: Zaki, Summer and Hilary.  Turkey dinner good...!

1st Bowling Tournament!

Asleep at the alley

Daddy bowled a 201 game!!! ...don't ask what mommy's score was... :)

With teammates Rich and Phyllis

Baby Cheeks!

This is a picture of me when I was around Lillian's age in a similar pose :)

First Easter Egg Hunt!

Everything in the mouth!

Found one!

I have 12 eggs in my basket!

Oooo! Another one!

Look At Me!!

Mementos!

We have a very similar picture of Keith and Grandma Cynthia when Keith was about 2 years old!

Lillian Van Beethoven!

Taken near the 3rd hole

A birds-eye-view!

Happy Saturday!

At 8:30 A.M. Keith and Lillian sit down together and read e-mails...

... about 15 minutes later... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..

"I like yams!"

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Today was soooo beautiful!  Lillian, Finn and I went for a nice stroll by the vineyards...

We stopped for a little break and picked some clover...

Finn ate some...

Silly Finn!!!!

Thanks for the hat, Grandma Sandy!

It doesn't get much better than this!

7 1/2 months old!

"Clipity-clop, clipity-clop!" Ridding her little pony.  

Shopping at Trader Joe's!

Watch'n Mom pick weeds

Hi cutie!

Baby's First Camping Trip!

We went camping with some friends near Point Rayes this weekend.  Lillian and Nicholas had a blast together!

MOMS Club Appreciation Day

Toy Box Robber!

Lillian has recently figured out how to tip over her toy basket! 

I caught her laughing at her reflection!

Gimme that camera!

Grandma Cynthia's Birthday Weekend!

"Happy Birthday!! I love you Grandma!!"

Johnny Jump Up!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

More Bread Please!

Feeding herself!! After several months of having only a little luck getting Lillian to eat her solid foods, there was a paradigm shift when we gave her more control.  We gave her the spoon and with a big smile and happy squeals, she began putting the spoon in her own mouth!  This must have helped her view the spoon as less threatening and foreign, we assume. We then broke a slice of bread into several small pieces and she began slowly gumming them and swallowing fletcherized morsels all on her own!  Now, she enjoys it when we feed her just so long as we give her the spoon and her own bread pieces afterwards!  What a smart and funny little cookie we have :)

Aunt Erin's Graduation Party!

Uncle Alex and cousins, Sam, Caitlin, and David are excellent musicians and have many fun instruments to play!  Lillian REALLY enjoyed playing the piano and would have continued to play all day except my arms were getting tired!

Cousin Sam and Lillian were good friends from the start!