Monday, April 12, 2010

Park N' Ride!


We went to the park last Friday to soak in some sunshine before the big storm.  In this photo, Lillian is watching some bigger kids on the playground.


It didn't take long before she was off the blanket and on the lawn exploring.  She found several dry leaves and enjoyed the sounds they made when she crushed them with her hands (oh, and yes, I prevented many a leaf from going right into her mouth!).


The was a real hit with the big kids!


On an adventure!


We drove to Oakland on Saturday to help Ellen celebrate her 55th birthday!  This photo was taken along the way.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Supposed To Be Asleep!


I put her down for a nap this afternoon, but about ten minutes later... she was sitting up, playing with her stuffed animal and as happy as can be!  I guess she wasn't that tired after all :)

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Crawling and Standing Up!


On Easter Sunday, Lillian crawled for the first time!  To our surprise, she also began pulling herself up to a standing position!  


This morning, after quickly turning over her toy and book baskets, she made a B-line toward the magazine stack...


...yanked on some power cords...


...pushed some buttons on the DVD player...


... and pulled out Daddy's puzzles!!  This all happened in under five minutes!! Now that she's crawling, Lillian is really investigating her surroundings and, oh-my-goodness, keeping mom on her toes!!  I went around today and removed all of the baby hazards I could find (magazines, puzzles, telescope, painting isle, etc.).  Yikes!! I'm gunna need to tackle the bookshelves too...!!   


This afternoon, she was the little explorer again and went to investigate the sliding glass doors.  I nearly fell over when she bumped into it with her head thinking she could crawl through!  Once she figured out she couldn't get through it, she started touching and banging on the glass, "What is this??" 


She quickly found her daddy's running shoes and put one hand in each (don't worry, I washed her hands afterwards).


The curtains were a real hit!

Saturday, April 3, 2010

A Big Butterfly Balloon!


"I wonder what this tastes like...?"


"Like a balloon!"


I may be small now, but I'll be big someday!


"I love you Daddy!"

Book Worm!


We have a basket in the living room full of some of her baby books.  She often scoots over to the basket and pulls out her favorite ones to play with!


This is a fun game!




This morning, I was so happy to see her select the "Meet A Park Ranger" book (one of my favorites!).






Friday, April 2, 2010

Pink Pony


"I'm gunna start charging for those!"


Playing with her pretty pink pony!

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Thank You Kim Thacker!!!


"Don't I look gorgeous?!"  


Thank you so much, Kim!  We can't thank you enough for all of the super cute outfits!!!!!!!!  You are one of a kind!