9 Months & Pre-Christmas Fun!

Lily was 27 inches and 17 lbs, 10 ounces at her 9 month appointment. She just got one shot and she seemed pretty happy about that! She has changed so much in the last month, it is nuts! I think she was mostly army crawling last time I posted? She is crawling around on all fours now and does it about as fast as I walk! She really moves! She started a few weeks ago holding on to things and taking steps. Now she tries to run while she moves from object to object. Sometimes the objects she chooses aren't so strong. She has landed in funny situations several times. She stands up for a few seconds on her own and seems to have much more control over her movements.

She is obsessed with bike riding. She doesn't even mind the helmet so much anymore. She looks around at everything and just giggles. Sometimes she puts her hands down by her side to touch my knees as they peddle. Her little laugh is so infectious!

A few weeks ago Lily got to play with Nana & Pop while JF and I went to lunch with some friends. They got to take her to play day at MyGym and they signed her up for the Christmas Party. JF and I took Lily this afternoon. There were a lot of bigger kids there and she was mesmerized by them playing. She did get some hardcore playing in still though ;) She even got her first gingerbread cookie! Like always, she had a blast in the balls. I wish I could have sanitized her mouth though. She has this new thing sticking out her tongue real far when she laughs. She kept getting way too close to the plastic balls with it lol. She also got some great walking practice in while pushing around a large ball. Thank goodness we got that on video ;)

She got to see her little uncles, Mimi, Pepaw and all of her Bailey family peeps for her first Thanksgiving. She stayed home while Pepaw and I went Black Friday shopping :)

Some of the things she has enjoyed this month are getting into anything and everything she can and walks with Nana! She even found one of her Christmas presents while crawling around the house.
She saw Santa Clause at the mall. She didn't cry, but she wasn't too impressed with him. She also got her first pair of shoes at Stride Rite! She wants to walk around everywhere we go and doing it in her socks or bare feet in public isn't going to cut it for me lol.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Will I ever be able to sneeze without peeing a little again?! ;)

So as the title hints around...I'm sick again! Shortly after we got back from Ohio, I was diagnosed with bronchitis and a lung infection...apparently I waited too long to get checked out haha. I have been feeling pretty good for about 4 or so weeks now, until last week I started getting stuffy again and a sore throat. I thought it was about over with, until Monday I woke up with a 102 fever and felt like crap. Went to the doctor right away this time and she told me I have a viral flu and a double ear infection. My ears are already feeling better, just crazy stuffy. I really hope my immune system was just down from the bronchitis still and this ear infection thing isn't becoming a habit! Of course the real reason why most follow me on this blog, Lily haha. Surprisingly, she doesn't seem to be sick. She is a little congested, but that has been off and on...the doctor thinks its just allergies. JF is congested, along now with my mom and Jamie. Hopefully no one stays too sick :)

Not much has been going on. Lily went to her...fourth birthday party this month. We celebrated Jake and Samantha's birthday at Aunt Faye and Uncle Pete's where she had a little bit of pizza crust for the first time haha.
She had a visit from Mimi, Pepaw and her Uncles this weekend. She really practiced her standing and walking with all of them. After the weekend, she is now walking very well along the couches and even reaching out to grab onto my hand while letting go of any crutches for a brief moment. Jess & Ty really worked with her! :)
She has also had several visits this month from "Uncle" Dan across the street and her Aunt Jamie. I think they have figured out coming over right at or after bath time is when she is the happiest in the evening haha.

We got a membership at MyGym for Lily. She loves it! Her favorite part of it I think is circle time. She loves seeing all the other kids and singing and dancing. Nana even came with us last weekend!

Of course this was her first Halloween. Lily, Gracie and I were ladybugs. JF was a bug catcher haha. We didn't get around to too many neighbors, but she had lots of fun. I think some people didn't understand she was too young to eat candy, because they kept trying to have her pick out candy haha.

Lily had some time with Nana & Pop too last week when we went to some friends home to celebrate an early Thanksgiving. Pop always gets shafted for the babysitting nights, because he gets to spend about 6 minutes with her before bedtime haha.
She loves most of her toys. I cut up a wrapping paper tube yesterday to make two "swords" and she loved it! Of course I spend all this money on a toys and her favorite ones are cardboard swords and a $1 beach ball Aunt Jamie picked out for Mom's 55th birthday!
One last picture from last Tuesday when we voted. We got in trouble in line because Lily was trying to persuade a friend of ours in line in front of us ;) haha  Oops!

Hope everyone has a great week and a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Mommy is a Slacker

So it has been a bit since I have updated on here! Oops! Lily's most recent trip to the doctor was at 7 months (October 6). She went in for her follow up booster of the flu shot. She was 26 1/2 inches long and 15 lbs. Her eczema has gotten much better. We finally found that Cetaphil works best for her, which we use twice a day.

She is sitting up completely on her own. She army crawls all over the house. She will get on her knees and hands, but starts army crawling again once she decides she isn't going fast enough. She also still rolls sometimes to speed things up haha. She definitely knows what the word "no" means. Sometimes she laughs when you say it, but once you say it a few times and she realizes you mean business, she may cry. At what age do babies start throwing temper tantrums and become defiant because Lily is totally there! Even though the kid is a total piggy, she arches her back and pitches a fit most of the time when you put her in the high chair. At times she does the same when you put her in her car seat. Usually if you just let her throw a fit for a minute, she will calm down and let you buckle her in lol.

She is really enjoying the finger foods she has tried. We started with Gerber Puffs. Within a month she had tried most of the flavors and was loving them. When she started shoving two and three in her mouth at a time and chewing them down like a champ, we knew it was time to upgrade a bit. She just started eating the Gerber cheese and veggie sticks. She REALLY loves them. She takes a bite or two of them while she holds it. They are really great at helping her develop her fine motor skills! We tried out a schedule we saw on a blog and she is really doing great on it. It has really helped her sleep through the night and take consistent naps. It is great knowing when to not schedule things at certain times because she will be sleeping. She has moved to the 3rd stage food a bit early. Because she is chewing and eating so well, she really likes the small pieces in the baby food. She was constantly spitting the 2nd stage food out and seems to appreciate the switch. She has eaten a few of the mushy fruits and veggies cut up also. Her favorite grown up food seems to be refried beans lol. I read they aren't great to feed, but when I mentioned it to her pediatrician, she said they are the fattiest of the beans, but as long as they don't have a lot of spices to them...they are perfectly fine. We go to Tijuana Flats about once a week and she practically eats a whole order now haha. She also tried frozen yogurt at Sweet Frog for the first time and loved it!

Lily took her first plane ride to Minster, Ohio for the Oktoberfest! She shared Aunt Jamie's first legal 'fest with her! She got to meet some aunts, uncles and cousins and had a great time! She actually had the sniffles right before we left and I was worried how she would do both on the plane and in the cold. She was great and happy on the plane and slept the best in Ohio then she has at home! It was too windy to keep her out long, but we would go up in the evenings and walk around before bedtime. her sniffles went away after the first day too! The doctor said she thought it was due to allergies and the cold air might help her, she was right!

We took Lily to a Pumpkin patch today for a few pumpkins and pumpkin bread. She had a lot of fun crawling all around. She loved playing in the grass, hay, dirt...you name it! I don't feel like posting them all to Facebook and over crowding everyone's news feed, so you blog readers get the privilege :) Lily has a night at our place with Nana and Pop tonight...so I'm sure they will be posting pics later on Facebook haha.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!