Why can't there be 30 hours in the day?

So it's been a while, I know! The school year has ended for me and I took a summer job with the Town of Jupiter as a Summer Camp Counselor. I was nervous at first because we take A LOT of field trips, but it's actually a lot of fun. I'm working about 44 hours a week, so I'm not getting a lot done...but good nonetheless. How is Lily you ask? Lol

Lily started full time at Oceanside Academy. One of the reasons I got a summer job was because I knew I was going to substitute next fall before my Afterschool job and I would need Lily in full-time daycare. We have been so fortunate to have my mom stay with Liky thus far, but she got an awesome chance to work (possibly temporarily) with Jim's company while one of the women is on maternity leave. Since we aren't positive exactly how long this will last or if she might work their part time when she returns, we needed a plan. Lily is of course missing her days with Nana, but def loving school. She is her teacher, Mrs. Shawna's shadow lol. She is in the 8 months to 18 months class. She plays outside, paints, made Daddy some Father's Day art and even sleeps at school! The sleep part really shocked the hell out of me lol.

Unfortunately she has been a bit sick since starting school. The first week she got the throwing up flu...followed by myself getting it. Even poor JF had some stomach issues that week. She has had a stuffy nose too for about a week. I figured it was just part of day care and kept an eye on it. She came home early on Friday with a fever and today she started getting gunk in her eyes, so JF and I took her to Urgent Care. She has an ear infection :( She is a bit cranky at times, but overall being her normal happy self. She of course is still eating normal ;) Hopefully she sleeps well tonight. She is so stuffy, it keeps waking her up.

She is talking TONS. She repeats the last word of almost everything you say. Mrs. Shawna says she talks the most out of the class. She said "shit" today at the doctors office after her water spilled on the floor. We tried not to react. Inl def need to watch that lol. As I'm sure most saw, she has been asking to use the potty. She has pooped and peed a few times on it. My phone has pretty much recovered from the dive and swim she helped it take in the toilet. I'm not sure how long it will last, but for now it's mostly working. She swims tons and loves screaming at the neighbors (the Bakers) from the pool.  She always scams food from Aunt Jamie over there (have I mentioned she never misses a meal and eats about everything).

Sorry no new pics this time, but I'm blogging from my phone and it doesn't allow me to upload pics unless I have some Google app that is only for androids (bullshit) lol. Plus if you read my blog, you probably have Facebook...where I post a gazillion pics and videos lol. Hope everyone has a great week!!

A Year with Lilyan

So it has been a while since I posted, sorry! Lily's party was a great success and she definitely seemed to have a great time. Thank you so much to everyone who could share it with us and we greatly missed those who couldn't! We are hoping to make a trip to Jacksonville soon and would LOVE a trip to Canada this summer. JF? Are you reading this? Make it happen? ;) We have finished the pool and Lily and JF are in it everyday! Lily is tanner than me... She and JF are working on swimming and floating. I was a little nervous at first, but she even enjoys going under water. (I will have to try to get a video of that). That kid is a fish! (with some crazy hair!)

Lily had a great one year appointment. She was a champ with her shots. She was just over 20 pounds and 28 1/2 inches tall. She has mastered walking and attempting running lol. She has been climbing a lot too. She attempts to say most words that come out of our mouths (which isn't necessarily good right now haha). She also answers with "yeah" and "no no no". She still rarely kisses people. Although she hugs or "squeezes" a lot and loves to blow kisses, she will rarely kiss you. She will turn her check to you so you can kiss her though. She will also kiss inanimate objects, such as her babies or toys and the mail (?) haha.
Girl also loves to eat! She is attempting to use a spoon more and more. She is pretty good at it actually, just not great at getting the food on the spoon yet. Here she is eating two of her fav foods, Chicken flautas (top) after a swim in the pool and bananas (this morning making a scrunchy face).

She still loves going on bike rides. Luckily for her, Nana finally tried the bike and also likes it. So now instead of a walk everyday, she sometimes goes on bike rides too! She is testing her limits and trying new things all the time...this of course means the occasional bumps and bruises! I cringe when I see her do certain things and my heart skips a beat, but I try to keep my mouth shut. I try to let her explore and find out her own strengths and weaknesses rather than me limit them! Plus JF remembered an amazing bruise remedy from his mom, vanilla extract! It heals the bruise faster so it's not as noticeable or as sensitive!
The girl has WAY too many toys! Most are all wonderful, educational toys though. They sing songs with her and practice letters, etc. She got some great Minnie toys (who she is obsessed with), puzzles and books for her birthday. She also got some adorable outfits! I withheld from buying any 18 month clothes and hinted to many that she needed some. JF and I have hardly had to buy any clothes for her. Here is a cute outfit she got from our great friend, Dana. I believe this is a belly shirt, she is just a bit too short for her it still haha.

 I have been working on a photo album/firsts book throughout this year. I finally finished it and had it printed. Here is a link (hopefully that works) for you to view it on the website.
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Well...I hope everyone had a great weekend and has a wonderful week! I will finish with a video I took of her this morning. She finally found the popper I had hidden in the corner of her room today. She was chasing poor Gracie around the house with it...Gracie is not impressed with this toy haha.

Its been a while...

Ok.. so let me start out by saying I have been sick a few times since Christmas. Ugh! I got a horrible stomach bug when we got back from Canada and now I have a double ear infection. I got two ear infections while I was pregnant with Lily and this is my second one since having her. Suggestions? This stinks! haha..

So on another note.. Lily had a wonderful first Christmas!! I'm fairly sure everyone on my blog is on Facebook, so you have seen the fifty thousand pictures either myself or JF has posted...so I will spare you and only post a few haha. Our vacation started in Jax for a few days. She had a great time at her first Cousins Present Exchange. She got an adorable outfit from Logan and spent some quality time with cousin Ava. She got to open presents with her Mimi, Pepaw and uncles. She got a firetruck rideon that has since Christmas pretty much taught her to walk lol. Before you ask, no she isn't walking on her own (taking a few steps frequently this past week) but she is pushing this firetruck around everywhere! She sometimes carries it too...so its clear she can do it on her own!

When we came back she spent Christmas Eve at our place celebrating Pop's (Jim) birthday and opening presents with Aunt Faye, Uncle Pete and all the McAllister Clan! She got some great stuff! Christmas day was also at our place. Nana, Pop and Aunt Jamie and Uncle Jeremy came over to open presents. The amount of books and DVDs the kid got, is unreal lol. She had a great day playing on her school bus playground. She couldn't quite climb up it that day very well, but has become a champ now. She gets up in the drivers seat and steers that thing like she is the driver from the movie Speed lol. We went to Aunt Faye and Uncle Pete's later that afternoon to visit.

 (Christmas morning)

 ( Feb 1)

Lily then took her second plane ride to Canada! She was great on the flight. We got a direct flight and she slept most of it. She was so excited to see everyone! She loved the cold weather. She slept so good. Most nights she didn't make a peep all night! She got to meet so many family members and spend so much quality time with Grand-Maman, Grand-Papa, Uncle Dan and Aunt Julie (Max and Dija too of course!). It was so hard to leave, but I know she had so much fun. We of course get to Skype with them often and Lily loves it!

We have had a few adventures since returning home. She is trying her hardest to walk...well without really trying lol. She will take steps, but knows she can go much faster if she crawls and just seems overall nervous to let go. She will soon I'm sure :) We had a great visit with Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa Harting. I'm pretty sure Lily even got some pool time in! We went to the South Florida fair with some friends. Although she is still too young to get much out of it, she loved watching the older kids. We started building the pool. Again, she doesn't really understand what it is yet...but she has loved watching the guys work with the machines and she has already gone in it several times haha.

Some funny videos... the first is in Montreal. Daddy and Grand-Maman practicing her noise making. The second is just today. Nana is trying to feed her lunch while she is letting me know she is not happy I am leaving for work!