Lily's a growing girl!

Happy Sunday! I'm a day late this week with my blogging. Yesterday was filled with celebrating the upcoming arrival of Baby Fitz at Natasha's shower! It was lots of fun and gave Thad some alone time with Lily..which I'm sure he was thrilled about since it was during the Cardinals game. I don't think he minded actually...it's sounds like they had lots of fun together.

We had Lily's 2 month doctors appointment on Monday and she is tipping the scales at 10 pounds 15 ounces and is a whopping 23.5" tall! She is 75 percentile for height and 50 percentile for weight. Hopefully for the sake of being a great athlete, she is getting her daddy's height! She also had to get three shots which she handled like a champ. Now she has to go back for round 2 of her 2-month shots on Wednesday since we decided to split them up. Only 2 this time though.

Lily is so much more alert this week and is following voices and people across the room. She is smiling so much and is laughing a little even. If she is in a good mood and you play with her bottom lip with your finger, she smiles immediately....not quite sure how I found that one out but apparently she likes it! She absolutely loves her playmat and is constantly wanting me to rattle the toys that hang above her. She has started swatting at them but I can't tell if it's on purpose...no grabbing yet but it's a start!

What REALLY excites me is that I thought I was going to have to wait until the weather got warmer to take her to swim lessons but yesterday I found out that there is a place down the road with an inside heated pool that does water baby classes year round!!!!! SO EXCITED! I already called them to set it up and hopefully we can get started this week!

Below is a video of Lily smiling (please ignore my annoying Mommy voice)! I also have posted a few pics of her from this week! As always, you can click on each pic to see it in a larger format. Enjoy!

Lily is 2 months today!

Well I decided to start a brand new blog to document this brand new phase of our lives now that little Lily is a part of our family and more or less runs this place! She decides when we eat, when we sleep, when we go for walks, when we talk (she absolutely hates when I talk on the phone) and oh, did I mention when we sleep? No I shouldn't be complaining, she is such a good baby and is actually already letting us sleep quite a bit. For example, last night she went to bed at 8:30, woke up to eat once at 2 AM, then slept until 7. This has been going on for a couple of weeks. We're hoping that the 2 AM feeding will end and she will sleep through the night soon but we will see.

So Lily is 2 months today! I haven't blogged once in the past 2 months...I guess I have more important things to do with my time these days....such as wiping butts, mixing formula and making up ridiculous songs that make no sense what-so-ever to calm a fussy baby. So glad that I went to college! It is awesome though. I do feel like I was meant to do this and I am really enjoying every minute of it. Thad is a TREMENDOUS help and is the cutest dada ever. He even usually handles the 2 AM feeding and has become a pro at changing diapers. He is so in love with her. I have definitely become the #2 girl in Thad's life as of 11/9/09 - something I never thought would happen. Just when I think he couldn't possibly be more obsessed with her, he suggests taking her WITH US to our couples getaway to Tahoe instead of leaving her with my mom and brings about a whole new level of obsession. It is adorable though. It is already completely evident that Lily is a total daddy's girl and that Thad is going to spoil her rotten!

Lily is doing all sorts of new tricks including blowing bubbles of spit out of her mouth (it seems that she just started making lots of saliva this week), cooing like crazy and giving us infrequent but irresistable smiles that melt our hearts. I can't wait until she is smiling all day long! It is so much fun!! She seems to want to stand all of the time and she has super strong legs...we both fear she will be a very early walker by the amount of effort she is already putting into trying! My mom thinks she may just skip crawling & walking and go straight to running! She is a kicking machine also, which explains the insane kicks I felt during my pregnancy with her. We lay her on her activity mat or a blanket and she kicks nonstop. I told her we will start swim lessons soon to put that kicking to use!

Cali has been having some orthopedic issues with her hips and they said we need to get about 10 lbs off of her to help. They called her FAT! I covered her ears. The poor neglected dog now has to also deal with getting no people food from our dinner table. I think it's actually been harder for Thad who typically fills her bowl with any leftovers that we have. We all feel bad for our real first born, Cali, but we are trying hard to make her feel like she is still very important to us. Even in pain, she still manages to give Lily little kisses and try to be mommy #2. :)

Well that's about all for now. I have put some pics of her from this week below for your enjoyment. She has her 2 month doc appointment on Monday and we are all guessing how much she weighs & how tall she is. She eats like a champ so I'm hoping she gained at least a pound and a half since her last visit at 3 weeks. The poor girl has to get her first round of shots though...not looking forward to that at all :(