Lilly's one year photo shoot

The incredibly talented Seana Tate took these adorable pictures of Lilly at 12.5 months old. Seana and I met when we lived in Niceville and thanks to social media, we have kept in touch. I love that we have kept in touch and that we can get together when we go back "home" to Florida. Check out her website.... Seana Tate Photography

Lilly is ONE!

I'm almost in shock that my baby girl is one today. So much has happened in her one year of life yet I feel like the year just flashed before my eyes. Over the last 24 hours I keep replaying the first moment I saw her. She was limp, blue and silent. The doctor and nurses were moving quickly and it was the scariest minute of our lives. That's all it was... a short 60 seconds, if that, but it felt like eternity to me. The neonatal nurses worked with her and she finally started to cry and "pink up". I thank God for her (and her sisters) every.single.day. Now, here we are, exactly one year later and she is a healthy, happy little girl. She brings so much joy and happiness into our home and my love for her overflows! I cannot imagine my life without her in it.

Lilly Ann:
- smiles all of the time
- goes with the flow
- LOVES her big sisters and is always giggling with them
- still doesn't sleep through the night consistently, and when she does sleep through the night she wakes up between 5:15 and 6:15am.... I REALLY hope this changes soon. Mommy likes her sleep! :)
- cruises on furniture and walks with her push toys, kitchen chairs or anything else that will move when she pushes it.
- she is just beginning to stand without holding on to anything, but this doesn't last long before she plops down.
- walks well when holding on to something or someone. She really only needs to hold on to one of my fingers for stability when walking. I don't think it will be too long before she is walking on her own
- one week before she turned 1 she started to pull her out. We noticed she would do so when nursing or sometime during the night because we would find clumps of hair in her hand when she woke up. This has resulted in a bald spot. :(
- nurses 2 times a day (morning and night) as of two weeks ago
- tried whole milk a few times at 11.5 months, but I noticed it made her spit up a lot so I haven't given her any recently.
- loves dogs... and I mean she REALLY LOVES dogs- especially our neighbor dogs, Penny and Finnegan
- still only has two teeth (bottom centrals)
- wears size 4 diapers
- wears 12 month clothes

We love you, Lil, and are so thankful God has allowed us to be your parents.

 Below are pictures of Lilly eating her first cupcake on her birthday!

Lilly: 11 months

It's Lilly's birth month... and tonight at dinner Chris mentioned our "1 year old". Um, I am not ready for her to be one! She is quite possibly our last little baby and I am wanting to hold on to the baby period for as long as possible. I don't want my last baby to grow up. I have such mixed emotions about her birthday being one month away. For one,  I love this stage. She is busy exploring everything, she is cruising every where and she loves being a part of all that is going on. Such a fun time! However, like I said previously, she is my baby and I want her to stay that way!


Lilly at 11 months old:
- waves hi and bye
- doesn't sign because I haven't taken the time to teach her how to do so
- cruises along all the furniture and will push her walker, chairs, or anything else that will move when pushed, but won't attempt to walk without support yet.
- celebrated her first Thanksgiving and Christmas.... which was so hard for me to believe because she's been with us for so long!
- still nurses exclusively 3 times a day
- eats table food and is an excellent eater. She much prefers food that she can feed herself rather than foods we have to spoon feed. She also gets really fussy if we don't feed her quick enough!
- still loves bath time
- has separation anxiety when we drop her off at the gym or church nursery.
- she despises diaper changes and will cry the entire time we are changing her.... all while trying to roll over or scoot off of the changing table. Changing her clothes and diapers is like wrestling an alligator- or so I think!
- wears size 9 and 12 month clothes
- wears size 4 diapers

Lilly 10 month stats

I finally took Lilly to the Dr for her 9 month check up... at 10 months old. I have always been the mom who takes her kids for their well checks the week they turn a certain age. However, with the move and needing to have medical records sent from Illinois to our new Dr. in Montgomery, we are now a month behind. Oh well. The Dr. wasn't concerned at all.

10 month stats:
Weight: 18 lbs 10 oz (40%)
Height: 28 in (65%)
Head Circ.: 17.5 (65%)

She had to have her finger pricked and also got the flu vaccine and the last of her Hep B. She cried, but not for long.  It didn't help that we were there during her nap time. :(

I am so thankful for a healthy little baby girl!

Lilly is 10 months!

This was the most fun monthly "photo shoot" I have had with Lilly because she was all giggles and squeals! She is so much fun to be around and she continually keeps us on our toes. The girl is on the move and into everything!

Lilly at 10 months:

- pulls up on everything

- cruises on furniture and even pushes her walker around the house

- has two teeth

- sticks her tongue out all of the time- especially when she smiles

- she loves dogs- especially our neighbors' two little Corgis , Penny and Finnegan

- Lilly loves bath time and crawls to the tub several times a day as if begging me to put her in.

- loves to watch her big sisters and Kinsley can really get her laughing

- wears 9 month clothes

- size 4 diapers

- in the last 2 weeks I have noticed some separation anxiety

- waves "hi" and "bye"

- loves to eat table food and gets upset if I try to spoon feed her the baby food. 

- very content and happy most of the time. 

- still does not consistently sleep through the night

- nurses 3-4 times a day 

- rarely gets a bottle... like, maybe only once a month!

- went to the beach at 9.5 months old in the middle of November and it was COLD! but she still loved it!

- celebrated her first Thanksgiving two days before turning 10 months old!

Lilly- you are a true joy! We love you more than words can express!

Lilly 8 months old

Lilly turned 8 months old a week after we moved from Illinois to Alabama. I did take her pictures on the day she turned 8 months- but I am just posting this and she is almost 10 months. UGH! 

She loves her big sisters! 

She is on the MOVE

She enjoys her jumperoo for a short time

She is just absolutely beautiful!

 Just prior to turning 8 months she got to meet her friend, Sophie Muchnick!

She went to Miami just after turning 8 months and she also got to see and meet so many FL family members along the way!

- Back in Montgomery!-

- She does the belly crawl
- nurses 3-4 times a day
- wears 6-9 month clothing
- wears size 3 diapers

Lilly- 9 months!

This little pumpkin is 9 months old! She is the happiest little baby and does all she can to keep up with her big sisters. Lilly is on the move and just in the last week she has learned so many new things.

9 month Stats:
(I still haven't taken her to the dr. for her 9 month check up and she is almost 10 months!)
weight:
height:
head circ.:


Lilly at 9 months:
- she won't sit still!

- can wave
- pulls herself up to her feet

- is almost crawling on all 4's, but does the army crawl like a champ!
- can get into a sitting position on her own
- her first tooth came in on the bottom two days before she turned 9 months.
- is starting to eat table food and still eats her baby food 3x/day

- nurses 3-4 times a day
- wears 9 month clothes
- size 4 diapers
 
We love you, Lilly Ann!!!