Childproofing

Now that Lily is on the move, it is increasingly harder to watch her and get anything else done. The other night, I didn't get to relax at all. I was up and down chasing her all evening. And she's getting to the point where she doesn't want to be held. She wants to crawl around and explore her world. We got so tired of chasing her that Daddy stuck her in a laundry basket! She loved it.

Lily laughing at Peeve. Slater doesn't go anywhere near her.

This was the first time Anson and I saw Lily pull herself up to a standing position.

We solved our childproofing issue by buying a play yard to put up in the living room. It takes up the entire living room, but it's worth it. Plus we can take it with us or outside. We are really excited about it. We got the idea from Jen & Ken. They have theirs up in their basement family room.Okay, Grandma Cross, this is for you. Unfortunately she doesn't like to show off her tooth. And when you try to hold her down in any way, she gets mad! This was the best we could do. She has one (on the left) and another one coming in on the right.

Yesterday we went down to Columbus to visit with Chris and Kim. They are doing really well. They are busy renovating areas of their house. We stayed the night and then came home today. It was a very nice visit. Quick trip but at least we could see them for as long as we did. I didn't take any pictures while we were there. I suppose I just forgot.

Tomorrow is Lily's 9 month well baby check-up, so I'll post again tomorrow or Tuesday with her stats. Have a good week everyone!

Three Quarters of a Year Old Today

Lily Anna is 9 months old today! Look how big she is! In the last 2-3 weeks I swear she hit a growth spurt physically and mentally. She is crawling everywhere, getting into everything, and babbling a lot more along the way.

It's getting increasingly harder to get her monthly photo. She tries to grab the sign from me and won't sit still long enough for me to snap it. So, I have to be sneaky with the sign and patient. Enjoy!

Standing up all by herself. She didn't pull herself up like that I placed her there.She did pull herself up that far.

My mom snapped this photo this morning. She said it was like she was reading her book.

Adorable video of Lily and Sampson. Lily really likes both the kitties and the puppy. She gets really excited everytime she sees any of them.

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I tried to capture Lily crawling in this video below. It seems like everytime I bring out the camera, she stops crawling. This is a pretty good one, though. She loves to crawl to her computer. She's so smart too, because she always goes to it like she knows it's hers.

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Lily Brushing Her Tooth

Up and down...back and forth.

I think the brush felt really good on her gums because she cried when I took it away from her.

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Lily after dinner tonight. I couldn't catch her smile. Everytime I snapped a photo I missed it. You can tell from her shirt that she had carrots for dinner.

Last night playing with her V Smile computer. She's doing a push-up in this first photo.

Who is this baby? She looks so big to me!

Happy Valentine's Day

Lily had several valentines yesterday. She's always my sweetie pie, but she also received gifts and cards from both her grandmas and grandpas. Lily is a very loved little girl.

Below is a video of Lily opening her package from Grandma & Grandpa Cross.

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Lily in her very adorable Valentine's outfit. Lily & I were supposed to meet Jill & Mindy at Starbucks last night, but Anson and I weren't thinking, and Anson took the Vue with the car seat down to Bally's to work out. I was stuck at home. Luckily Jill and Mindy didn't mind coming to our house for a visit.

Grandma and Grandpa Heaton took these photos while we were at work. Grandpa Heaton picked out her V-day gift. He bought her 2 different balls.

Lily likes the cards she got the best!

Below is a video of Lily laughing. I was shaking my head no and she thought I was hilarious. Enjoy!

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Weight Watchers Update: Anson has lost 36 pounds. I've lost 34 pounds. We began WW on Oct. 31, 2007.

Visit with the Waybrights

Saturday morning, the 3 of us went to Jen and Ken's to visit with them and Zachary. Jen made us some waffles and we brought some fresh fruit. It was delicious. After breakfast we all watched Lily & Zack play together. Jen & Ken's basement is fully furnished and they have a fenced in play area since Zack is crawling now. I don't know what we are going to do when Lily takes off. It was a lot of fun!

Zack dancing to the music that his table plays. Zack pulls himself up and stands now. He's amazingly strong.

Lily playing with a ball.

Zachary really liked Lily's binky and he tried really hard to take it from her.

Here's a couple of videos of the babies. The first shows them playing with Zack's very cool Busy Ball Popper! Listen for Zack's cute laugh at the end. He's so cute! The second is Zachary trying to take Lily's binky.

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There's a Lily in the Big Girl Tub!

Anson took the shower doors off our bathtub upstairs so that we can easily give Lily baths in the tub, now. We've officially retired her infant tub (sob, sob). I know I say this a lot but she really is growing up so fast!

She loved the water. She's definitely a water baby! I can't wait to take her swimming this summer.

She was crawling in the tub. Okay, not really, but it looks that way.Here are some videos of Lily splashing in the tub.

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The following two videos are my attempt to catch Lily waving on video. It's hard because once the camera comes out, she doesn't want to do it. But, you will get the picture.

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Anson and I had a great weekend. Friday night we went to Katy & Dale's for dinner, games and some good conversation. They have a great new house with tons of room, a cozy fireplace and a hot tub in their family room! Anson and I got in for a quick dip. It was great to see them!

Then, Saturday afternoon we dropped Lily off at my parents' house at 2 for an overnight visit. We went to see the movie Juno (very good! very funny!) Then, we went to Aladdin's in Highland Square. I had a gift card that I got from work a year and a half ago. We had such a yummy dinner. We had vegetarian chili, beef shish kabob and rice with pine nuts and cinnamon. Plus very yummy pita bread. I'm getting hungry just thinking about it! It was one of the best meals we've ever had. Then we went shopping up in Fairlawn. It was a very nice date. We both got really good sleep last night too.

Grandma and Grandpa had a blast with Lily. They love having her overnight. This week I am going to Nashville on Wednesday night, and they are going to take her again.

Today we relaxed a little, cleaned house, did laundry...ya know the usual. Right now we are watching the Super Bowl.

Weight Watchers Update: Anson has lost 33 pounds and I've lost 28 pounds. We are doing great and feeling great =)