On Tuesday, I took a vacation day so that Lily and I could spend time with Kim and Avery. I've been friends with Kim since I was 14 years old. And even though she's been living away from the Akron-Canton area since we graduated high school, we've remained friends. It was great to see her and caught up on our lives. It was also fun to reminisce about old times. I can't believe we both have little girls. And she has another baby on the way!
Miss Avery being silly by wearing her winter hat.
Lily swinging in Kim's Mom's backyard. The sun was really bright so she had her eyes closed.
Avery and Lily swinging
Avery pushing Lily
Kimmy and Lily
Lily with a huge Elmo. She loved that thing.
Look closely and you can really see her two bottom teeth. She does have a top tooth now, but I don't think I'll be able to get a picture of that one!
Cousins Avery and Kayleigh. Avery is 2 1/2 and Kayleigh is almost 5. Kayleigh is Kim's sister Katie's daughter. She has gorgeous red hair, and she's such a toothpick. Katie also has a little boy who is almost 3. His name is Riley but I didn't get a photo of him. They were playing "princesses."
Kim and the princesses.
I'm kicking myself for not getting a photo of Kim and Avery with me and Lily!
I am so glad to be home! I hated being gone that long. I flew out of Cleveland Monday morning and returned Friday morning. It was very difficult being away from Anson and Lily for that long! I went to California for a trade show. It was in Anaheim, which was nice but it really wasn't that warm. It was really sunny, though, which was nice. One night we went to Disneyland to walk around. We didn't pay to go in the park, though. And Thursday we went to Hollywood to see the sign and the Walk of fame. It was okay, but really not that exciting. We flew the red eye home Thursday night and I pulled into the drive at 8:30 Friday morning. I was tired, and I slept a lot this weekend to make up for it.
Babe and I at O'Tani's in the valley last Saturday night. We went there for Megan's birthday. Look how skinny my hubby is!
Baby Girl in pigtails! She had just eaten spaghetti...can you tell?
Today, outside. It was a really nice day. Sunny and about 65 degrees.
Lily Anna sitting on the deck stairs in her walking shoes.
Baby Girl and Sampson playing. Lily loves Sampson. She laughs at him a lot.
This weekend, Anson and I cleaned house! We cleaned the garage, cars, kitchen, extra bedroom and living room really well! We rearranged the living room to open it up more and give us more room. Lily has more room to crawl.
Lily Update
Still crawling anywhere and everywhere she can! She's cruising a lot more now too.
Lily is our new puppy dog. Every time we have food she whines until we give her a taste! It's cute. She likes everything. I haven't found a food that she doesn't like.
She puts her cell phone up to her ear as if she's talking on it. But, she also does this with her choo-choo train.
She says "mama" and "mommy" pretty regularly now.
She looks at puppy or daddy when I say "where's puppy?" or "where's daddy?"
She is getting a tooth on the top. It is finally pushing through.
She loves to make the "thpppppppttttt" noise a lot...as spit goes flying out of her mouth.
Tomorrow I am taking a vacation day because Kimmy & Avery are in town. Lily and I are going to go spend the day with them. It should be very fun, and I'm sure I'll get some cute pictures of the two of them!
As promised Cutie here are some pictures of baby girl for you to hold you over for just a couple more days. I can tell she really misses you...especially at night. She went to bed at 8:45 so I am hoping that it doesn't come back to bite me, but she was so cranky that I knew I just had to put her to bed. I certainly hope she sleeps through the night.
I set her in there while I was changing clothes. Ain't she a cutie?
One more of her in the crib getting ready to be changed.
One last one before baby girl had had it and was ready for bed.
Well babe, I hope these will help you over the last 2 nights
My Dad taught Lily "The Happy Dance." If you tell her to do the happy dance, she will move her body. It's very cute. And it's really funny to watch my Dad do it too!
Happy Easter everyone! We hope you all had a yummy day! We sure did!
I want you all to know that Grandma is out of ICU and in a regular room at Summa. She is one tough woman! We went to visit her last night. She was happy to see us and especially Lily Anna. She is eating pretty well and talking very well. She looks great. She is just really weak. She will probably have to go to a nursing home/rehab facility to gain her strength back. Thank you for all the thoughts and prayers.
Here are photos from our weekend...
Lily and the Easter Bunny. She loves the Easter Bunny!
Yesterday, Anson, Mom C, me and Lily went shopping. We went to the Hartville Marketplace to see the Easter Bunny, then we ate lunch at Chipotle. Then we shopped at Target. Lily is showing off her new crocs that Grandma C bought her. After Target we headed to the hospital for an hour to visit with Uncle Bob and Grandma. On our way out, she saw Cousin Teri and Bob, and their son, Colton. Colton will be 2 in a few weeks. Then when we got home, Grandma fed Lily some Stage 3 spaghetti and meat sauce. She doesn't look too happy. We think she had an upset tummy. After Lily went to bed, the Easter Bunny laid out all Lily's goodies so I could take a quick photo. This morning, Lily got to open everything that the Bunny brought her. She got books, DVDs, a soft bunny, an Elmo basket and some plastic eggs. In the photo below, she sees Elmo on the cover of this book and she smiled. The book is called "It's Check-up Time, Elmo" I read the book to her and her name is in it. Lily is Elmo's friend who he sees at the doctor's office. I was pleasantly surprised! Cheeeeeesssee! Oh, the Bunny brought Lily ears of her own! After Daddy went to work for a few hours, we headed over to Grandma and Papa's house for some yummy dinner. We had ham, turkey, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, deviled eggs, corn and rolls. Lily had a taste of it all. Even some chocolate pie! Turns out that the Easter Bunny left presents for Lily at their house too! She got more DVDs, another soft bunny, bath stuff, and two outfits. Plus, Grandma and Papa bought her some hard walking shoes and a very cool purple bike. Oh, and the Easter bunny bought her some bubbles. It looks like she is trying to blow them here, but really she is trying to eat the stick. Here's the cool bike I was talking about! We are so blessed to have this little angel in our lives. We love her so much. She has bought so much happiness to our family!
Lily turned 10 months old yesterday! I can't believe it. She is getting sooooo big! I have been giving her real food the past few days. She's had turkey, ham, potato salad, mac n cheese, noodles, bread...she's not that picky, which is good! She is also able to stand and walk along side the couch or ottoman. It won't be long until she's walking on her own. I think her teeth are bothering her a lot lately because she has been cranky. When we give her oragel or a binky, she calms down.
Lily with her new sponge that Grandma and Grandpa C. bought her for Easter!
Grandma Hicks is sick, but she is doing much better! She's been in the hospital since March 7. She has lung disease (which probably explains her coughing all these months!) and she had a ventilator down her throat for about a week. The doctor took the ventilator out yesterday morning and she is doing so much better. She can talk and she looks great.
I just got a text message from Mom C. and she says Grandma is talking better and is able to drink water today. Things are looking up! Let's keep praying.
This week, Anson and I have spent a lot of time at Grandma's house with all the family. Here are a few photos I snapped.
Anson with Lily and Rebekah
Monday evening we all went to the Hartville Kitchen - Paul, Maryellen, Rachel, Rebekah and Anson Me, Lily, Anson, Maryellen, Rachel, Rebekah, Lydia and Emily Cousin Dawn and Michael. Dawn is Uncle Larry's daughter and Maryellen's sister. Dawn came up to see Grandma from Florida. Sarah (playing with a cell phone), Mom, Emily, Lydia, Rebekah and Anson Cousin Adam Sarah, Uncle Larry and Adam
Everyone at Hartville Kitchen Grandma C and her Sugar Baby Girl on St. Patty's Day. My mom had dressed her up so cute and put green barrettes in her hair.
Lily swinging in Kim's Mom's backyard. The sun was really bright so she had her eyes closed.
Avery and Lily swinging
Avery pushing Lily
Kimmy and Lily
Lily with a huge Elmo. She loved that thing.
Look closely and you can really see her two bottom teeth. She does have a top tooth now, but I don't think I'll be able to get a picture of that one!
Cousins Avery and Kayleigh. Avery is 2 1/2 and Kayleigh is almost 5. Kayleigh is Kim's sister Katie's daughter. She has gorgeous red hair, and she's such a toothpick. Katie also has a little boy who is almost 3. His name is Riley but I didn't get a photo of him. They were playing "princesses."
Kim and the princesses.
