Lilah Update
Each month we have been taking pictures of you growing! It's amazing the changes you've already went through in the first 3 months!! We'll take your 4th this week!
Here is a photo of you in your coming home outfit and then a month later! Wow! I couldn't believe it!
You attended your first softball game at 17 days old! Here you are with Darren and Jamie! Go Bison!
Here are a few pics from your first photo shoot! Compliments of our good friend, Hope!
Your first Easter was a success! You wore the most adorable dress, but even more important a huge grin that you have been sporting since week 6!
Mother & Father’s
Day
Your daddy and I feel like the luckiest people in the world to have you as a
daughter. We think you are just perfect and this Mother’s and Father’s Day we
wanted to celebrate the arrival of you and how much your dad and I appreciate
each other. I feel sooooo incredibly lucky to have your dad by my side. He is
honestly the most caring, loving, thoughtful, and best dad/husband I could have
ever asked for. You and daddy bought me a beautiful ring with your birthstone as
well as a lovely pair of earrings. I haven’t taken the ring off yet. It’s such
a sweet reminder of how wonderful the both of you are.
You and I went and
picked out daddy a watch and then had a silver box engraved for him to keep it
in. You also did a great job posing for pictures that we put in a frame for him
for his office. He just loved it! We are so excited to celebrate many more
holidays with you!
The Zoo
Your cousin Lyric just turned 7 and to celebrate her
birthday we went to the zoo! You were so good! Your favorite part was the
aquarium. You must take after your dad! You kept trying to follow all the fish.
They were just a little too fast for your 2 ½ month old eyes. We hope to make
many more trips!
Mommy and Daddy went on a
Date
Your daddy and I celebrated
our 4th wedding anniversary this summer! Lucky for us there are so
many people who are anxious to babysit you! Grandma Kit and Papa John watched
you while we went out on our date. You daddy and I went to Olive Garden (he
loves it and I know it’s pretty quick so I’d be away from you for not very
long). Then we went to see the movie, Maleficent. It was excellent! About 3 hours
later we arrived to pick you up. Grandma said you were “pretty good” as long as
you were outside. We’re finding that you are definitely an outside baby. Nature
seems to sooth you. We are thankful you weren’t born in the winter! However,
once you saw me, the bottom lip stuck out and you were soooo incredibly upset.
Tears were flowing and it took me a good hour to calm you down before we could
head home. I’m just happy that you’re too young to remember nights like this.
Nannying
This is my 6th
summer working for a wonderful family in Bennington. The girls, Lauryn and
Paige, are now 10 and 12 and are growing up to be such sweet young ladies. We
have been fortunate enough to work on Mondays and Tuesdays and spend our day
with them. You are having such a blast with them and they are teaching you some
really cool things!
Shots
You were such a champ with
your first set of shots! There weren’t any tears until we hit the 3rd
one, but after a little cuddling and then rocking in your car seat, you were
fine.
Rolling Over
The week of June 16th
was a BIG one for you. Before this week, each time we laid you on your tummy
you would scream into the floor and have no interest what so ever in lifting
your head. Well, this week things changed. On Monday you lifted your head up!
We were at the Christensen’s and we cheered you on!
Tuesday you decided it
wasn’t enough to just lift your head and decided to get up on your forearms!
Once again, cheered you on. Wednesday we were at home and laying on your tummy
wasn’t enough, you rolled over to your back! I even got this one on tape!
Thursday you had some valid attempts at rolling from your back to tummy, but it
wasn’t till Friday that you succeeded! We couldn’t be prouder! However, now we
can’t lay you down without you rolling to your tummy…this includes the changing
table!
Play Dates
Lucky for us lots of our
friends have and are having babies right now! We have had dates to the mall,
garage sales, and home dates! Here are some pictures of Amanda and Colin and
Abby and Lucas. They are both adorable boy!
Your Long Distance Boyfriend
Speaking of boys, you do have
a long distance boyfriend. His name is Grayson and he is one month older than
you and lives in Arizona. His mommy, daddy and I went to college together. You
two text often. Here are a few of your conversations. His mommy and I have
decided we will send you to the same college so you can meet, get married and
have the cutest kids! We many be getting a bit ahead of ourselves.
Meeting Grandpa Mike
On a trip to Columbus you finally
were able to meet your grandpa Mike! His big hands made you look so tiny! We
are looking forward to going back to the farm to hang out with him more often!
The Bunny
Every child seems to have
an item that they are inseparable from. Yours would be your pink bunny. This
was a gift from my cousin Tyler and his wife Lauren (they are expecting their
first baby this October!!!). This is the ultimate cuddle, soother, play item
for you. And it is essential to have with you in the car seat.
Sleeping in Crib
Yah! You’ve slept two FULL
nights in your crib! We’re pretty excited! It takes a little bit for you to go
down, but you roll to your side, mouth open, breathing heavy and you’re OUT!
G Visits
Grete is one of my closest
friends and it was almost 2 years to the day since I was able to see her.
Luckily for us she stopped by on her was from Granite City, MN to Fort Worth,
TX. You are her played on the floor, chatted, and you enjoyed her “coughing”
sounds. These seem to crack you up.Hopefully we will get more opportunities to
hang out with her as well as some of my other close friends who are spread out
across the US.
Trip to South Dakota
Last year during this trip we
found our we were pregnant! This year we toted you up to Mobridge, South Dakota
in your car seat…bunny in hand. This would be your first real long car ride and
your daddy and I were a bit nervous. Lately you have been showing some not so
pleasant feelings toward your carseat and car rides in general.
We left at 8:30 that morning
after Grete continued her journey back to Texas. Overall, you were pretty
pleasant on the trip. We enjoyed lunch on the grass in Brookings and stopped
occasionally to change your diaper, feed you, or just get you some fresh air.
We rolled in around 5:00
where you were greeted by grandma, grandpa, great grandma, great grandpa, and a
new face, your great uncle Shane (who you admired all his silly voices and
singing throughout the weekend).
We also met your great aunt
Wendy and great uncle Mike. They had their daughter Brenna’s 5-week old beautiful
little girl with them. She was so sweet and quiet! You were both smothered with
lots of love all weekend!
This is the perfect time to
inform you of your nickname. Great grandpa Sharpe gives us all nicknames. Mine
was Jenny-Pooh (I still cringe…haha) and your uncle’s was Freight Train Blaine!
And yours is a bit more creative….The TOE. This makes me smile every time I
hear it. You see, your feet were/are very long. You have your daddy’s toes
which seem to be more like fingers than toes really. It doesn’t help your cause
that your are extremely squirmy and flex and point your toes and are attempting
to “crawl”. Grandpa was convinced if you dig those toes in the carpet you’d be
mobile J . So…enjoy this
nickname; it will probably stick with you for the rest of your life.
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| 4 Generations! |
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| Grandma and Grandpa with their 3 kids! |
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| Taking over Great Grandpa Bud's chair!! Uh oh! |
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Adorable
4th of July
You sported your adorable
American flag romper, red bow, and flag sunglasses on Independence Day. We
watched the Mobridge parade and cheered on great grandpa as he zipped on by on
his scooter with his fellow Shriners. No candy for you this year….next
year…papa will make sure of it…I am pretty sure he will use you for bait to
rack up his candy stock!
Look at Great Grandpa GO! He did a wonderful job in the parade!
More South Dakota Fun!
Checking out the Purple Martins with Grandma!
Hanging out with Great Grandma Dee!
And just because....here is some extra cuteness :)
Hopefully, our next post will be up sooner than later!
We LOVE you to the moon and back...then once more around :)
Mom & Dad
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We went to the pool for the first time this month as well. Lauren and Paige escorted us to the baby pool were the water was about 6 inches deep. We started slow and dipped just your toes, then up to your knees and then finally up to your belly. You weren't sure what to think about it at first, but once you figured out you could splash you were all for it! We laid you on your belly across my arm and "swam" as well as "floated" on your back! You're a natural fish!
