9 Months!

Weight

17.4 Pounds

Height

28 & a half inches

Diaper Size

3

Eating

6 Ounces 5 to 6 times a day

2nd Foods. Still will only willingly eat 1 meal a day.  Working on it.

Sleeping

Goes to bed between 9 and 10 pm and wakes up at around 7:30 am

Still wakes one time a night

Takes 2 or 3 naps a day

Likes

Drinking out of a grown up cup, socializing with people, hitting everything with her hands and of course tasting everything she sees!

Dislikes

Still doesn't like the car seat 

Anything cold (if you give her cold food she gags)

What's New?

We are in the stage of Lily's life where things are changing every day.  All at once she is starting to do things that she hasn't done before.  This past month she has started holding her bottle on her own, trying out new sounds like mama and nana.  We finally got her to drink from a sippy cup last week although she still prefers her bottle. I thought we were gold considering she isn't attached to a pacifier (pretty much never uses one) or a blanket, but it is starting to become apparent that her thing is her bottle.  Most babies I have seen love to eat food... she would rather drink her milk lol.  She has never been a fan of her car seat but has been okay in it during the day for the past few months, however at night she would scream and cry if someone was not sitting back there with her.  Last night she finally rode in the car seat at night by herself on the way home from eating and not one tear so maybe that is gonna get better haha.  

She got as close as she has ever gotten to crawling this morning so I am hoping that over the next week or so she will finally meet the big milestone of being mobile, you can tell she wants to move so bad!

For now she is a social butterfly and will stare at anyone until they look at her and then grin when they do. She doesn't mind when most people hold her but I can tell she is starting to really observe them and then either decide they are okay or start crying lol, but she always warms up!

Other than that she is still the same sweetheart she has always been.  Love to smile and give kisses.  Can't wait to see what this next month holds!

Happy New Year!

 Happy New Year everyone!  I cannot believe that we are already in 2014.  I also can't believe that Lily will be 1 year old in a little over 3 months.  Josh and I were exactly where we wanted to be when the clock struck 12.  In Lily's room with her as she dreamed away with no clue what was going on.  Some people might think that is silly, but I don't.  I wanted to end the year and start the new one with both of them.  

Like I said in my last post I am looking forward to this new year, and I am excited to say that my blog will be getting a makeover as well.  It will still be the same blog just different colors.  I had this one made when I wasn't sure if Lily would be a boy or a girl and I didn't want it to be all girly if all my posts were about a boy haha.  Anyway so check back next week to see if it has been updated or not.  Andrea does a wonderful job and I can't wait to see what she has in store for my blog makeover.

In the mean time here are a few things that happened this past week.

 

 Lily and I had a girls day out with Ashton.  It only lasted a few hours but we had fun.  We went to Virgila Dale's prop sale.  She is a wonderful photographer and was selling a bunch of her old props to make room for new ones.  Then we went to Hobby Lobby and walked around.  Lily saw a bunch of things she really wanted to play with and I saw a bunch of things I wanted to buy.  After that we went to Sweet Bay and got coffee, then ended the trip meeting Elizabeth to buy Lily's Shopping Cart Cover.  It is so cute and I can't wait to use it.

After we dropped Ashton off we met my mom and dad at Zaxbys for lunch.  Lily was so happy to see them and really happy to help me eat my pickle.  It was a little sour at first but she kept coming back for more.

 After that we hung out with Lora and Ben for a while.  It is always good to see them, and they got to see just how squirmy Lily has become.  Its so hard to hold her sometimes these days as she is all over the place.  After they left we headed over to Ashton and Wes's house to help them reupholster their chairs.  Ashton had bought the Chevron fabric at Hobby Lobby that day and I think they turned out wonderful!  I am so happy they live so close to us now.  It is great having good friends close by.

We don't have too much going on this week.  One night we are going down to Josh's dad's house, and I am planning on decorating our Laundry room.  Other than that it should be a pretty quiet week.  

See you all next Saturday!