Happy Valentine's Day

The day began with some reading and crawling around. We worked on creating a Valentine's Day for Dad and just enjoyed our day together. I could feel the love.

Dad arrived home and Lily gave him his special card. Daddy was happy.

Lily was happy celebrating her 1st Valentine's Day with us. She looked adorable!

Falling asleep with Mommy

This is one of those moments I never want to forget. So precious to me.

Mommy and Baby yoga

Today Lily and I went to a mommy and baby yoga class. We met two of our friends there, Theresa and Lyla. I don't have any pictures from the event but I will say not much yoga got done. It was just very peaceful to have Lily with me in such a beautiful and meditative place. We both just kinda loved on each other and snuggled in between poses. Exactly what I had dreamed of doing with Lily when I was pregnant. So glad that dream was able to happen. A memory I will never forget.

Lily playing with her "wittle" friends

Or maybe her friends are playing with her... It was really fun to set them up all around her, she thought mommy was funny. I think "Dottie" was playing peekaboo with the camera...

A picture with Mommy

Today was one of my days off from work. I missed my Lilybug. Had to take a picture.

Lily playing

Today we had a visit from my parents. Lily had a fun time playing around with them. Lily likes her new walker. It was a very nice visit.

Happy 6 months Birthday Lily!!

I'm so happy to say I have a healthy and happy six month old.



Earlier this week we went into the doctors for Lily's 6 month visit. She weighs 14 pounds, 14 ounces. And she's measuring 27 inches tall. She's developing right on track. :0)

Time with Grandpa

Today we decided to spend some time with grandpa. Its been a fun morning so far. After making breakfast with Gramdpa, we decided to take Lily for a walk around the neighborhood. Lily decided she didn't want to sit in her stroller anymore, so grandpa did the next best thing.

Then when his shoulders got tired Lily found her next means of transportation....Grandpa's motorcycle. She was in heaven. I'm sure she can't wait until he takes her for a ride. So adorable.

They had a very fun morning together. I'm sure there will be so many more to come.

Homemade Apples, Need I say more. :-)

Oh Canada! Eh?

Uncle Adam and Aunt Erin went to Canada on vacation. While there they bought Lily this cute outfit. I had to take a few pictures to share with Adam and Erin.

Baby Food, oh my!

Lily is loving solid foods. She hasn't found a food she doesn't like. Tonight's menu: cereal and peas! She enjoys her food. Can you tell?

The creation of baby food

So when I was on bed rest I decided that I would try to make my own baby food for Lily. What the heck, it couldn't be hard, and since I didn't know how much free time I'd have on my hands I figured making it before she started eating solid foods would be best. This weekend we had Ed's cousin Jeff and his boyfriend Aaron staying with us, so we recruited them to help us with this process.

We were able to register for a baby food maker (basically a food processor) and we got it so that is what we are using. We bought some organic apples, squash, greens beans and peas to make her. After we peel, chop, steam and blend them all up individually, we are going to pour the mixture into ice cube trays and freeze them over night. Then remove the ice cubes and store them in freezer bags with the name and date on them. Whenever I need to defrost some food, I'll just do so in the fridge. This should allow me to have enough food to feed her for a few months. Easy peasy!

It took us about 1 hour to make them all up and while doing so we sat around an played cards. It was a very cool moment in being parents to share with Jeff and Araon.

Going back to work part time

After months on bed rest and 6 months of colic, I decided to go back to work. It was a really hard decision for me to make. I really love my job and I really love my daughter. I was torn on what to do. I figured the only way I could make the right decision for myself was to give it a shot. I had Mary to come to the house to watch Lily during the day so I know she was in good hands.

Today was my first day back, I will only be working three days a week. I cried on my way to work and I couldn't drive fast enough to get back home. It was nice to be with my piers and to talk about whats been going on in the rest of the world since I went out on bed rest. I really missed everyone.

Coming home to my daughter and knowing she was safe and sound was wonderful too. I'm going to try this working part time thing, for a few weeks and see how it goes. I'm not sure it will ever go into full time work but I'm just going to take it day by day until I decide what I want to do.

(I just want to give a special thanks to my wonderful husband for allowing me the option to go back to work or to stay home, he told me the decision was all mine. I know he really wanted me to stay home with Lily.)

My 33rd Birthday

Today is my 33rd birthday. All I wanted was to spend the day with my husband and my daughter. Lucky for me I got my wish. I was able to go get a massage while my husband watched Lily. Then came home, opened a few gifts and took Lily to the park by our house. It was exactly how I wanted to spend my special day.

Happy New Year!

With each new day, we get a chance to start anew.
But on this day we wanted to play peek-a-boo.

Spending time with the Grandparents

My parents bought a luxurious RV this year and we were lucky enough to spend some time with them on their maiden voyage. We had a wonderful and very relaxing time together. Here are a few pictures from that day.

Lily playing

Lily loves her bouncer. Such a happy baby.

My Cutie Pie

A little mommy lovings.

This sums up Lily's 1st Christmas

After such an amazing day with family, our Lilybug fell asleep on the floor in front of the Christmas tree. Sweet dreams babygirl, sweet dreams. We love you very much.

My Dad's 60th Birthday

My dad turned 60 this year. I can't believe it. All year long I have been trying to figure out what to get him for his 60th birthday, but I couldn't come up with anything. I wanted it to be meaningful, but I was stumped.... and then I figured it out.

Have grandbaby, dress her up! Perfect! Puff Paint to the rescue.



We surprised him with a special photo cake. When the cake came out he totally thought it was for me, since my birthday was coming up next. It was funny. Such a good surprise.



Happy 60th Birthday Dad, aka grampy :-)