Welcome to my first blog!
Lilly LOVES to sing songs and is doing well with her ABC’s. Sometimes when I feed Robin she likes to watch Youtube videos about numbers and the ABC’s (I have gotten very efficient at navigating the website with my feet while Robin is nursing 🙂 ) – here is a recent favorite:
Here is a video of her singing the ABC’s during our Summer vacation at Nipigon:
With a smile that would light up any room our baby girl turns 3 months today! Even though she’s not smiling in this photo I love it because it shows off those chubby cheeks. Robin is a very happy, even-tempered baby. She falls asleep easily (for naps at least, it usually takes me about 2 minutes to put her down) and all you have to do is look at her and she’ll smile.
I’ve noticed big changes this week – she definitely hit a growth spurt because her 0-3 month clothes are suddenly too small. Robin is very good at grabbing and holding on to small objects and her favorite place is her activity mat. She rolled over from her stomach to her back accouple times about a week ago but hasn’t done it since – she’s really trying to flip onto her stomach now! Robin still suffers a bit from acid reflux and this has affected her sleep at night. She is typically down by 8pm (stirs a few times but fully asleep by 9) and wakes to eat around 1am but stirs for awhile before the 1am feeding and for an hour or so before she finally wakes up at 7am. There were a few rough nights last week but we know it will pass.
Robin typically takes an 1.5 to 2 hour nap in the morning and a few 30-45 minute naps the rest of the day (she sleeps every hour and a half and eats about every 3 hours).
A must see in my book 🙂
We had fun celebrating with family and friends for a Mickey and Minnie Mouse-themed party on Sunday! Aunt Martha and Nana came early to help set up and Lilly had fun dragging the giant Mickey and Minnie Mouse balloons around everywhere she went. She had a bad fall at the start of the party (first time she really bled from a fall) but it didn’t damper her spirits much and she seemed to really enjoy the presents and the attention. We served veggie burgers and potato salad for lunch and had yellow cake for dessert – yum! Lilly got her first bicycle from Grandma and Grandpa – a pink tricycle that she loves!
Happy Birthday, Lilly! xoxo
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Here is the video of everyone singing ‘Happy Birthday!’
We are so proud of Lilly – hard to believe that she turned 2 years old today! We spent the morning swimming at Barb’s pool with Nana, played on the porch with new toys this afternoon, and celebrated this evening at Stroh’s with ice cream (Lilly chose Anniversary Cake ice cream) and candles.
Lilly is doing more imaginative play every day. This morning she dragged Mickey and Minnie Mouse around the house and introduced them to all of her toys. We love it when she talks to herself and has little conversations with her toys – amazingly cute! When I put her down for naps or at night now she talks for awhile about what she did during the day or what she wants to do when she wakes up (last night she said, “umm…play in the sandbox, and play with toys, and get wet, and see Nana Bapa, and Roary, and Robin…”). She also loves to sing and knows Ring Around the Rosie, The Wheels on the Bus, and other songs by heart (also knows ‘Goodnight Moon’ by heart). She knows most of the ABC’s and counts to 20 (although she skips number four and mixes up the ‘teens’). Lilly LOVES doing art projects and asks to do one about 4x a day. Lately she is experimenting with asking questions and starts sentences with ‘happened’ or ‘doing’ to ask what happened or what we are doing.
Lots of love to our baby girl!
Weight: 25 lb, 3.5 oz
Length: 33.5″
Head: 48cm
It’s SO MUCH FUN when kids really start to talk! Lilly cracks me up and surprises me every day with the things she has to say. Here’s an example of a brief conversation we had earlier today when the top came off her ‘mud pie kitchen’ outside.
Lilly: ‘What happenned, Mama?’
Me: ‘The top came off, sweetie. Dada will fix it.’
Lilly: ‘When’s he coming home?’
Me: ‘Dada will be home soon. Dada will be home on Friday (it’s Wednesday).’
Lilly: ‘Okay, Mama. I wait for Dada right here. I wait for Dada in the chair (she sits down in the chair).’
Me: ‘Lilly, Dada isn’t coming home tonight, but Aunt Martha is coming over soon.’
Lilly: ‘Mmm…Aunt Martha fix it?’
We had a wonderful long weekend up North! It was nice to be together with the family in remembrance of Grandpa Bill. We drove up Friday morning with the girls and spent three beautiful days together. Lilly had command of Nana, Boppa, and Aunt Martha and had a blast playing at the beach. From the moment she got up she wanted to be outside. Saturday we celebrated Bill’s 31st birthday (a bit early) and of course Monday we celebrated the 4th. Robin did great and we left feeling refreshed. Happy 4th!
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Grandpa Bill passed away today at the age of 86th. We are forever grateful to him for all that he has done for our family. Lilly enjoyed visiting Granpa Bill and Robin was able to visit him this past week. He was a wonderful, gentle man and his legacy will live on.
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