From Four Til Late

Things have been crazy busy around here so the frequency of posts has fallen off dramatically. Sorry about that. Between work and Lily, it is hard to get to much time to update. Not to mention, when Marcy is here alone she can't always take pictures since Lily can be such a handful. But keep checking back, I promise to my best to keep you updated.

Since the last post we have had Lily's lunar birthday and today is her one month birthday. She is definitely getting bigger and we are noticing how much more she is filling out her clothes. Not to mention, she has turned into quite a little piggy -- finishing off four ounce bottles (occasionally needing more) left and right and insisting on eating more often than before. If I had to guess, I would wager that she is well beyond eight pounds by now. We decided to keep her birthday a low key affair and Lily seemed to really appreciate the acrobats and circus animals in the backyard that were here just for her.

On Thursday night Lily met her Great Bubbie, Great Aunt Donna, Great Uncle Stephen and Cousin Stephanie who came in from Montreal and New York respectively to meet her. She seemed to impress them and Lily seemed to enjoy all the attention during the weekend.

Everything else is going well. Lily seems to be entering her four week fussy stage -- she is not sleeping well and seems to always want to be held. The former is a definite problem and the latter is too when you have do anything else around the house other than hold her, including going to bathroom. Her mother is a saint for dealing with her during the week when all alone . Marcy decided to try out the Baby Bjorn today (now that is back from its manufacturer's recall - instilling much confidence in the product) and that seems to be a long term solution. Well long term meaning until Lily goes off to college or decides that she does not want to be seen at the mall being held by her parents.

So other than a little more sleep - I mean come on, what does she expect from me as far as entertainment between 4:22 and 5:09 am (at which point Marcy came in, rocked her for 10 minutes, gave up, brought Lily to our bed where she promptly passed out) - and a little less formula regurgitation, there is not much more we could ask for. Okay, maybe we could ask for a college scholarship or something but I am too tired to be greedy.

I hear Lily screaming now upstairs ... must time to eat or time to have more gas time. Enjoy the pictures and sorry for the delay. Pics from Lily's first playdate with her friend Hayley will be posted soon, so check back. I promise.




Lily meeting her Great Bubbie.

Just hanging out on he amazing blanket made by Bubbie.

With her Great Uncle Stephen.

Sleeping on Mom.

Breakfast and Lily.

Breakfast for Lily.

Just for ratio sake, that is her whole hand hanging on to my index finger. She is still kind of small ... her lungs are very big though.

With Cousin Stephanie. Important to note that Stephanie, like Lily, had no eyebrows when she was born. They seem to have grown in well.

Great Aunt Donna playing with Lily and her new pony. Just don't tell her that is not what a real pony looks like.

On her Noah's Ark Gymini. This was Saturday. She seemed to enjoy it a lot more today.

Just relaxing on Mom.