Summertime in the Wintertime

Another week in the books and Lily is doing great. She is sleeping great and still eating like a champ. An unofficial weigh-in yesterday showed that Lily now weighs over 16 pounds. She is growing so fast.

It was a busy three day weekend visiting friends and family. Lily had her first birthday party on Sunday - her friend Nicholas turned 1 - and seemed to have good time with her friend Brendan a fellow baby. She had met Brendan when she was few weeks old, he is the son of our friends Karen and T.J., but this time around they had more fun playing with one another.

After the birthday party we went around the corner to Grandpa Maurice and Grandma Phyllis' house for the afternoon to hang out and have dinner. Then we all relaxed today and ran a few errands. It was really warm out today so Lily and Gypsy got to spend some quality time outside. It was supposed to snow but it was about fifty five degrees -- so much for weather forecasting.

Lily's Great Bubbie is coming to visit next weekend and then we are headed to New York the weekend after that. Many fun pictures are sure to come. That is all for now.



Lily in her big girl car seat.

Lily with her friend Brendan.

More with Brendan.

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Lily with the birthday boy Nicholas.

Lily just sitting around.

Lily with her most loyal friend ... the pacy.

Lily with Grandpa Maurice.

Lily and Grandma Phyllis playing with Lily's octopus toy.

Eating some fish.

and some calamari.

The Girl in the Dirty Shirt

Lily would like to wish everyone out there a Happy Valentine's Day. Also, today is the birthday of one of her dedicated readers, her Great Grandma, so Lily wants to wish her Great Bubbie a happy birthday.

Last week was another great week. Lily has turned into a rolling over machine. As soon as we put her down to play she flips over. She smiles everytime she does it. Now when she is on her stomach she tries to scoot her legs like she is crawling. It is only a matter of time before the baby gates come out to block off the stairs.

Lily has been eating more and more veggies. She is on a cycle of peas right now. Let's just say it is a huge, but quite funny, mess. The pictures below do not even begin to explain how messy the whole feeding process is.

Marcy is back to work full time now so Lily will have her first four day week at day care. She seems to be really enjoying it there but she is always happy to see us when we come pick her up.

Until next post.


Lily prepping for a morning session of rolling over. Please note the drool in anticipation of rolling over.

Acting very serious for the camera.

In her bouncy seat with particularly blue eyes.

Modeling her Baby Gap couture winter jacket.

Frazzeled from striking so many poses - being a model is so stressful.

A little quality time in the exer-saucer. Everytime we put in her there she plays with more of the toys than the time before.

Eating. Let's just say that eating needs a little work and tends to be really messy.

Yes, she needed a bath after this feeding.

Lily trying to feed herself peas.

The result of Lily trying to feed herself peas.

"Ummm, Dad, are we done here?"

Lifetime Piling Up

Another week and things are progressing well. Lily is now rolling over like champ - both forwards and and backwards. She is getting quite good at it now. Crawling is just around the corner.

School is also going well. I never did get those pictures scanned in but perhaps we can take some of our own pictures one of these days so everyone can see where Lily spends her days.

Lily is eating great and is onto her second type of veggie -- carrots. They are getting gobbled up just like the sweet potatoes.

Lil is sleeping great -- 10 hours or so a night plus assorted naps - and I think that helps make her a really happy baby. Thursday is her five month birthday and it is amazing how much has happened/developed in such a short period of time. Lily's grandparents (Maurice and Phyllis) were over on the weekend for dinner after having been in Florida for two weeks and commented how much had changed in just that short time period. Blink and you miss something.

That's all for now.


Just relaxing.

Lily's friend Reid came over last week and brought his jumping seat ... it was a hit and Lily might be getting her own soon.

Reid showing Lily all about sitting up.

See what a little encouragement can do ...

Like chimps in the wild, Reid looks in Lily's hair for lice to remove and then (probably) eat.

Lily giving Reid a piece of her mind.

Lily getting friendly with her blue block.

This is Lily's slightly rude new trick.

Showing off her abs of steel after a hard workout of rolling over.

Lily is now big enough for her new carseat (which we installed over the weekend). Here she is waiving goodbye to her infant car seat.

Lily has decided to skip crawling and has moved straight to walking.

Roll Over Beethoven

What a huge week of firsts ...

First, Lily rolled over for the first time all by herself. Unfortunately, Marcy and I both missed it -- I was at work and Marcy was drying her hair. Marcy peeked out from the bathroom and lo' and behold, Lil had flipped over.

Second first, regular baby food. Lily has started out on regular baby food this week with a foray into sweet potatos. So far, as you can see below, they seem to be a messy hit. Now she has a little color in diet :)

Third first, Lily seems to have two teeth coming in and she is very much not excited about it. Understandably, it seems to be making her a bit fussy.

Other than that, just another week! Things really are going great! Lily is eating and sleeping like a champ and most of the time she is as happy as ever. Daycare is going well and everyone is getting comfortable with the rhythm of the week. She seems really happy at school. Her classmate Sabrina's mom took some pictures of the daily daycare fun ... I will try and put them up later in the week if I can figure out how to scan them in.

That's all for now.



Lily spending some quality time with her second cousin Jonathan who was in town from Toronto on business.

Lily out on the town with her pal Hayley ... they are so tired of the parental papaprazzi and are just so over the camera.

Lily acting not happy while being held by Hayley's big brother Cole.

Lily sitting in her new high chair for the first time ... bring on the chow!

"This is fun ... now where is the food?"

"Hmmm ... that is some good sweet potatoes."

This is Lily's sweet potato equivalent of the "Got Milk" ad campaign.

Out of focus but funny.

What a mess.

Showing off her strong neck.

And being happy while showing off.

Fun with her blocks.

Time for bed.