Look Ma..No Hands!

Lily's been practicing on her balance all week. We often find her pulling herself up to standing and then letting go for a few seconds before falling down! I've been trying to capture her hard work in a picture or on video all week, and today I FINALLY did! I was sitting at the computer with her playing next to me on the floor, and I looked over and there she was, standing all by herself! Good thing the camera was right in front of me! Anyway, here are the pictures. Sorry they're not that great, but at least they show how hard she's working at learning her new skill!

Using the stroller's safety strap to pull up:

Standing all by herself! She stood like this for a good 30 seconds!
Lily's also been working on a few other things these past two weeks. She's been trying really hard to stand up without using anything to pull herself up with. She can get herself into a catchers position, but doesn't have the leg strength or balance yet to push herself all the way up. She sure does try though! She also claps and laugh all the time now. Every time she sees the cats she laughs! She really is such a happy baby! One last new thing, she got her 4th tooth in last night! It's on the top, one tooth over from the middle right. When this tooth and her top middle left come fully in she's going to have a gap where the middle right should be! That will be funny to see!

Here are a few other pictures from this week.

Lily playing outside:

Lily covered in her butternut squash bisque:


Playing in her room yesterday:

Clapping for mommy:
I got a new camera this week, so I've been playing with it a lot, trying to figure it out. Here are a couple of my favorite non Lily shots.
Lily's Easter Bunny:

The apple blossoms behind our house:

I hope everyone has a good weekend! Happy Mothers Day!

-Amelia