Burlington in a Day

Yesterday we went up to Burlington to meet our new nephew. After our visit with the new family, Sean Lily and I enjoyed a few hours around Burlington. First we stopped by Sprout (a great natural parenting store) and picked up Lily a wooden toy camera. She's always after my camera, so we figured she'd love to have one of her own!

After picking up her camera, we went down to the waterfront. I did a mini photo shoot with Lily, and then we just spent some time as a family . It was so nice to be back there again! This is her new face. She scrunches up her nose and snorts...it's SO funny! I'll have to get it on video one of these days, before she gets tired of it!
Per my Dad's request, here's a picture of Lily standing. She's using her daddy to lean on!
After the waterfront, we walked up the street to the playground, and Lily had her first ride in a swing. Here's some video of her first ride:

After the park, Sean and I took Lily to Mazza's farm. There Lily met the goats, sheep, geese, Zack the Yak, and Annie the pony. Lily really loved the goats, and they loved her too! They kept sticking their heads through the fence to greet her.


Zack the Yak

The farm also had a small play ground, with this big play tractor. Lily had fun pretending to drive it (or in reality, trying to eat the steering wheel!)

She also had her first ride down a slide.
More with the goat
Right before we left, the geese started talking up a storm. This one in particular was pretty funny. Here's some video of him:



In all it was a very good day. We had a few hours to bring Lily to all our favorite sights in Burlington! Sorry for the picture overload...but believe me when I say that this is just a small sampling of what I took! I hope everyone has a good day!

Nostalgic

Today I'm feeling a bit nostalgic for Lily's pregnancy. Last night I was going through my pregnancy journal. It's funny to think how much our lives have changed in just this short year. For example, this time last year we had just found out we were having a girl, and I was complaining about sciatic pain. So much has happened since then, and Lily has grown SO much! This time last year she was less than 1 pound! Now she's at least 15lbs by my estimate!
So for fun I thought I'd post a picture from Lily's first ultra sound!


And a couple from yesterday for comparison!

I hope everyone has a good day today!

Almost summer!

Yesterday was beautiful again, so Lily and I took some time to sit out on the grass. Lily was fascinated by the acorns and the leaves on the ground. Of course she wanted to see what they tasted like!

Checking out the acorn:

Seeing what it tastes like:

Mean mommy took it out of my mouth!:


More Pictures From Yesterday:

Hanging out with my friend

Lily and her friend Kyan went shopping at Target over the weekend with their Dad's. Lily is just fascinated with the lights!

Tornado Lily

This morning our house was hit by a tornado named Lily. Her new thing is pulling stuff off of shelves. Today she set her sights on our CD's, and wasn't satisfied till she had pulled everyone of them off our shelf. Here are a couple pictures I caught of her making the mess.

This week Lily really mastered how to crawl. She doesn't creep around on her tummy any more like she use to...she always up on her hands and knees now! Her favorite thing is standing though! She'll stand using anything she can get her hands on to pull herself up. This is quite scary for mommy and daddy because she takes a lot more tumbles now. She's always ok after a quick cuddle though, then she's off to find something new to stand up on! She's starting to try to cruise this week too. She's hasn't mastered it yet, but she will take a few side steps while holding onto the couch, or will reach out for an offered hand and carefully step towards you. I'm sure she'll be a pro at this in a few weeks time!
I'll leave you all with a picture of Lily playing with one of the cats squeaky toys. How nice of them to share with her!

Sleepy Baby

I guess all that fun in the sun wore Lily out. She fell asleep today in the highchair while I was feeding her lunch!

Sunny Days

Today it was nice and sunny outside. Lily and I took advantage of the nice weather and played for an hour outside. She was fascinated by the grass, and kept raking at it with her fingers. Luckily she didn't eat any. Mommy was greatly surprised by this, normally everything she can get her hands on goes in her mouth these days!
Here are a few pictures of Lily enjoying being outside!



We got this Red Sox hat for Lily so she'd be all ready for the baseball season...but the silly girl just wont leave it on her head! She is much more interested in gumming the brim than letting it sit on her head!
Success! Finally a picture of her wearing it! To bad she's trying to take it off!