waking lily

happy halloween!

video

here is some recent video of lily in her walker...

and of her new favorite pastime...

9 months

9 months ago today lily was born. i can't believe how fast time is ticking by and how much she is doing now. in the past two weeks, lily has learned to go from her tummy to sitting, to crawl and now to pull herself up to a standing position and "walk" while holding onto things. she is a little chatterbox and is an extremely happy little girl.

click here to see recent pictures of her.

any day now...

lily will be crawling all over the place!

vero beach

over labor day weekend, the three of us drove out to vero beach for a mini vacation. the hotel was beautiful and overall, it was a pretty relaxing trip. it was our first vacation with just our little family and it was quite memorable. click on the image below to access our pictures.

nana and poppy's house

we have been so lucky to have such wonderful visits with our families this summer. lily and i just returned back to orlando after another trip to cincinnati. it was so very relaxing and enjoyable to spend time with nana and poppy. we even were able to see a lot of uncle paul and great aunt genie, as well as lily seeing her great great grandma from california for the first time!

thanks to finally getting a new camera, we were able to take many more great pictures to remind us of our fun time this summer. you can check them out by clicking on the picture below.

e n j o y !

6 months old!

lily is now 6 months old. we can hardly believe how fast the first half of her first year is flying by. she has such a sweet spirit and is a very happy girl. we are truly lucky to have such a good baby and thank God for her daily.

here are some recent pictures of our sweet girl. e n j o y !

visit to grandma's house

this past weekend we all flew to cincinnati to visit with tom's family. it was so great to see everyone. we missed lily's uncle john but enjoyed being with auntie jenn and seeing lincoln walking all over the place. it truly was a very relaxing trip for us. when we arrived home we were immediately all hit with a virus which stinks, but all in all it was a wonderful weekend. see below for some pictures of our visit.

on our way to the airplane

eating bananas for the first time

i love my walker!

grandma with her grandchildren

lincoln and jenn

playing peek-a-boo

look at those teeth!

playing in the exersaucer

playing with memaw

riding on daddy's shoulders

lincoln and jenn

happy guy

playing at the airport

lily and mama

flying home

next up... nana and poppy's house!

peas!

mmm mmmm mmmm!

i love my grandma!

happy 4th of july!

a week of firsts...

this past week, lily experienced many firsts. see below for pictures of some of them as well as other miscellaneous shots.

first fever

first bites of food

messy face

(listening to "Jealous Guy" by Elliott Smith)

"father's day"

transformers t-shirt: $30

celebratory lunch: $35

iPod nano: $149

a daddy and his daughter taking a nap together: priceless

(listening to "Father and Daughter" by Paul Simon)