She just learned to clap. She now claps for everything. If you say bye-bye, instead of waving she claps. Just last night though she gave Aaron a faint wave while going night-night. I was pretty excited. She just held up her hand, now she just needs to get down the side to side part.
Another favorite thing she does, and this is to everyone, is scrunch up her nose and make a mean face. I think she thinks this is smiling or something b/c she does it when she gets excited or happy and then she will breathe through her nose fast and heavy. It is pretty cute, and you can imagine how intimidating it is. ;) She does this to strangers and to us, so it is just her friendly way of saying hi.
About 2 weeks ago we started giving her real baths in the tub instead of her little bath chair thingy. It is kinda nice to have it out of the way, but now I've gotta keep the tub sparkly clean and watch her extra close otherwise she pulls herself up on the sides and stands up.
Church is still a struggle for us b/c she doesn't like to sit still and she gets really tired just in time for Sunday School so that and RS are unbearable. Sometimes I just have Aaron take her the third block. She has a friend at church that is 6 weeks older than her that she plays with in the back. They are a cute pair playing. They are both small for their age, but Lily is somewhat of a bully. She will chase Kiera down and take away her toy or binky, try to pull out Kiera's bows in her hair. Kiera's pretty tough though and doesn't cry. I think it is good for Lily b/c she sees what Kiera is doing and it helps Lily learn better. The best is when they give each other kisses. So precious!
Now when I come home from work, she gets so excited to see me, it is so sweet. She crawls right up to me to pick her up. She has also been letting me sleep through the night. I think we have a keeper. Please let my angel stay this way when she is 2.
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(2) Tue Jun 21 2005 16:06 Cute as a Button:
Lily is in her cutest phase yet. She is becoming quite the crawling baby. She is the biggest sweetheart and will go to anyone. She is usually pretty cheerful, and loves eating real food that we eat. Sometimes I will fix her rice cereal the same time we eat and she won't touch it. She wants the good stuff and she knows what it is. But I usually feed her mostly before we sit down to eat and so she gets a little of both most the time, otherwise she just sits and growls at us until we give her our food. She loves my egg yolks in the morning and chicken and vegetables from my salad for dinner.
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Posted by John at Wed Jun 22 2005 08:54
I remember my nephew Logan used to do that thing with the face and blowing out the nose when he was little too. Glad to hear you want to keep Lily. Are you ready for another one yet?
Posted by Kristen at Wed Jun 22 2005 10:39
Yes and no. I can't wait to have another one, but I am enjoying Lily so much and having fun discovering who she is. It sounds cliché but right now I feel like if we were to have another, Lily would still be my favorite. Logically I know it is not going to be true, but irrational I love her so much I can't imagine loving another the same. In the hospital I loved being a mom so much I said I wanted another one right away. Now I am in no hurry, just enjoying life. Also, I didn't want my kids to be that far apart like no more than 2 1/2 yrs but at the same time I am in no rush to have em all, and for them to all leave the house. I don't want to be an empty nester when I am only 45, but maybe by then I will be ready. Who know!. We will see when we move and I am a Stay-At-Home-Mom how much I really want to take on another one. ;)