Sunny 9 for 2005 August

(12) Mon Aug 01 2005 11:05 Lazzzzzzzzzzzy: I've been feeling lazy lately. It seems like when I have the most to do is when I put off the most.

In other news, Lily took one step on Friday. It was the cutest. She is scared to stand alone so I don't know when she will start walking for real. She has been walking along the couch and coffee table forever. She is the cutest thing though.

Funny about here, I really did forget how nice people are. At the store or wherever I always get a compliment on Lily. In Utah it was like oh, another baby, take a number. Aaron and I were discussing too, is our baby really that cute that everyone says over and over that she is so cute and this and that, or does every baby get complimented like that? Anyway, it is nice to be noticed here and everyone smiles at you.

My mom is leaving tomorrow for Mary Kay Seminar and Lorna is leaving for 2 weeks to visit Aly. At least I will still have Michelle, but who knows for how long. She went to Utah and liked it so much she decided to move there. No more College Station, TX. And no more old boyfriend. She seems really happy about her decision. I am happy for her, and just when I leave Utah, Julie goes and gets a boyfriend on me. I can't wait to meet this additional Ben with the already congested family of Ben's (three for me and maybe four?!). It is too soon to tell though, Julie and Ben have only been dating like a month.

Aaron, Michelle, and I watched Vanity Fair last night with Reese Witherspoon. It was such a good movie, and then the ending had to go and ruin it. But other than that I really liked it. It was set in the early 1800's so they had beautiful costumes.

(2) Tue Aug 02 2005 17:13: Anyone have good suggestions on weaning a baby? Mine is turning a year old in less than a month! Can you believe it?!

Wed Aug 03 2005 12:43 Uh-huh, Conan: Can I just say that the sweetest most heart warming thing in the world is now Lily can give hugs and kisses when I ask her too. And even better is when she crawls up to me offering them without even me asking her too. Her kisses are pretty slobbery and to someone else may be considered gross, but I love them all the same.

This is a child that never let me snuggle her to sleep, it was either 1) I hate this woman for putting me in my crib alone so I am going to bellow and stand here peeking over the rail of my crib until she gets me out (the getting me out part worked on Lorna first time she babysat after seeing her peeking over her crib-it is pretty dang cute) or 2) awesome, she got me out and now I am going to stiff arm her neck and twist my body till she puts me down b/c now it is time to play. But now she does something I never thought she would. She lays her head down on my shoulder and puts her arms tightly around my neck and shoulder.

Sometimes if I am lucky she will pat my back just like I pat hers. I never realized that I did that with her until she started patting my back and I thought, "why is she patting my back, and I looked and I was doing the same." It is nice to have a snuggle bug around.

(3) Wed Aug 03 2005 14:01 I'm so tired, I feel like I am pregnant...or am I?!: I have a slight dilemma living here in San Antonio. I like to go on walks as you know, but the climate is different here than in U-tahr. I like to sleep in as much as my daughter allows me, before she starts kicking the wall which shares my master bathroom's wall to wake me up. (I don't think she really knows it wakes me up. Or does she...) When I sleep in though, (and I am taking about a whole whopping half hour) while I do get to enjoy the softness of my 350 thread count sateen sheets and ecstasy of my down pillow, (thanks honey!) that is thirty minutes more the sun has to make everything hot and sticky. Trust me, it makes a big difference.

While it is not hot necessarily in the morning, the humidity around you makes you feel like you are sweating. Which brings me to another tangent...Why is it in lines at amusement parks they blow mist at you to keep you cool? If everyone hates humidity so much and thinks it makes you hotter than "dry heat" then why is it that mists temporarily relieve you?

Back to my dilemma. Should I enjoy that 30 minutes relaxation, or should I drag myself out of bed so that I can go on my walk with Lily before it gets too miserable? I know I should stop being lazy and get up.

Another thing about moving to San Antonio is that I feel like I am cheating. You know when you move to a new place you have to go through things like figuring out your way around so you can do everyday things such as go to the post office and store? Check, know all that. Also, you don't know anyone in your ward and you really have to put yourself out there to learn names and make new friends. Check, know most people and check have friends. It is crazy the way San Antonio works. Every stays here and everyone marries everyone. We had a B-B-Q at one of Aaron's old best friend's house. Here I was going to it thinking "here we go again, put on your social face and get to know everyone". As it turned out, I knew most people there and "getting to know" was actually "catching up on old times." I feel like I am cheating. I guess I am just used to when I moved around in Provo, the first and second and third time in RS, and every other time for that matter, glancing around the room thinking "who am I going to sit by now and learn their name and hopefully they will remember mine.”

I am also cheating b/c I get free babysitting, although I have only asked Lorna once since we have been here to baby-sit, and I think I am going to start paying her. As mush as she loves Lily, I am sure she has better things to do. Although it is nice to call upon the help of my family. As I type now, Lily is slamming my cell phone on the tile floor. A new thing she does is open the cell phone, close the cell phone and when that gets boring…slam it down, pick it up, over and over again.

(2) Thu Aug 04 2005 18:15 Gone'n done it: Today I watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for the second time. First time was with Aaron's family- Josh and Jake and their wives Jenni and Erin respectively, after dining at Papasitos Mexican Cantina for Josh's b-day. I guess with all the hype it got and excellent reviews I went into the movie thinking it would be fantastic, however was let down. The second time around was better since I knew what I was going to get and was able to enjoy the artistic-ness of it all...that is in between Lily ripping my hair out, biting my finger with her two bottom teeth, chasing her down before she rolled off the steps, and taking her to the side to muffle her screams and grunts at the movie screen. It is a good thing I had already seen the movie and that I wasn't paying for it, otherwise I might have been a little annoyed about it all. Oh yeah, and I took the kids I have been babysitting this week to it which explains why I didn't pay for it.

I have been babysitting for my mom's friend. She has one 10 yr old boy but he has at least one friend over everyday if not two. In addition to that, staying with her is also her boyfriend's 8-yr old boy. I am usually at their house 9-10 hours a day with Lily in tow, so at the end of the day I am a little frazzled. After tomorrow I will have worked over 45 hours this week. I will be glad to finally be once again a SAHM next week and start getting the house in order. Plus Cheryl's Snickers Ice Cream candy bars will be the end of me.

I also watched Beyond the Sea with Aaron the other night. We have been able to watch all our checked out Netflix since we don't have cable tv yet and don't plan on having it until the house is satisfactory to me. So we watch movies to distract us- nice, huh?

Can I just say first off that I can not stand Kevin Spacey and his artsy fartsy bull dung he calls movies. K-Pax, huh, come again? American Beauty, he should be arrested for child molestation. And now Beyond the Sea, the guy casts someone half his age. Yeah, yeah Sandra Dean was younger than Bobby Darin, but by 6 years. Not 24. Give it up Spacey, you are starting to look perverted. I just don't get the Hollywood mindset. It is ok for Dennis Quaid to marry someone half his age, Kevin Costner, Michael Douglas, Woody Allen, on and on and on. But the minute Demi Moore dates Ashton Kutcher (by the way is 16 years his senior) she is a cradle robbing, despicable nastiness. Pu-lease I know we have come a long way in women's rights, but let's just call a spade a spade, we are still living in a man's world. Today I watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for the second time. First time was with Aaron's family- Josh and Jake and their wives Jenni and Erin respectively, after dining at Papasitos Mexican Cantina for Josh's b-day. I guess with all the hype it got and excellent reviews I went into the movie thinking it would be fantastic, however was let down. The second time around was better since I knew what I was going to get and was able to enjoy the artistic-ness of it all...that is in between Lily ripping my hair out, biting my finger with her two bottom teeth, chasing her down before she rolls of the steps, and taking her to the side to muffle her screams and grunts at the movie screen. It is a good thing I had already seen the movie and that I wasn't paying for them movie, otherwise I might have been a little annoyed about it all. Oh yeah, and I took the kids I have been babysitting this week to it which explains why I didn't pay for it.

(2) Fri Aug 05 2005 13:13 Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?: Lily stood up by herself yesterday. I look over and I see her standing. I was like what the, and looked at Aaron and he looked and we were both wide-eyed. I couldn't believe it, she was just standing and in the middle of a room so she didn't have support from a wall to get up. But then she sat down and no steps. Soon though.

I also cut Aaron's hair last night and when he went to get Lily this morning she didn't recognize him at first. She just kept staring at him.

(5) Mon Aug 08 2005 11:36 Peter Jennings: 1938-2005: I was shocked to find out Peter Jennings had cancer a couple months ago, and again today to find out he passed away. Now I feel bad for not liking him as a news caster b/c he was liberally biased. Does it matter anyway? The older I get, the less it does. I look back and think how ignorant some views I had are, and probably some I still have. My biggest memories of him was Sept 11th, my sister Aly, my mom, and me watching ABC for 3 days straight and him being the main news anchor. I thought he did a great job on the little sleep he got. My condolences to his family and friends.

(4) Wed Aug 10 2005 11:05 Fragrant: This morning I dropped Aaron off at school. I made plans to use the campus rec field to walk on the track so I would be able to beat the heat instead of starting half an hour later when I got home. So on mile 2 ½ a police lady flags me down and tells me that there are no strollers allowed on the track. "No strollers," I said, "Why not?" Apparently because brain-dead joggers run into strollers and knock them over.

First of all, how is a jogger going to run into strollers and not other joggers? They single out strollers to run into and not people? We might as well ban everyone from using it for their protection with that logic. Secondly, if a jogger did run into my stroller, the only thing getting knocked over is them, not the stroller. My stroller is beefy and also is one that the carseat clips into and is fastened to the stroller. Even if the stroller were to tip over the carseat would not fall off. And surely if the carseat is made to protect Lily from CAR CRASHES, I think it could withstand someone ramming into it. But the chances that someone would run into me or the stroller seem minimal in the first place, which makes me so mad that I can't use the track! If a stroller is unsafe on a track b/c of aimless joggers, then certainly walking on the street or sidewalk is certain death. I could be hit by a car and the likely hood of that is greater than being bumped into on the track. So no, police lady, I will take my chances on the track, thank-you-very-much. Or how about prohibiting morons that don’t know how to watch where they are going. Sounds like a better idea.

Anyway, to brighten my day I stopped at the Farmer’s Market on the way home. Can I tell you how much I loved it! Now I know why Alyson and Dave love it so much. I got all this beautiful produce that is going to be so yummy and healthy. And it is very inexpensive. I got basil that has already filled my kitchen and living room with sweet aroma, and it was a big bunch of basil. I also got tomatoes, new potatoes, black-eyed peas (thought I try something new), red onions, Fredericksburg peaches, sweet peppers (which I am very excited to taste and I think Aaron will love), and these unusual tomatoes that look like peppers but they are a meatier tomato that is used for making paste. The lady said they were really good on sandwiches so I thought I would try them too. I am so excited to make pesto pasta tonight with roasted new potatoes and rosemary and a green salad with my sweet peppers and tomatoes. Jealous?

Mon Aug 15 2005 10:51 Eggs: I just ate an egg with twins in it! The eggs had two yokes that were separated, but I think they were siamese twins b/c they were partly connected. Weird.

(2) Mon Aug 15 2005 11:07 Blogging World: Something amazing has happened. Aaron has read my blog, and not only that, has started one of his own! This was due to pressure from his family b/c several siblings have started blogs of their own. That, and he likes to distract himself while in lecture. Here are a few plugs to the new fleet of blogs of my in-law's.

Aaron's Blog

Aaron's Twin Brother Jake's Blog

Jake's Wife Erin's Blog

Aaron's Brother Ben's Blog

Ben's Wife Hailey's Blog

Aaron's Brother, Josh's Wife- Jenni's Blog (that one sounds confusing doesn't it?) (My sister-in-law Jenni)

Aaron's cousin's wife Betina's blog

Kinda confusing, but now you can put a person to the names I have been writing about.

(2) Tue Aug 16 2005 11:40 La-la land: I remember what it was like being a teenager blasting the radio or my favorite cd. Blaring music to drown out my thoughts and get lost in the song. Picking songs, bands, or albums to set my mood. I told myself I would never be like some of my Young Women leaders, or my parents, or my friends' parents who had no clue who was the latest band, and what is played out on the radio or not, b/c if it was "played out" it just wasn't that cool anymore. I prided myself on knowing all the words to every song, and all the new bands and getting to be their first fan b/c heaven forbid I like them after they "sold out" and I became a "poser". Ohh such youthful folly. Now, I don't even know the names of singers and groups let alone their newest songs. Somewhere between life and the more important things in it, got in the way. 'Tis true kids, what your parents and leaders say is almost always true. You really don't care when you grow up

Don't get me wrong now. I love music. In seminary we were asked if we could change anything about ourselves, what would it be? I yearned to have a harmonious singing voice. It's interesting to me that whenever I hear oldies but goodies or someone like James Taylor, I always get this "everything is going to be alright" feeling. Like life is so innocent and good. I used to like rap, but whenever I hear it now I get angry and irritable b/c it annoys me so much. How did I ever like that stuff? For good or for bad, I've experienced that music has a hold on you whether you know it or not.

Looking back, it is just so interesting to me how teenage raw emotion relates so well to mainstream music. Thinking back, the music was "my music", "my song", the words were a window to my heart. In a world where no one knew me or what I was going through, I could find solace in a song and I was mystified that someone else knew what I was feeling because I knew "no one went through what I went through" and all the other self-centered thoughts kids tend to adopt. I think the difference is kids pick music to dictate their thoughts, whereas adults pick music to go along with their thoughts. Kids love to blast music to lose themselves into. And I don't mean once in awhile you hear your favorite song and jam out for old time sake. I am talking about every time you get in the car the checklist goes 1) turn on the car 2)pick a cd 3) blast the music 4) drive away. Half the time I forget to just turn on the radio after I have had to haul Lily in her heavy carseat with a good supply of toys to keep her happy. I'm so frazzled that I can't even hear myself think with the music loud. I just like it quiet and background noise.

What's amazing to me though is how musicians that are in their late 20's know how to write songs that teenagers will love. I guess I lost touch with my inner child or something, but I can't really think in the simplistic, raw, and melodramatic way my teenage hormones dictated anymore. Granted a lot of the songs are the same "He was a boy, She was a girl, they fell in love, they had a fight, they made up." I mean there are only so many songs you can write about going to the prom and getting your first kiss when you have graduated over 13 years ago. Some groups just need to give it up.

Having said that, in another life called MTV world, I wanted to be a rockstar. Mom, Dad, please forgive me for watching MTV and when I saw you coming in the room for changing it to Nickelodeon so you wouldn't know that I watched Singled Out.

(2) Tue Aug 16 2005 16:53 HBP: Practically my whole family has read Harry Potter HBP, and they are all talking about it. I have only gotten through Chapter 2. I best get on with it unless I want to be left out of the loop. I have just been so busy.

(11) Wed Aug 17 2005 22:16 What if's: Sometimes I wonder what would my life have been like if my grandparents on my mom's side didn't die when I was a baby. I mean my mom said that they were planning on moving to the bay area in CA where they're from until they both died. If they had stayed alive, I would have known them, and I would have been a Californian, not a Texan. Instead, they moved to where my dad's parents lived in Texas.

I doubt I would have met Aaron, or would I have at BYU? Who knows, but I do wish that I could have had other middle school/high school experiences. California wouldn't have been so bad. It is the second best state in the Union.

(5) Fri Aug 19 2005 08:44 Please don't judge me by this entry: How can I be an engaged parent without driving myself or Lily crazy. This new independent streak is sending me for a loop. I mean I want my daughter eating her good healthy food, but what do I do when she tricks me by letting me put it in her mouth and then directly pushes it out with her tongue and then throws it on the floor, over and over. I don't want her starving, and I just wish she would eat like a regular person. What is up with all this playing with the food business?! And how come she has to get into the exact same picture every time and rip off the metal pansy? Huh? Why? Every time I leave the room, she does this. She says "Oh goodie, now I can resume ripping off the pansy on mommy's picture." Somebody help me. Someone kidnapped my baby and replaced her with a terror.

Update: Oh yeah, and she loves throwing her toys out of her stroller on our walks b/c it is funny to watch me have to pick them up, and when I take them away from her she gets mad b/c she is bored and wants to play the "I throw, you fetch" game.

However, she does know when I need a hug.

(3) Fri Aug 19 2005 16:55 Sho-co-lat: I like to buy chocolate chips as an afternoon pick-me-up snack. I like the semi-sweet ones b/c they are a little better for you than the milk chocolate ones, plus I like semi-sweet better. This time at the store I bought the off-brand semi-sweet chips when I always buy the Ghirardelli chocolate bag for like 25 cents more. But I grabbed the cheap kind b/c it was the first thing I saw and I was in a hurry. BIG MISTAKE. These "Sam’s Choice" chocolate chips are hardly worth the calories. The chocolate is so grainy compared to the smooth, creamy Ghirardelli chocolate. I didn't think I would be able to tell a difference, but there you go. Ghirardelli makes some of the best chocolate around.

(2) Mon Aug 22 2005 11:03 In the year two-thousand, in the year two-thousand: This morning I wanted to wake up at 5:30 am with Aaron to help him so he could study for his test today. He doesn't like getting up by himself b/c it makes him feel even more tired and unmotivated, so I offered to get up with him which was fine b/c this week is our carpool week and I needed to get a lot of stuff done before I went on my walk this morning. I woke up to the alarm for Aaron but he said to sleep a little while longer. So I did. A lot longer. In fact up until the time we had to go. But I still had to feed Lily. So I had to drive the boys all the way to school instead of their brother's to get a ride to school, b/c I didn't want to make their brother, Josh, late.

So I didn't get Lily her full breakfast, or water our lawn, or make Aaron's lunch, or eat breakfast myself. So by the time I got home and watered our lawn and did all the rest, it was Lily's nap and getting hot so I couldn't go on my walk. Hopefully this afternoon will be overcast, and better yet I hope it rains tonight so I don't have to water my lawn. That would be an added bonus.

Aaron and I just got our grass put in a couple days ago. They put dead grass in which makes me mad, and worse I have to water it all the time, and we have a large yard so it takes like two hours worth of moving the sprinkler here to there, twice a day. Such is life if you buy a home I guess. I wish I could put in a sprinkler system and then it would be so easy.

This weekend Aaron went to the garden center and picked out some beautiful flowers and bushes and put them in himself. It looks awesome, and I am so proud that he got cute flowers without me even prompting him and he did so well placing them in the flower bed. Thanks, my hard working hunny!

Now they have the water turned off for a couple hours due to construction here, so I can't do laundry, clean my bathroom, or take a shower.

Enough complaining though. This weekend we played games with Aaron's family and it was really fun. Josh and Jenni won both times playing Trivial Pursuit. I think the longer you are married the better you are at winning team games b/c it was in the same order both times with Aaron and I in second and Jake and Erin last, as is the case with Password. Or maybe I am just making that up.

(6) Wed Aug 24 2005 13:32 Accidents do happen, but why always to me?!: Seems like when one thing goes wrong then tons of things start following lead. I can't complain, my life is great. It has just been a challenging week. The cherry on top happened today as some guy backed his truck up (and over) my hood. To make matters worse, he has no insurance. Nice. And he wanted me not to call the police because he has 2 warrents out for his arrest, "no policia, muchas problemas para mi".

I did call the police right away, before I even got out of the car half expecting the guy to drive off. Luckily he stuck around, but a whole lot of good that did me. I am still stuck with a broken car, $500 deductible out of my pocket, and this going on my permanent record. Did you catch that part? My PERMANENT RECORD! Argh! And just when Aaron's accident was getting off our record this month and I was all excited our auto insurance was going down $50 per month and we even got to switch back to the better USAA policy. But no. Not now since my record is tarnished, the corporate insurance angency has to make someone pay.

Isn't this why I pay insurance so when accidents happen, it's covered? Nope, they take more money away from you so now they will punish me for some idiot backing up into me and I not only have to pay up front deductible, they add salt to the wound by making me pay more money for three years following. How is this fair? Stupid uninsured driver's. I hope he gets sent back to Mexico.

(8) Fri Aug 26 2005 13:56 A year ago today: Let's see...a year ago today I was in Utah. My mom was in town, and we ran around looking for blessing dress material awaiting the arrival of a late baby. I was due on the 25th. My mom and I went on a long walk hoping to move it along. The past couple days I had been eating garlic and spicy foods with false hopes that it would speed the progress. That night Aaron, mom, and I ate Aaron’s Alaskan caught salmon, and Caesar salad with homemade Caesar dressing my mom made. I remember what I ate because I threw it up the next morning.

I woke up at 4:30 AM with tremendous back pains. I sat up in bed for about half an hour because they were too painful to go back to sleep. Twenty minutes into the back pain something happened. I remembered what my mid-wife said while prepping me for going into labor. She said when you are having contractions, you will know it. The whole week I was going around thinking, is that a contraction I am having or is it just the baby doing summersaults in my tummy?

Sure enough, my mid-wife was right. I knew that this morning it was contractions. I started timing them...6 mins apart, 4 mins...it didn't hurt all that bad. I thought better get in the shower and get ready. Heaven forbid I look like a ghostly chemo patient after the baby is born. I want to look good for the pictures! So I showered. While I was drying off, it hit me. Painful labor pangs. That's when I involuntarily threw up half digested salmon and salad. I thought it would have been through my system by then. My mom heard me and came in to help me. I went in to wake Aaron up to get ready to go to the hospital and my mom got ready as well.

7:00 AM, we left for the hospital. We got there in good time but not soon enough. For some reason, when we got in to car my contractions were considerably more intense. Contractions were 3 mins about and HURTING. When we got to the hospital I was put in an observation room first. They plugged me up to machines to check my progress and to see if I really was having a baby this day. Yes, indeed I was and my contractions were getting closer and more intense. I asked for an epidural at this point but didn't get one until an hour and a half later because the anesthesiologist was in a c-section. It was during that hour and a half where I decided not to ever have a baby natural.

I finally got my drugs, felt much better and slept a lot. Aaron watched The Olympics because it had been on all week. He also got some rest too. Around 1:00 pm my mid-wife came in to check on me and woke Aaron and me up. I was already at a 9 and fully effaced so she was getting me ready to push. About 45 mins to an hour later I started pushing. It was really hard b/c I could slightly feel the contractions coming on, but I couldn't really feel how hard I was pushing so my progress was really slow. Lily's head finally surfaced only to be caught at the shoulders.

All of the sudden my mid-wife started ordering the nurse to apply something pubic pressure manually like she was doing CPR on my tummy. My mid-wife started stressing for me to "push, push, push". I had never had a baby before so I was not sure if all this anxiety was normal. I didn't know what was going on and it all happened so fast. At one point I looked at Aaron who looked nervous and helpless and I guess he must have felt it b/c he started to push on my tummy too. It was kinda cute and funny looking back. It turns out Lily was stuck at her shoulders and was turning blue from no oxygen. She finally popped out along with blood and fluid soaking Aaron's shirt and pants.

A response team of nurses and a doctor came in when we had problems and made sure Lily was ok. She was a 6 at first on the APGAR (?) scale but then improved to a 9. She was born at 3:00 pm.

Now a year later, my infant is no longer an infant. My baby is no longer a helpless little thing sleeping all the time. Everyday she gets more and more independent. Everyday she learns something new and is getting into more things. Everyday she changes and looks different. And everyday I love her more and more, beyond comprehension.

In just a couple days, she will be completely weaned. I am excited, but a part of me is sad. That part of my relationship with her will be over. Maybe because it was so hard for us to learn to nurse in the beginning and the huge boulder it was for it to happen and almost giving up altogether, but I will miss it a little. I know things will never stay the same. I told my mom in the hospital, "I just want her to stay this little forever." My mom said, "No you don't, because then you will never be able to see her crawl or walk or talk and be excited for her progress." I know this is true, and I agree that this past year has been exquisite with her in our lives and how she learns to do one thing and you think "she is so smart, she could program computers if she wanted to" but I just hope that I will always remember how cute she is here and now. Even though she spits out all her food and throws it on the ground. Even though she pulls my hair every chance she gets. Even though she no longer lies still to change her diaper. Even though she eats roaches. Even though she woke up every 3 hours until she was 9 months. Even though I got stretch marks from chest to calf. Even though...I love you, Lily. Happy Birthday!

(3) Tue Aug 30 2005 10:11 Happy 24th Birthday to me!: Last night we celebrated my birthday at my mom's house before she left for UT this morning. We had steaks and baked potatoes, and my favorite Oreo ice cream cake dessert. It was great, and I also scored bringing home some clothes from Lorna that she didn't fit into. They were hand-me-downs to Lorna, which are now hand-me-downs to me--not to be confused with Lorna not fitting in them because she grew out of them, I am not that small.

This morning I dropped mom off at the airport to go to UT for Shelley's wedding. I wish I could go, but frankly I just haven't been away from Utah long enough to miss it. I miss Julie, David, and Michelle though.

Lily has been so cute and snuggly lately. She gives lots of hugs and kisses, and even gives her dolls and stuffed animals hugs. She is cutting one upper tooth. I thought they grew in in pairs, but apparently not. This is just one lone hillbilly front tooth. It hurt her a lot on Sunday but she seems happy as ever yesterday and today.

I have been meaning to mention here Lily's big birthday party we had for her, but kept forgetting. Aaron wrote about it in his blog, but I figure I better mention this milestone too. It was really fun with lots of friends and family attending. Lily scored with lots of new toys (she was getting sick of just her teething toys) and she got to enjoy a chocolate cake all by herself. The adults got the Baskin Robbins ice cream cake that was decorated in Strawberry Shortcake theme and pretty good too. We had her party a little early so Michelle could be there before heading to Utah. Overall, it was a success.