Sunny 9 for 2005 June 21

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.

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.

This weekend I got pretty sick. I woke up at 5AM Saturday morning to crampy stomach ache and later throwing up. I seriously felt pregnant. It was pretty miserable and I slept and took Motrin and Pepto Bismal to soothe my hurty tummy. I had plans with Julie to go to Park City to the outlet mall, so later in the afternoon after I felt a little better we went to Park City. The drive made me nauseous, but I made it there ok and did some shopping (I got a new pair of jeans that were badly needed, capri pants, and 3 shirts)rest assure everything was on sale.

Aaron and I also made plans with Aaron's brother's and their wives to go to dinner and see Batman Begins. We went to The Happy Sumo for dinner, and I loved it. It was reasonably priced-at least the chicken dishes, and very tasty. Aaron got some good sushi too, which I am not a fan of but like it nonetheless. At this point, after having my first real meal of the day, I was feeling a little queasy. I got through the first 15 mins of the movie when I couldn't take it anymore (I don't know why but the bass and loud music was disagreeing with my body) and I left after making sure Aaron could get a ride home. I then drove my hurty tummy back home and laid on the couch and watched The Aviator with Julie (who so kindly agreed to babysit for us).

Aaron came home raving about the movie, and it did seem good the 15 mins I watched. The Aviator was also very good. I didn't think I would like it but I thoroughly enjoyed it all. I thought the acting was superb, and the story was enthralling.

Sunday I took it easy, skipping church and rested up. Then we went to my dad's for Father's Day and had Marie Calendar’s pie. I wish I was in full health to thoroughly enjoy the German chocolate pie I had, but it was still good nonetheless.

For Father's Day I gave Aaron a new wallet (badly needed) and a new Swiss Army watch. I think he liked both presents although they were very cliché. Hey, I do what works. Oh yeah, we also watched the Spurs game Sunday night, and boy was that overtime exciting. Alas, tonight we are watching the game again which I believe will be the last making the Spurs the NBA Champs yet again. For some reason I hate basketball, but I am actually excited to watch the game tonight. I guess my team has to be in the finals and it has to be the finals in order for me to enjoy it. Update: I feel better but am still feeling remnants of my belly ache.