Lillian's 49th Week

49 Weeks Old on Tuesday Feb. 25th.

Eating: Kevin is pretty sure Lillian has a hollow leg. She has started eating a lot more. I'm not sure how mom's with boys don't go poor. lol. One morning she had a whole banana, half an egg, and toast, all after I already nursed her. And when all of that was gone she threw a fit like she was still hungry. For dinner the other night Kevin fed her a whole squash (side note: I didn't even know how to cook it and when I asked someone they said what kind of squash and my answer was "yellow" which did not answer her question.), a couple ounces of carrots, blueberries, and goldfish. Then I nursed her within 45 min. she eats about as much food as I do. We all know I am a picky eater and we do not want Lillian to be the same way. She eats fruit at every meal so I am trying to do better about getting more veggies in her and educating myself on what all is out there.

Sleeping: Sleeping great but the first 3 days of this week she started waking up at 6:00 am. then the rest of the week she slept until 6:30 am. Not sure why she wouldn't make it until 7 but I'm hoping it goes back to 7am soon. Her naps were great. She gets about 3 1/2-4 hrs worth of naps each day but sometimes it'll be two hours each or 2hrs 45min in the morning and 45min in the afternoon. I have tried to pay better attention to her sleep cues and not put her down too early just because of what time it was but also not too late just because she hasn't yawned. Luckily she is pretty easy to read and sticks to the same schedule.

Teething: Surprisingly again no new teeth cutting through yet. I will be glad when she does have more teeth to help her eat. It will also mean less prep work for me.

Words: Still just saying Dada, Hey, Hi and Momma. I was facetiming my sister and she was trying to get Lillian to say Aunt Nina. She said something that sounded like it once and then later Nina called Lillian's name to look back at the screen and Lillian definitely said "Ah NI na" Of course my sister went crazy. If I try to get her to say it again or even say Momma on command all she says is Na Na.

Other Happenings:
- I am not enjoying her new car seat. Mainly when I have to run in two places really quickly and I can't just lug in her and the car seat. I have to unbuckle and buckle every time. This is not a big deal during the day but last night I had just buckled her back in after shopping in one store and we drove half a mile to another place (dollar general) to run in and buy one thing. I spent more time unbuckling and buckling her in then I did in the store. It was around 6pm (already dark here) and this dollar general is not in the safest up and coming part of town, but it was closest and I didn't want to drive 5 extra miles to find a real grocery store. Anyways, every noise I heard I thought for sure was someone creeping up behind me.
- I worked a consignment sale one day this week and was gone for about 6 hours. When I got home Lillian was still awake and saw me walk in the door and I got to experience What Dada experiences every night when he gets home from work. Lillian crawled over to me so fast and gave me this huge grin. It was the sweetest thing.
- Speaking of consignment sales I got Lillian's whole summer wardrobe. I spent more money than I expected but actually came out pretty good. I got 4 smocked outfits, her birthday present (toy) and 10 other clothing/shoe items and spent just over $100. It was a shock at first because I only ever buy her or myself clothes one article at a time but in reality I'm done shopping for her this summer and a few items are good for this spring and early fall. We will get good use out of them and can always resale later.
- She is not standing on her own yet but maybe here or there for a few seconds she gets her balance. She is walking more with her little walker toy. Here is a video I took this morning Walking with Walker Toy
-We finally had some nice weather this week so a few days Lillian and I played outside and went for a few walks. She loves it outside.

Didn't mind the grass this time

 I took this picture to show her hair is starting to lighten up again. In all the pictures we take inside it looks more red because of the lighting but if you see her in person it's more dirty blonde/brown. I hope once we get outside more it'll keeping lightening up to show more of the red again. 

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Lillian's 47 & 48th Weeks

I got lazy and never typed up Lillian's 47th week (Feb.4th-11th) so I'm combining it with this last week which was her 48th week (Feb 11th-17th). Here is Lillian's 47th week picture

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

And Here is her 48th Week picture

Sleep: Surprisingly a great 2 weeks of sleep. Her 47th week she was still a little congested so she slept in her swing and her 48th week she slept all night in her crib. She would wake up occasionally and have this cough that sounded like she was choking but then would fall right back to sleep. Her nose wasn't runny anymore so i'm not sure what she was coughing up. May have been extra saliva from teething. Her naps weren't the usual 2 hour naps but she would sleep at least an hour or so twice a day and may need that 3rd little catnap if we were keeping her busy with something.

Eating: The first week she wasn't eating very many solids. She seemed disinterested but nursed very well. The second week I think she was making up for not eating as much because she seemed to always be hungry. Even saved some for later on those sweet chubby cheeks

 She amazes me with her pincer grasp. I gave her some corn, peas, and brown rice on her high chair tray and she picks out all of the peas and eats those first. But the fact that she can pick up that little veggie and actually get it into her mouth it pretty amazing. That's not something I taught her but she learned. I have also given her a spoon with sweet potato on it and she will grab it and put it in her mouth. She may miss a few times but for the most part is pretty coordinated. She holds her sippy cup on her own when she wants to actually drink it but I won't leave it within her reach because she likes to turn it upside down and bang it against her tray.

Other Happenings:
- During her 48th week was when we had all the snow and cold weather here in the south. Luckily Daddy was able to work from home so Momma didn't go crazy. We did finally get out on Thursday (after being inside since Sunday) to go out to lunch and the grocery store. I was never so excited to go to the store!
- Lillian says Dadda non-stop, she says other things too that sound like Momma and hey.
- She loves to "talk on the phone" If we give her a phone she'll hold it to her ear but most of the time she'll put her hand to her ear and say "hey".

- We went to Nashville this weekend. Kevin had a guy's weekend for his friend's birthday so Lillian and I hung out at Nana and Papa's. We had one nice afternoon so we went down to their neighborhood playground. Not baby friendly but Lillian loved the see-saw. 

- Lillian still isn't a fan of most men but she is warming up to Papa more. By Sunday she let him hold her and they grilled our lunch together and she even played with him in the floor. She had to explain the new technology to Papa.

- She loves her Nana too but kept locking her in the pantry. Here is a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE1_KMFFwiU

- We also moved Lillian into her new car seat during her 47th week.

She does just as well in this one as in her other one but we have noticed it is a little harder to strap her in. We have the Britax Boulevard G-70 and there is a strap wrapped around the shoulder straps in the back that make it hard to loosen enough when first putting her in. We may be doing something wrong.
- She plays really well by herself

I love this little booty

She stands on her tip toes a lot.

Sweet smiles

- Daddy got some special time with Lillian and let her play with some of his toys too. She'll be a Georgia Tech Engineer and your boss all too soon. 

Rockstar Brain Tumor Fighter Alicia

I had requested prayers on facebook a few weeks ago for my friend Alicia. She had a seizure and found out she had a brain tumor. Here is her story so far beating Dwight! ( her tumor's name)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOSHW6lv2MU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Continued prayers would be appreciated. She starts her chemo pills today.

Lillian's First Snow

We woke up this morning to a lightly covered ground of SNOW! We only lasted about 7 minutes because it was so cold but we had to get pictures of Lillian's first time seeing snow.

Our cute little snow leopard

She could tell there was something different to see 

She didn't seem to mind when I shoved her hand in it

Keeping mommy warm

Spinning in circles.

Now we are back inside nice ( thank you God for blessing us with a warm place) and happy that Daddy gets to work from home today!

Lillian's 46th Week

Late again but Lillian turned 46 weeks old on Tuesday Feb. 4th.

Sleeping: Did great at the beginning of the week and looking back now over the weekend when i think the teething started is when she started waking up. One night I had to hold her in our rocking chair (not comfy for me) and she finally fell asleep but her nose was so stuffy she snored so bad I never fell back asleep. Once we realized she wasn't sleeping because of a now runny nose we started giving her Tylenol/Advil and let her sleep in her swing and she has been sleeping great again. She was very lethargic at the end of this week due to her "teething cold" but that meant extra snuggles for mommy (which I don't mind during the day).

Eating: Same eating routine as last week although again due to her "cold" she didn't really care for any solid foods. She nursed fine and would eat those little baby puffs but other than that she didn't want to eat.. I was trying every waking minute to get her to drink water. I did end up mixing some breast milk with the cows milk for her 3pm feeding (thanks to Facebook advice) to help her digest it a little better.

Teeth: I'm 99% sure she is getting ready to cut another tooth with how she has been feeling lately but I don't see anything yet. Maybe she'll do like 3 at a time to catch a break.

Other Happenings:
- Lillian loves clapping.
- Randomly this week I asked her if she wanted more to eat and she signed it. I have always signed it when I ask but she never seemed to know I wanted her to do her hands as well. Apparently it stuck and now she gets it.
- Kevin's parents (Nena and Poppa) came into town this weekend to visit. Lillian did great with Nena and did great with Poppa the first day then the next day she wasn't too sure about him. But Poppa can always get some giggles out of her. Here is a video keeping her entertained at Target

- Sunday night was the Superbowl so of course I decked Lillian out even though we didn't have a specific team we routed for.