The Little Gym play date

 Our play date group had a fun afternoon at The Little Gym today. They were gracious enough to allow us to come for an hour of free play. I was very excited about going as I have always wondered what it was like. Granted it was free play so not quite like the structured classes they have but we did get to see the facility and different activities they do. Their website is actually very informative but they are pretty pricey. I haven't done any research on what gym classes cost so could be worth it for the cleanliness, structure, and employees engagement. The employees were super awesome as well and did great with the kids. I've wanted to sign Lillian up for the classes but after today I decided to wait until maybe next year solely because she wasn't as interested in running, climbing, jumping, etc. as I thought she would be. Could be there were so many people to watch or nothing to particularly grab her attention. I tried to grab a couple pictures to show what they did offer.

This was called the jumping track I think. Kids can just jump from one end to the other but they let the kids also sit on top of it while it inflated and deflated. As you can tell from the picture Lillian did not enjoy it deflating.

Lillian did however enjoy the balls and sweet Kyleigh rolled the ball with her.

She also enjoyed the bubbles. These bubbles were legit too. They didn't pop real easily (you could catch them on your fingers) and just floated around the room. Someone told me they are Gymboree so I plan on trying to find them as they were worth the cost in my opinion. 

We have a ramp leading up to our carport door instead of stairs and Lillian loves walking up and down that so I thought she would love this. She did like it but was more captured by people watching.

Lillian's 15th Month & Well Visit

This is my last monthly update. It is getting harder to remember and keep up. I also feel that I should move my blog to private. I had a friend who recently had to make hers private due to inappropriate comments from strangers. And another friend who has had pictures and her identity stolen from her blog. Thankfully I haven't had any issues but hate to think of strangers reading details of my family and creeping on our pictures. You'll have to send me your gmail address to be added. I'm pretty sure not many people care about our lives but I enjoy writing posts and having it for future reference. Plus it is a lot easier than making a scrapbook. And I promise even if we haven't talked in years I won't think its weird that you read this. lol

Lillian turned 15 months old on June 19th. I waited until now to post because she also had her 15 month well visit today.

Dr. Appt.: Lillian's weight was 23lbs 6 ounces up 3lbs exactly from her 1 year appointment. Her height was 31in. She is in the 75% for height and weight and only 25% for head. I've always wondered how those stats work. According to the CDC growth charts, most 15-month-olds fall between these two numbers (but don’t worry, all kids grow at different speeds):

Weight:
Girls: 19 to 27.5 pounds
Boys: 20.25 to 30 pounds

Height:
Girls: 28.75 to 32.75 inches
Boys: 29 to 33 inches

Head Circumference:
Girls: 17.25 to 18.75 inches (her head was 17.3 I think so even though its 25% there is no concern they said)
Boys: 17.75 to 19.5 inches

She did have two shots today. One was Hep A and I can't remember the other one. She also had a diaper rash come and go for about 3 weeks. This last week was pretty bad and it hurt her when we wiped it so we changed wipes (kroger fragrance free) and it cleared up some before heading to the doctor. She had small bumps on her belly and had been scratching it. The doctor said it had become a light yeast rash so he prescribed us some topical cream to help.

Sleep: Sleeping well still taking two naps a day. Usually the morning nap is 1 hour and afternoon is from 1.5 hrs. to 2 hr 15 min. She sleeps longer in the afternoon if I stay on the opposite side of the house or take a nap. lol Lately and maybe a few times at the beginning of the month she'll wake up about 30 minute early in the morning. Not sure why. Lillian has been peeing through her diaper at night too. I tried cutting back water/milk and hour before bed and bigger diapers. I guess we'll have to try overnight diapers next.

Eating: Same as usually. Eats us out of house and home 5 times a day. Chowing down on a rib and girl loves some corn on the cob now that she has more teeth.

She had her first smoothie this month and loved it.

I put strawberries I've frozen, banana, water, spinach, and broccoli in it. Hers are a lot healthier than mine.

Teething: We finally cut 3 more teeth this month so we are now up to a whopping 6 teeth. lol. We got our  Baltic Amber necklace this month and I feel like it does work. We ordered ours from Inspired by Finn Since she has worn it we haven't had to use the teething tablets at all. She is also less fussy so I'd say it was worth the money.

Other Happenings:
-Lillian chewed her first piece of gum this month. I know it sounds terrible but she was so interested in my gum so I took a little (abc gum) and gave it to her. She did really well and never swallowed it. I think it helped her to learn to chew. Anyways here is a video

-Another Hilarious video if you haven't already seen it. Lillian decided to do some exercising with Momma. She is good at the squats and we are working on her jumps. lol

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First cookie from Kroger. I made the mistake of going before Lillian had lunch so this cookie kept her happy long enough for me to get what we needed without any meltdowns. 

NASA Day

Huntsville primarily known for the the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) and Marshall Space Flight Center. Basically if you live here you are a rocket scientist. jk. The Marshall Space Flight Center and Downtown Huntsville put on a free event to celebrate NASA's past, present, and future. There were lots of booths for kids to build rockets, color, and different demonstrations of rocket science. Lillian was a little young to really enjoy anything, Kevin enjoyed it because of the field he works in and I enjoyed walking around with my family at a free event taking pictures.

Apparently Astronaut is not one of her first career choices

NASA Tat

For lunch we tried out a pizza place on the square called Sam and Greg's. It was actually really good. Made it even better with the table we sat at. 

After naps that day we enjoyed the rest of our family day at the park. The playground is more fun now that Lillian can run around the play set but she still loves the swing.

Father's Day

I am very thankful for the father I have. He has always been as a father should be, loving, caring, disciplinary, and Christ like. Sure he is not perfect and has made mistakes but that is what makes him such a wonderful dad.

I am also so very thankful I have Kevin as a husband. He has turned out to be an amazing father to Lillian. I never doubted he would be (he has an awesome father that raised him very well). It is funny how much more you can love someone when you see how sweet and caring he can be to a child. Lillian loves her daddy so much already and I see that special bond forming that I have with my dad.

We spent father's day in Nashville. I had already been up there the latter part of the week and Kevin came up for the weekend and got to hang out with his buddy Jordan. Lillian is totally a daddy's girl right now. As soon as she saw him at my parent's house she literally ran as fast as her little legs could take her. Every time she sees him whether its been all day or just 10 minutes she gets so excited to see him. And she says Dada all the time. It is so sweet I can't be jealous. Anyways I had no idea what to get Kevin as a gift. He is awesome at surprising me with gifts and I am too scared to spend the money on the gifts that interest him. He had mentioned awhile back about some LG Bluetooth headphones. I did my Amazon review research and decided which ones to get him but being the cautious frugal person I am I didn't buy them. Sunday morning Lillian woke us up nice and early and we snuggled in bed then showed Dada a picture on my phone of his gift. I told him I hadn't ordered them just yet in case he wanted a different model or was no longer interested. He seemed excited and ordered them later that day. We went to church then headed out for lunch at El Chicos. El Chicos is our family's FAVORITE Mexican restaurant. I think it's delicious but Kevin isn't as much of a fan so it must be a Heffington thing. The reason we went here was my Dad retired back in December from AT&T and they give him a certain budget to go out to eat as part of a retirement party. Usually it is with co-workers but since he had worked from home since I was in middle school he didn't have co-workers besides us so they said he could take family out. Well the budget for food was a very large amount so we invited one of my dad's brothers and some of his family and my dad's sister and her family. Surprising with 25 of us there we still didn't come close to using the whole budget. We had a fun time hanging with family and celebrating all the dads.

After lunch we headed back home to AL in time to rest before church that night. Kevin had gotten a new stereo so he was working on setting that up and we had an impromptu dance party. You can see a video here of Lillian and Daddy Dancing. Lillian loves music and dancing but unfortunately Dada and Momma are both very "white" when it comes to dancing.

Shout out to all the dads out there. I know you are all trying your hardest and giving everything you've got for your families. Special shout out to my older brother who will be a father in less than 6 months!