Thanksgiving Weekend

This year we headed to Atlanta for Thanksgiving with Kevin's Family. It was a nice long visit where we didn't do much but eat and hangout. We are very thankful for the families we have.

So thankful for these two people God blessed me with.

Matching outfits with Nena

Poppa, Lillian, and Nena

Here is a video of Lillian Laughing with Poppa. She was so tired and in a slap happy mood. 

With two little nephews there is always WRASTLING going on but they were both so gentle and sweet with Lillian.

Kisses for cousin Bryson

Bryson would just lay there and let Lillian climb all over him

Kisses for cousin Brody

We didn't do any black Friday deal shopping but we did go to a TJ Maxx and found Kevin two items that were on his Christmas list and I found a jacket I had been wanting. They were good deals and we didn't have to fight any crowds. 

And of course on Saturday we watched the Georgia Tech vs. Georgia game. Daddy got Lillian all dressed up. We don't always expect GT to win but we had fun cheering them on and it was a close game. Too bad we couldn't pull out an awesome play like Auburn did.

Thanksgiving Waffle House Tradition

For many years now my family has held a tradition of eating Waffle House for breakfast every Thanksgiving. We weren't able to be with my family this year since we are in Atlanta but we kept the tradition alive and Lillian had her first Waffle House waffle!

We also take a family picture every year. Here are a couple from the years past

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

And just the 3 of us for 2013

Lillian's 36th Week

Sleep: We had a harder week than normal. I now realize it may have been because Lillian is cutting her second tooth. A couple nights this week she woke up hungry and a few times she woke up but would go back to sleep when we put her paci back in. Last night she woke up about 11:30pm and would not stop crying. I tried feeding her and she wasn't hungry but as soon as i picked her up she fell asleep in my arms then would cry as soon as i put her down. Kevin finally thought to give her Tylenol and once i did she was fast asleep. She ended up sleeping soundly until 6:45 woke up to eat then fell asleep again at 7:00am until 7:45am. Poor thing was worn out. 

Eating: Trying to nurse as long as she will eat and give as many new solids as possible to get her liking as much as possible.

We have hit an all about mommy phase. We went to Nashville again this weekend because my sister would be there and Lillian would not take a bottle from anyone but me and would throw a fit if I left the room. Luckily she would let other people hold her or my arms would be worn out. We are hoping it is due to teething and will pass. But I do enjoy the extra snuggles, most of the time, the middle of the night snuggles can be held to a minimum. :)

Other Happenings:

- Like I mentioned we went to Nashville (yes again) lol saw my sister and parents. We took some pictures that might be our Christmas card so you can't see those but these are other random ones I took. I stuck her in this basket because she crawling all over the place and I needed to keep her contained. lol. Turned out she is pretty cute in a basket. 

She has been making this face a lot when we try to take pictures.

- We went to the Nashville Flea Market and got a few things. I love places like that but i have noticed people are getting more and more pricey with their "junk" ever since pinterest.
- Lillian has started pulling on her hair on the back of her head lately. It doesn't seem to hurt her but she is pulling out her hair.
- I am trying to get her to like water so she used a sippy cup for the first time.

- I was loading the dishwasher tonight and looked down to find this. She'll be pulling to a stand in no time.

- One of my best friends Addie came through Huntsville today with her husband Rusty and they stopped by to say hi, so of course we took pictures.

Lillian's weird smile again

Lillian's 35th Week/8 Months

Lillian turned 8 months old today!

Eating: Nothing new. Lillian is still nursing and trying new foods. I had forgotten a bottle nipple while we were shopping over the weekend so we bought a straw sippy cup to see if you could drink her milk that way. Not a success but she now has a cute lady bug sippy cup when she is ready to drop the bottle.

Milestone Moment: Lillian is cutting her first tooth!!!! Hard to see from picture but it is her bottom left. its a teeny tiny white dot. (she obviously did not want me to take a picture.)

I noticed it while we were in the car and thought it was just food but when I rubbed my finger along her gums it was SHARP! We were so excited. Kevin said he was so proud he almost cried. I think he has love/hate thoughts of her growing up like I do. So happy to hit another milestone but so sad to see that gummy grin will be gone soon.

So far she is not a "bad" teether (all those stories you hear about constantly waking and crying and drooling) although i'm sure she is just bottling it all up  to explode. lol. Anyways the only time we even notice she might be in pain is when she is sleeping. So far we have given her baby oragel and baby Tylenol to help with any pain. She doesn't drool very much for teething but we have noticed she randomly spits up lots of clear liquid so we assume she just swallows all of that extra saliva and that's what she is spitting up. She has also had a runny nose now for a few weeks so that may be teething related or just due to the cold weather. She has that nasty baby nose (no details needed if you are a parent you know what I am talking about) and she hates for you to wipe it. Literally she throws the biggest fit and as soon as you move your hand/wipe away she is back to smiling. Lol.

Sleeping: During her naps and at night she has been moaning in her sleep or will one or two times cry out, but always goes back to sleep. Any waking up at night we associate with cutting this tooth. She did have two nights where she woke up and would not go back to sleep. I finally would feed her and she would be back to sleep withing minutes. I have got to be better about getting her more food during the day.

Other Happenings: 
- Crawling around like crazy
- Napping with Papa after a busy day of not eating or sleeping on schedule (momma's fault)

- Lillian is making lots of vocal sounds which is very entertaining to us, except while in church.
- Chewing on everything she can get in her mouth...

toys

or momma's car keys while relaxing in the buggy at Kroger

- Lillian has also recently started crying more whenever Momma isn't in the room with her. She has always been so good about going to other people and this week she has become a big momma's girl. Hopefully it is temporary while she is teething and needing momma's comforting snuggles. 

Lillian's 34th Week

34 Weeks old!

...and so it begins of sticking out the tongue

Sweet blue eyes 

...and crazy face. 

Eating: Doing awesome. I know people say working out doesn't affect their milk supply but I think it does for me. I haven't worked out in about 2 weeks and my supply feels back to normal, almost more than what she eats. A couple times Lillian would be nursing and then not want to continue on the other side. So I would pump the other side then feed it to her and she did great. I think she was getting too distracted while nursing and couldn't see anything like she can when she has a bottle.  We tried more broccoli this week and also added some avocado. The avocado was a huge success. It is easy for her to actually eat and she ate maybe half of the avocado the first time. The bad thing about these colorful foods is the colorful messes she makes and her burp clothes are getting more stained. We don't have a set time of when she eats solids but I usually try a little for breakfast after she nurses and then when Kevin and I eat dinner which is about 5ish if she is awake.

first time to try pasta. Most of it ended up in her lap but I think she liked the different texture.

Mmm...Broccoli!

I posted this video on Facebook but if you haven't seen it it's pretty cute. 

Sleeping: Lillian still had her runny nose and a cough this week. Daddy went out and got vapor rub to put on her feet and it seriously made all the difference. Even though she was still congested she slept great. She may have woken up in the middle of the night this week due to being congested but it has been a great week of sleep. I can also tell from her naps that this cold is wearing her out. A few mornings she slept for 3 hours. Although she has been sleeping great she has also been waking up at about 6 every morning. Sometimes she will fall back asleep in bed with me but most mornings she is ready to eat. I hold off until about 6:30am and once she eats she falls back asleep for 45min. or so then we get out of bed play a little, eat some oatmeal or banana then back to bed. She goes back down without a fight and has the best naps.

Other Happenings:
- I've mentioned it before but Lillian loves to dance. Mommy and Daddy don't have the best moves but we get some smiles. Dancing to Lady Gaga
- Lillian won't go back to the doctor until 9 months which will be mid Decemeber. I wanted to see how much she has grown because my weak arms know that she is gaining the weight. I jumped on our scale and the got on it again while holding Lillian and it came out to about a 19lb difference. She was 1 oz away from 17lbs at her 6 month appointment so we are doing about a lb a month since.
- Nana came to town for just the day Friday and we went shopping. Lillian is like her momma and gets tired of shopping quickly.

Lillian's Nursery

I realized I never posted pictures of Lillian's Nursery. Not that y'all necessarily care, most nursery's are all the same. A crib, changing table, diaper bin, etc.. but so we can remember all the hard work Daddy did I will post these pictures.

We have been renting a house since we moved to Huntsville and all the walls are the same color. They are a bluish grey. I love the color but I wanted her nursery to be very simple and neutral. You can see the old color in this picture of Kevin and Poppa putting the crib together. Kevin ended up painting it a light khaki cream color and did it all in one night.You can also see her changing table that use to be brown and we painted it to match the crib. Kevin's Mom actually got the changing table at a garage sale really cheap.

He also replaced the ceiling fan because he said it "made too much noise" and bought some fake Lillies for her (He spoiled her before she even arrived).

The pillow my best friend Kinsey got for Lillian. Perfectly matches the color scheme 

Like I said its pretty simple. There is nothing on the walls because we didn't want a lot of holes in the walls.

And of course every child needs a piggy bank. I had been saving all my change since I got pregnant and deposited it in her piggy bank.

I originally started this post back in July and forgot to post it. She now has a swing in one corner of her room, a recliner in the other. And I recently found this gem that is going to hang over her crib once we figure out the best way to hang it. 

And the most recent addition that's not necessarily pretty but very handy is our shelf above the changing table. Lillian kept kicking the wipes off the table so we put this shelf up.

Like I said it is very neutral with touches of pink, which I actually didn't want any pink to begin with but Kevin convinced me and I love it. Many late nights early mornings were spent in this room.