not good

Lily and her red little thumb have learned a new habit! One thumb must be in her mouth, and the other hand must be in her hair! Luckily, this is only whenever she is really hungry, or really tired...I wasn't exactly excited to see this cute new trick, but two different women have informed me that "thumb suckers do poorly in school."

If my baby sister, who did this same thing, one hand to her mouth, one hand in her hair, hadn't turned out to be quite a bit more brilliant than me, I might be concerned!

2 months old!

By my calculations yesterday, Lily is now 13.5 pounds and 24.5 inches long...She's our growing girl!

When I took Lily down to the seminary yesterday, I told a group of students standing by Granny's office that it was Lily's 2 month birthday. Immediately they burst into big smiles and wished her a hearty "Bon Fete!" In response she started cracking up, and just grinned and smiled and laughed every time one of them wished her a happy day :) It was so cute!Aunt Lisa and Grandpa got Lily this little cow the day she was born, my mom's absolute favorite...Lily played with it for a long time yesterday, staring and staring and cracking herself up each time she kicked Daisy off her chair.

i love the beach!

Took Lily for her first beach trip yesterday before her dad left, and she had SUCH a blast! She loved it....the waves, the sounds, the fresh air...we had a happy baby the whole day, and a tired baby today!

Lily wants to wish her great-grandma a very Happy Birthday, and decided to give you smiles for your big day :) We love you!

She also wants to thank her great Aunt Patty for the new clothes which are too cute and fitting perfectly!

Lilyness

We LOVE that Lily's personality is already starting to come through...glimpses of who she might be and how fun (and challenging) these next years are going to be, by His grace.

Things Lily does NOT like:
socks, or anything covering her hands or feet
blankets being on her (she shoves them OFF her hands and above her feet, leaving her as pictured!)

being woken up, or having to wake up quickly
clothes
being held in any manner that inhibits her view of the world
mud (a toddler on the compound gave her her first taste yesterday)
being ignored for too long
going to sleep whenever she doesn't want to


Things Lily loves:
A book called Peekaboo Kisses (she grins the ENTIRE time we read it...over, and over and over and....)
being naked
her bouncy vibrating chair, from which she has clear view of everything and everyone
peeing everywhere the moment she IS naked
bath time
Granny Giselaine (pictured here, for whom she smiles for every time she sees her no matter what)

falling asleep while mom or dad bounce up and down on an exercise ball (the ONLY way she will go to sleep)
lights of any kind mesmerize her
sitting outside in her bouncy chair while mom does laundry
her "Lily" frog...a stuffed frog that says, "HI! I'm Lily! Sing a counting song with me!" and then launches into an animated music version of 1-10

We cannot wait to learn more about this sweet one, and more about the Lord and ourselves in the process!

lily at 7 weeks!

Lily does NOT like hats!

happy bird!

She is growing SO FAST!