Fun in the Sun!

WOW!! What a long and fun day we have had today! We decided to take Miss Hollywood to the pool today since it was so nice outside! She had an absolute ball! We spent a few hours out at the pool then came home showered and went out to dinner with all of our friends.. LA did great seeing as she only slept for about 30 minutes at the pool..Needless to say that by the time we got home from our almost 2 1/2 hour dinner she was pooped!! She just loves the water..Let's hope it stays that way!

She was ready for a nap at this point!

She loves it when her Daddy throws her in the air!!

Splashing around!

Swimming in her boat!

This is my favorite! Story time!!

"I'm ready to go swimming now!!"

Out cold after swimming!!(Don't you just love the onesie!!)

Funny Commercials!!

I came across this video and it's soooo funny..I just had to share!! LOL!! I was looking for a commercial that Jacob and I were laughing at earlier..So I decided to share both!!




One more of my favorites.. I laugh everytime!!

Lily Ann laughing in the bath!

I took this video of LA last night while giving her a bath! Don't mind my crazy laugh on the other end!! LOL!! The things we do to get our babies to laugh!! She was cracking up but her face looks like she wasn't so sure!! Too funny!

What a "Healthy" little girl!

So we took LA to her 6 month check up and shots on Monday. It seems that our little girl is very healthy! LOL!! She's 26 inches and weighs in at a whopping 19lbs and 14oz. I knew that she was getting big but didn't realize how big she really was..LOL!! She is at the top of the charts for her weight and we were told once again that we were over feeding her! When she was first born we were over feeding her then we were under feeding her and now it seems that we are over feeding her again!! HAHAHA!! She was getting 4-8oz bottles a day, rice cereal for breakfast, 1 jar of fruit for lunch and 1 jar of vegetables for dinner.. We were over feeding her with formula and not feeding her enough food.. Go figure.. So now she is getting 4-6oz bottles a day, rice cereal for breakfast, half a jar of fruit, vegetables, and meats (which she hates) for lunch and dinner! Jacob says no wonder she doesn't want to crawl she can't get her belly up off the floor she's going to have to roll everywhere...HAHAHA!! So the doctor wants her to maintain her weight for the next few months.. It seems that everyone in the household is on a diet except the dog..

LA has always done great at the doctors especially when getting her shots. In the past she has always just gave a little whimper when getting the shots and then goes back to being a happy baby.. Well that was not the case this time.. She cried the whole time when the doctor was giving her the exam, ears, tummy, mouth, etc. and then when the nurse came in for her shots LA made it known that she was not happy! She started off great. Jacob and I on either side of her holding her little hands.. The nurse gave her the oral medicine first. She was taking it like a champ and then realized that it was the nurse and not her mom or dad and then freaked out!! Then it was time for the shots.. One in one leg and two in the other.. OMG!! I have never seen my daughter hold her breathe (I think she may have broke a world record!) and when she finally took her breathe the big crocodile tears were flowing followed by agonizing screams.. Jacob and I both had tears in our eyes because we have never seen her that upset.. Ugghhh it just broke our hearts.. As soon as the third shot was given I picked her up to comfort her.. She stopped crying for a second and then whipped her head around and looked at the nurse glared those piercing blue eyes at her as if to say "what did you do to me?" We all started laughing and the nurse told her she was sorry and she glared again and then starting screaming all over again.. The nurse then walked back over to the computer and LA did she same thing again.. We laughed again through the screams.. I couldn't get her to settle down so Jacob took her and within 5 seconds she was calm.. I guess she just needed her Daddy's big arms to comfort her..Even in her Daddy's arms the mean stares did not stop for the nurse..LOL!! We loaded up and by the time we got out of the parking lot LA was fast asleep.. It was a whole new experience for us and one that I am glad hasn't happened before.. So needless to say our baby girl is "Healthy!"

Space Shuttle Discovery

So the Space Shuttle Discovery finally went up tonight! We were actually able to see it from over on this coast! Jacob used to be stationed in Cape Canaveral and we lived there for 4 years! We used to sit out on our balcony and watch the launches all the time! It was amazing especially the night time launches, they would light up the sky. I haven't seen one since we have lived over on this coast so I was soooo excited to see it tonight! I shot a video of it..It's not the best quality but it's still neat! Jacob is on duty so I don't know if he saw it or not and go figure Lily Ann was already in bed!! Hope you enjoy!

Guess whose 6 Months old!?!

Our little baby is not so little anymore! Lily Ann turned 6 months yesterday! We can't believe how fast it has gone by! It is amazing to see how quickly they grow in such a short amount of time. She is discovering something new everyday, making new noises and sounds, and growing so fast. She definitely doesn't miss a meal! LOL!! Here are some things that she is doing:

*LOVES her Jumparoo..(I think this is the best investment that we have made so far!)

*Eats 3 meals a day, Cereal for breakfast, 1 jar of Fruit for lunch, and 1 jar of Vegetables for dinner.

*She now has 4 8oz. bottles a day minus the rice cereal.

*Has found out how to use her vocal cords..LOL!! Loves to scream and make all kinds of noises!

*Very happy..Only cries if she is tired.

*Still doesn't like to be on her belly! She will roll onto her belly then get mad and not roll back over! LOL!! Even though she can!

*Starting to sit by herself for a few seconds and then gets excited and falls over.

*When on her belly she tries to move forward but is actually scooting back..LOL!

*While playing on the floor will scoot, mostly on her back, and do circles..

*Loves Amber, our dog, who could really care less.. She will look right at Amber and start to scream until she notices her then Lily Ann opens her mouth and Amber will come over and try to lick her.. Gross, I know, I try to stop this before it happens but sometimes I'm not quick enough!

*Loves to take walks in her stroller.

*Still goes to bed around 7:15 and will sleep until 8:30ish!

*Loves loves loves bath time.. Would spend all day in the bath if she could..

*Takes 3- 45 minute naps a day.. Literally 45 minutes.. Sometimes if she is really tired she will sleep for 1 1/2 hours in the afternoon but very rare!!

*Loves her Daddy..Especially when she hasn't seen him in a couple of days..She gets sooo excited when he walks in the door and she just starts screaming and talking to him.. As if she was telling him what she has been doing the past few days while he was on duty! Melts my heart!

*Loves to be thrown in the air!(Not really thrown she never leaves our hands!) She gets that deep belly laugh going even before we start, she knows it's coming!

*She has to touch everything! And everything goes right to the mouth so we have to watch her like a hawk.

These are just a few things of what she is doing now! There is something new everyday! We take her for her 6 months check up on Monday and will get her height, weight, shots, etc. then. I can't wait to see how much our little chubster has grown.. I'm almost scared for her to get on the scales..HAHAHA!! She is definitely a "healthy" baby now!! We aren't too concerned about her being under weight anymore! LOL!! Happy Half Birthday Lily Ann, we love you so much and are sooo proud of you!! You are growing more and more each day and learning all kinds of new things! You truly have melted our hearts!!

We took LA to get her pictures yesterday! Of course she didn't really smile until we were done taking pictures...Sorry for the poor quality of pictures my scanner is having problems!! LOL!

What a morning!!!

So Lily Ann woke up earlier than she ususally does this morning! I roll out of bed still asleep to go and get her up. As I pick her up she is wet all the way up to her shoulders. Daddy didn't put our diaper on too good last night! LOL! I get her undressed and decide to that I will give her a bath after her bottle so I give her a good wipe down with the wipes, change her clothes, and proceed with the bottle. LA is like clock work. After her bottle I put her in her bouncer seat because with in 10 minutes of her bottle she has her daily poopy diaper and I wasn't about to put her in the tub and have something horrible like that happen! So when she had done her "deed" I went to pick her up and as I pick her up I realize that her legs are wet! You have got to be kidding me! Oh no here we go again! Sure enough she had exploded out the sides of her diaper! I carefully pull her pants off trying not to get the "dirty" everywhere and for the most part was pretty good about it. I get her all cleaned up throw a diaper on her and put her in her crib. (Thank goodness I hadn't taken the sheets off from this morning yet!) Start up the bath. Proceed to give her a bath and she's loving every minute of it. All I could do is laugh as I'm thinking to myself you poor little baby, thank goodness you won't remember this but I will!! LOL! So I get her out of the tub get her dressed for the day, put her in her piano toy thing, strip off the sheets in her crib, the changing table pad and cover, put back on clean sheets, changing cover and pad, and put the clothes in the sink to wash out. At this point she is past her nap time and is getting fussy so I go and get her to put her down for her nap as I go to pick her up and to put her in her crib she let out the loudest burp ever and then the flood came. Spit up all over me, herself, and the floor! So once again over to the changing table off come the clothes quickly replaced by fresh clean ones that are sure to be changed again at some point today! All of this before 10 am this morning!! I have laughed all morning thinking what else could possibly go wrong.. There is nothing more to do than laugh and think at least it makes the day go by fast because now there is extra laundry to do, carpet to clean, and keep my baby happy!! Man what a morning!! Who knew that motherhood could be so fun and full of surprises!!

What a weekend!!

So I haven't posted in a while because we have been soooo busy lately! Lily Ann and I had a great weekend together! Jacob was on duty all weekend so it was just the 2 of us. We haven't had a girls weekend in a few months. Although we missed Jacob we had a blast.

On Friday we got up at our usual time, 8:30, had our bottle, played, took our nap, then our day really began. Stephanie met us over here around 1 pm we loaded up, literally I can't go anywhere without the diaper bag, extra bottle, food, toys, diapers, etc. AKA packing for a small Army! We went to the bridal shop to see Ms. Kelsie's wedding dress! She was absolutely beautiful. It brought tears to my eyes when we walked in and saw her in her dress. After her fitting I ran across the street to work on this so called tan of mine while Steph stayed in the car with Hollywood..Thanks Steph! We dropped off Steph at the house as she had to work then headed down to the station to see Jacob for a minute and get my phone charger from him. (He accidentally took mine instead of his..) Can you believe after all this time he finally broke down and got a cell phone. I've been trying to get him to get one for the past 10 years and now he finally decided to get one!! LOL!! We left the station went home had another bottle then quickly loaded back up in the truck to head to the store. We were going to have a girls night over here so I was going to cook dinner for everyone then end the night with a chick flick. Dropped off the groceries then headed down to Stephanie's work to play hair.. I must say Lily Ann did great being lagged around all day long! I ended up not getting my hair done but I did get my non existing eyebrows waxed..LOL!! By the time we got out of the Salon it was 9:30 and it was way past Lily Ann's bed time but she didn't mind. She talked the whole way home until we pulled down the street then was out like a light! I cancelled girls night since it was so late and decided that we would do it on Sat. instead.

Saturday morning we woke up to a beautiful day. I decided to get the pool out that we would spend a relaxing day in the pool. Unfortunately the pool had mold and spiders all in it so we just had to go to Target to get a new one..Ooopppssss! Any excuse to go shopping is fine with me.. Hollywood and I set out again got to Target and saw the cutest bathing suit ever for her.. She told me she just had to have it..(How could I tell those big blue eyes no!) even though it's a 12 month bathing suit but she's sooo chunky I just knew it would fit.. We grab the pool and head back home! I get the pool set up! Steph comes over with lunch. I feed Lily Ann her lunch and she decided that she wanted to take a nap instead of swim, which was okay because the water was cold. Steph and I layed in the pool for a good hour or so while LA slept. By the time she woke up we were done in the sun and the water hadn't warmed up any so we decided to head to Greek Fest down the street! It was a great time with great food only I decided on a greasy corn dog instead of a Gyro! What was I thinking!! I didn't want to wait in the line is what I was thinking! LOL!! After an hour or so we headed back home to get LA fed and ready for bed. The girls showed up around 715 and LA went to bed. I cooked dinner and we sat around and talked for a couple of hours then we realized how late it was and decided no movie we were all tired! It was yet another day of fun!

Sunday morning LA woke up and told me that she wanted to have a PJ day and I agreed! You see I forgot to mention that she is in this whole spitting up everywhere stage.. On Friday we changed outfits 4 times! So you can imagine how the laundry builds up quickly! So I was all for staying in pj's and not getting out of the house. We played all day long.. She's starting to sit up by herself just for a few seconds at a time.. Not long enough for me to snap a picture by myself..Lol! And loves to roll around like a roly poly minus the poly because she hates to roll from her belly to her back..hahaha! It was a very nice day just hanging out together by ourselves and not leaving the house!! Last night was a whole other story! Wiggles likes to wiggle her way out of her sleeping incline and wedge herself in the corner.. Oh this started around 3am and didn't end until around 430am. I would be just about a sleep and hear her go. I would look over at the monitor and sure enough she had moved to the corner to bury her head!! Up I would get walk across the house put her back, pop the paci in her mouth, cover her up, and head back to bed... I think I did this 7 or 8 times this morning.. She didn't mind I actually think she enjoyed it..LOL!! Actually I know she did because as soon as I would open her door I would hear that oh so sweet squeal and laughing!! Yep she soooo enjoyed it!! These are the times that I hate that she is not in our room and across the house!! LOL!! Now tonight since Jacob will be home she won't move at all... But this time I got pictures to prove it!! LOL!! So that was our weekend in a long nutshell!!