First Steps...

...well, sort of...

This past week, Lily has discovered her ability to stand -- provided she has something to hold on to for balance. For Lily, this is THE greatest thing ever!! You can't wipe the smile off her face. She has been wanting to stand/walk since the day she was born. For mom and dad, however, its gray hair time, so I'm sure you'll be hearing from us a lot more on this blog over the next few weeks and months...

Let me use some pictures to narrate a story (apologies for quality...this was my blackberry camera at 10:30 pm)

Last Monday eve, mom was out with her sis and dad was home with what he thought was a sleeping baby. He heard some stirring on the baby monitor, so he popped on the video to take a look...this is what he found when he walked in to baby's room:



He only wishes he could have snapped the camera at the point at which she looked up at him and started laughing...seriously!

So dad decided it was time to lower baby's mattress (the crib has an adjustable mattress for this very reason) and baby got a free play sesh at 10:30 at night...



Dad proceeded to lower the mattress to its LOWEST adjustment, at which point he discovered that baby had taken her play sesh as an opportunity to poop. Following a dipe change, he delivered the bad news to baby that the midnight play sesh was over, and that she had to go back to bed for the night...

Baby was not phased....




So needless to say, our lives have changed in yet another new way. Mobile baby! I don't know if I've had this much fun yet though...watching her go from her back, to belly, to sitting on her butt, to pulling herself up and letting out a screaching yelp and ear-to-ear smile when she realizes what she's done...

nothing better!

Uncle Mikey...

Happy Easter!

Lily enjoyed her first Easter. The weather was so beautiful we decided to do a photo shoot outside....







...and then thoroughly enjoy our dinner...

I'm All Cheeks....

We are still waiting for our final pics from the professional photographer...they WILL be posted when we get the proofs, because they all came out great.

In the meantime, a few more recent photos. Lily has become "all cheeks" and her hair is growing...she definitely isn't a newborn anymore!

P.S. I just noticed that in almost all of the pics I've posted, Lily is just staring. She DOES smile & laugh - actually, quite often - we just never seem to have the camera ready when she does. My next goal is to post some videos to this page...keep your fingers crossed!

"Pictures of Lily..."

All of the pictures you see on this blog have been taken by our own camera. Now, early on, it was our little 4-something megapixel Casio, sooo 2007. More recently, however, we've been having fun with our new Olympus E-620 digital...like 14 megapixel bad boy! Below are a few great shots from Lily's most recent "shoot" that we thought you'd enjoy....

But...on Saturday, we had a professional photographer come to the house and do some things with Lily (thanks to Nana and Auntie Steph) so sometime in the next few weeks, you will see some actual professional pictures posted. We have already seen some samples, and they look great! Stay tuned....