Birthday party

I know that I already posted the video from Lily's party but here are the photos to match.

Birthday girl in her party dress

Lily's friends

The food and the "hired" help

(we painted the house on the same day)

Livy

A birthday beverage

Lily's boyfriend Sage brought her some flowers

Parties sure are different these days -

there were kids and babies everywhere!

Don't even think about taking my drink away

Some of the biking crew

Cody really wanted to be in one of the pictures

Lily's birthday cake request -

the super yummy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

Nica, helping organize the birthday cake photo

Getting ready to sing "Happy Birthday"

What you talking about Mom?

Yeah - we survived the first year!

Catching up

I really didn't mean to get so far behind with this blog. Work, parenting and biking just take up so much time! I'm on holidays this week so I'm taking this opportunity to post photos from the last few months. Photos are in order from oldest to newest.

Having a nice snooze in the crib

Our first day of biking for the season

Reading in her birthday chair

Surfing the web

Stealing some of Daddy's cake

Her favorite new place to sit

Playing on the mini-trampoline at a friend's birthday party

Future biker chick

Playing in the dirt at COP

Withers' family visit in July

Helping Dad in the garden

Happy Camper

Best highchair ever!

Using the pack n' play to its full advantage

Keeping warm and cozy in the tent with her special camping jammies

Hanging out while Mom and Dad ride bikes

Fascinated by the trees at the campground

Nature is super cool!

I love being outside

Enjoying a "drink" with Daddy

Funny girl

I'm amazed that a 14 month old baby can have a sense of humour. How is it even possible that Lily can know how to be funny? She is constantly laughing at herself but she also thrives on making us laugh. We drove home from Sunpeaks yesterday and she decided to hold a pop can in her mouth and fling it around. It was pretty funny to watch and made me appreciate the joy in watching a human being develop.

Daddy's girl

Lily has developed a serious fondness for her father as of late. Scott's always been a super hands-on dad and we both knew that Lily loved him but she is clearly expressing her love for Daddy these days. She cried this morning when he left for work and she constantly wants him to pick her up and/or hold her. I don't mind one bit as I love seeing the bond grow between the two people that I love the most.

Crossing the threshold

Lily has never been a particularly brave baby. Rather, she is quite calculated and methodical, preferring to be completely comfortable with a task before venturing onto something new. We first noticed this when she was learning to crawl and we see it again now as she gets closer to walking. She slowly figures out each details of the skill that she is attempting to acquire and then boom, she's got it! Her reserved nature has made her an easy child to parent but recently, she seems to be coming out of her shell and she's starting to keep us on our toes. She never used to venture around the house much and she would often just sit in the open doorway, watching the world go by. However, I left her sitting near the front door last week and when I came up from doing a load of laundry downstairs, she had made her way outside and into the front yard. All this from a girl who had never even crossed over the threshold onto the porch, never mind down four stairs and onto the grass!

Before

After

Dog kisses

June 5, 2010

I can't pinpoint when it actually happened but Cara has had a change of heart about Lily. She still doesn't totally love her but she is much more tolerant of her and she seems to even try to play with her.

Who needs toys?

June 3, 2010

I sometimes feel a bit guilty about Lily's lack of toys but she clearly doesn't seem all that bothered by it.

Another step in the walking process

June 3, 2010

Just as quickly as it started, Lily's interest in pushing furniture seemed to pass almost as soon as it had begun. She loves cruising around using the couch as a guide but she hasn't pushed a chair around for awhile.

Crab crawl

May 16, 2010

Lily loves it when we chase her around the house. She sometimes crawls on all fours (usually when she's wearing shorts or if she's outside) but she mostly just crawls like a regular baby.

Birthday bash

May 15, 2010

Eating on her own

May 12, 2010

Hide and seek

May 1, 2010

Taking after grandpa

April 30, 2010

Nosey parker

April 28, 2010

Dog dish

April 28, 2010

Baby gate

April 23, 2010

No Momma No!

April 18, 2010

I'm sorry

I feel bad that this blog sucks now. I had intended to keep it going at least until Lily's first birthday but now that I'm back at work, I can never seem to find the time to post on it anymore. I have tons of pics and videos that I plan to put online and hope that I'll actually get around to doing that soon.