2010- making the switch

We are on the move to a new blog home :)  Keep up with our family here:

www.celebratethenest.com

The switch comes for many reasons- mainly it involves taking our last name out of our blog.  You can understand with a wee one running around and Brad soon will be on the job hunt.

Save us as one of your favorites!  Hope you enjoy.

THANKS!
Megan

Happy New Year's Eve!

After the all the excitement of the holidays, Lillie was ready to ring in the new year.

(Lillie wasn't actually allowed to drink from this bottle... we stuck to a bottle of a different variety).

Christmas Eve 2009

Great Grandmother Gilchrist

Lillie had the pleasure of meeting her Great Grandmother (my dad's mom) on December 26th- Great Grandmother's birthday!

A mother seems to never forget how to hold a child.  Great Grandmother was obviously a natural.  It was beautiful to see the generations together.

6 months of Lillie

Lillie's six month old birthday was December 28.  It is amazing how the time has flown by!

She weighed in at 14 lbs and 11 oz (25 percentile)
Height: 25 inches (25 percentile)
and she is in the 50 percentile for head circumference

All her "measurements" are right on track from when she was born.

Lillie is enjoying eating some solid foods.  So far, the only thing she has turned her nose up at is green beans.  Although, she has grown to enjoy them.  Thankfully, she LOVES to eat off a spoon.  The bottle, seems she could still care less about, but the spoon she is in to, which I guess in the long run is a positive thing.

Lillie rolls over, still doesn't enjoy being on her tummy and can sit-up for a minute or two before toppling over.  She is still very curious and loves lights.

The holidays have taken a toll on her schedule- but she has been taking an hour long nap in the morning and a three hour nap in the afternoon.  Then sleeping from 8pm to 6am pretty regularly.  The major downfall is that Lillie wakes up a couple times a night wanting the paci.  I'm hoping soon she will be able to find it and stick it back in her own mouth!

I love this age because she is discovering everything- it is amazing to watch the world unfold before her eyes.

Christmas Day 2009

Brad and I failed miserably at taking photos this Christmas Day- I guess the excitement got to us.

Lillie got tons of great gifts.

But her favorite gift of all was...

And we crammed 10 people into our dinning room for a cozy dinner!

It was a fun first Christmas for Lillie at our home.  I enjoyed having LOTS of family around.  Brad and I are very lucky to have spent it with people we love.

Dad's home

Brad's been off school- with not homework for a week and a half.

I couldn't be more thrilled to have Brad home and "present" in our lives for the past couple of weeks.  I feel absolutely loved, rejuvinated and excited about the time we have spent together as a family.  It feels so much more complete.

Selfishly, it also feels much easier.  Having another set of hands to feed, change, play and entertain has been BIG.  I'm not sure how single parents do it- but the small glimpse I have had this past semester makes me appreciate the strength and stamina of every single parent.  Seriously, how do they do it- day after day.  It also helps that I haven't been working.  I LOVE being a stay at home mom- but that is another post.  (by the way, I head back to work next week).

So, eating solid foods if releatively new for Lillie and it is definitely new for Brad and Lillie.  I turn the corner the other afternoon and I find Lillie... well, like this...

Her bib- a cape.  Her clothes gone  and a spoon in her mouth- just to make sure she was "ready" to eat.

So glad Daddy is home.  YUMMY!