Saturday!

(disclaimer: I had this all typed and ready to post, then I lost it. Everything after the word vacuumed. The video. The pictures. The words. The thoughts. The jokes. The humor. This may not be as good the second time around, not that you would know the difference since you can't ready the first one. I'm not going to proof read this either, I just don't care! AND, yes - it saves all the time...but it does not good if you can't retrieve what was saved. Well done blogspot, well done.)

Today was a very good day. It was productive, fun, filled with laughter and smiles...friends and family.

It started at 7:45am - Evan had already left for Bible study and to do some errands for me. Liliana was awake and so I went into her room and gave her a paci to hold her over so I could go to the bathroom. When I walked back into her room, I found her on her stomach holding herself up with both arms and smiling at me with her paci in her mouth - the kicker, the paci was in backwards! It was SO funny, and SO cute. I tried to get a picture, I almost had the camera ready to go when she smiled even bigger (if that was possible) and it fell out. Darn. I got her all changed, dressed and ready for the day, I even took some pictures because - well, she's just so cute!

I put her in the exersaucer while I started laundry. It is now only 8am. So, I fed Liliana and watched some tv while I ate breakfast. I then straightened things up a bit and vacuumed the living room, Liliana's room, and our room. By now it's about 9:30am and Liliana is ready for her nap, so down she went.

So took a good nap! Usually she sleeps for about 45 minutes to an hour in the morning - not today. She didn't even move positions and when she woke up, there was a large drool spot where she was. Most often you can see every place she laid in her crib while she napped from the drool! It's so cute how they go from being a few months old and sleeping in one spot and never moving, to being just a few months older and sleeping like a little person. Either she'll roll on her side or her stomach, today she had her hand above and sort of under her head, it was so cute.

While she was asleep, I continued on with the laundry - cleaned up the kitchen, and paid some bills. It wasn't until 11:30am that she woke up, a 2 hour morning nap. Way to go Liliana! By now Evan was home and it was time for me to shower and get ready to go see my good friends Chad and Sherry and their new home. Off I went.

I left there around 4pm and stopped at Walmart on the way home to get a few items that I had not gotten when I went grocery shopping last night. When I got home Evan had just finished giving Liliana her bottle and she was asleep in Daddy's arms. She was lookin' so cute. Then I went to make dinner: fish sticks, frozen veggie, and stuffing. While it was cooking, I went into the living room to talk with Evan, but he was also asleep. I, of course, could not pass up the opprotunity to take the picture.

The funny part - Liliana was the one snoring...I guess that can't be too hard to believe because she was all scrunched up like an old man!

After dinner I gave Liliana this new fangled teething toy. On a regular basis she likes to put her bib or a burp cloth in her mouth and just let it hang there - so I figured she would like this toy. We put a piece of cantaloupe in there and she went to town. I could hear her sucking the juice from it!

Of course as soon as we were done with this, it was time for a much needed bath - so into the duck she went! She really likes bath time, and with the Easter bunny having just come - she has toys to play with now too. And Auntie Carol got her bubbles, so I decided to blow some her way. She didn't notice them at first, but then one floated right by her and she got all excited, almost startled and tried to get it. So she was trying to get them all. It was cute and she enjoyed them.

Then it was just a bit early for me to feed and put her to bed, so we played on the floor and she rolled all over the place! Then Evan was holding her and I was jumping towards her and saying "boo" and tickling her and she thought this was hilarious. She was just laughing and laughing and laughing. Finally I told Evan to sit in the chair and I would see if I could catch it on camera - sure enough I could. You'll see she still found it funny, but it wasn't quite as funny as the first few times! Then towards the end she was quite done with us and ready for her bottle.

I fed her and put her to bed and in the first blog I said I was going to have a glass of wine and read my book - now, I think I'm just going to have a glass of wine and watch tv - mindless work.

Until next time...

Liliana - 7 months

(I started this at 8:31pm, it's now an hour later. Pathetic)

Little

Little Hands and Fingers

Little hands that rub her eyes when she's tired

Little fingers try to pick the tattoos off my skin

Little fingers that play with the hair on her little duck rattle

Little hands that are always moving and ready to explore

Little hands grab and pull at my hair and skin so hard

Little hands reached in my heart and took hold of it the second she was born

Little Feet

Little feet that will take her far in life
Little feet have already left lifelong footprints on my heart
Liliana's little feet, my unmeasurable love for her

It's all the little things I want to remember...
...and want her to enjoy



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Liliana is a stitch, and super cute. Nope, I'm not biased...I am honest! LOL. Ok, a little biased. She has this little duck rattle...and on the top it has some sprouts of hair. Sometimes she tries to eat the hair and before it hits her mouth - it hits her nose and tickles her. Knowing that this tickles her, I proceed to do it to her! So tonight, I tickled her at first - but those little hands were hard to fight off...so we moved to something else:

Here are some pictures with her toys tonight


Liliana (7 months) with the infamous duck rattle


Got the hair in her mouth!


Liliana happy to be sitting on the floor playing with her ducks!

Never a dull Monday...

Today had many unexpected turns - I was expecting a normal, quiet, uneventful Monday. This was not the case, however - I never got out of my pajamas!


I woke up earlier than I had wanted, to find out Evan was sick. Now, for those who know me well - know that I do NOT do anything that has to do with throwing up. My poor husband is abandoned when he is even close to throwing up. I think I need to go through hypnosis to cure my fear of this. I seriously get paralyzed and my own stomach starts to churn and I get all sweaty and...it's just not a good thing. Then every time he makes a move towards the bathroom I ask if he's going to throw up - it's just not good. So, I packed up Liliana - packed my scrubs in a bag and some bathroom items and off we went. We stopped at Walgreens and then called my sister to ask if I could come over early to get ready for work - mind you, I haven't even gone pee yet, I had to get the heck out of dodge. My niece answered and told me my sister had the stomach flu. Are you kidding me??? This can't be. Ok fine.

So I was on my own for the day.

Then tonight my sister called and said my nephew is sick and so is my brother-in-law. Oh brother. So we were able to make other plans for tomorrow for Liliana. I just want sickness to go away already. Thankfully, Evan and my sister are feeling better!

Funny story: I forgot what happened the other day when I was changing Liliana. I change her on the floor because it's easier for my tall self and sometimes this proves to be easier, and sometimes more of a challenge. Well, I had just put a glob of desitin on my finger and the dog came over by her and was about to lick her in the face and so I shooed the dog away and the glob of desitin fell on Liliana's face! HA, I actually found it quite funny. Luckily it was just on her cheek...but a small bit got my her lips and then of course her little lizard tongue started to go a mile a minute - it was quite humorous.

I'm off to go to bed now, I haven't been feeling well the past couple of weeks and I just want to go to bed - guess I'll call tomorrow and make an appointment for myself to see the doctor...great fun.

Here is just a fun picture for the end of a long Monday.

Liliana - 6 months

Week in Review - long & with a lot of pictures! :)

Happy Easter! He is risen! He is risen indeed! It surely was a beautiful day to celebrate Christ's miraculous act of raising from the Cross...after being held there by my sins.

I can't believe a week has gone by without me posting...and then again - I'm not surprised! I guess I'll just jump right in. There was one morning that Evan was helping me get Liliana ready to go and he put her in the highchair once she was all ready. I sat across from her to put on my shoes and she was trying desperately to see me over the two toys we have on the table. She tried to stretch and look over them, but couldn't make herself tall enough. She ended up looking through the spaces of the toys, it was just the cutest thing! I think it's also so cute to me because she knows me as mommy and wants only mommy sometimes and wants to see me if I am in the room!

One night this week we just played around in her room as she rolls all over the place trying to get ahold of the things she wants. We're not to the crawling stage just yet, but she can sure get around! Then we were just being goofy and taking pictures! :) (it really irritates me that sometimes the pictures upload the wrong way for no reason)

We also took a picture of Liliana in a bib that Katie (my niece) had and I knew I had a picture of Katie in the same bib....

Oh - almost forgot...Wednesday. You may notice in any picture that contains myself that my hair is, yet again, different. That's because on Wednesday when I got to my mom's to pick up Liliana - I had a barrette in my hair, which my mom hates. I told her I couldn't do anything about it because the way my hair was cut, the hair fell right into my eye. Not over, directly in my eye. Well, the next thing I know we are discussing her cutting my hair and I was on board! I told my mom I felt like Fraulein Maria from the Sound of Music, and she said I look like her. So, my mom cut my hair to the hairstyle that I had several years ago and for so many years. The moral of the story: I should not stray from what I know. I shouldn't have grown my hair out, and I shouldn't have tried a new hairstyle. I always wondered how people could have the same hairstyle for years upon years - but now I know. I feel like myself again. I feel like I can function - I just feel so much better now!

Ok, moving on. Saturday was a busy day. Liliana and I went out to lunch with Amanda and Katelyn. Amanda and I have been friends since preschool and so it's so cool that our little girls get to know each other right from the start! We put Katelyn and Liliana in their high chairs next to each other and they were so cute. Katelyn was nicely sharing with Liliana and they had a good time together!

Liliana @ 7 months & Katelyn @ 15 months

Then it was off to Auntie's surprise birthday party! I believe it was a success, she had no idea everyone was going to be there. I even told my sister that we both had to call and wish her a Happy Birthday earlier in the day because as far as she knew - we weren't going to see each other!

Daddy & Liliana - a plate was all it took to keep them both occupied and happy. Go figure.


Liliana is stylin' thanks to Auntie Sandy!

That brings us to today! Liliana wore a dress to church that Uncle Chad & Auntie Sherry bought her from Hawaii, and then she had her Easter dress that Nana bought her. I figured to put her in one for church in case she spit up on it, then she'd still have her Easter dress for dinner! So here are pictures from today.

CUTE AS CAN BE!!!

Liliana's first Easter basket!




The sun was beaming in her eyes...poor kid, subject to Mommy's excursions!


Easter bunny ears!


Cousins: Mary, Liliana, Katie, Andrew

I guess that does it. I should probably keep up with posting on a regular basis, this was ridiculous! Hope you had a Blessed Easter Day!

Monday Again

Monday comes way too fast - and the weekend takes forever to arrive. I guess that's why we make the most out of the weekends when they are here!

On Friday I went to a friend's house to check in on things while they were out of town. I pulled into the driveway and stopped to pick up the newspapers at the end of the driveway - so I just reached out and grabbed them and put them on my seat. As I continued up the driveway I had a thought that it probably wasn't the smartest thing to put these papers on my seat because they were a little wet from the rain...even though they had looked dry when I picked them up. Anyway, I parked the car and opened the door and picked up the newspapers and realized there was a worm on my seat - gross.

Friday night Liliana and I went grocery shopping to good ole Super Target. I'm SO happy they just opened one up by my sister's - so it's on my way home. We use to shop there all the time when we lived in Naperville and were so sad to move away from there. Since Liliana is no longer in the infant carrier and in the convertible car seat - it would be her first time in the cart! It went well. She seemed to have enjoyed herself being able to see everything that was going on. She would start to slouch to one side or the other and so I was in the diapers/wipes isle so I just took a few packages of refill wipes and packed her in so she couldn't tilt...and off we went!

Saturday was pretty busy for me...I went to get a haircut. It was successful in the fact that I did indeed get my hair cut. It's not EXACTLY what I was anticipating - it will take some getting use to, but it's alright. It is nice to have short hair again, I didn't realize how much I missed it. I wish I would have chopped it before going through labor - man that was annoying! Here is a picture from when I got back from getting it cut - so it will never look like this again! :)

Mommy & Liliana (7 months)

After that I met up with a friend for coffee and that was a lot of fun because it had been quite a while since we had seen each other.

Sunday. Geez, it was just yesterday and I had to stop and think about what went on. Evan took care of Liliana in the morning and let me sleep in. Then we ran a few errands and we were off to Nana's to color Easter eggs. That's always a lot of fun - especially with the kids! And there is always fun to be had at Nana's! Here is everyone looking out the window - and then me looking in! :)

Nana Liliana Katie Mary Andrew

Andrew Mary Katie Liliana Nana

Last night Liliana was a little stinker. Not sure why she didn't want to sleep through the night, but she didn't want to. She was up from about 2:15am to 4:15am. Then up again at 5am. Then I'm not sure when she got up again because Evan got her before she made a lot of noise for me to notice she was up. Needless to say, Evan and I are a bit tired today.

It was a nice day for me because we closed early since there was no doc in this afternoon. So my sister and I had lunch together and then I came home and did a few things around the house and then held Liliana for her nap since she would have it no other way. Then it was time to feed her and play and give her a bath and time for bed!

Liliana 7 months

Liliana 7 months

Soon, it will be time for me to go to bed too!

Peacefully sleeping

I could watch Liliana sleep - forever. Sometimes at night, ok...most every night, I just stand there and stare at her and just watch her. She's so peaceful and beautiful. Then it's so cute when she went from laying flat on her back, to laying like a little person. Now she'll roll on her side. So cute. So I stand there and rub her back and kiss her cheek. I really want to just pick her up and hold her - but I know I'd wake her up half the time and that would not be good! :)

The other night I walked into her room to put something away, I really thought she was asleep. I walked past the crib to the laundry basket and then I turned to look in the crib and found her right up against the bars of the crib, looking at me. She didn't make a peep, but she was awake. She was just staring at me through the bars without blinking. Kind of scared the crap out of me!

Here are pictures I've taken of her sleeping that I really like:

Almost a month old

1 month

Headed towards 2 months. I don't know why it won't upload the correct way - this is one of my most favorite pictures! Almost sleeping and with a little smerk. So cute!

Again - around 1.5 months. Just a little doll.

hehehehe :)

4 months. Christmas Day - sleepin' in Katie's crib. Out like a light, cute as a button!

4 months - New Year's Eve. Another absolute favorite picture of mine! Sometimes I just stare at this picture! Cute outfit, cute kid, cute everything. (nope, I'm not biased!) She was so cute, I had to hold her - especially since, for the most part at the time, she didn't wake up for anything. Except that night, she woke up. She did alright for a while - even had a taste of champagne at midnight! ;)

7 months. Another picture that didn't upload right, dog gone it. Taken just the other night. I never know how I will find Liliana laying - or where in her crib she'll be. It's funny when it happens because I walk in thinking she will be one place or laying one way - and she will be in a completely different place altogether!

So - that is my peanut peacefully sleeping.

Nana's Sweet Potatoes

Liliana can eat with the best of the them! I weighed her today, 19 pounds. The little chunker, but she's my chunker...cute as can be! :) But...there are few select times that she does the shake & gag with some foods. It's cute and funny...one of those things we shouldn't find cute and funny, but we do.


So my mom made Liliana some sweet potatoes and packaged them up and we froze them. About 2 weeks ago, my mom was going to watch her & I took the sweet potatoes for her to give Liliana. My mom said she did not like them. She did her little routine...she gets this whole body shake thing, sort of like a little chill. Then she'll silently gag - it's so cute you want to keep giving her the food. Terrible, I know.

Anyway, I finally got around to giving her sweet potatoes today - it went over fairly well. There was very little shaking and gagging...just a few faces and spitting some of it back out once it was in her mouth. But, I did catch a little on video. It's a little long - but if you watch closely - you will see. Although it is by no means to the extent she normally does it - I still find it funny!

At around 17 seconds you will see a slight gag. Then she has to really think about taking the next bite. She goes cross-eyed looking at the spoon. And around 1:14 she does her little shake. And she always hits the highchair, it sounds a lot louder than it actually is! :)



Liliana - The Gag & Shake (7 months)