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Lily is growing so fast, we are putting more and more outfits away as they no longer fit her. I can't believe how fast she is growing, but she is really turing into an adorably pudgy little princess!

She has started to smile for us- it is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen! I love playing with her and having her look up and smile at me!

She is taking longer naps throughout the day, but doesn't sleep quite as long at night anymore- she generally sleeps a few 4hr chunks, but has decided she wants it to be play time at 3am... I try to put her back to bed, but she fusses for quite awhile and as soon as I peak in the bassinet she smiles- Its so hard to not scoop her up!

Here is a pic of her adorable smile:

Tagged (x2)

I have never done one of these before but Jill tagged me, so I am going to attempt it!

The first tag is to open my photo folder to you all. Here are the official rules:
1. Go to your Picture Folder on your computer or wherever you store your pictures.
2. Go to the 6th Folder and then pick the 6th Picture.
3. Post it on your bloggy and tell the story that goes with the picture.
4. Tag 5 other people to do the same thing and leave a comment on their blog telling them about it.

This picture was taken on our honeymoon in CayoCoco Cuba. We signed up for a romantic sunset horseback riding excursion on the beach... it turned out to be the worst night of our honeymoon. They don't mention that all the flies and mosquito's come out at dusk, that the horses are boney and smelly and that when you ride a horse along the beach sand flies into your eyes. DH thought some parts of this excursion were funny, particularly when my horse was going super fast and my tank top strap broke and my boob popped out, but I couldn't let go to fix it- so embarrassing!

In the second tag, I have to share 7 random things about myself. Here they are:

1. I can't watch scary movies because I am afraid I will have a nightmare- I used to when I was little, and to this day hate watching scary movies and shows.

2. When I was 16 I accidently drove through my garage door! I was just learning to drive and I mixed up the pedals! No one ever will let me live that down!!

3. If I am getting in my car at night I always look under the car and in the backseat to make sure there is no one there... those email forwards about men with knives in your car freaked me out!

4. I will only eat cheese if its melted... I hate cold cheese! I will eat a grilled cheese sandwhich, but would never put cheese on a sub! I looove cheese on pizza and pasta.

5. I hate white creamy sauces/dressings.... I wont eat alfredo sauce, ranch dressings, etc... I don't know why- the thought of it makes me gag.

6. I secretly (and now not so secretly) enjoy watching Hannah Montana and Zoey 101 on the family channel.

7. I have a horrible 2nd middle name... Thora! My parents gave this to me because I was born during a thunderstorm and Thora is the goddess of thunder... the idea is neat- the middle name is brutal!!

Lily's Blog

I started a blog for family and friends to follow to see pics and read updates on Lily. I didn't want to just add it to this blog because I want to still have my space to vent and talk about more personal things, but I want them to have something to follow. So if you are interested in seeing pics and reading more day-day things about our new life please check out Life with Lily. Let me know what you think!

wow... its been awhile.

This post is a bit of a mish mash of things!!

Things have been going really great around here... busy, but great. I am loving every minute of being a mom- Lily is so amazing and when I start to think about how happy she has made me it brings tears to my eyes. Every new thing she does amazes me and brings a huge smile to my face. She is perfect in every way!

Over the past few weeks she had a few firsts- she smiles now... not just gassy, she really smiles- and she smiles at me! I tear up almost every time! She follows things now, people, toys, lights! She knows how to get back to me if she is being held by other people- my little stinker pretends she needs to eat by rooting around, and then when she is back in my arms and I try to feed her she has no interest- if I pass her back to someone she does it again. DH fed her a bottle of BM I pumped and she polished it off, she then cried and rooted with him until I took her to let her nurse- but she had no interest in that... I know its not good to let her be a mommy suck- but it feels so good to have her want to be in my arms.

She has also started to sleep through the night!!! We feed her between 11 and 1, and she doesn't get up until between 5-7... to me that is the whole night!!! 5-6hrs of uninterupted sleep!! I feel so great during the day, we get so much more done!!

She has outgrown newborn diapers- she is in pampers size 1's now! We tried to switch to Huggies newborns after she outgrew the pampers ones because we heard they are a bit bigger, but we really hated them- they leaked and they were rough! The size 1's are a bit big, but they don't leak!!

She has started to outgrow clothes already... I have put away her preemie stuff and some of the newborn stuff too. I can't believe she is getting so big!! As of this morning she weighed in a 9lbs 8oz!!

This morning we went to the doctors because Lily has been spitting up a fair amount, projectile sometimes... it's reflux. The doctor said its nothing to worry too much about, just to keep an eye on it for now and we are to call her if the projectile increases or if she starts to loose or stop gaining weight. We are going back in 2 weeks for her 2 month appointment and shots, so we will weigh her again then! She doesn't think its anything big, she should outgrow it.

That's all for my mish mash post, Thanks for reading. Oh, and I added the followers gadget on the side of my blog- I would love to know who's reading and if you are reading and I don't already- I would love to follow your blog!!