Happy Lily

Have you ever seen such a happy baby??

Showing Mommy the ball...

"My ball"

Peek-a-boo! She loves the camera!

Soooo ready to take off crawling!

And a quick video. I was hoping to get a video of her scooting, but as soon as I started recording, she stopped scooting... Sorry it's so dark and grainy..anyone know a good electritian who could put some more light in our living room?

The funniest part of this is that after I turned off the camera, she started playing pat-a-cake! LOL I guess I gave up too early! Oh, and I'm laughing because both Zeus AND Matt walked in front the camera TWICE while I was taking the video. The beeping in the background is APril playing with the Simon game Andrew got for Christmas.

MINE!

Now, Lily can't actually SAY "mine" yet, but she certainly has the concept! I made quesadillas for dinner. I had one in my hand and I was carrying Lily in the other hand. She reached for my quesadilla so I broke off a piece and handed it to her. She shoved it in her mouth lightning fast and then snatched the rest out of my hand! :o I tried to take it back because she's not so smooth with the solid foods yet and I wanted to give her smaller pieces, but she tucked it up against her chest and curled her body around it! When I tried more agressively to get it away from her, she held it over her head and as far away from me as she could get it. Everytime I got close to snagging it, she would move it away again! It was hilarious and so cute! Finally I just gave up. She gnawed on that quesadilla and worked really hard getting bites off of it (no teeth yet...), so I offered my help tearing off pieces but she just would not have it! Like before, she played keep-away with MY quesadilla! LOL Her perserverence paid off, though. She put away the vast majority of that piece all by herself!

Lily said "hi!"

Today Lily was sitting on Dan's lap in the basement. I came down the stairs and around the cornor and she looked up and said "Hi!" It was soooo cute and sooooo obvious! So....she's talking now?!?! Later on tonight she was sitting on my lap and I said "Lily, say Hi!" and she said "Hi!" Now I wish I had this stuff on video, but I don't, so you will just have to take my word for it! It's just amazing all of the changes that are happening with her lately!

Lily the tease

Lily has learned a new trick....Today I got her some banana bread for a snack. She took it and just held it in her hand like "What am I supposed to do with this?" so I took a bite. She thought that was pretty darn funny so she held the bread up to my mouth again and when I went to take a bite she snatched it away and tucked it up against her chest! LOL Now THAT was the funniest thing on earth and she did it over and over and over, just giggling up a storm! Offering Mommy the treat and then snatching it away! She teased Daddy with the banana bread, too. What a stinker!

The big 10 month old (ok, not so big, really)

She is so curious!


And such a ham!

She pushes up and it almost looks like she could just take off crawling!

I think she could crawl if she just tried to (didn't I say that about sitting too and then one day she just did it suddenly?)

And, as always, smilng big for the camera!

She is SUCH a happy baby!

Stockings and the devestation of Christmas morning

Chris and APril had a box of cookies (April had princesses, Chris had Cars)

April and Matt had new Spongebob mugs and packages of hot chocolate!

Chris also had 2 packages of Army men. Matt had two notebooks and Andrew had a package of Hardy Boy books! :)

A before picture of the nice, neat, present surrounded tree.....

And a picture of our living room after the unwrapping....Whew, what a mess!

We had a great morning!

Presents from Santa

Matt got a skateboard

Lily got a mirror that plays music. She can't stop smiling at it!

Chris got a truck that has a fold out race track inside!

April got a digital camera!

Santa brought a whole bunch of Wii accessories for the whole family! There are two controlers, two nunchucks, two more steering wheels (for 4 player Mario Kart!), and a battery charger! YAY!


Santa sent Andrew on a little treasure hunt for his present! It was too big to wrap, so he hid it in the basement and sent Andrew running from room to room looking for clues as to where it was hidden! Surprise! It's a new computer!

From Mom and Dad

April got a Color Wonder paint brush


Matt and Andrew each got a set of 3 (maybe 4, I can't remember) hardback Hardy Boy books

Matt got a set of *tech decks*...skateboards for your fingers (he was asking for them)

Chris got an abacus and Andrew got all excited because he knows how to use it!

Dan got the World of Warcraft expansion pack (I got one, too)

Andrew got a zero gravity car...it drives on any flat surface, up a wall or across the ceiling! Now we just need to find a flat surface....LOL

April got a Tamagotchi!

Lily got a train/ball popper

All of the kids got the game Operation!

Dan got a cordless drill with a million and 1 accessories! Plus he got a seperate case of drill bits.

Dan also got a saw thingy

Dan got me an hour massage at a place in Fort Collins! He even made me an appointment for Saturday at 10am! YAY!

Persents from Great Grandma Bentley

Andrew and Matt got a HUGE raceway.

April got a PINK lite brite

Dan and I got a Sequence game

Lily got a hand made (by great grandma!) birth announcement. We have them for all of the kids and we absolutely cherish them!

Lily got a butterfly (in her lap)

Chris got an action doggy (in the foreground)

Thank you for all of the wonderful gifts!

Presents from Grandma and Grandpa F

Chris got very nice wood building blocks.


This is Andrew's present, a Simon game, but Matt snagged it pretty quickly. LOL

Lily got a keyboard that meows frequently.

April got 2 wood puzzles!

Matt got a Say What? game. It is AWESOME! Dan and I (and Matt) have already been playing it. It's lots of fun!

Thank you!!

Presents from Grandma and Grandpa Z

Lily got a music cube. Each side plays a different instrument.


April got a tea set

Andrew got an Air Hogs RC helicopter

Matt got the same RC helicopter (different design)

Chris got a Mack (from Cars) truck. He carried it around with him all morning asking if he could open it now.

We also got a check from Auntie Mardon. We haven't had a chance to cash it and buy presents yet, but we are planning on getting a board game and maybe some more puzzles!

Thank you!!