Mama in Training: Lilly Rae

Day 50 – July 29, 2012

We went out to breakfast this morning to Biscuitville. I admit that we probably go get breakfast there more often than we should for the sake of our wallets and bank accounts, but it is so good! J Lilly is also such a great baby that we can go out without added stress.

Daddy love's Lilly's monkey toes!

After that we ventured to Holly Springs to get groceries at Walmart and Harris Teeter. While in Walmart I had to borrow Darren’s sweatshirt because Lilly started crying and she was definitely hungry…the moms out there know what I am talking about! I felt like Lilly couldn’t wait until we got home but we still needed some things at Harris Teeter, so I fed her in the car while Darren ran into the store. This wasn’t the first time I have fed her in the car. It’s actually not as tricky as I thought.

We went and hung out with Jared and Carissa that afternoon and watched some of the Olympics. It was pretty hot outside so Lilly and I stayed in, but Addie and Drew enjoyed playing outside on their water table. It was nice to just hang out and relax, especially for Darren and Jared who had their first day of school the following day.

Addie and Lilly

Lilly slept while we had lunch

Jared and Lilly

"Baby Burrito" is ready for bed. Her face says it all...she is NOT getting out of this swaddle!

Day 51 – July 30, 2012

So a strange site met me when I went to check on Lilly this morning. I need to explain the picture below so you can get a sense of how nuts this is. Imagine Lilly’s crib is like a clock. When I put her to bed, her head is at 9 o’clock and her feet are at 3 o’clock. When I checked on her at around 7, her head was at 1 o’clock and her feet were at 7 o’clock (like in the picture). When she woke up around 9, her head at was 3 o’clock and her feet at 9 o’clock! She had completely spun herself around! Is that normal for a 7 week old?

It was Darren’s first official day of work (not a workday) so we celebrated by going out to dinner at Ruby Tuesdays…plus we had a $10 off coupon that expired today, so why not? Our server kept on commenting on how sweet and precious Lilly is. I don’t blame her; it is hard to look at her and not melt. As always, Lilly was awesome. We took turns giving her a bottle while the other ate their salad and then she slept while we ate dinner.

Lilly falls asleep on my nursing pillow and so I don't disturb her, I just lay it on the couch with her on it and she sleeps :o)

Look at that face!

She has the cutest outfits!

Big smile!

I hope you aren't getting sick of these pictures because I am never going to get sick of taking them!

She loves sticking her tongue out!

Day 52 – July 31, 2012

I was very excited because today Lilly and I ventured to Cary to meet some of the moms and babies from our birthing class that we had in March. It was so nice to see two of the moms again and to meet their adorable babies. We even set up another time to get together next week. I am really looking forward to having some other first time moms to get together with and swap stories, advice and tips with.

I taught a quick voice lesson at the theater that evening and then Chad and Michelle came over. Allie and Ryan were with John and Marcy (Michelle’s parents) so we just hung out, ate pizza and watched the Olympics. Michelle got in some nice cuddle time with Lilly of course J

Getting into the car after our meetup with the other moms and babies.

Michelle and Lilly

This is one of several outfits with a tutu :o)

Day 53 – August 1, 2012

Lilly woke up early this morning (6:45) so we got to say goodbye to Darren before he went to work. She is still sleeping really well, so I am not going to complain about her getting up early. She went to bed at about 9:30, woke up at 3:00 to nurse, and then didn’t wake up again until 6:45. She usually takes a longer nap in the afternoon (right now while I am writing this in fact), and will sleep intermittently throughout the morning or evening. She is awesome in every way J I actually scheduled a voice lesson today at 10 to see if I could do it with Lilly here. At first I tried putting her in her crib because she was on the verge of sleep, but she didn’t like that, so I put her in the bouncy seat in the room with us and she was great; she didn’t make a peep the entire hour long lesson.

Good morning, Lilly!

Cuddle time with Daddy once he got home from work

It was such a nice night when we got home that we decided to take a walk. I cannot wait until it’s cool enough to be outside any time of day, not just at night. After our walk we gave Lilly a bath. She is so adorable in the bath we just had to take video. I will try to upload it later, but for now it's "under construction"

Day 54 – August 2, 2012

Lilly didn’t sleep as well as normal last night, so we were both pretty tired this morning. She took quite a few “cat naps” but didn’t really take her normal afternoon nap. I hope she sleeps a bit better tonight. I get worried that she isn’t feeling well. I was telling Michelle the other night that I know most people would think I am crazy, but Lilly almost seems to be exhibiting signs of teething already. She has a very minor runny nose, she is always chewing her fist, and she wants to nurse constantly. I am hoping it is just a growth spurt because if she is starting teething now, we are in for a really long year ;o)

We read some books today and I found one that is a touch and feel for her feet! How cute is that? I am already obsessed with her adorable feet, and now there is a book devoted to playing with her feet. That is a mommy favorite, but she is a little young to really get it still. She likes the Baby Einstein book with the push buttons that play music.

Lilly was a little tuckered out from last night...she stayed up from 1-3:30...Mommy was tucked out too!

Apparently she was still happy though!

She has recently "found" her tongue and is constantly sticking it out. I love it!

She was mid "coo" for this picture.

Her "monkey" bib matches her "monkey toes"!

Day 55 – August 3, 2012

It was a fairly nice day out today (not too hot in the morning), so Lilly and I ventured to downtown Varina. I wanted to check out the Lazy Lion Bookstore to see if they had any books for Lilly and also my classroom. Lilly behaved perfectly while I browsed the books and we found some great Winnie the Pooh, Dr. Seuss and Disney books for Lilly.

After that I was going to head home but I happened to park right near the CupCakeBite…so I went in just to see what they had. Of course I left with a couple cupcakes for Darren and I. How can you go into a cupcake store and not buy at least one cupcake??? Darren and I enjoyed our cupcakes on the porch that night after Lilly went to sleep.

Another one of Lilly's adorable outfits

Lilly loves to "dance" on her changing table

This is a great "before" we went shopping...

and "after" we went shopping.

She looks a little frightened, but I swear she loves playing on her mat!

Playing with Daddy before bed

Day 56 – August 4, 2012

We went to the Fuquay Grower’s Market this morning to get some fresh veggies. Everyone was telling us how beautiful Lilly is. Then we went to Stick Boy to get some fresh bread before peeking into some of the other shops in downtown. We try to support the local businesses whenever possible. We also got to stop by the theater and see Cindy for a little bit. It was nice to be out of the house.

Later that day we decided to use a coupon we had and go get lunch at Cooley’s. Unfortunately, the air conditioning was broken so the mean was a little bit miserable. Lilly was WAY too hot in her seat so I had to take her out and hold her. When she fell asleep I laid her changing mat on the seat and let her lay down to stay cool. I couldn’t enjoy my meal though because I basically kept one hand on Lilly the entire time. Next time we will make sure the A/C is working.

We went home and watched the Olympics in our air conditioned house to cool off. I guess the heat wore Lilly out because she took a nice nap on me. Again, I will NEVER get tired of this. I will let her do this forever!