10 Months Old

Since I am so behind I am going to just post her pictures. I was even a week behind taking her picture. These kids keep me busy! She's so big.

My little warrior

Oh my goodness, this boy...He is a beautiful perfect handful of all boy. He was jumping off of a chair the other day saying "I'm Superman", he has never even seen Superman.  He is so wonderful!

My beautiful baby girl.

My birthday

I had a wonderful birthday. Probably my best birthday so far. Tyler really went out of his way to make it special. I woke (at 4:30 because Miss Lily wanted to be the first to wish me a happy birthday, or maybe she just wanted to eat) and found the livingroom covered with streamers. I love birthday decorations so this was very special to me. Tyler took the day off on Friday and we spent the day together as a family. I had to renew my license and I must say I am very happy with my picture. I have had a terrible picture since my last license so I was thrilled with the results of this one. Evelyn and Natalie spent the evening with kids on while Tyler and I went ice skating. It was lots of fun!

Painting

The kids love to paint. I tape paper to the wall and let them have at it. Thankfully the paint blends into the wall color. As long as I keep filling up the paint they are as happy as can be. This really helps when I am trying to get the kitchen clean.

SNOW

Nolan had a blast during the big snow on Christmas. They played outside for a long time. Lily really wanted to join the fun, but I sure she would have thanked if she knew how cold it was. I even joined the fun when it was warmer. It was a beautiful snow.

Christmas

Yea, that is how far behind I am... I am posting about Christmas in the middle of February. :) We had a wonderful Christmas. I think that the best part of our Christmas was finding out we are going to be getting some new babies in the family. We are so excited to meet Jason and Wendy's children that they are adopting. Even though we do not know them yet, we love them very much. They have helped us see what God wants from us and our family.

I bought Nolan and Kaiya pajamas for Christmas. They were pretty cute!

Our Christmas eve tradition is to open one present (an ornament). Nolan loved his ornament. It was a wooden train that we let him paint on Christmas day. I didn't get a picture of Lily's it was a ceramic heart that I painted for her.

Tyler wrapped Nolan a box full of his old Ninja Turtles for Christmas. By far the best gift. He loves his turtles. Of course Lily loved her baby dolls that she got for Christms, but she was a little overwhelmed. We bought a lot less this year and we were extremely blessed because of it. I hope that we can continue to see the true meaning of Christmas instead of the gifts.

Busy, busy, busy!

I am so behind on uploading pictures lately. I think it is just laziness but I am going to say I am just TOO busy. These kids keep me busy from about 6:30 a.m. until bedtime, and after they finally go to sleep I am still trying to clean the house (so far I am way behind on that too). I definitely am never bored, and I love it. They are so wonderful. I have lots to post about...we'll see how far I get before one of them wakes up.

"By Myself"

Nolan wants to do everything "by MYself" these days. We let him get himself dressed the other day to go to the store. He was pretty cute. And he matched, a little. Then he wanted to hold Sissy "by MYself". She thought it was pretty funny.

9 Months

Lillian turned 9 months old on Wednesday. I just cannot believe she is so big. I really seems like she was just born. Everytime we pass the hospital, which is normal anytime we go out, I am reminded of that wonderful day. Goodness, it was a wonderful day!

We took her to the doctor for her 9 month check up yesterday. She didn't have to any shots which made me so happy. We found out she has an minor ear infection. This is the first time any of my babies have had to have an antibiotic :( . I cannot tell if that is what has been making her sad or if it is those rotten teeth. She had a tooth pop through on Christmas. But it has since disappeared again. I didn't know teeth could do that.

Her stats:

• 17lbs. - 25th percentile
• 27inches - 50th percentile
• She is crawling everywhere. Cruising along the couch. Walking with her push toys.
• She can climb up the stairs but choses not to. I think she has had too many tumbles.
• She has almost completely given up pureed baby food. She normally only wants to eat what we are eating.
• Loves drinking for her sippy cup. But she enjoys stealing Nolan's even more.
• Wears anywhere from 9-18 months clothing.
• On the verge of wearing size 4 diapers.
• Starting to make sounds. She has said words that sound like bubba, momma, dadda (only a few of this one). She likes the b sound the best.
• She plays with her tongue all the time. It keeps her pretty entertained. :)
• Wrestles with Nolan and normally makes him cry. She is pretty rough, she likes to pull his hair and then steal his cup. Oh no, what am I in for...

8 Months old

I thought I should probably write this post since she is almost 9 Months old. Yikes! Where does the time go....

Lillian is getting so big. She seems so smart to me. I am probably just a little bias since she my baby. Since I waited so long to post this I'll just put up some updated pictures, no stats.

Bath time fun!

I cannot believe how much she has grown. She is such a big girl!

Sleepy baby

The other night while eating dinner and listening to Christmas music (I love Christmas music!) we look over at Lily and see her eyelids getting heavy. After a few moments she was completely out (for about 30 mins). I would have never thought one of my babies would fall asleep at the table. Too cute!