Lilydoins 9-28-08

Lily is growing like crazy. Each week, well - actually each day, she learns a whole new set of tricks. In an effort to document her early-age genius (hee hee), here's a list of things that happened in the World O' Lily this week...

1. Juish and Quackers: Lily can say this oh-so-clearly now. She knows what they are and requests them often.

2. Shoeezz = Go Outside: Lily will fetch our shoes and insist we put them on. With shoes on, she knows the possibility of going Outside is one step closer.

3. Telling Max "No": If Max even accidentally nears her juice or quackers, she points her finger at him and fusses "no no no". As you can guess, he IS a fan of the occassionally misplaced quacker.

4. Her Animal Sound Vocab has grown: She now knows what Max will say (panting sound of "haa haa haa") and what the sheep will say ("baaaaa"). Lily can also say "Biiiii" for bird.

5. Food Requests: When she wants a bite of what we are eating - she walks up to us and opens her mouth wide. We call her our little baby bird. She'll open her mouth wide wherever she may be standing too (i.e. across the room) if she sees us with something yummy.

6. Kitty Stalking: As seen in the above picture, Lily loves to follow around the ever elusive Kitty. She'll copy her Meow with "Maaaaaa". Kitty manages to stay one step ahead of the little sticky fingers.

7. Running Laps: Lily knows one speed: FAST! She loves running indoors or outdoors. She prefers a good chase too (whether from Mommy, Daddy or Kitty).

8. Climbing Accomplishment: Lily crawled into her baby bed. So yes, the cutsie bumpers are off and the bed is on the lowest setting crib-wise. To me - it has never looked more like a cage (which, we all know that's what a baby crib is really for)!

9. Love for Dance: Lily loves to dance. Her favorite moves are Turning Around and making a dramatic fake fall (we're cataloging it as Interpretive Dancing).

10. Sharing Snacks: Lily will also share her quackers with us. We've noticed, however, that she shares her least favorite quackers (bunny quackers). Hmmm....it's still "sharing" though, right?

Pictures Post 9-27-08

Street Cred: Lily's busted lip from a bad fall at school (her upper lip is really swollen in the above picture)



Living it up with her snack cup. If you look real close, you can see smal zip ties securing the lid to the cup. Oh yeah- we took it to the next level!



A view of her curls...



Playing with big bro Max...



A random pic of silliness with a very cranky Kitty (wonder why she's cranky all the time??)

I know I'm 30+ when...

1. A coupon organizer makes a LOT of sense

2. Book clubs sound halfway appealing

3. The age range for "them kids" has expanded to
college students

4. Going to bed at 8:30pm is AWESOME

5. The realization that the juniors department store
section isn't quite for me anymore (nor is any other
section for that matter)

6. I'm investing more $$ into quality lotions for my
ever-increasingly dryer face, hands and legs

7. I'm actually called a Local by friends living in
the same "new" town I'm currently residing in (but
we JUST moved here - well, 10 years ago...holy moly!)

8. The crazy amount of items 5 years and older in
my house (like SHIRTS)

9. Naps. just. rock.

10. I simply LOVE my "frumpy" clothes. Love love love!!
And yes, some of them are bordering on 5+ years old.

I may add more to this later but that's an even 10 for now....

Pictures Post 9-24-08

Just a few photos of our sweet little Lilypad...(taken Aug/Sept 2008)...

Hangin' out with Bunny...chatting with her friends...Oh the life!

Making very important calls with Granny during a car ride...

Running free with the wind in her hair!

Pigtails ready for slidin' in 3...2...1...




Ha chaa chaa!



Taking a very quick Toddler Break...

Lilpad Vocab

Watching a child grow is an amazing thing. In just a brief amount of time, my little lump o’baby is now walking, dancing, blurting out words and bossing around big brother Max. Gosh, I can still picture her cooing for the very first time and thinking, “This is her voice! What a sweet voice!” We’re hearing a lot more of that little voice now. Here are a few words that I have to share:

1. Mama and Dada: Probably goes without explaining. She also learned that “Mama” is a great word for everything. Need the juice cup? Just yell “MAMA” and the juice cup magically appears. See something tantalizing out of reach on the counter? Just say “Mama” a few times until the right thing is before you (or it somehow disappears). It’s a smart little trick.

2. Uh ohhh: A good indicator that something just fell or, more likely, was dropped and should not have been dropped (diaper in the bathtub comes to mind).

3. Bop Bop: Translated means Hop Hop which is what happens on her favorite show Bunnytown. Bunnies say “hop hop”, of course. This is usually followed by a cute Lily squat and bobbing up and down.

4. Oooh ooh aaah aah [with arms pumping up and down]: This what the monkey says.

5. Maaaaa: This is what the cat says.

6. Beeeep!: This is what the car says or, specifically, what Mommy’s car says when she hits the wrong key on her keyless entry device.

7. Staa and Goooo!: Or Stop and Go. Lily loves to play traffic cop. She’ll say “Staa” (hand up like she’s directing traffic) then “GO!” (with finger pointing up). We play this game everywhere: at home, while walking, in the car, or in the bath.

8. Naanaa: This is what the monkey eats. This was the first word Lily said that almost drove Lilypad Dad and I to the crazy house. She was so excited to learn this new word that she said it for everythingggg. For days without end. A funny moment came when finally, at my wits end, I showed her an actual banana. She looked at it with the blankest of stares. Apparently, I was crazy!

9. HAI: Lily’s impression of how we answer the phone and, consequently, how she answers her play phone. Also, we are greeted by an enthusiastic “HAI!” when we enter her room first thing in the morning.

10. Bye bye!: This is most often used, very enthusiastically, whilst leaving her classroom at the end of the day. She gives a very happy Bye Bye farewell to all her fellow comrades. So happy is her Bye Bye farewell that I swear I hear it followed by "suckers!". She’ll also say it while walking away from Mommy or Daddy to announce her departure to another location in the house.

11. Uhhhh and Doh: Lily enjoys Up and Down very much. I usually make a long drawn out “upppp” and point up up up followed by a quick set of “down down down”s. She mimicks with an “uhhhhhh” then a “doh doh doh”. Clear the phones: MENSA will be calling !

12. NO!: Our little girl is definitely trying out her independent pants (Independs?) lately. One rule stands, if Mommy or Daddy hand her something, it is something she does NOT want regardless of its relevance. Out comes, “NO!”. A Tasmanian Devil-like move follows: wild flailing arms set on launching every little thing as far from her as possible (solids or liquids: anything is game). During one fit, she even tried to remove her shirt to add to the list of projectiles. A dedicated fan of her Projectile-Launching-NO-Fits is her faithful big brother Max who is always keeping watch over the floor for any yummy Lily Food rejects. At least someone is happy to see nicely diced up wienies and green beans!

13. Der, der, der: Or, translated into Lilypad terms: one, two, three. These words usually accompany a finger point to whatever she's counting (like toes). As you can imagine - she can count quite high. She can repeat "der" hundreds of times!


14. Juish: Also known as "Juice" is the latest word. Its popularity is ranked up there with Bunnytown watchin' and goldfish cracker eatin'.

First Blog-a-reeno!

Welcome to the LilyPad Blog! It is the new source for Lily news, happenings, various musings and, in all honesty, a bunch of immature silliness. Born nonconfrontational and a bit passive aggressive, us Lilypadders live a pretty ordinary life. For that reason, this blog will dwell less on our everyday activities but more in the goofy/random realm of things. Worst case scenario: should this blog be read only by moi, I will have at least emptied my brain of a huge chunk of the random goofyness that keeps it so full. So really, this blog could be potentially entertaining (hopefully) and even beneficial.

Statistics wise, we are a happy family of three. Lilypad Dad and I have been married for almost ten wonderful years. Our precious Lilypad was born just seventeen months ago. It’ll come as no shock to other parents that our minds have long forgotten what those pre-baby days were like! Of course, we’d have it no other way. Our house is truly now Home.

As for other critters, we have a precious 90 pound moose/dog named Max and a very cranky kitteh named Fasb. Also, Hondo our tiny chihuahua, is still going strong (now 16 years old). You may know him as the fourth horseman in Revelation. He’s a sweet dog, of course: older than time itself but very sweet.

Well, that’s all for now. We hope you enjoy the blog!