Lilly says mama!

So not too many things to report....ok,ok, you're probably thinking, Lilly saying "mama" isnt much to report? :P You're right! I was in the car and Lilly is blabbering and then clear as day she says mama. She stops, then starts blabbering and says it again! She hasn't said it since no matter how hard Logan tried to get her to say it. So we've been dealing with teething and it is no fun. There really hasnt been too much else going on but I'll post some pictures for you! Top left is when we went swimming and the bottom right is a sneak peek of her Halloween costume!

Eating time!

At Lilly's 4 month check up our doctor told us to start cereal since Lilly was still eating every 2 hours and seemed interested in food. We have noticed that she watches us eat and eyes our food. It is cute to see her stare at Logan taking bites of his food and then she sticks out her tongue. So last Monday I started feeding Lilly rice cereal and the looks on her face were hilarious! From what I can tell, Lilly does not like rice cereal. I tasted it and I don't blame her. I think it's tastes like wet cardboard. It is so bland. She keeps pushing it out so it's also a big mess.









With the rice cereal has come a lot of crankiness and not sleeping. She refuses to take naps and at night she has been fighting sleeping too. We aren't sure whether the cereal had something to do with it so we stuck with the cereal for a week and since things have not changed, we are taking a break to see if it helps. So far she is still fighting it so it might not be the cereal. We'll see!

OK, so I have something else to add to my list of things I'm not supposed to do. :) Logan and I went to Arby's tonight and Lilly was a little cranky so I handed her a fry and she put it in her mouth! At first she kinda scrunched up her nose but then she smacked her mouth and started gumming it. It was so cute. I ran out to the car and grabbed the camera. I got some great pictures. The funny thing was that when we took the fry away she started cryng so we gave it back to her and she stopped! I can't believe we already have a fry-lovin baby. What have we got ourselves into?!

Camping with a 4 month old

For labor day weekend the Freeman and the Garland family joined efforts to go camping for four days and three nights. We trekked across the Superstition Mountains, through Apache Juntion and Mesa where the trip finally came to an end at the bottom of the Mongollon Rim. The campground was covered in beautiful tall pines.









We had everything set up and sat around the fire eating hot dogs the first night. Lilly went to bed early but at about 10 pm she woke up a little upset and scared I think. She didn't recognize where she was and it was a strange new environment. Most of the next day we looked at other campsites and wrote down our favorites. The next day we went on a hike and I felt bad because Lilly got a little too much sun. She didn't seem to mind though. I really think she liked the outdoors. She slept in all four days. She was happy and content the whole time. She loved sitting by the fire, probably bcause of how it warm it was.

I think by the time we made it home we were all happy to be back though.

Meeting Aunt Tara

Lilly got to meet her "aunt" Tara a few weeks ago and I haven't been able to write about it yet. We had a lot of fun and Lilly liked to cuddle with Tara. Tara and I did lots of shopping so therefore Lilly did too. I think Lilly got more things than I did! She was really tired of being in her carseat so by the end of the week when I put her in it she would whine and cry and stomp her little feet. I never knew that babies knew how to have tantrums at such a little age! Thursday night Logan babysat Lilly while Tara and I went out for a girls night out. It was the first time Lilly went to bed without me feeding her and it was a little hard for me but I had a good time.









The Saturday that Tara left, Logan and I were able to enjoy the Broadway presentation of The Lion King while Aunt Pam and Uncle Brian babysat. It was SOO good. I got chills and didn't want it to end at all. Logan and I had a good time relaxing and just being with each other. Here is a really good picture of all three of us right before we left. Aren't we a beautiful family? :)