ROLL OVER, TIP OVER, STAY...

Meg & Jack Molloy with Lily

Bryan & Asia Rowe with Lily

Lily in Daddy's hat

Hi everyone. Wow! The blog updates are way past due. :) As you can see, I have many entries "under construction." It made sense to me that everyone would want to see current events first, so I'll start here...

According to her Daddy, Lily is "the smartest girl in the world." Now I'm not sure about that, but it is pretty incredible to witness all of the changes & new discoveries that seem to appear every day.

While Lily has mastered rolling front to back (the EASIEST way to get out of tummy time), finding the motivation to roll from back to front has been challenging. The concept doesn't seem to make sense to her. Why would she want to roll onto her tummy, anyway?? We try tempting her with toys out of her reach, but she seems to find other ways to get to them.... scooting on her booty, and doing what her Daddy calls "the crab walk" (we'll try to get photos of this so you have a visual). She does roll onto her side very well, but then immediately rolls to her back.

We have also been working on sitting up. She is definitely making some progress. She can stay up for a little bit, mostly only in a "pike" position, before tipping over (use google images for this one, if you are unfamiliar... my fellow cheerleaders know what I'm referring to here). 

Laughter used to be something we only heard once in awhile.... and it seemed to be pretty random. However, in the past couple of weeks, she has been giggling quite a lot. Certain things cause her to giggle... silly faces, the ball popper, and most recently her stackable rings. On Thursday, Lily laughed for the first time at her stackable rings, as Jill tossed them onto the holder like horse shoes. :)

Lily's also been dancing lately, which usually involves a lot of shoulder shimmying. Most likely thanks to Jill, as they have "sing-a-long and dance parties" every Thursday. In reference to the first dance party, Jill said "naturally, she stole the show."

Lily is grabbing EVERYTHING in site. She is especially interested in toys (of course), and whatever the person holding her is drinking. The first time she went for my glass, it clanged on my teeth. You have to watch her... she's quick, that Lily. She loves textures. If within reach, her hands are constantly in Mommy's hair or Daddy's beard.

I'm sure Lily will thank me later for mentioning this in her blog. She had a MASSIVE poop the night before we left Missouri (12/29) to head back to Connecticut after Christmas. So massive, that Mom, Mariah & I had to tackle the situation together in the bathroom at Nakatos Japanese Steakhouse. It was everywhere... her largest ever. ANYWAY... the point is that after this poop, she didn't go again until 1/9! We had many suggestions from her pediatrician (who said she wasn't concerned), friends, family & co-workers.... needless to say, we were happy when she finally went after 11 days!! Everything is back to normal in this department, thank goodness.

Karen Molloy & her family babysat a couple of weeks ago. It was nice to have a night out together.... thank you, Molloy family! 

Also, our friends Bryan & Asia stayed the night with us last Friday night. Lily loved meeting Asia & was happy to see Bryan again. Notice in the photo how relaxed she was, sitting in Bryan's lap. :)

Nana Jo will be here next week, while Scotty is in Houston for an Adventure/High Ropes conference for camp. We will miss Daddy, but are excited to have Nana Jo here!