Lila Fun

I am woefully behind on posting so here is a month's worth of Lila pictures. We have been having so much fun! I can't believe this is what I get to do. Don't get me wrong, my daughter is quite strong-willed and can be a pill, but she is really good when we are out and about...so we tend to go a lot of places. :) I am lucky to live in a place where we can be outdoors all year and am surrounded by friends with lots of kids to play with. I got to watch a lot of firsts during Lila's 6th month. I can't believe she is almost 7 months!

Lila's first time swimming

Poor pale baby! Luckily I am Queen of Sunscreen and Shade

One of the young women asked if she would "grow out of that." Hmmm, no, I'm quite sure Lila will not be winning any tanning contests in her lifetime.

Lila's first balloon

My friend, Jenna's baby shower. She's having twins and looks awesome!

Lila's first time wearing the outfit I've been waiting for her to grow into. I love this girl in blue!

Lila's first hockey game...probably won't do that one for a long time! They were free last minute tickets and we really wanted to get out of the house. It was so loud but Lila never cried, just looked shell-shocked the whole time. We only stayed for about an hour, leaving when a lady behind us asked if I wanted some ear plugs for my baby. Not my proudest parenting moment. I think Lila was fine, this lady just wanted to show her disapproval.

I love Lila in leg warmers.

Lila is starting to sit up on her own but isn't all that steady yet.

Trying out her first sippy cup. She mostly just gnaws on it.

I realize most people pick one picture from each event, but I can never pick just one. I had to put all three of these pictures on just for me because I truly love them. She looks SO small (and happy) in the shopping cart with her fluffy cover. This kid is so much better when she can sit up and see everything rather than being in her car seat!

Lila's first golf tournament on St. Patrick's Day (yes, all 3 of us are wearing green). Chris got cheap tickets to the PGA tournament in Palm Harbor and we had a blast. All the old men and women cooed over Lila and she was actually quiet during the putts. I was a little worried some poor golfer would shank the ball during one of her growls or screams, but luckily she loves her puff cereal pieces and I was quick to shove them in her mouth.

Lila loves bread (wonder where she gets that from.) She had fun gnawing on it.

Lila refuses to stay on her baby bath now and in fact refuses to stay on her back. She now baths on her belly, which she LOVES. She pushes off the sides of the tub and slides around to catch her toys. She does sneeze sometimes into the water and comes up looking a little shocked but is a good sport about it!

More swimming, well getting ready to swim in these pictures. I love all her swim suits. They are too much fun!

Lila's first time at the beach. The water is still a bit cold. I put her feet in and she promptly picked them up under her. Sissy!

Lila is taking steps now when I hold her hands.

Whew, I need to keep up better so I don't have marathon posts like this one. I realize I post too many pictures and am "wordy" but I really want to document Lila's first year. Most of my friends have just had their last kid and sit and enjoy, and here I am with my first snapping millions of pictures but I don't care! :)

Random Lila Photos

I know I need to update this blog and have had ideas of posts for a long time.

Like, mom vs. the baby food, in which baby food is the clear winner. The deciding factor was when lila leaned over the side of her Bumbo which was perched (safely and fully) on the corner of the tub in which I was bathing and spit up most of her sweet potatoes into the water. Yes, I was still in it. No pictures were taken of this occurance but plenty of pictures of Lila covered in food are stored for her wedding video.

Instead I have cute random pictures of Lila which I can't seem to stop taking.

I'm afraid I have created a monster in that every time I change Lila she thinks afterwards she has to stand up and play in her basket with all her supplies. Even when she is in a bad mood this makes her happy.

I went shopping with a couple friends last weekend and Lila was spoiled by them. They are both baby lovers and were more than happy to hold her. I love this sweet face!

Good thing we all were willing to hold Lila because her stroller was needed for another use. Yes, my stroller is under all that stuff- which I'm proud to say most of is not mine.

Can you tell Lila loves her binkies? I didn't even realize she had that many of them on her play mat but she managed to gather them all together. I promise I didn't do it. My little hoarder. :)

Lila on Valentine's Day. She had 2 cute red outfits because one got spit up on of course! Luckily Mammie (Chris's mom) got her this red hooded coat and leggings which were so cozy and cute on her.

Lila is trying to pull her knees up already. I'm not ready for her to crawl yet!

Camie and I tried to get a cousin picture in their red Valentine's clothes at her house but it was rather difficult. (Lila's shirt says "kiss me" so cute!)

As good as it gets.

Lila in leg warmers is my new obsession. Here is just one pair, but my sister sent me others that I have been putting on her with dresses. Love it!

Lila with our friend's baby Luke. From the look on her face I don't think she's going to be a good sharer.

Maybe she's just jealous of all his hair.

Ta Da. Here are the hair saga results. Bear in mind please that some make-up got washed off during rinsing in the sink plus this picture was taken at 11:30 pm! I got there at 5:15pm and left at 11:30! She was coloring and cutting both my friend and I, but I was not planning on being there so late.

I still can't decide. Right after she finished I LOVED it. I was shocked how short it was and how little hair I seem to have but she cut exactly how I described and it was such a fun change. Now I have been trying to decide if it looks good. I thought I would be a little blonder and longer but I like that it looks natural and it's still is quite a bit lighter than it used to be. I got home and Chris didn't like it. That was kind of a bummer...him being my husband and all!

It actually looks longer and redder in the picture to me than in person. There are tons of choppy layers but now I feel like it looks like Jennifer Aniston's "Friends" haircut (more so today now that I slept on it and it bounced up a little more).

Jury is still out.

Some from today taken by yours truly.

Here is the pony originally cut off so you can see color difference.

Bright Idea?

Recently Lila and I had a little outing at a mall in Tampa. We had a fun day browsing and buying outfits for a friend having twins (yay Jenna!) I made a pit stop in the mother's lounge to feed and change Lila. Now I don't claim to be a brainiac by any means, but seriously?! Who puts a motion activated paper towel dispenser directly above the changing table? Really?

Lila thought it was the greatest thing since...well she doesn't know about sliced bread yet but she thought it was pretty fun. I couldn't help thinking of all the wasted paper towels over time. Just in the time it took me to change her diaper I threw away two arm loads of paper towels. Every time Lila kicked her little legs or waved her frantic arms more towels fluttered into her awaiting arms. Every time I moved, same result. Whose bright idea was that?!

Now, this really was a bright idea if I do say so myself.

Lila has issues with riding in the car. They have improved but it is still no fun being in the car with this girl. She hates being strapped into things and hates when she isn't moving. This makes traffic and red lights torture as I have mentioned in previous posts. My mom got Lila this awesome piano toy for Christmas. It is supposed to be tied to the crib or somewhere where the baby can kick it to make the notes and animal sounds play and little characters light up. It also has a mode to play songs continuously that change when different keys are kicked. I have been using it on the floor for her to push with her hands but it occurred to me that she could kick it in the car. It has helped tremendously! Thanks mom!

Finally, I am hoping that changing my hair is still a bright idea.

Most of my family and especially Chris are not so thrilled about the idea but after dragging my feet about who to go to and if I should really do it, I have a consultation scheduled for Friday. There is a consultation first because the girl cutting my hair is a friend of a friend and doing it for cheaper out of her house than in her salon so she needs to see my hair to know what dyes etc to use. I am hoping it goes well because I have heard red hair is hard to dye. I think the fact she wants a consult first is a good omen. We will see...