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9 Months update!

Lily had her 9 month check-up and all is great with her.
Stats:
20lbs, 29inches!!
The doctor was amazed at her language skills and she even said "animal" and "Music" for him. He said she was a genius!

Isn't this a great picture??? Joe took this yesterday while she was eating a peach. What a cutie pie!

a couple new words

Lily has started saying "more", "mine" and "milk." It must be time for the "M's".
And when we asked her to say DADA- she did. That made daddy feel good.

Another new thing she likes to do is slide around on the floors with her socks. You are holding her hands to walk, she leans back and you know she wants to go sliding. She loves it. I am going to attach some microfiber towels to her feet and she can clean the floor!

My baby has a runny nose! :( it's clear, but it's annoying. She of course HATES Kleenex, getting her buggers sucked out, etc. I made Joe go to Wal-Mart at 10:30pm last night to get a vaporizer- which was recommended by Devon and Kristen (thanks ladies and sorry for the late night texts). I hope she gets better soon!

She started eating these little baby puffs- she loves them. She is doing very good with sampling foods and not choking. But...note to self, don't give her lettuce...she did choke on that!

Musical Toy

Here is a musical table that we bought for Lily. It came yesterday and it's quite fun. Lily LOVES beating on the drums. I will have to get a video of that as well. At this point, she is mostly interested in bitting on the drum sticks...but mommy and daddy are having fun! LOL

Because my kid is a genius

This activity cube as this little doors (see the Zebra colored)- Well, she LOVES this toy and we practice saying the words over and over. And one day, she said Zebra and Frog. It's quite amazing.

Lily has a few new words:


1. Zebra (and I have video proof that I will post later)


2. Frog


3. Ball


4. Spoon


5. Dada


6. and of course: Mama (but she has been saying that for a while)

7. Tiger - but it sounds like "ger"

Vacation to Chicago.

The Bean...Can you find Lily and Joe?

Listening to an orchestra practicing. it was very nice.

On this cool bridge on our way to the Bean. It was made out of Stainless Steel. Very hot to the touch.

Ahhh...yes, my kid has very expensive taste.

The Bean is a cool place to take pictures. It actually looks like Joe is higher than us.

This water feature was FULL of kids. These two towers have water that runs down then and about 1 inch of water on the ground. And the towers spray a huge stream of water out of those imagines' mouths. Very cool.

Family photo along the lake front. I was half tempted not to post this picture..not a great picture of my stomach! LOL Damn that bellybutton!

Here's a rare picture of baby and daddy. Daddy is usually the one shooting the pictures.

Mommy and baby with the Shedd in the background..

Lily riding a turtle at the Shedd.