Rolly- Polly!

Lily had been able to flip over from tummy to back for about a month now...but she fliped over from back to tummy for the first time yesterday. Today she has done it several times and seems very please with herself each time she does it!

When daddy is away...the girls will play!!

Jake has been up in Canada bear hunting and fishing since Friday...and will be gone until late saturday night. This trip has been planed for almost a year, so I knew through out my whole pregnancy that i would be left by myslef for a week with a 4 month old. All in all it's been great. We spent the weekend up at the cottage like normal and i had a babysitter come to give me a break on Monday morning and then my mom took her this morning for me. I never realized just how long the days can seem when you are the only parent! I'm sure glad i don't have to live like this all the time! Lily is also starting to get a tooth in, so that has caused her not to sleep normal...which can be hard when you are the only one here! We are surving though :)

I had ordered Lily an excersaucer and it came this week. It is a life saver! Jake didn't think it was a "necessary" toy...but i beg to differ! Lily loves it! She can sit up and play...and there are so many different toys for her to play with. She can easily turn herslef all around to get at whatever she wants.




We also got her ears peirced tonight! Jake and I have been talking about it and decided that 4 months was a good time to do it. Our neice Ella had it done at that age and it worked out great. She was too little to pull on her ears and she didn't even know they were there. The more we talked about it, the less Jake wanted to do with it. He kept saying, "I'm not going with...all your doing is hurting her!" So he said it was ok that i go while he was gone because he wasn't going to go with me anyways. My mom came with us tonight and everything went great. We both actually thought she wasn't even going to cry at first because her recation was so delayed...but then of course the tears came. After we were finished she drank her bottle and was perfectly fine. Jacob...if you are reading this she did great! I can't wait for you too see her pretty ears! :) I should make Jake take her to the doctor to get her shots next time because that is alot worse than having her ears peirced!
This is BEFORE....she has no idea what is coming!

During....

All done and good as new!


All in all it's a been a great week home with just me and lily...but we sure are ready for her daddy to come home! :)

4 months and rice cereal!

Lily went in for her 4 month check up this past friday...but really she was 4 months and 2 weeks at her appt. Everything went well and she check out great! She is now 14lbs 10 oz and 25 1/4 inches long. That puts her in the 60% for weight (the first time she is above average for her weight) and the 75% for height. She is such a joy and such a content and happy baby. It is hard to believe that she is 4 months old already...time is flying by!
We also started rice cereal with her this past week. I actually started giving it to her before i went to the doctor because Jake is out of town this whole week hunting and we thought it would be fun to give it to her before he left. She seemed to like it the first night..probably because it was something new. However, every time since then she doesn't seem to be a fan. I seriously sit and laugh my head off at her when she eats because as soon as i put it in her mouth she sticks her tounge out as far as it can go and just leaves it there like she is waiting for the food to fall off. haha. I really need to try to get a picture of this! Anyways...we love her dearly and enjoy each moment we have with her.

Piggies!!!

Within the pas week Lily finally has "found her piggies"! When she is laying on her back she goes right for her feet and tries to shove them in her mouth. I guess we are done putting "pretties" (nail polish) on her toes for awhile!