Lily and Ella get to spend alot of time together each week. Lily goes to Auntie Jill's house on Wednesday mornings when i go to work and Ella comes to our house on Friday mornings while Jill goes to work. Over the past few months the girls have started to "play" with eachother and it's been fun to watch. Last week i found the girls tearing into my magazines/caelogs. Ella was showing Lily the joys of ripping paper :) I figured there are worse things and let them have a good ol' time doing this. At least they are practing those fine motor skills by tearing paper! :)



Ella wanted to give Lily a kiss...but Lily wasn't so sure she wanted a kiss from her cousin!!


Lily started crawling last week...she started out slow, but now is off like the wind. She also loves to pull up and stand on anything....the coffee table, the fireplace, her toys, us,...anything. She thinks she is big stuff!

What i'm up to at 7 months...

It boggles my mind that my baby girl is already 7 months! I remember when we took her home from the hospital and it seemed like it would be forever until she would sit up, crawl around, eat baby food, and "play" with us...however the time has come and gone for many of those things. It makes me sad that my baby is becoming less and less of a baby and more and more of a big girl, but she is so much fun and we are enjoying this stage with her more than ever. Here are some of the things she has been up to over the past month or so...

She has finally decided to like babyfood...bananas and oatmeal cereal are her favorite by far, but she also doesn't mind green beans or applesauce. Sweet Potatoes, and carrots didn't go over so well...but we will try them again soon :) Here is a picture of her during her "Gagging" stage. Jake and I would sit and laugh and laugh when we would feed her...you will see why :) I have decided that it wasn't that she didn't LIKE the food...it's that it just took her a while to get use to it. Each day it gets better so we are happy about that!



She LOVES to play. Often time people want to just hold her and walk around with her, but she would much prefer to sit by herself on the ground and play with her toys. She likes to sit next to her basket of toys at home and pull them out and stand up using the basket to help. She things she is so big :) She loves to read her books and she loves to be read to. Her favorites are "Goodnight Moon", "I love you through and through" and "baby colors". (yes she has favorites...i know this because she will sit and listen to certain stories and not others...very smart baby haha)




Cousin Ella is letting Lily borrow one of her toys for awhile...Lily loves this toy and plays with it several times a day! We will need to invest in one of these the next time around....but are happy that Ella is such a good sharer and letting us borrow it for now.:)


Listening to lily is one of my favorite things ever....here she is laughing and laughing while daddy tickles her :)


Lily is on the move...she can get just about anywhere between rolling, scooting, sitting up and flopping back down. She will be crawling any time...it is still just a matter of figuring out how to go forward :)



fianlly, lily loves to have her sippy cup...at this point it is more of a "chew toy" but when does get water out she thinks it is pretty fun!

Holloween

This Holloween lily was a caterpillar. As you can see, she was very excited about this :)


My Grandma Essenburg was in the hosptial because she had her shoulder replaced so we thought we'd stop with brad, jill, and ella jeanne to visit.


Going to visit with grandpa and grandma koning...


Both girls were curious as to what the other one was wearing...


and then ella decided she wanted lily's "feelers"....YANK :)


All tuckered out from a fun afternoon...