moving and shaking!

Lilli decided to go mobile recently! First she was scooting and then, before we knew it, she was crawling and now she even pulls up on things. Here are some of our favorite pictures from the last few weeks...

She's can't wait to do Pilates someday - here she is doing a baby plank :-)

She's coming to get the camera!

Sadie better watch out - now her little sister can crawl over to bug her anytime she wants...
She can't escape the highchair and Daddy's peas, though. (we put the "give peas a chance" bib on her especially for the occasion of eating peas for dinner. because we're dorks. you know...)

And here's Lilli having her very first bagel!
of course, Sadie's nose perked up right away...
wouldn't you like to share, Lilli?
well, that's too bad because Sadie wants a taste!
poor doggie... Lilli did not want to share her bagel.
She really loves this little purple ball - it's always a great source of entertainment :-)
and who doesn't love a cute picture of baby feet??

Six Months!!

One of Lilli's favorite "treats" is to have an ice cube in one of these mesh feeding things - she can suck on it, which makes her gums feel great, but she can't get too small of a piece and choke! She's finished the ice cube in this picture, but she's still enjoying the mesh as you can see from the fierce look in her eyes!

She's a giant! I can't believe that she can 1) sit up all on her own like that and 2) that when she does, she's all the way up to the arches on her activity mat!

It was getting so hard to type with her on my lap because she always wanted to "type" herself, so I brilliantly decided to go out and get a new keyboard since the old one was really loud and old anyway and now she has a great new toy.

She really loves to play with her feet :-)
She was rolling around on the floor one day and managed to get the headband stuck on her head - we think it looks great and can't wait till she has some hair to hold back with one someday!

So, at six months, Lilli is doing so many things! She sits up on her own, gets onto her hands and knees and is creeping. She also pulls herself up onto Mommy fairly often, so I'm sure it won't be long before she realizes she can also pull herself up on other things like the sofa or Sadie. By the way, Sadie is also starting to see the bright side of having a baby sister now that Lilli sometimes gets a teething biscuit that she so kindly shares with the dog when she's bored of it and/or moves onto the next activity. Speaking of Lilli and food, she's loving all of her fruits, most of the vegetables and still prefers oatmeal to the other cereals. In another month or so we'll try giving her some meat so she can be a proper omnivore :-)

At the doctor this week, Lilli was 17 lb, 9 oz (80th percentile) and 27 inches long (90th percentile). She did not enjoy her shots, but at least we don't have to go back for three months now so she gets a little bit of a breather! The doctor was very impressed with all of her mobility and how well she was sitting up, and the nurse was so impressed with how cute Lilli is that she brought someone to peek in just to see her :-)

We had Lilli's six month portraits done, so we'll pass on the online gallery just as soon as we get it from the photographer. Thanks for checking in!

Lilli does Manhattan *and* Ohio!

Although it might seem impossible to tell this grass from any other, Lilli knew that it was special because it was growing in Central Park! Unfortunately, she kept Mama on her toes so much that this was one of the only pictures to come from our trip to Manhattan...

Once in Ohio, Lilli was able to meet her Great-Grandmother Schulz...
and her Great-Grandmother Smith!

Not to mention, her Great-Aunt Dorothy and Great-Uncle Ralph...

who happened to have an extremely interesting watch that Lilli talked to and/or played with for at least thirty minutes!

Lilli also went to a diner and sat in a high chair this month!

This is what just one spoonful of prunes can do, people... Just one.

Lilli really loves her dog - Sadie is one of the few things that she consistently finds hilarious!

food, glorious food...

Lilli had her first bowl of oatmeal! It was one of Mommy's favorites while she was pregnant and Lilli ate it right up. We think there may be a connection...

The oatmeal was follwed by bananas...

which were less warmly received.
Luckily Lilli's dog, Sadie, was more than happy to help her out and finish them...

but she'll have to wait to get any of Daddy's ice cream!

Lilli does Nantucket...

on her first family vacation, Lilliana went to Nantucket!
Mommy dressed her in a sailor dress for the occasion...
I know she's constantly sporting this outfit, but it's just so cute!
Happy Four Month Birthday!
Lilli gets stories before bedtime, read to her by Daddy...

does it get any cuter? I mean, really... does it?

in her "Heiress" outfit, on which she promptly proceeded to poop...

here's Lilli's Daddy on "vacation"...

a little smooch on the head before we went out for dinner...

Nantucket was so much fun - we definitely plan to go back next year for more good times and hopefully we'll actually make it to a beach then! Today, we went to the doctor for her four month checkup and Lilli weighed 15 lbs, 4 oz and was 26.5 inches long! She didn't like her shots, but cheered up quickly afterwards and is now taking a nice long nap...

She loves to sit in her Bumbo seat on the activity mat - it's basically the only way she'll play there!
Lilli did not want me to take her picture this morning because she's having a bad hair day. (Daddy combed her hair after the bath last night. obvs he doesn't understand the importance of this task yet...)

The remote is Lilli's new favorite toy. Every time we're on the bed and she sees it she starts talking to it until I put it on her lap and then she's occupied with it for a pretty decent amount of time!

another whole month went by!

I can't believe how fast the time goes - we're so bad about posting new pictures!

Here's her three month picture...

Everything goes straight into her mouth these days!

This is the new toy we got so that she'll tolerate some "tummy time" - it has a ladybug that Lilli can lay on and it spins around on an activity mat.
Luckily there are antennae on the ladybug so that she has something to chew on whilst performing various baby activities...

We went to visit Aunt Eleanor, Uncle Nick and Charlie last weekend and they had this cool bouncer seat which actually prompted Lilli to really play for the first time!
She also went to the pool with Charlie three days in a row. Of course, it was on the third and final visit to the pool that she decided that the water was actually ok!