My New Friend Isabella

Today mommy's friend John and his fiancé Jen and their new baby Isabella came over to visit. They're thinking about moving out this way and mommy and I took them around and showed them the sights (daddy had to sleep all day cause he was working nights this weekend). We had lots of fun but I think Isabella was tired of sitting in her car seat, I know I was! I sure hope Isabella comes back to visit in the sumer time when we can play in the sand on the beach!

Enjoying the weather

Mommy and daddy are taking me for a walk today. They said I don't need my snowsuit anymore, just a sweater! I'm all dressed for spring and I'm ready to go! They mentioned something about a nap, but I'm too excited to sleep.

Wow, all that fresh air sure did do the trick!

Lilianna's First Spring!

Welcome Back Spring!

We went and had some professional pictures of Lily taken a week ago. I wanted to get them done at 6 months but winter being what it is here you go when you can actually make it out of town. Place your orders grandmas!

Happy St. Patrick's day!

Erin Go Bragh!

Lily steals the show

Today we went to Lily's friend Alexis's 1st birthday party. Alexis's mom Jessica is from Ottawa too and they just moved here in December when her husband got a job at the plant.

Poor Alexis, Lily stole all her thunder. Alexis wouldn't wear a party hat, Lily didn't even notice she had one on; Alexis was being shy and clingy to her dad, Lily was sitting in the middle of the floor chatting away and waving to everyone. All the moms kept saying they were going to take her home, as did Alexis's grandparents who were visiting from Minnesota. Lily's turning into a very easy-going and sociable kid. As long as she's the centre of attention she's a happy baby!

Lily and Alexis

Hating party hats

Party party!

Surprise!

Lily exploring (in the background Jessica)

Chaos

The birthday girl

Lily test drives Alexis's car

Playing with the kids

What was that?! Did I do that?

This was an amazing moment for me as a mom. I saw for the first time that spark of learning something new in Lily's eyes. She was playing with her train and she pressed on a button that made a song play. She's heard the song a million times and she's seen me press it, but in that instant it was like she put it all together in her head and figured out that by pressing the button the music played. She was so surprised and then just totally happy that she got it all figured out. The video is short cause I just had to stop filming so I could hug and praise her. I was very proud.

I'm 8 months old today!

Lilianna is 8 months old today, I know I say this every month but time sure is flying by! It's almost time to start planning her first birthday party! She's such a good baby, even with the teething and frustration at not being able to crawl yet she's still a pretty happy girl. She loves her fruit, cheese, cheerios, Dora the Explorer, Hi-5 and of course mommy and daddy. She's getting very sociable at playgroup and having a lot of fun with the other babies. She only had a little stint of making strange over christmas (sorry grandma and grandpa) but now she seems fine with everyone. She plays shy sometimes which is really cute and she's getting the hang of peek-a-boo. We've had a couple of playdates with a new family in Kincardine who are from Ottawa! Alexis is 11 months old but her and Lily get along great. We're really looking forward to the next trip we can make up to Ottawa, hopefully it'll be sooner than later!