Today was another gorgeous good weather day here in Virginia Beach. It was in the mid 60's and sunny. Could have been a bit warmer but I'll take what I can get in February! Lily and I headed to a picture playgroup. The husband of one of the mom's in the group does professional photography and every once in awhile will take individual pics of the kids in the group. Well the room he was doing it in was right next to the play area. When we went to go in there she starts freaking out because I guess she wanted to be where all the other kids were. So... no pictures this time. Lily had a great time playing though!
After that we headed back home and went out back to play. I don't think I mentioned this but one of the bonuses of this house is that out in our backyard there is a part that is fenced in that has a ton of outdoor play toys. It is for the Mother's Day Out kids to use some in the mornings but we can use it anytime we want to! So thankfully we have that free of use for us and we don't really have to buy any outdoor things (playhouse, cozy coupes, etc.). I AM getting a red wagon though for us to have!! I'm very excited about taking Lily for wagon rides in nice weather. This afternoon we went for a walk to get outside some more. I have a feeling the 2 of us are going to be outside a LOT during the spring/summer. I love it and so does Lily.
I was talking to Alicia last night on the phone and I mentioned to her how different our lives are now. There are things that of course that remain the same but in regards to what we're doing/how much we're doing, etc. it's like complete opposite. It seems like there's always something going on - mostly church related things of course. Which I guess I should have expected since Matt's the youth pastor there. For instance... here's our weekend. Tomorrow I'm watching Aaron (our nephew) in the afternoon. Then tomorrow night is the first of our "dinner for 5" for the youth group. Each month we are doing 1 dinner here for 5 of the youth group kids to get to know them more in a more relaxed environment. Saturday evening we are invited to the Flug's house for dinner. They are having a bunch of people over to get to meet the missionaries who are in town from Brazil. The youth group is going to Brazil this summer for their missions trip. Which speaking of, Matt's going to be gone out of the country for 10 days in June for that. :( Plus he'll be gone for Father's Day! AHH! The good part of this (to be positive) is that Lily and I are going to go down to my sister's for the week to spend time with them. So that will definitely be great!
We've only been here for a few weeks now so who knows what our "typical" lifestyle will be but so far that's how it's been. Well... I've gone on enough for now. Off to finish watching American Idol and drink my starbucks coffee.
Thursday, February 26
Wednesday, February 25
15 month check-up
Lily had her 15 month check-up today. We saw Dr. Robert Fink and he was great with Lily and us. We didn't feel rushed and he introduced himself, told us a little about how things work at the practice, etc. They were fairly timely too. He asked how we found out about the practice and I told him I use to go there when I was kid. So he asked me my maiden name and looked me up (I'm apparently still in the system!).
Anyways...
Lily weighs 24 pounds which puts her at about the 70th percentile.
She is 32 1/4 inches long which puts her at the 90th percentile.
And her head is 19 1/4 inches which puts her at the 97th percentile.
Today she had the DTAP, HIB and MMR vaccines done. He is waiting until the next check-up (18 months) to do the varicella chicken pox vaccine since he would rather her have the ones he did today but didn't want to give her too many at once.
Everything else is right on target and she's a healthy little girl. He did suggest me doing the whole sock thing on her pj's again to try and break the thumb sucking habit again. The whole move is what caused her to do it again I'm sure. Luckily she only sucks it at naps and nighttime so it at least gets some breaks. So anyways... guess I'll see what I want to do about that after she gets straightened out from the shots.
Anyways...
Lily weighs 24 pounds which puts her at about the 70th percentile.
She is 32 1/4 inches long which puts her at the 90th percentile.
And her head is 19 1/4 inches which puts her at the 97th percentile.
Today she had the DTAP, HIB and MMR vaccines done. He is waiting until the next check-up (18 months) to do the varicella chicken pox vaccine since he would rather her have the ones he did today but didn't want to give her too many at once.
Everything else is right on target and she's a healthy little girl. He did suggest me doing the whole sock thing on her pj's again to try and break the thumb sucking habit again. The whole move is what caused her to do it again I'm sure. Luckily she only sucks it at naps and nighttime so it at least gets some breaks. So anyways... guess I'll see what I want to do about that after she gets straightened out from the shots.
Monday, February 23
coloring
I cracked out the crayola scribblers today to see how Lily would do with them. Thankfully they are completely washable! :) Instead of moving it back and forth across the paper she tended to just like use it as if it were a stamp. They're definitely a good idea for toddlers and like I said they wash off anything! Here's a little video of her coloring and saying two of her animal noises: monkey "oo oo oo" and dog "woof woof." She learned the monkey one yesterday.
Yesterday was busy busy with church stuff. My mom is sick so I got a call Saturday to play for church on Sunday. I think it went pretty well considering I'm not as good as my mom and I don't like to play in front of a bunch of people! If you care at all, you can listen to the service on the church's website. The orchestra plays as well for the second service which is the one that is recorded.
Then today was Matt's day off so we headed to the DMV to have our license changed to our new address. One more thing off the to do list of moving! Then we all took a wonderful nap this afternoon. And to end the day, while I was cleaning up from dinner the disposal clogged up. I had put some of the enchilada remainders down it. Luckily Matt's dad knows plumbing stuff so he came over and fixed it for us. There was some NASTY junk that came out of the pipes!!
Yesterday was busy busy with church stuff. My mom is sick so I got a call Saturday to play for church on Sunday. I think it went pretty well considering I'm not as good as my mom and I don't like to play in front of a bunch of people! If you care at all, you can listen to the service on the church's website. The orchestra plays as well for the second service which is the one that is recorded.
Then today was Matt's day off so we headed to the DMV to have our license changed to our new address. One more thing off the to do list of moving! Then we all took a wonderful nap this afternoon. And to end the day, while I was cleaning up from dinner the disposal clogged up. I had put some of the enchilada remainders down it. Luckily Matt's dad knows plumbing stuff so he came over and fixed it for us. There was some NASTY junk that came out of the pipes!!
Thursday, February 19
pics, more words, new playgroup, and a mac
Lily got out her first 2 word phrase last night. Matt and I were playing with her and she wanted me to keep doing what I was doing. After I would finish, she would say "do gin" as in short for "do it again." What a little smartie! More new words: belly button, keys, kiss. The list just keeps growing. This month has felt like she just keeps figuring out more and more sounds. Anytime she sees anything that even looks like a dog now she says "woof woof." It's so very cute.
Tomorrow Lily and I are trying out a new playgroup. This will be our 2nd attempt at a new one. I actually found this one on meetup.com through searching for christian mom playgroups. So I guess we'll see how it goes! I'm being very brave because the playgroup tomorrow is at one of the mom's house. This group seems to have a lot more activities and at times that fit around Lily's nap schedule. Plus it's mainly for moms who have kids that were born in 2007 (lily's birth year).
Last night I got a call from the music director at our church asking me to play for wednesday night service. I had a feeling that once we moved here I would be getting calls to play when my mom is out of town. This week she has been at my sister's house. It went okay - thankfully familiar music that wasn't too hard. I am just NOT a fan of playing in public or for other people.
I haven't mentioned this yet but we are supposedly going to be getting a BIG refund from the IRS. Yay!!! I mean I was VERY VERY surprised at the amount. Matt has been wanting to get a Macbook to use for work. Most of the youth group stuff runs off of a mac currently but that one is owned by someone else in the church. Plus he needs a good computer for his office. And of course he just wants to have one in general. So me being the generous loving wife agreed to let him use some of the money we're getting to get him a new Macbook. He went to get it today and he is in heaven! The other money is wisely being put to some financial things we need to take care of. So thank you IRS!!! We don't get these treats very often and haven't been able to really make any personal purchases the last year before Matt got his new job. I'm still waiting for my minivan. :)
And finally I forgot to mention that on Monday we went to order our new tv console. Yay!!! I'm SOO excited. We need to get a few things for our new house (larger purchases) but will have to gradually work on it. The tv console was the most important thing at this point. With our bigger tv, video game stuff, and now a big cox dvr/hd box, we definitely need something bigger to accomodate everything. Plus ours has a big glass door which always worries me with a toddler in the house. There isn't an actual picture of it online but it's part of the Sterling Collection at VCF. So you can get an idea of the style of it. We're supposed to be able to pick it up the first week in March, just in time for my birthday!
Lily's new way to use her walker turned wagon:
Tomorrow Lily and I are trying out a new playgroup. This will be our 2nd attempt at a new one. I actually found this one on meetup.com through searching for christian mom playgroups. So I guess we'll see how it goes! I'm being very brave because the playgroup tomorrow is at one of the mom's house. This group seems to have a lot more activities and at times that fit around Lily's nap schedule. Plus it's mainly for moms who have kids that were born in 2007 (lily's birth year).
Last night I got a call from the music director at our church asking me to play for wednesday night service. I had a feeling that once we moved here I would be getting calls to play when my mom is out of town. This week she has been at my sister's house. It went okay - thankfully familiar music that wasn't too hard. I am just NOT a fan of playing in public or for other people.I haven't mentioned this yet but we are supposedly going to be getting a BIG refund from the IRS. Yay!!! I mean I was VERY VERY surprised at the amount. Matt has been wanting to get a Macbook to use for work. Most of the youth group stuff runs off of a mac currently but that one is owned by someone else in the church. Plus he needs a good computer for his office. And of course he just wants to have one in general. So me being the generous loving wife agreed to let him use some of the money we're getting to get him a new Macbook. He went to get it today and he is in heaven! The other money is wisely being put to some financial things we need to take care of. So thank you IRS!!! We don't get these treats very often and haven't been able to really make any personal purchases the last year before Matt got his new job. I'm still waiting for my minivan. :)
And finally I forgot to mention that on Monday we went to order our new tv console. Yay!!! I'm SOO excited. We need to get a few things for our new house (larger purchases) but will have to gradually work on it. The tv console was the most important thing at this point. With our bigger tv, video game stuff, and now a big cox dvr/hd box, we definitely need something bigger to accomodate everything. Plus ours has a big glass door which always worries me with a toddler in the house. There isn't an actual picture of it online but it's part of the Sterling Collection at VCF. So you can get an idea of the style of it. We're supposed to be able to pick it up the first week in March, just in time for my birthday!
Lily's new way to use her walker turned wagon:
Sunday, February 15
spider song, new words, kissing, v-day
We've been busy busy! Don't really know what we've been doing but it seems like it's been one thing after the other - errands, trying to get settled in, church stuff, etc.
Two cute stories for the day... First, this evening before bed I was singing Lily the song "intsy wintsy spider." She apparently loved it because from then until bedtime she kept saying again to get me to sing it again and again and again. As soon as I would start singing it again, she would dance and move her arms around like she's directing the music. It was very cute.
Then we were in our bedroom. On the bathroom door in our room there is a long mirror. She always goes over there and looks at herself in it. Tonight I was doing something in there and realized that I kept hearing her give something kisses. And the lucky person was.... herself! She kept leaning in to the mirror giving herself kisses. It was adorable!!! Wish I could have gotten it on camera.
Lily has really been picking up on words lately and trying to get all kinds of different words out. Granted, most people might not pick up on it or know what it means but since I'm with her all the time I can translate pretty well. Here are some of the new ones she knows: minnie, tigger, again, milk, moo (for a cow), woof (for a dog), bye bye, dada, mama (using both for the right person!), shoes, socks, snack, nose, thank you, please, blanket, brush. They of course don't all come out sounding complete or exactly like they should but it's definitely what she's saying.
Yesterday was Valentine's Day. Lily got in bed with us in the morning and we opened presents. Lily got a cute little stuffed bear from her daddy and I got a brand new camera I had been wanting. Yay!! Ours had broken about a month ago and we had been borrowing Matt's parents camera until we got settled in our new home and had some money! I had done a lot of research and asked a few people I knew who were photographers about what the best digital point and shoot camera is right now. I am THOROUGHLY pleased too. It takes GREAT pictures and is fast. You don't have to wait a long time to take your next picture. He got me the Canon 1100SD in brown.
That afternoon we headed to Matt's parents house for a little while so Lily could play with Aaron over there. Nana took them outside since it wasn't too cold so they could ride in the wagon and ride in the cozy coupe. Lily loves that thing! Then that evening my parents came over to babysit Lily so Matt and I could go to the sweethearts banquet at church. So we had a great day. Matt is taking me out to dinner at pfchangs hopefully sometime this week or next for our valentine's date out alone.
I have some pics that I wanted to post with this blog but we haven't uploaded the camera software on to the computer yet so that will have to wait!
Two cute stories for the day... First, this evening before bed I was singing Lily the song "intsy wintsy spider." She apparently loved it because from then until bedtime she kept saying again to get me to sing it again and again and again. As soon as I would start singing it again, she would dance and move her arms around like she's directing the music. It was very cute.
Then we were in our bedroom. On the bathroom door in our room there is a long mirror. She always goes over there and looks at herself in it. Tonight I was doing something in there and realized that I kept hearing her give something kisses. And the lucky person was.... herself! She kept leaning in to the mirror giving herself kisses. It was adorable!!! Wish I could have gotten it on camera.
Lily has really been picking up on words lately and trying to get all kinds of different words out. Granted, most people might not pick up on it or know what it means but since I'm with her all the time I can translate pretty well. Here are some of the new ones she knows: minnie, tigger, again, milk, moo (for a cow), woof (for a dog), bye bye, dada, mama (using both for the right person!), shoes, socks, snack, nose, thank you, please, blanket, brush. They of course don't all come out sounding complete or exactly like they should but it's definitely what she's saying.
Yesterday was Valentine's Day. Lily got in bed with us in the morning and we opened presents. Lily got a cute little stuffed bear from her daddy and I got a brand new camera I had been wanting. Yay!! Ours had broken about a month ago and we had been borrowing Matt's parents camera until we got settled in our new home and had some money! I had done a lot of research and asked a few people I knew who were photographers about what the best digital point and shoot camera is right now. I am THOROUGHLY pleased too. It takes GREAT pictures and is fast. You don't have to wait a long time to take your next picture. He got me the Canon 1100SD in brown.
That afternoon we headed to Matt's parents house for a little while so Lily could play with Aaron over there. Nana took them outside since it wasn't too cold so they could ride in the wagon and ride in the cozy coupe. Lily loves that thing! Then that evening my parents came over to babysit Lily so Matt and I could go to the sweethearts banquet at church. So we had a great day. Matt is taking me out to dinner at pfchangs hopefully sometime this week or next for our valentine's date out alone.
I have some pics that I wanted to post with this blog but we haven't uploaded the camera software on to the computer yet so that will have to wait!
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