Baby Sign Language

In Ross yesterday Dusty was letting Lily play with the clothing price tags and after she started trying to pull them off he moved away. Lily started signing "more, more more" until he let her play with them again. It was adorable. We weren't sure if Baby Signing Time was teaching her anything but it must be if she's signing now. Today after I fed her she sat down and signed "more milk" at me. I love her signing almost as much as I love her saying Mama.

Bubbles Bubbles Everywhere

We introduced Lily to bubbles today. I had Dusty blow them on the floor in the living room with her while I cleaned up. After that Dusty put bubbles into her bath and she thought they were the bee's knees. She tried to scoop them up and eat them just like she does with the bath water.

Rain Rain Go Away

Its been raining for most of the last week and that means we've been stuck inside. We're both starting to go a little stir crazy so today we spent time looking out the window. Lily loved it! She was jumping as fast as she could and squealing. It's so much fun to watch her when she gets really excited about 

something.

Happy Easter

Susie came in town for my birthday and while she was here we decided to take some easter pictures. We took Lily to the park and spent about 10 minutes taking easter photo's. There was a freezing wind but Lily loved it. It was the first time she'd ever seen easter eggs and we had a hard time getting her to look away from them for a picture. They're her new favorite toy. 

7 months

Lily is always on the move and doesn't sit still very well. When we were trying to take her usual photo in my arms she kept squirming out and just wanted to stand so we let her. Life with Lily is the best thing ever! She is full of so much personality and always wants to be doing whatever I am. She does everything with purpose. You can watch her think about something before she makes her move. She always does exactly what she wants to, even if we're trying to get her to do something else. We're so grateful for every moment that we have with Lily and are so blessed that she is our daughter. 

Lily's First Word

Lily said her first word on April 10th. Dusty brought her into me in the morning and when they were leaving the room she started saying "mama" and trying to get back to me. We weren't sure if it was for real or not but in the middle of the night a few nights later when she screamed it over and over we decided that it was her first word.

I couldn't be happier and dusty couldn't be sadder about it (just kidding, he is fine with it). She screams it when she wants me in the night and Dusty has her or pretty much any time he has her and she wants me she says it. It's the best sound in the world!

Words of the Lord from Modern Day Prophets

General Conference is the best, I love spending two days in my pajamas listening to our modern day prophets. My favorite talk was by elder Oaks in the Priesthood Session of conference. He was truly inspired while preparing that talk.  I've been struggling to understand the Ordain Women movement, they truly puzzle me and his talk addressed their frustrations exactly. He always shoots straight and I appreciate that. Throughout the rest of conference I felt like every talk was speaking directly to me and telling me ways to improve my life and relationship with the savior. I have a lot of work to do before October conference. 

Lily was especially cuddly during conference. She got a cold as she finished teething and isn't sleeping very well. We loved the extra snuggles since she usually doesn't like to do that anymore. She also discovered Dusty's chest hair, and loves pulling on it. It is so fun to watch her learn and discover new things every day. She payed attention to conference for the most part and tried to talk back to the speakers. As I was sitting in the women's meeting I got excited for the day when Lily can come with me and we can learn together. I loved going to the Young Women meeting with my mom when I was growing up and want to share that experience with Lily. 

What was your favorite conference talk?

Bath Water

Lily is obsessed with drinking her bath water. In fact, she has made herself throw up twice because she's filled up on bath water after dinner and overate. And I'm not talking spit-up, I mean projectile throw-up. Because of this I banned all toys that she can drink out of from her bath. She's left with a mirror and a rubber duck. The mirror has two little ties and somehow she figured out that if she dips the back of the mirror in the water she can suck water out of the ties. She would do this the entire bath if i'd let her. She's so creative and always finds a way to do what she wants to. 

Guess Who Finally Got Bottom Teeth?

Lily has been going through another round of teething the last couple of weeks. We were praying that her teeth would finally come in this time. I feel like, The Mom Who Cried Teeth because of how many times her teeth have come in and out but they finally cut this morning. She has her two bottom teeth. They just barely cut through the gums so all you can see are their little tops but they are there and we are ecstatic. 

The last week has consisted of Lily biting and everything in sight. She really likes to gnaw on my chin if I let her. She's been leaving red marks and I'm sure the neighbors think that its super weird when they look through my front window. Once she even gave me a hickey when I was trying to put her down for a nap. She latched onto my bicep and started sucking as hard as she could. We are so happy that her teeth came in. It seems like she's been teething since Christmas. 

She was super happy yesterday after her teeth cut in. Oh and Dusty got a haircut and shaved off his beard. His beard was giving Lily a rash so it had to go and without his beard the long hair looked terrible so it had to go also. It's really weird seeing him clean shaven, its been three years since he's shaved regularly.

Here are some of Lily's favorite chew toys as of late: