Mini update

The past few days have been really busy, hence my silence.  Lily is keeping me a little busier with each passing day.  Although I absolutely love updating my blog, I enjoy the time I spend with my precious baby so much more so I suppose my updates will fall to the way side for the time being.

Updates in the land of Lily:

• The leopard crawl is still the "ride" of choice with mommy and granny on our hands and knees trying to prompt her to crawl the traditional way.  We aren't too sure, but we're trying to convince ourselves that she has taken a few steps with her stomach lifted as a result of our walking around on all 4s!  Hopefully we will get there!  At least the leopard crawl is the slower version of crawling which gives mom a few extra seconds to go running after her.
• Lily has finally realised how to get off her stomach, onto all 4s and then onto her bum.  She used to get extremely frustrated being "stuck" on her stomach and then not being able to get back to the sitting position.  So now we have a much happier little mover on the loose.
• Over the last few days, Lily has learned how to point.  She is constantly pointing at things, often followed by a laugh.  Aunty Lou keeps on saying it's rude to point at people and laugh... but I must say, seeing my daughter doing this is just the cutest thing in the world.
• We have finally moved from the horrendous rear facing car seat to the more "grown up" forward facing version.  This makes for a much more pleasant drive for both mommy and Lily.  No more stretching to the back to rock the seat in order to comfort a frustrated baby, no more trying to find the dummy in a backwards motion and aiming blindly for baby's mouth (usually ending up at the eye!) and no more loud music playing trying to drown out baby's pleas to be released from her "prison".

 

• Lily's favourite game at the moment is "Splish splash" which she plays with granny in the bath.  She looks up at granny in anticipation, bangs down her hand to make a big splash while granny shouts "Splish splash!" - resulting in absolute hysterics!  It's so extremely cute and watching them play together like this really pulls at mommy's heart strings.

Lily is really becoming a little person with such an adorable little personality.  She knows what she wants, is always giggling and loves being the center of attention.  She loves people and smiles at everyone when we're out and about.  Lily also loves giving mommy kisses and mom just grabs them when they come her way - it's the absolute best thing in the whole wide world and I hope those kisses fill all our days in the future!