Knocking is like saying Please to the door

Last Sunday door knobs became Lily’s bitch. It came as a shock to all of us. I can’t remember the last time she even tried to open a door and all of the sudden Sunday she got it in her head to stand on her tippy toes and give it a try. She put her hands on each side of the knob and twisted it. After a bunch of hip-hip-horays and yays, she tried it again, and again, and again. She was so proud of herself, as were we.

A little later it was nap time. After I got Lil to sleep and laid down (I still nurse her to sleep) I went out to the kitchen and had lunch with Waldo. While we were cleaning up I took my eyes off of Lily’s video monitor (thanks Stephanie, you were right, I love it and I’m so glad I won) and the next thing we know I hear a commotion coming from the hallway and Lily burst in to the room with a big “Here I am!”. She had opened the bedroom door to came to find us when I didn’t go get her after .5 seconds.

Of course now I have to teach her that she can’t just open the door because wants to go in that room. I have spent a lot of time this week saying “knocking is like saying Please to the door”. I think she’s getting it.

I can’t believe how big this girl is getting.

Random mobile shots 3

A couple of weeks ago I was going through the pictures on Waldo’s phone and found these first three pictures. I loved them. Some are similar to some of the ones that I’ve taken because a lot of the time you will see both Waldo and I with out phones out taking pictures of Lil from different angles, most of the time we don’t realize we’re doing it.

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These last two I took, I’m trying to get better at self-portraits.

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Tender loving care

A couple of weeks ago when I was still a little sick, I was laying on the bed watching Lil play. She walked up to me with a big duplo block, said “baba” and stuck it in my mouth. Then she said “thirsty” and started rubbing my head. I was watching her and she demanded that I “close eyes”.

This little tender loving scene has played out a number of times over the last couple of weeks. I think this was one of the cutest and sweetest things, but for the longest time I couldn’t figure out where it was coming from.

A couple of days ago I was nursing Lil and she was starting to drift off and I very absent-mindedly started stroking her hair and a light bulb went off: I finally got why she had been rubbing my head! I don’t know how I didn’t see it before but I couldn’t stop smiling after I figured it out.

I love that Kid!

This picture has nothing to do with this post, I just loved it and wanted to share it.
Spring in Feburary

Blowing bubbles in the sun

We just can’t get enough of the beautiful weather we are having this week.  Lily has been begging to play with bubbles lately so we went outside to have some fun.  I was shocked because the weather was much cooler then I had expected, but the sun was shining and the birds were chirping so we toughed it out for a little while.

Bubbles always work out the same way, starting with me blowing all the bubbles, then me holding the wand and Lil blowing the bubbles. Before I know it she’s holding the bottle and having the time of her life trying to balance the bottle and blowing the bubbles.

Blowing bubbles in the sun

Blowing bubbles in the sun

Blowing bubbles in the sun

Blowing bubbles in the sun

Blowing bubbles in the sun

Blowing bubbles in the sun

I can’t say that I was sad when Lil spilled over half the bottle and we had to go inside to clean up. It was about 10 degrees colder then Sunday and that really made a difference.

Today is a good day.

I’m sitting here trying not to bump my fingers or toes because they are freshly painted.  This hardly ever happens anymore and I’m trying to enjoy it.

It is a beautiful 64 degrees in early February, EARLY FEBRUARY.  The sun is shining, the birds are chirping and some flowers are blooming.   I can hardly believe it.  I bet its freezing and snowy in Montana right now.

We spent some time out in the sun this morning playing with a toy golf cart my Sister-in-law Christy left here. There was also a lot of exploring behind the shed (it’s safe), and playing around.

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Spring in Feburary

Spring in Feburary

Spring in Feburary

Oh and of course I took a ton of pictures.

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Spring in Feburary

She's found something

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It's a flower!

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Taking it somewhere

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Here Daddy

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Ring around the rosies

I also put my phone in my pocket and enjoyed my daughter without a lens between us.

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The day is so nice that after her nap Lily went for a walk with ReRe and Papa and I sat outside painting my toes thinking about how lucky I am.

Life is good.

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Following Jingle

The post was supposed to end here, but I had to add one more thing.  We went outside last night after dinner (around 8pm) and it was still beautiful even though it was completely dark.  It was also warmer then Montana will be in April!


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