Happy Halloween!

Hope you all have your costumes ready for tonight! Lily has some cute Halloween footie PJ's she'll be showing off for the trick or treaters, and we'll get some pictures of it a little later. In the meantime, here are some pictures from the last few weeks, and a video of Lily babbling to us. She has discovered her ability to talk in the last few days, and does it non-stop! She is also giggling now and keeps us laughing all the time :)


talking to Dad

tired baby

Nana, Dad & Lily

kisses

Super Lily!!! our future daredevil :)

giggles :)

sleepy

chilly day

big yawn

"How can I get these things closer to my mouth?"

doggy kiss

Lily's new best friend

Fall Weather & Back to Work

While I'm looking forward to the slightly cooler temps this weekend (mid-high 60's), it has been incredibly warm here (in the 80's!) for the past couple of weeks. It's been great weather for walking and getting outdoors with Lily, though she constantly has a mosquito net around her stroller since we have killer bugs! It will be fun to pull out some of her warmer clothes and maybe take some fall-like pictures this weekend :)

I started back at work in the office this week. It was a slow start, but things are moving along now, and Lily is doing great with our babysitter. She's been protesting a bit when it comes to taking a bottle, but other than that it has been smooth sailing! I miss her a lot during the day, but it's nice that I can work from home a few days a week and still get to hang out with the cutest kid on the planet! Her newest game is razzing and blowing bubbles at us. She does it pretty frequently, and the more you do it back to her, the more she does it to you. She keeps us laughing all the time! Hopefully we'll get to hear her laugh soon too :)

Lily is now an expert thumb sucker and we catch her doing it all the time! It's so adorable, we can't help taking about a million pictures :) Mark has taken to calling me the paparazzi, but he is just as guilty of whipping out the camera :) I'm glad we take as many pictures as we do. Every time I open the file to add new pictures, I look back through all of the old ones and marvel at how much Lily has changed in just 3 short months. She looks like a completely different baby!

Happy Birthday to Lily's Uncle Chris and Uncle Kevin, who share a birthday this weekend. It's hard to believe my little brother is turning 21!! And Kevin - enjoy your last year actually turning 29! Also, congratulations to my old boss Andrea and her husband Eric who had their baby boy this week :) Charlie Owen is a beautiful baby, and we're so excited for their family!!! Hopefully Charlie and Lily can get together for a play date the next time we're in DC.

smiling wiggle worm

surprised wiggle worm
this is what happens as soon as you put her down on the changing table
and in the bouncy chair...

she has gotten really good at smearing drool all over her face - yuck! but still cute somehow...

and there it is again...
fingers are good too

a typical lily looktummy time on the surfboard mat

lily got a nice doggy kiss right after this picture was taken

Happy Birthday Dad!

Happy Birthday to Mark, who turned 29 yesterday! Only one more year until the big 3-0 ;)

Lily is doing great and sleeping 9-10 hours at night on a regular basis now! She is completely a morning person and the happiest baby ever when I go in to get her in the mornings. She is all smiles and drool :)

I head back to work next week (though I've been doing a bit of work at home for the last two weeks or so). I'll be in the office 2 1/2 days a week and working from home around Lily's naps on the other days. I'm lucky to have such a flexible job! We hired a babysitter, Katherine, to come to the house when I'm at work. She has tons of experience with infants and is in grad school at UNCW for her Masters in Education. Lily seems to like her very much, and Honey is excited to have more company :) Of course, we like her too, so it works for everyone!

hanging out with daddy

watching football
poor Lily scratched herself on the nose, but she's still adorable!
and we've discovered that feet are very interesting...
excellent drooler
completely flipped around from where I put her to sleep
a different angle
getting good at sucking her thumb