Vaccines

I took Lily Thursday to get her second round of shots per Dr. Sears' schedule. We did them a little early since we were leaving for the beach and she would be in the pool. Michael is a germaphobe about this stuff and refuse to let her swim without the two remaining shots. Unfortunatly I was exhausted and Dr. Hunt talked me into the polio vaccine in addition to HIB and Prevnar. I caved! I blame Michael for not backing me up while we were there! Oh well.

She weighed 12 pounds 9 ounces at the appointment. That is a pound in a little over a week. Wow..she must have been hungry that week.

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11 Weeks

Lily is doing great! This week she is sitting up (with assistance) and holding her head up like a pro! We even sat her in the exersaucer today. Her feet can touch although she is a tad skinny for it so I shoved a towel in there. She still cannot grab the toys but I hit some and let the lights and noise entertain her. Here she is gazing at the toys.


We also had our first plane flight over the weekend to go meet grandpa and Great Aunt Sandy. She was awesome on both flights. No fussing at all. I had a tip from a friend to breastfeed her during takeoff and landing to help with the ears and that worked wonderfully. She slept and cooed most of the time. I don't even think most people knew there was a baby on board. I will say air travel with an infant is a whole new adventure. Between security, packing, WALKING through the airport, and many other issues (how are you suppose to check a pack and play??) we almost didn't make it. We packed bare minimum so we only had to check one bag. Then we decided against taking a stroller or pack and play so our only piece of gear was the carseat (NOT easy to lug around the airport!) So we checked one suitcase. Carried a boppy, diaper bag, breastpump, and Michael's laptop. Oh and the baby! The best piece of advice I got was to carry her in the baby bjorn through the airport and security. It doesn't have medal so you can walk through the detectors with her in it. It made carrying the bajillion things much easier. The second best advice was to gate check the carseat so you know it gets there! Luckily both there and back the plane was not full so we carried it on but either way that is a good piece of advice.

On a nonLily note. Michael and I went to Kenny Chesney on Friday night and rocked it out. Meanwhile Lily went to visit Aubrey. I got TRASHED! (1/2 Gallon Margaritas I love you!)This was scheduled to be my last Hoora before going back to work. But not so smart considering we had a 7:30 flight (uh we barely made the flight...RUNNING to catch it baby in tow!). I had to pump and dump that night AND the next morning! Wow! But it was fun. I heart Kenny so much! We figured it out that was our sixth (maybe seventh) time seeing him in concert. It's an annual tradition. Here is a self shot of us right before we went it. I amazingly don't look too bad here...must not have kicked in yet.
More Lily Shots!

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Blanket Giggles

Laughing at the feeling of a blankie Aunt Brookie got her!

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Naked Baby Giggles

Lily's new obsession...the itsy bitsy spider. She just laughs and laughs when I sing it to her. At least someone enjoys my singing! Here is a video of her giggling to it.

We decided to have a naked baby day!

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10 Weeks

Smiley baby

Little Lily is 10 weeks! Only two more weeks til the real world of work begins. She has had a good week. Grandma and Grandpa visited, along with Aunt Shannon. They moved Kevin into NCSU this weekend. Because it was a special occasion I let Lily stay up with us on Friday night. Well she then decided it was an all night party and didn't go down til midnight! They left on Saturday but she continued the party until one that night. You give an inch they take a mile!! But she slept until eight both nights and then went down last night at her normal nine and slept until four. Then four to eight. So as long as she gets back on schedule I don't mind.

She is definitely cooing more and more. Her facial expressions are hilarious (see some below). She smiles all the time, and is getting better head control. We even tried to put her in the exersaucer but she is still a little short for it. But she was interested! She liked the colors. She is getting more resistant to the playmat though. I think I need to cycle toys in and out. For the past week she screams if you put her under the mat. Oh how easily they bore.

Here are a few pics
Daddy torturing Lily during the birth announcement debacle
Out like a light
And again....
And yet again...
I think this is the look I will be getting when she is a teenager.
Flirting with Mommy
Sitting up in the boppy
A little concerned at the situation
The "Mom you don't know what your talking about" look

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