Six months old!

Lilly turned six months old on Thursday! She's beginning to get the hang of sitting on her own and we know that she really wants to move around the house and have seen some coordinated movements for crawling but she hasn't put all the steps together. There is a solid chance she'll walk before she crawls. She is getting better at holding her weight with her legs for a second or two.

Jinx and Lilly have now moved on from their mutual apathy, Lilly is very interested in her and watches her walk around. She reaches for her anytime she is close but Jinx seems to know what her reach is and stays just far enough away. Jinx is also increasingly interested in Lilly and sniffs her fingers and toes more than she ever used to.

On top of all that we get to start feeding her solid food! Today we fed Lilly her first "solid" food of Sweet potato puree mixed with breast milk. Lilly was thoroughly underwhelmed with it. I wanted her first food to be something exciting but I guess we have to start with simple things.

Smokey Bear Giveaway!

I like to sign up for giveaways. When we were in Washburn a few weeks ago I signed Lilly up to win a Smokey Bear Prize, and...She won! We got her prize in the mail this week, I think Lilly is going to like playing with Smokey.

St. Louis Weekend

We went to St. Louis the other weekend to visit our good friends Matt and Amanda. We had a great time going to the zoo, the art museum, an elk and bison park, and catching up.

These monkey's were really fun to watch. Lilly wasn't very excited about them. 

Outside of the art museum 

Lilly posing like the sculpture babies 

Some elk just hanging out on the side of the road 

There's an elk in the water by the tree 

Thanks Amanda and Matt for a great weekend!

Lilly and Turtle at 5 Months

Our little girl continues to grow like crazy. It's amazing to see how much she changes from month to month. She is getting really good at pushing herself up when laying on her stomach however she doesn't like to spend too much time like that. She is happiest first thing in the morning. We are greeted with a giant smile when we get her up every morning. She continues to giggle more and more. She can't sit on her own yet, but she does great sitting up with our support. She likes to hang out in the bumbo seat and baby jumper at daycare.

Too wiggly and rolling off the turtle 

On her way off

Washburn Homecoming

Last weekend we made the trek up to Washburn for the Washburn Homecoming. It's kind of like an all town reunion that takes place every 5 years. We had a great time wandering around Washburn, watching the parade, hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa, meeting up with some friends, watching the fireworks, and going out in the boat.

We exhausted Lilly by keeping her out and about and making her stay up past her bedtime. She did great but I think she was ready to come home by the end of the weekend. I'm sure she was looking forward to going back to daycare so she could get some rest.

We had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa having fun in the sun.

Queen of the bed

Morning outside on the deck with Grandma

Cooling off on the cold leather couch

Hanging out in the shade with Grandpa

Watching the parade 

Beautiful evening walk down to the lake 

Great to see some good friends

Not a huge fan of the life jacket 

Sucking on the shoulder strap is very calming 

First time in Lake Superior was a shock

Once you get used to the water it was fun

Loving the water 

Flying fun with Daddy

Every trip through Mercer deserves a stop by the loon

Happy 4th of July!