Month 9

       It’s July and it is hot!  I can’t believe that I have already been on summer break for a month.  It is going too fast, I am already starting to miss Lily!  Lily and I have gone to several barbecues and parties.  She of course has been the hit of them all. 

 

       The big excitement of this month is Lily’s first camping trip outside of the womb.  She is so tough and loved it so much!  Unfortunately, fire danger was “Extreme” for most of the summer and the fire ban didn’t lift until midnight on the last night we were there.

       We spent a lot of time hiking while we were there.  Lily did phenomenal on the hikes and couldn’t quite understand why everyone was so tired.  She even napped on the way when she was bored of seeing us struggle.  On the hike to Nolan Lake we were all worried because we lost Fiji.  As we were slowly making our way up, we heard from other hikers (on their way down) that Fiji had “guided” them part of the way and then disappeared.  We eventually caught up with her.  When we got to the top, a little Spanish girl yells out “Fiji.”  We look at each other and ask, “Did she just say Fiji?”  Apparently she had been the Sherpa for that family before meeting back up with us.  Lily was not surprised, she knew the whole time that Fiji was safe.

       Grammie and Papa had invited us to stay in the cabins, but Lily insisted that she wanted to stay in the tent.  Lily, the dogs, and I were so brave we even stayed 2 nights in the tent without Rob. He had to go to work in the middle of the week and we were without him for about 2 days.  While camping we also celebrated Rob’s birthday.  Lily loved celebrating with him and helping him open presents.

       We also celebrated Kyle’s first birthday.  Lily made her debut as a beach babe.  Kyle’s birthday was a pool party.  Lily enjoyed showing off her new bikini.

       Lily and I spent a lot of time in Denver while Rob was working and working over time.  We enjoyed getting to see our family and friends so much.  We also got to take Auntie Jenna out to lunch on her birthday.   Lily had a blast showing off to anyone who would pay attention.

 

New Developments for Lily:

       She is definitely crawling now!  She is not super fast but she can get around much better than when she was just rolling.  She likes to hang out with older babies because it inspires her to try new things.

       She has also started to pull herself up on things.  She started by pulling herself up on the high chair.  She like that it had two bars to shimmy up.  She is getting quite confident in holding herself up on various things around the house.  Rob and I are getting much more confident in our baby proofing however, each new milestone Lily reaches we realize we have more work to do.

       Still no teeth.