Here is a video of Lily in the car with Andy, Isabella and I.  Some of it is dark (so there is just audio)… It is a little bit long, but fun.

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WAAAAAAAA, WAAAAAAA… Bolt out of bed, to Lily’s room in the pitch black. Reach down to get her. Uh oh. Chunks, wet, something. “ANDY! I NEED YOU.” Up out of bed. Lily and I in the shower (clothes on and all). Andy cleans up. Lily and mom showered and asleep in “Mama’s Bed.” Dad kicked out to the office bed.

That’s about how it goes.

And, as I typing now she pulled her stool over to the counter so that she could climb up and grab, grab, grab. Result? Coffee all over the floor. It was just a handful of days ago that she learned to carry the stool around to get up high. And, it was just a handful of days ago that she has started her throwing phase. Everything gets thrown.

On a happier note, here are some pictures I took using the computer camera (not best quality, but cute):

“Andy’s Genes, My Jeans”

“Sick and snuggling”

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However, Andy and Lily are at home napping (or one of them is trying to….) and I decided to come down to a coffee shop with internet to post on the blog.  I have written LOTS OF POSTS below so make sure you scroll all the way down to see everything!

Today, we went to a Children’s Museum in San Jose.  We spent a good 3 hours there and Lily was in heaven.

Lily and Mama just getting started:

With Dada in the fire truck:

Playing in the ambulance:

In the Bob the Builder room:

Probably Lily’s favorite room: the “make a pizza” play kitchen:

She has a pretty good list of words that she uses on a regular basis:  Egg (Andy says she says it with a German accent), home (that is the car), keys, sauce (apple sauce), Elmo, cracker, sock, doctor, diaper, and a bunch more.  I am just trying to list some of the new ones.

She will sing “La la la, Elmo Song.”  And, the other day, she said “Elmo Sauce” either accidentally or purposefully, who knows… but now she says it all the time and thinks that it is pretty funny.  Elmo Sauce, Elmo Sauce.

Rain, rain, go away.

I am wrapping up work this week.  I have been working A LOT.  A LOT.  Andy, Lorna, Grandpa *Bob-bob* and Grandma *Na-Ma* have been watching Lily a lot while I have had a busy, busy month.  Tomorrow ends my last day of any real “tutoring” and then I will just have grading for Wednesday and Thursday… then I will be done.  I look forward to having more time with Lily (the hardest thing about working is obviously being away from her) — I foresee plenty of days swimming, library time, walks to the park.  If only that rain rain would go away.

Here is what Lily thinks wearing a winter coat in June:

Yesterday, Lily went the first day (that I can remember) with NO nap.  No nap.  Not even 10 minutes.  Nothing.  She had awakened around 9am and went to bed (exhausted) around 9pm.  What a girl.

Also, don’t forget Elmo.  Elmo (her small stuffed toy) goes everywhere and does everything.  Elmo eats.  Elmo takes naps.  Elmo pushes the buttons on the fire truck.  Elmo, Elmo, Elmo.  She cried for him the other night when going to bed.

What else?

I took Lily to the fire station the other day to look at fire trucks.  We are still on a truck / tractor phase.  She loved it.

She is so much fun (I know, I say that all of the time).  Every day gets more fun than the last (well, not really, since every day is already so fun, how could it get more fun???)

Here are some pictures with Baby Winter (3 weeks old already….)