10 Months

Lilybelle is ten months, only two more months until she is one. My how time flies. Her cousin made his appearance today, so she has a cousin that is exactly ten months younger than her; how cool is that!? I was on vacation this week, and so I got to spend the whole week with Lilybelle. It was amazing. We went to the store, went for a walk, and played every day. She is so interactive right now, it's great to play with her. She loves to read her books. She will sit on the floor and turn the pages of her books, and talk. We also introduced new foods this week with great success. She tried beets (loved them), split peas (also loved), and lamb (so, so). I was especially impressed with her liking beets. She just gobbles them up. They make a mess, but hey I guess there are worst things.

Taking her photo this month was a pain. She is so squirmy. She kept trying to take off her headband, grab Tim's phone, or play with Sophie. After what felt like thousands of pictures, Tim finally got one that kinda works. It's not my favorite, but you take what you can get.

Last weekend Lilybelle and I went to my parents' house while Tim baby proofed our home. So now my cabinets all have latches and my electric outlets are covered. While at my parents' Lilybelle showed them her favorite game. I never get tired of seeing her play peek a boo.

4th of July

For the 4th of July Lilybelle was the only one in our family to sport the patriotic red, white, and blue all at once. And oh boy did she look cute doing it. Her Nana made sure that she would look fashionable and cool for the 4th of July. 

Since we've been experiencing a heat wave, it was 105 degrees earlier in the week, we opted to spend part of the day inside. Tim had never been to the National Automobile Museum so we decided to go check it out. We had a blast! There are so many cool cars to see, and there are a lot. We enjoyed looking at cars from the 1800s all the way up to the 1980s. It was funny to see that some early American cars had the steering wheel on the right side of the car, which was a carryover from the days of the horse and buggy. The history person in me LOVED reading all the plagues in front of the cars, and if I could have spent all day there I would have read each and every one of them. They even let you climb into one of the cars and take pictures. They also have props for you to wear for the picture taking. So I guess what I'm saying is that hat on my head is not really mine.

After the museum, we went out to the outlet stores, ate lunch, and did some shopping and walking around. This was the first time that we actually fed Lilybelle her food at a restaurant and she did great. She really enjoys her food. Banana is especially her favorite, which is what is on her face in this picture.

We then headed home where we spent the evening. No fireworks for us this year, they went off way past her bedtime.