Meme away everybody!

Okay, so I was curious and had to check out what the sixth picture in my sixth file was. Alas, the sixth folder only had 4 pictures in it, so I doubled back and you get to view #2! This past July, my three sisters and I convinced our husbands and kids to go camping together at Morro Bay! Actually, this was our second trip, but last summer only three of us girls went. Next summer, maybe we can convince my brother and sister-in-law with their three girls, too! This picture shows my sister, Helen and I with 7 of the Huerta cousins. Our sister, Monica is standing to the back with the baseball cap on. Our youngest sister, Amy, is the photographer. My son, Jake, was there but didn't make the shot. My girls, Sara and Stevie, have lives of their own and didn't join us. Pretty good looking family, I think! ;)

Oh yeah, and for those of you who think I should have used the last picture since there wasn't six . . .

. . . meet the brothers-in-law: Scott, Kim, Fred, and Jim!

Doing a Meme

According to Urban Dictionary, the fourth definition for the word "meme" is "in blogspeak, an idea that is spread from blog to blog."

My friend, Beth, did this particular meme on her site and invited us to do the same. (Sorry I never posted where I blog from Beth.) The rules are as follows:

Go to your sixth picture folder
Select the sixth picture
Tell the story behind the picture

Since I have a billion pictures of Lily you can bet who will be in the photo. My folders are alphabetized by month, so our picture comes from April:

This is my mom and I (no resemblance or anything) with little Lily out for a day of baseball watching. My brother, Jake, was playing for his high school team. Let me see... that would make Lily 23 days old in this picture.

What's the sixth picture in the sixth photo folder on your computer?

Dancing Fool!

I couldn't resist because I think this is toooooooo cute! The music is from one of Jacob's video games, but Lily digs it, so I put it on for her.

The next question is whether she got her sense of rhythm from her mom or her dad. :)

(...if you ask me, it looks like her dad...)

Keeping one step ahead

Last week, not a day after I covered all the plugs in our living/dinning room , Lily began to crawl. You'd think it would take some practice... the crawling I mean. One day she couldn't do it, and then the next day she was all over the place. I can't think of anything I learn that fast. I can just imagine trying to learn to water ski (or something unlike me like that) and doubt I'd be anywhere near proficient the very next day!

At any rate, just this week, Lil has started pulling up on the coffee table and couches. She promptly falls back down... well, less promptly today, now that I think about it... but she pulls up none-the-less. She has way more strength than balance! ;) So I figured I better get that crib dropped down pretty soon. Procrastinating as usual, I went to check on her during her nap today, only to find her kneeling at the rail, eyes just above her little hands. Soooooo... I went straight for the tool box and put that baby down.

My goal for this weekend? Maybe I can get all the cabinet locks installed in the kitchen.

Beth

I started blogging b/c Beth had a lovely blog. And we all know I want to be like Beth when I grow up.

She does it so well. Not like me and my little posts... "here's what happened" and have a picture or twelve. She manages to actually get her thoughts down in writing and actually tell you a story. I am jealous of her mad skills.

If you don't know, November is National Blog Posting Month, aka NaBloPoMo, in which Beth is participating. I am thouroughly enjoying reading about her two (three if you count Josh) boys and of course her own adventures every day. Yay Beth, you rock! Thank you for sharing so much of yourself with us. :)

Beth gave me and Lily the sweetest Christmas/going away/ baby shower gift last year. A hand made Nativity from Poland. This post is actually just an excuse to share another (yes, another random) picture.

We love you Beth.

Thanks Gram

Gram made Lily a CUTE! new sweater. We love it!

Lily did it!

Lily is crawling!

And its not like she's really been working up to it, she just barely started spending time on her hands and knees. But today, just on a whim I put her in a disposable diaper instead of the cloth after her afternoon nap. That's all it took for her and she was off!

Guess I better go weigh her down again....

Out to eat

Jacob took Lil and me out to dinner tonight. Spur of the moment kind of thing. But I just couldn't see our almost 8 month old being happy strapped into her infant seat while we ate, so... Lily got to sit in a restaurant high chair for the first time. (We don't eat out much.) She was quite pleased with herself.

She even got to share our food. A few black beans and some pieces of tortilla, yum!

Jailbird

Lily had a rough night last night. Her second tooth broke through today (bottom left) so I'm sure that had something to do with it. She woke several times; times she doesn't typically wake, along with those she does. She was even awake to start her day a whole hour earlier than she usually is. (I'm blessed with a child who will sleep/play quietly until seven.) How did I come to know this, you might ask? I could hear the clack-clack-clack-clack-clack, clack-clack-clack-clack-clack, clack-clack-clack-clack-clack of her pacifier being dragged against the slats of her crib.

The poor jailbird.

My latest creation

It has been a slow project that is for sure! Mostly done during nap times and after Lily has gone to bed.

The cell phone is for size comparison. Note it is not completely done. Yes, those are pins holding the handles on, I have some hand stitching to do.

But I like it... I think I'll keep it for myself, lol.

Oh Lil...

So here's a pic of my girl and my guy at our Battalion picnic last week, where Lil took second place in the costume contest in her age group. Her face says so much. She has hit a new stage/phase (whatever) where she is a doll when we are around other people and she is entertained. But during the day, when it is just her and me, she refuses to play nicely by herself and heaven forbid I put her down and walk out of the room. She has discovered how to scream.

I thought I would just ignore it. When she realized that screaming and pitching a fit wouldn't get her what she wanted she would stop. Boy was I wrong. That just makes her madder. The poor kid is going to scream herself hoarse. I was making dinner this evening, before Jacob and one of his LTs got home, and Lily was on the rug in the kitchen with me just bawling. I'm talking to her the whole time; telling her what I am doing, telling her crying like that is not okay, telling her that I can pick her up again when I am done. I finally had to put her in her crib, I just couldn't get anything done. When she finally stopped screaming (fortunately I was done) I went back and picked her up. Is she too little to understand a time out? Is that essentially what I did to her? Any ideas?

Sometimes it's so bad, she doesn't even want me to just sit on the floor with her... she wants to be in arms or in my lap. This cannot fly in our house. I've got crafty things to be doing people!