Spring is almost here!!!

The weather has been beautiful here! Sorry folks, I don't mean to rub it in but it's true. And we have been taking full advantage of it this week. We played outside with friends took walks, and had a picnic in our back yard. Maybe if it keeps up we will take a hike this weekend with the girls. We are supposed to get another cold front next week but I hope it doesn't last long.

Oh and by the way... Lily has cut her first tooth. It happened last week and I think she is working on cutting the second bottom tooth too. Its slow going but she has been handling it well.

End of class

Listening game

Tippy toes

Part 2

Let's try this again.....

Part 1

Last one .

Ballet

Playing the listening game as Ella likes to call it.

Ballet

Part 2

Dance class

Last week was parent observation at Ella's dance studio. So he parent were allowed to sit in the class. Some of the videos are too long to send so that's why I have to send parts of the same dance. This is The dance that the are working on for their recital coming up in June.

Part 3

I Have to laugh when Ella wipes her mouth after she kissed her own hand.

Happy Valentines Day!!!

From the Glanville girls!! As I'm sending this I have a very cranky baby, so don't let the picture fool you. She is a dream most of the time but this baby does not want to sleep longer then 45 mins at nap time. Yuck!

Anyways.... I hope everyone is having a very peaceful and lovey Valentines day!!!

Hi! My name is Lily....

And I like....being tickled, being naked,hugging my sister, being held by mommy(all the time)making silly faces with daddy, dancing and sucking on my thumbs and big toes.

I dislike nap time, wearing bibs, moms cold hands while she is giving me a bath, and bottles that have not been warmed up.

Sisters!

I was putting clothes away one day and looked over and could not tell where Lily was. Ella had buried her under some toys. Lily being the happy baby she is never protested. Maybe she thought it was fun too?

Lily at 5 months.

5months!?!? I can't believe it. But here she is with the first spoonfuls of rice cereal. As you can see very little was reaching her mouth.

It's been a challenging couple of months for us. The month of December was hard because it was the first sign that breastfeeding was not going well for us. At Lilys 3 month well visit she did not gain any weight. I made great effort to make sure to feed her more often. But sadly it did not help,because at her 4 month visit she had lost weight. I saw a lactation specialist and weighed Lily before and after a feeding and was disappointed to find out she only got an ounce of milk. I tried to pump more frequently , feed Lily more and took herbal supplements to help increase my milk supply. Turns out Lily is allergic to fenugreek because soon after I started taking the supplements she broke out in a rash. So I decided that breastfeeding was no longer what was best for our family. The effort I was putting in was getting marginal results and making for a very unhappy, stressful home. As hard as it was to make the decision to stop breastfeeding I felt relief in knowing that Lily would be getting what she needed to start gaining weight. I hated the uncertainty of breastfeeding but at least I was able to do it for 4 months compared to the 6 weeks with Ella . And I felt like we got enough of the benefits of breastfeeding. Not only was I dealing with a low milk supply but I got sick twice in the same month. Lily managed to avoid getting any of the viruses probably because we were still nursing at that time. And she is way more attached to me then Ella was at this age which I have to admit feels kind of nice since Ella is a daddy's girl.

So here she is 5 months and 11lbs and 1 oz. She is back to being my smiley, happy little peanut. Next month we will start solids which is exciting. Although I wonder how I will find the time to purée all that baby food like I did for Ella? Hope she learns to chew fast!

Lily laughing.