Hair Bows!

I have been waiting and waiting to put bows in Lily's hair, because they never stay. Her hair is too fine, so they just fall right out. So for awhile I tried using headbands, with the bow clipped to the headband. That would work just fine if Lily would leave the headband alone... But then a couple of weeks ago we saw Sophie at church, and she had a cute bow in her hair! Lindsay told me the secret -- It's VELCRO!!! It's possible that I'm just way behind the times and all little girls these days are using velcro with their bows, but I had no idea! So Lily and I ran off to Babies R Us in search of velcro bows, and this is what we found!

Pink, purple, white, and blue bows! Sometimes Lily leaves the bow in her hair for an hour or so, but usually she pulls it out and says, "Pretty!" as she tries to put it back in her hair. She likes the bows, but she wants to do it herself. Go figure. She wants to do everything herself.

Yes, I know that her hair is not really long enough. I don't care. I'm still putting bows in her hair!

Lily's Playhouse

July 19, 2008 -- Daddy made a playhouse out of a cardboard box, complete with windows!

Jumping in Bed

This video is from June 11, 2008. Lily had been saying "Up!" each time she woke up from a nap, so I thought I'd try to get it on camera. Well, of course Lily didn't want to say it with the camera rolling, but she was jumping in her bed for the first time! So cute.

Video - Throwing the Ball

Lily loves to throw balls. She used to roll them on the floor, but then she learned how to throw, and that is so much more fun! So now I'm trying to teach her that we don't throw other toys (especially not blocks!).

New Video of Lily Walking

This video is from last Friday, July 18th.

Looks familiar...

Remember when Lily first learned how to climb up onto the bottom step and couldn't get back down? Well, she's bigger now, and she can climb into her chair - but for some reason, she thinks she can't get down! (She can, she just won't.) The grumpy face reminds me so much of this photo from just a few months ago...

Lily Does Laundry

I was around the corner sorting laundry, and Lily was just cracking up with laughter. So I took a peek, and I guess Lily's puppy needed to be washed! It was so cute to watch her play like this - she obviously understands how the process works: put the laundry in the washer, turn it on, watch the clothes spin around, take them out. I guess my photo snapping skills were a little slow that day, though, because I didn't get any of the big smiles on camera. Hmmm.... Maybe pretty soon she'll actually be able to wash her own laundry, not just her puppy dog! (Mommy might be living in a dream world...)