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The day after Lily started walking, she also figured out how to stand up all by herself, without using furniture or my leg to pull herself up. What a big girl!

First Steps

Original Post Around 12:3o:

Lily is walking! She took 3 steps today, while we were having her pictures taken. She's taken one step a few times before, but you can't really call that walking. Three steps is WALKING!
I am so proud of her! I know that millions of babies before Lily have learned how to walk, but this morning when she took those 3 steps, it felt like she was making some huge, novel discovery that the world has never known before. What a thrill!

Once again, sorry, no pictures of the excitement quite yet. But like I said, my friend Kelly was taking Lily's 18-month pictures when she started walking... So when the images are ready, I'll see if she'll let me post a couple of them here.

Updated at 5pm:

She took 4 steps at a time, twice in a row! And then she actually let me get this teeny tiny video clip - enjoy!

Holiday Weekend

Despite the rainy weather, we had a great holiday weekend!

We had great seats for watching fireworks on Friday night. I wasn't sure if Lily would be scared of the noise, but she didn't mind at all. She watched for awhile, played for awhile, and then watched some more. It was a late night, but lots of fun.

On Saturday, we went to Willie Nelson's Family Picnic, which was held at the Showgrounds at Sam Houston Racepark this year. Dusty and I went to Willie's picnic a few years ago, but that year it was in Fort Worth. Some of the same bands were at this year's show, and we had a great time! We did get rained on, but one of the security guards brought the three of us into the media tent, out of the rain. That's right, the three of us - yes, we took Lily to a Willie Nelson concert, and she loved it! We forgot her hat in the car, though, so Daddy bought her a do-rag to protect her head from the sun. Sorry, I don't have any pictures of it yet because cameras were not allowed at the concert. But trust me, it's CUTE!

And then on Sunday afternoon we played at a spray park close to home. It was a busy few days, but we all had fun!

Watching Fireworks:

Happy Independence Day!

When I went to the grocery store today, I saw a cake just like this, for $25!!! My homemade version was only about 5 bucks, it was fun to make, and it probably tastes better, too!

I hope you all have a fabulous 4th of July!

18-Month Well Check

Lily visited Dr. Dickerson today for her 18-month well check. (Can't believe she'll be 18 months next week!) The doctor visit was fine, with nothing terribly exciting to report. Remember a few months ago when I said I was looking forward to an appointment like this? Well, it's here, and it's awesome! It's so easy to take our health for granted; I hope we've learned enough through the past year and a half that we'll appreciate it more. We are so very blessed!

Lily is now 29 inches tall - she grew 1 1/2 inches in three months! Interestingly, at the pulmonologist's office on Monday she weighed 19 lbs 13 oz. Today at Dr. Dickerson's office she weighed 19 lbs 3 oz. I'm guessing that Dr. Dickerson's scale is more accurate, but who knows? At any rate, she's growing, and that's what counts!

San Antonio Zoo

Here are a few of my favorites from the San Antonio Zoo. The butterflies were attracted to Rayden's red shirt. He got a lot of them to sit on his finger, and several landed on his shirt!

Camping in San Antonio

Here are a few pictures that I took at the RV Park in San Antonio.