Memorial Day Fun

It was off to Pullen Park for the Second Annual Memorial Day Family Picnic. We had to take off Lilly's dress to try and clean the food off of it before the ants marched up and carried her away:


We rode the train and the carousel. We rode the carousel twice because Lilly got upset when we said it was time to go. She stood in front of the carousel and kept saying "horse." When we asked her if she wanted to ride again, she said "OK."

We said we needed to buy more tickets and Daddy went off to do that. When we handed the tickets to her, she again said "OK" and was ready to go. Lilly didn't take well to having to wait but it wasn't long before she was back in the saddle.

This time she got to ride by herself, with Daddy holding on of course!

A new view of the world

With finally passing to 20 lb. mark and the OK from her doctor, Lilly now rides in the car facing forward.

I don't think she notices much difference:

15 month check-up

Lilly had her 15 month check-up today and she has finally surpassed the 25% for height and weight! She weighed in at 21 lbs. and 7 oz. (30%) and was 30 in. (40%) long. Interesting comment from the doctor: Dr. Willey asked if she says any words that we can recognize and I said yes, she says several. Dr. Willey said at this age most children say between 3-5 words. I said that Lilly must have 10-15 words that she says. The doctor went on to say that she has found that children who seem to develop the gross motor skills (crawling, walking) not as fast as other children usually develop their verbal skills earlier. That is true in Lilly's case, although she has not been late in any of her development.
When I got home, I started writing down the words that Lilly says and came up with these:
mama, dada, baby, DeeDee (her baby doll), cat, hat, no, almost, please, all gone, bye, mouse, house, knee, eyes, toe, bubble (her first word at 12 months), hot, cold, go, side (to go outside), bird, pat, poo (she even lets us know when she has gone), shoe, car, chair, stick, stack, bus, nose, tree, book, hi, hop, more, nice, elbow, comb, close, kiss, keys, door, ice, mess, coosh (her word for squirrel), ba (banana), breast, cheese, okay, eat, gasses (glasses), bybys (her word for butterflies), ball, and bath!
Of course she does not say these every day but she says them enough that we know and she knows what she is talking about!

Lilly is also trying her hand at walking on her own now. She still is wobbly sometimes and if she falls, she hasn't figured out how to get back up without holding onto something but she is real good about turning around. She seems to need commands to walk such as, "Lilly walk to the coffee table", but I know it won't be long before she takes off on her own!

Splish Splash

Lilly got a pool today and she tried it out. She is a champion splasher!

Kitty Fishing

Joe gave Lilly a cat toy yesterday and I think she might like playing with it. The trick is to give it to her and then get out of the way or you will feel the sting as she whips it around.

Multi-tasking

Lilly has so much to do these days, she has taken to multi-tasking. She does not have time to stop and drink water so she combines that with her nightly sink bath.