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.

Chilly Bear

Lilly recently received a baby doll named DeeDee. Lilly likes to kiss DeeDee and chew on her fingers and toes (we are in the midst of at least 4 teeth coming in at once).

This morning, Lilly was given Chilly Bear to play with (it's a freezeable teether in the form of a polar bear). After Lilly was done chewing on Chilly Bear's paws, she decided he was thirsty and gave him some milk. She then gave Chilly Bear a great big hug:

Dancing Queen

Not everyone is blessed with dancing moves like Lilly:

Spooning

Lilly prefers to feed herself these days - when she sees the spoon or fork come at her, she says no and tries to take the utensil from you. We try not to let her use utensils unless it's dinner time; she tends to get very messy and bath time is directly after dinner.

I gave in this morning and let her feed herself the oatmeal. She did pretty good. Of course, once the camera was turned off she decided to fling oatmeal across the kitchen!

Gardening

Daddy planted our vegetable garden over the weekend and Lilly wanted to help. She had a good time playing with the pots the plants came in and the watering can.

Lilly's photo shoot

A couple months back while we were eating lunch at Whole Foods, a woman came up to us and said she worked for an organic cotton children's clothing company and they were holding photo shoots for their new line and thought Lilly should come. With the promise of a free pair of organic socks and a professional 5x7 we signed Lilly up.

Lilly is not so sure about strangers so she was a little reserved about a room full of people oogling her but she trudged on like a little trooper. We were the last appointment for the day and I think the photographer had had his fill of children and longed to be photographing model who actually could understand how he wanted them to pose. Of course Lilly saved the best smiles for when he was inserting new rolls of film and when they said they were done. Lilly did not get chosen to be in their catalog but here are the two pictures they sent us:

She's our cover girl!