Giving Thanks, 3 Months and Other Shenanigans

Lily E,

Hello pumpkin! This has been quite an exciting month for you. Here are some highlights:

This picture shows how absolutely perfect you are. Your face is probably the most perfect, however, as this
picture clearly shows. 

You started "talking" a lot more and have even begun to imitate sounds. The "ggg" is your favorite; you even said "ga" after your Grandma Schroeder was trying to get you to say Grandma! You are also imitating faces. You like when we stick our tounge out at you and concentrate very hard until you can stick yours out, too. You're basically the smartest baby ever.

Here's a little story you were telling Mom.

Pretty much the only time you nap for longer than 20 minutes is when
someone is holding you. I  don't think Grandpa minds, though :)

You have finally found your hands. I believe it's
comforting for you to suck on your fingers
because you are teething. Yes, at just 2 1/2
months we found two teeth coming in!! 

Here you are exploring with your hands some more.
You love your Daddy so much.

Thanksgiving

Being such a big girl on Thanksgiving.

GG got you to sleep. What a good Grandma!

Hanging out with Great Grandpa Zeunen.

Your first road trip was to Kentucky to see Papa Wyatt and
Grandma Jackie. Thanks to a handy dandy portable DVD
player and some Elmo, you had an excellent ride! (Please
don't judge us for resorting to TV at such a young age! We feel
it's better than letting you cry inconsolably for 5 hours!)

You had such a great time because there were so many people
there to hold and entertain you. Here you are with Aunt Glora.

Great Grandma Jackie did a great job of making sure you
 were always happy.

Four generation photo. Great Papa Wyatt, Mamaw, Daddy and Lily!

Here you are at three months. Our first real snow
happened this day. This pic is also great because
it shows how awesomely strong you are sitting in your
Bumbo all by yourself.

2 Months Old

Dearest Lily-poo,

Two months, really? I feel like it was just the other day we were taking your one month pictures. You have grown so much since then, though. Probably the coolest thing about you this month is your responsiveness. You smile so big and so much, it has sure made life a lot easier to see those beautiful smiles throughout the day. You are awake for longer periods of time now (without crying!) and you like to look at whoever is playing with you and smile. You are such a squiggle butt- if we don't have you swaddled up tight your legs are going like you're running a marathon and your arms are everywhere. You've recently found your face and like to grab at your eye sockets and pull your hair. You never seem to mind, though, you're just curious. And we may be a little biased, but we're pretty sure you are the most adorable baby who ever existed in this world. (I think the Grandparents would back us up on this one!) None of us can believe how absolutely beautiful you are. Below is our proof:

Our little ballerina.

Happy because we gave up trying to put you inside
the pumpkin for pictures!

Happy First Halloween!

You fell asleep on Daddy's hand while he was burping you.
Look at those kissable lips!

In this video I would like you to note:

1. Rock star hair

2. Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robot arms

3. Super cute coo at the end

This video shows how responsive you've become to people.

Plus there's a few really cute sneezes. 

Let's face it, everything you do is just plain CUTE!

Here are some of Mom's attempts at taking a picture of you when you're smiling.
You are so squirmy it's difficult to get a good one!
Hard to believe you're even more adorable in real life than you are in these pics!

Here are some more random pictures of you, just because you're super cute!

Playing with Auntie Em. She gave you your first dance lesson!



Super duper cutie pie pose.


Playing with your new swing because,  yes, at just 2 months
old you already wore out your first one!


2 Month Stats:

Weight: 12 lbs 11oz
Height: 22 1/4 inches

95th percentile height and weight! Doc said you are a perfect and healthy baby! (she even mentioned you were advanced because you were starting to roll already and had excellent trunk control!)

Kapnick Orchard

Little Lily,
One of your first outings (besides visiting your Grandparents) was a trip to Kapnick Orchard. We are declaring it a success considering you weren't feeling very well that day. Here's how it went:

Here you are with Mommy and Mamaw. You're pretty
content so far because you like to be outside and
it was a nice day.

                                   

Mommy and Daddy being silly.

You started to get a little feisty so Mom was trying to calm you down.
We didn't get a picture of the next part because that's when you got really mad
and started screaming,

But you recovered quickly once we went in the store.
You just wanted to look at all the goodies!

There was a nice lady there who thought you were just
the cutest thing ever and said she would take our picture.

Then after just a little cuddling from Mamaw you were fast asleep.

What a good trip!

First Month

Dear Lily,

We can hardly believe you are already one month old. I think that was the fastest month of our lives, we are so proud of how much you've grown. We wanted to share with you the things that we think make you GREAT!!

We love your super cute smiles. You have a lot of different smiles; there is side
smile and "I just passed gas" smile, but this open mouth smile is our favorite
because we know you are really happy. In this picture you are really happy because
your Daddy is holding you and you love Daddy a lot- he gets the most smiles.

 

You make some of the best faces we've ever seen.

 Here are just a few of the silly ones that make us laugh. 

The one on the left we like to call "stink eye" and the one on the right

is your kissy lips face. We just have to kiss you every time we see it!

We think it's great fun dressing you up in cute outfits. This is Mommy's
favorite because it says "Mommy's Little Pumpkin".
And that's exactly what you are!

We also think you're great because you're so strong. You are only a few weeks
old here and you can already hold your head up. You also like to kick your strong legs.
Sometimes Mommy will put her hands on your feet and you'll push yourself
all the way up your play mat!

These pictures show how much you've grown already in the past month. You can open your eyes more, your hair is lighter (and a little more crazy!), you are much stronger, you make lots of cute noises now, you take slightly longer naps, you cry MUCH louder, and you have grown so much. Daddy likes to say you're sassy because you don't hesitate to let us know when you want something and you usually want it right NOW. Mommy likes to call it passionate. No matter what you call it we have never loved something so much in such a short time. We can't wait to see what else awaits us!

First Month Stats:

Weight- 10 lbs 7 oz

Heigh- 22 1/2 inches

90th percentile for heigh and weight

(Proof Mommy isn't crazy and you really do eat A LOT!

Good job baby girl!)

Visitors

 Dear Lily,

There have been lots of friends and family who have come out to see you these past three weeks, and we thought you might like to see pictures of the first time they held you. Unfortunately we didn't get pictures of everyone, but there were LOTS of people who just couldn't wait to see you. (If anyone has pictures of you with Lily please post them on here or email them to me!!)

The first time Mommy and Daddy held you- 

our proudest moment ever.

                                       

Here is the first time your Grandparents held you.

Can you tell how proud they all are?

Grandpa Schroeder

Grandma Schroeder

Mamaw Lazette

                                             Here's the first time your Aunt and Uncles met you.
                                           They were so excited and they all loved you right away!

Uncle Luke

Uncle Chiz

Uncle Shawn

Auntie Em and Uncle Kyle

Great Grandma Sharon

Here are just some of the other people who came to see you.

GG Neyrinck

Angela and Ray

Cousin Sebastian

Cousin Xander

Sebastian, Xander, and Aunt Bell

Auntie Laurel

We hope you know how much you are loved by all these people and so many more!!