A Girl and her "Zee-Bah"

For Christmas, our good friends Leah, Paul, and Sienna gave Lilly a pull behind Zebra. At the time she had more fun playing with the box that it came in then the actual toy. So the Zebra moved around our house as needed, until one day recently when Lilly took a liking to pull it around behind her. I decided we could take "zebra" walks, and she loves it. She will find her "zee-bah" and head for the door saying walk and outside. I was lucky enough to be able to bring my camera and capture one of our walks. Enjoy!

Lilly on the first circuit at the gymnastics field trip. She really enjoyed the trampoline track along the back wall.

Lilly on the second circuit at the gymnastics field trip. This time she enjoyed the tunnel, trampoline, and the bar for hanging! She just loves to be active.

Lilly on the big trampoline....gosh do we see a pattern?!

Today was the playgroup field trip to a local gymnastics training center. We have been looking forward to this field trip to see how Lilly did, and see if it is an activity we should start with her. She did really great once they were allowed to "roam" and do the activities; she did not, however, warm up properly nor would she stretch like they wanted her to. It's a good thing she's like gumby! We had a great time and it was actually a workout for me, mostly because I was chasing Lilly around the whole time. We are going to try the parent and tot class next week and see if she will like it enough for us to pay for her to take classes.

As for other news, not much! Just enjoying the warm days that "fall" has brought our way. And of course looking forward to the Seafood fest the first weekend in October. I always have to get a sea-spud, and butter drenched corn on the cob. This year it will be fun to watch Lilly do her people watching and flirting! Plus, my Aunt Elise and cousin Kit will make the trip down from PA for the festivities! And they always know how to bring the party!

In other October news, Lilly is going to be tinker bell for Halloween, so I have finished her tutu (neon/citrus green of course), and now I am working on what she should wear on top. I think I'll try to find some type of tink patch or iron on and just put it on a long or short sleeved shirt or onesie. Well, off to search the net; as we are severely lacking around here in places to search!

A Day in the Life...

of a stay at home Mom. Ever wonder what the heck a stay at home Mom does all day long, I mean it must be easy right; you just play with your kid(s) all day?! Well, here is a run down of my 09/09/09; the day of a stay at home Mom. Wake around 6:30am to Lilly talking to herself in the crib and wonder how long she has been up. Make breakfast; waffle, banana, and blueberries. When it goes on the floor, she's all done. Ok, clean up; chair, baby, tray, floor. Time to pack for play group..out the door with time to pick up the photos and mail out some cards. Playgroup at 9:25am, plenty of time to spare. Inside and watching out to make sure Lilly does not hurt anyone else, we make it the whole hour and only have to change a diaper...yeah! To the grocery store, list in hand, cookie for Lilly. In and out in 30minutes, and I only forgot to get waffles. Back towards home, but need to pick up the shrimp first. Heading home, need to unload the groceries, get Lilly down for a nap, and peel/devein 10lbs of very fresh shrimp. All done by 1pm, some me time; eat lunch, fold laundry, put laundry away, and sit for 30 minutes and watch reruns of Rob and Big!! She's up at 2:30, call Mom to come pick her up so I can mow the lawn. Start mowing at 3pm, done by 4pm; then vacuum the cars. Mom bring Lilly back from the park, and we vacuum out her car. Then Dad pulls up with meats that need to do in our spare freezer, so we make room for that. Then it's time to go for a quick family run, and eat dinner. Then the hubby has a great idea to get ice cream and walk around Beaufort....what a perfect end to the day! And so it goes....the day in my life as a stay at home Mom :)

Wedding Fun!

We got the invite to help some family friends celebrate the beginning of their lives together. And we discovered that Lilly is a dancing machine, I had to take her into a corner to keep her from dancing during the couples first dance! She even made friends with the ring bearer! Fitz better look out.

In other news, Fitz and the other Rabid Dogs got 4th in the Hood to Coast Relay over the weekend in Oregon. Not to shabby for a bunch of old men! They of course want to go back next year and go for 3rd...we will have to see!

In other news, Lilly is learning a word a minute! Just this morning she picked up 'happy' and 'canoe.' Now she just keeps walking around saying happy. I will have to try to get it on video, but she's not real cooperative.

My knee is doing better; I taught this morning without pain so hopefully I'll be up and running by weeks end! Hope everyone gets out and enjoys the weather, wherever you might be.