Lilly's Dolly

My mom sent out a package what seemed like weeks ago. It didn't arrive while she was here, we discovered that she had the wrong PO Box. (I looked it up and had given it out wrong oops) I went to the Post Office and they said it would either get sent back or they would look up the right number. Well Mike went today and it came and now Lilly has her very own Madame Alexander Doll. She is as please with it as a 6 1/2 month old can be. Lydia and I had one when we were little but now Isabele has one and Mom decided that Lilly needed one. It's lovely and I am please that Lil now has her own doll. Maybe one day her daughter will have it.

Lilly's new "Legs"

Many of the hours that my mom was here she spent knitting like a fiend to finish these "legs" for Lilly. I love them and think I will make more for Lilly and then maybe for myself. The diaper is a new one, I bought it for inspiration to make some of my own. I think it's absolutely adorable. How cut she will look this spring in little knitted "legs" with her cute diapered bum and a denim skirt.

Lilly's First Food and A Tribute to My Mother and Sister

After speaking with my sister today and realizing that Lilly is 6 months old, Mike and I fed her her first solid food. A mashed up banana. She liked it and understood that the spoon brings food very quickly. I'm certainly going to continue breast feeding and will give her food when we eat. 

I love these pictures of her, as I was watching her eat I realized that her hat was made by me, her bib by her Aunt Lydia and her sweater by Bia. What a lucky little girl!

Lilly gets a new hat.

So somewhere along the Alcan Highway I lost my favorite hat of Lilly's, one I made with a daisy on the top. I will make her another one but for now this one will have to do! I figure of must take advantage of being able to make her wear whatever I want for now as I am sure when she's older she will have a mind of her own.

When Mom is away...

Mike took these photos of Lilly one night shortly after we got here and I had gone to get dinner. I thought her expressions were priceless.

                            Is Daddy watching me? Does he care that I'm about to eat his shoes?

                                                  So he's not going to stop me? In that case..

                                                                          Open wide...

                                                                        Tasty!!!!

                                       Who me? I'm not doing anything, promise! I'm innocent.

                                            Ok well maybe I was chewing on your shoes :-)

Guess she could have been chewing on worse things...

Lilly's Latest Trick

My daughter is going to kill me some day for posting this pictures but they are just too good!

Lilly has learned that if you put your lips together and relax them a little and blow you can make a funny noise, or blow bubbles. Great right? Cute and funny all at the same time. The only thing is Lilly doesn't do it when she's happy, she does it when she's mad and tired and hungry and wants picked up. Usually she's starting to cry so the entire situation is distressing and humorous all at the same time. She's trying so hard to be cry but this new thing she's learned keeps getting in the way so she can't quite do it, and the result is her grunting and "blowing bubbles" all while resembling a platypus. I try not to laugh at her but I can't help it. (I don't laugh for long I promise :-)) I wonder how long this phase will last?

Home Sweet Home

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A little of this and a little of that

We went on a walk today and cut through the woods on the way home.
Bundled up for our walk.
Heading towards Wasilla from Anchorage
Our dirt pile we fondly refer to as "Little Denali" (it gets moved in the spring)
For now Mike and Ham use it to play King of the Hill

Paint

Here are a few photos of the house and the new paint. We have finished the kitchen/dining room and living room. We have the paint for the entry way and the hall but are calling it quits for a day or so. We should get our furniture the end of this week or the beginning of next. Hopefully sooner rather than later.