A Little Life in Lily

Last week was a week.....quite a week and one that will be remembered as a roller coaster of emotions. Before the week took a hard turn in the sad direction with Rocky, Lily Grace was up to much. The most exciting thing that happened last week was that Lily walked on her own for several steps, even got up in the middle of the floor by herself.



It was such a special night. Bob was here as well as Grace, Sebron and Jancsi who was more excited than all of us to see Lily crossing the threshold to walker. What a moment, what a celebration!

I think that her motivation to walk really took off after Grandma Feddy sent her a pair of squeak when you walk shoes for Valentines Day.


Lily just loved them instantly (even if they did drive poor Rocky Boy crazy). It was like all of a sudden walking was extra fun because she squeaked every time she walked. Now she goes into her room, opens her drawer, pulls out her squeaker shoes and asks me to put them on. She grabs her little car and roams all over the house, squeak, squeak, squeaking away. Thank Heavens that she will grow out of those sooner rather than later because I could see how the squeaking could take on an entirely different appeal than cute.

It is simply the best thing to watch her try to figure out how to balance her weight on those two stubby feet. She is so unsteady and yet she desperately wants to make it into Bob or my arms. Walking right now is kind of like a game. Mommy sits there, Daddy sits over there and I go back and forth. Once I get close I nose dive into Mom or Dad because, of course, they will catch me. What a fun game and one we are only too happy to play with her.


She managed to get her shirt partially over her head the other afternoon. Too cute.

Lily is looking more and more like a little girl and less and less like the little baby. It is to be expected, but I can't help but think that she is growing up too fast. The other day I put her in jeans, a pink polka dot top, her squeaker shoes (of course) and her first pig tail complete with bow. I sat her on the glider and couldn't help but see a budding little girl staring back at me.


Her little pig tail managed to stay in her hair (still don't know how) through most of nap time where she was finally able to pull it out. This is what you get when you put babyfine wet hair into a pig tail and then let the baby sleep on it. Simply mawvelous!


She is learning how to build things these days too, which is a nice change from the "Godzilla Baby" approach she has had to any stort of block or lego structure.




Bob built a tower and for the first time, Lily was only too happy to keep putting blocks on top of each other. It is fun to watch the change as kiddos learn new skills. Unfortunately, just as Lily is entering the build and put away stage, Mr. Jancsi is fast entering the "Godzilla" phase. So far it hasn't caused any drama, but Grace and I are sure it is only a matter of time. It is such a precious thing to watch them together. They really are a little brother and sister.