Tuesday, August 25, 2009

August 25th Crawling!!!!




Lily has gone mobile and she is on her way to becoming more independent with every day. She can really get across the floor at a fast clip and Wendy cannot let her out of sight or she is gone, usually chasing down Bindi who has become quite the big sister. Early days saw Bindi not wanting to have anything to do with Lily unless she was in her crib bawling and Bindi had to peak over. Now Lily comes in each morning to give Bindi a pet on the back very gently and say hi.





Rolling over is is second nature for her now and her motor skills are impressive too. One of her favorite toys is an ice cream scoop and the chip clip.... I see a culinary trend.





Eating lots of solids and loves Wendy's cooking. Having carrots from our garden and fresh pureed fruit with yogurt seems to be a favorite.





She is really becoming a little lady and I can't wait to see her some time soon. Right now we are in Newport RI for at least a few more weeks and after that I need to get home for some family time badly.





Wendy is holding down the fort as always and doing well with the help of friends and of course Skype. We had our first Skype date night tonight, can you believe it. I even put on a nice shirt for the date. Lots of fun and as probably always the case with parents on a date the conversation was about Lily.





These are tough days but we are making them work and looking forward to all being together more.





Couple of recent photos some by Wendy and some by Tammy.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

First Tooth






Well it has finally happened, that first tooth that we have been waiting for. She didn't really have too much trouble with her first bit of teething so hopefully that will continue.

Wendy took Nanna, Alexa and Doris to the beach today with Lily and had a picture perfect beach day even enjoying some John's Drive In for lunch. Man I am jealous!

Barbara (Nanna) is there for the next few days and really enjoying her time with Wendy and Lily and hopefully relaxing some.

Seems like it was just yesterday when Lily was born and we were trying to get her to sleep for an hour solid. Now she is just over six months old, rolling over, eating solids, mimicking sounds, petting Bindi and just becoming such a special little lady for us all to adore. It is truly hard to image our lives without her in it.

Being away is tough at times and really a test in many ways just as it has to be hard for Wendy too, but we are doing it one day at a time. There trip to Newport RI was truly an unbelievable time for us all, staying on the boat, giving Wendy some alone time, going for long walks and teaching Lily how to cook was so much fun. She is going to be a quite the little traveler I think.

Hopefully we can keep up these posts.

Rob sigining off from Booth Bay Harbor Maine. Going on charter tomorrow morning and heading towards