Lillian Standing on Piano Toy

Lillian has started pulling up and practicing standing so we pulled out the stand up toy that Simon loved so much. I remembered there being a picture of him on it so I went and found it - and lo, both kids at the same age playing with the same toy.

Lillian standing at six and a half months.

Simon Standing at 7 months

The blog post about Simon standing at the same toy when he was about six and a half months, roughly the same age. More standing of Lillian after the jump.

Mother's Day 2014

For Mother's Day this year we went to Waterfall Glen (about 50 minutes away) and had a family picnic and a mini-hike on Saturday. It was a lovely day and a great time. We got off to a very late start because Lillian's normally 30 minute 9AM nap turned into an epic 2.5 hour nap (we woke her at 11:15). We had a little trouble finding a place to park as well so we didn't get to hike to the waterfalls, but we did to a short hike and got to spend some time resting in the sun. It was a great day and we are looking forward to going back and seeing the waterfalls sometime when we have an earlier start.

Sunday we spent the day at home, played some baseball, made some cookies with my new mixer attachment and took a walk down to Scooters for some custard. It was a great family weekend!

This is me hiking. Lillian is passed out in the wrap.

Looking for critters.

Simon LOVED the hand pump.

Stacey's Last Day

Get ready for sadness... Stacey's last day was Thursday.

We love, love, loved Stacey, but she was looking for part time and we really need a full time person. The two part time people was getting hard for everyone's schedule. Just about the time we were starting to talk about what we were going to do, Stacey got a call from her previous family asking if she could come back to them for two days a week. It was meant to be.

On a happier note, Jenn is going back to full time for the summer starting when her classes are over in two weeks. Until then, Auntie Colleen is going to fill in for Tuesdays and Thursdays. When Simon starts school in the fall, Jenn will go back to school, too, and start at a job in the photography lab at her school. We will then look for a full time nanny that can stay with Lillian for the next couple of years until she starts pre-school.

He was hiding, she found him!

Art and smiles

Simon and Stacey made a zoo map

He is quite proud.

Lillian likes it too...

Poor Sick Lillian

Jenn noticed on Monday that Lillian was pulling on her right ear, but she sometimes does that for comfort so when Jenn mentioned it to me I looked for it but wasn't worried. Looking back I should have connected that to the fact that Lillian has just been sleeping terribly. She was up a ton on Monday night and again on Tuesday night - only sleeping for 2-3 hours stretches. On Wednesday Jenn mentioned again that Lillian was pulling on her ear and I made an appointment for Lillian to go into the doctor's office. Colleen was coming by anyway to help make a cake for Stacey (last day cake) and she was awesome and came early so she could take the little one to the doctor. 

Lillian has an ear infection in each ear. Poor kid. We gave her Tylenol and her antibiotics. She had a hard time settling down for the evening, when the Tylenol kicked in she was so much happier she just wanted to play!  When she finally did get to sleep around 9pm she slept better than she has in days, only woke up once.

Hopefully she starts feeling better as quickly as the doctors expect her to. She should be feeling better by Friday, though obviously will stay on antibiotics for the full 10 days.

Cooking with Michael Jackson

Alan decided he and Simon were going to make an apple caramel crumble today. While headed to the store they hear Michael Jackson on the radio and so it was Michael Jackson that was on while they cooked. Simon even learned the thriller dance. I don't know if my tummy will be up for eating sweets, but it sure smells delicious! 

Peek-a-Boo Breakfast on Sunday

I have been super sick with the flu since Wednesday morning. I'm finally feeling up to eating again this morning and so we went out to breakfast. Simon and Alan were playing peek-a-boo with Lillian while we waited for the food and she laughed and laughed. So nice to feel human again! Also, she is really sitting up in the high chair by herself now. No food with us during breakfast, but it won't be long.