8 weeks old

Since I have gotten a bit behind in posting, the pictures below are from the last week and 1/2 or so with the oldest at the bottom and the newest at the top. Most of the time I'm just trying to catch her adorable smiles!

Come on Lily...Smile!

Lily and me after our walk around Lake Como with Grandma Williams. It was quite possibly the most beautiful day of the summer...75 degrees, sunny, light cool breeze...gorgeous!

I guess Lily is looking forward to someday going to Paris...just like her mom:)

Lily bundled up for a walk when we had a bit of a cool spell. Do you think she has enough toys to amuse her? They obiviously bored her:)


This is a silly picture, but I added it because it documents a new step for Lily. She has discoverd her hand (specifically her left hand). A couple of times now she'll just stop and stare cross-eyed and the strange appendage she's been flailing about the past 2 months.

I love giggling at Mom!

This picture really captures what she looks like. I'm not sure what she's staring at..the ceiling or maybe the heart-shaped lights I have around the window.

This is the first major knitting project I made a couple of years ago now. It was a very cool feeling to put something on Lily that I actually made! I got these few pictures in before she spit up on it:)

I love snoozing in my swing!

Look at my cute outfit!

She must have been hungry in this picture as this is one of her feeding cues.

Sometimes sleeping in Mom's arms are the best!

We've had two huge new milestones recently. First, I decided that instead of the 10:30-11:30pm bedtime Lily was having I needed to start moving that up. I was hesitant since we had started to get a schedule down of going to bed around 11:30 and getting up only once and 5:30 am or so and going to sleep again for another hour or 2 before starting our day. So, last week, I tried to put her to sleep after her 8:30pm feeding instead. She fought me until 10:30 when she finally fell asleep. She only got up once though! Each night it has gotten easier to put her to sleep by 9:15 or so. A few times she added a second feeding in the night, but last night she only got up once again. Hopefully this will stick!

The second big thing was that I attempted to give her a bottle of breastmilk yesterday for the first time. She looked up at me with these confused eyes. After awhile and a lot of milk all over, she eventually took about 3.5oz down! Whew! This means a little freedom for me which is huge! So, I'm going to try to give her a bottle each morning for now to get her used to it. Let me just say though...I had the weirdest feeling trying to feed her with the bottle. It was almost like guilt! Then the next time I breastfed her I enjoyed every moment. I really feel like it is special time for us to bond and relax. I wouldn't trade it for anything and even though I've had problems, it's totally worth it to breastfeed!