Spring Break - St. Louis

The Magic House… 

Hotel sleep…

Fun friends…

The Science museum…

The City Museum…

Easter

Samuel wanted to hide the eggs for Emma, but we didn't have any plastic ones (yet) so he hid his cars for her to find...

 Egg hunt!

 Baskets from Mommy and Papa…

 Baskets from Gigi and Dodo…

6 months old

We celebrated Lily's half birthday last week. Time is flying by! Here are her latest "tricks"… 

- Sleeps 7 to 7 and has for about a month now. 

- We moved her into Emma's room (which we are trying to be better about saying "the girls" room) and it has gone so smoothly. I expected so much more drama, but they don't really bother each other. When one is being loud (usually the big girl), the other just ignores and rolls over. 

- Lily started real food right on her 6 month birthday. She loves it and is already consistently eating food every night. The other two started more hesitantly, but Lily jumped right in. 

- She's sitting up pretty consistently now. I still put a pillow behind her just in case, but she rarely falls. 

- She rolls and scoots around, but doesn't go too far yet (Thankfully!). 

- First tooth came through last week. She really didn't fuss too much, but was chewing on anything she could get her hands on and was drooling like crazy. 

- She loves her exersaucer and just sitting on the floor with a few toys around her. But her favorite times, are when brother and sister get close. She laughs at them all the time. 

- She loves people! She smiles at everyone, everywhere and is quite charming even when she's tired or hungry. 

- She sucks her thumb! Samuel and Emma use their thumbs to go to sleep, when they have their blankets. Lily has her thumb all the time. Anytime she gets a little upset she cries for a second, finds her thumb and puts her head down on my shoulder. It's so nice that she can self soothe and she's so cute with her thumb in her mouth and her index finger hooked on her nose. 

- She doesn't sleep as well on the go anymore, but is really flexible. She can make it through with just a few catnaps during the day. If we are home she will take 2 lengthy naps (2+ hours) and one short nap. But that really only happens about once a week. She's easy going with 20 minutes here and there while in and out of her car seat or the ergo carrier. 

Enjoying her new bed… 

 Thumb sucker…

 Happy half birthday party…

 Love that she will still sleep on my lap sometimes…