Lillie Elizabeth Hood: Growing and Growing.

My little 5 lb 7 oz baby isn't so little anymore. She's growing faster than I can handle and learning new things every single day. This blog might be useless and no fun to read, but the point of my blogs is that one day I will be able to come back to them and remember all of the things going on in my new life.

This is all of the important dates in Lillie's life so far.
9-28-12- First doctors appointment. 5 lbs 5 oz. 18.5 inches long.
10-4-12-Her umbilical cord fell of. BLECK! Thank God.
10-5-12- Second doctors appointment. Weight check, 6 lbs.
10-26-12- Doctor for weight check.- 8 lbs 5 oz 20 1/2 in.
10-29-12- First time sucking her thumb.
11-9-12-Rolled over to her belly, more out of frustration, she was trying to get her pacy.
11-11-12- First time at church, pastors appreciation day.
12-11-12- Lillie's first set of shots. :( 12 lbs 5 oz/ 22 inches
1-8-13- Held her toy on her seat by herself.
1-11-13- Held her bottle for a little bit on her own.
1-22-13- Laughed out loud at daddy.
1-24-13- Laughed out loud at mommy.
1-24-13- Started oatmeal in her bottle.
2-11-13- Doctor. 2nd set of shots. 16.5 lbs.
2-16-13-Started on baby food. Bananas first.
2-22-13- Discovered her voice. She figured out how to scream and she loves it.
3-1-13- Lillie grabbed her toes.
3-4-13- Sat up on her own for about 10 seconds.

Lillie is SO smart. Thankfully, we've got on our routine and she puts herself to sleep. She takes a nice 2 hour nap during the day in her crib giving me some time to get caught up on house work or just relax and maybe take a nap myself. She's learned to jump in her 'jumparoo' and she loves laying in the floor now. Currently, we are working on rolling over, she's yet to accomplish getting her shoulders over but she's got the hips and legs down pat. I let her lay in the floor and practice on her own, but I don't force her. She will do it when she's ready and strong enough, she has the amount of tummy time she will tolerate and she's doing perfect. Looking in the mirror is hilarious to her, I haven't figured out yet if she's laughing at me or just at the reflection. She has two nice poops during the day, disgusting now and thickening up thanks to baby food. Speaking of baby food, green beans and peas are her favorite, followed by sweet potatoes and pears. She HATES apples and peaches, she gives apples a chance but she won't even try with the peaches, she gags every bite. If she's gets off schedule she's a bit well, psycho, but that's alright, aren't we all a little grouchy when our sleep routine is messed up. I have to say she's calmed down some, she rarely has her fits but she doesn't do well with people she's not familiar with. I wish she wasn't that way, that she was a people person and one of those babies that don't seem to care who has them, but she's not and that's okay. She's a mommy's girl so far, she really has no choice, I'm around her 24/7, so she's use to me and I know her needs and cries.

I couldn't be happier than where I am today. I have my baby girl and a wonderful husband and that's all I need. Sometimes I'll be holding Lillie or playing with her and I just have to stop for 2 seconds and just say "Thank you, God!" Thank you for my beautiful, healthy angel, thank you for healing her, thank you for waking her up this morning and for another heart beat. I don't know what I did, I'm so unworthy to have all I do, but I'm thankful. Knowing how much she loves me and how much I love her is amazing. I only hope I can be the parent God wants me to be (and Adam too), and that we always remember to ask for His guidance and do what He would have us to do.

I'm nervous and excited for the years to come of parenting. I'm sure our family will continue to expand (later) and I can only hope that I'll keep a close relationship with my kids and that they can look to Adam and me for advice. Now that I have my own baby, and my own worries, sometimes I just want to go to my mom and say I'M SORRY! I'm sorry for all of the times I was rude and stupid, because I know it will kill me if Lillie acts up towards me and makes me feel like I sometimes made my mom feel. It's not that I was a bad kid, or teen, and was mean to my mom, they raised me better than that and to be honest, my dad would have knocked me across the room had I been that way. But, I did say some things sometimes to my mom that I shouldn't have, I know I've hurt her feelings, I know I've been rude when I didn't always get my way, and I dread the days that Lillie will be like that. I guess if mom and I would have always agreed and always got along, she wouldn't have been a very good mother. I can only hope my Lillie loves me always, even when she doesn't like what I have to say.

Because, one thing I know for sure, I will ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, love her. More than anything in this world.