Rolly polly baby

Raelynn started rolling over to her side to sleep a couple of weeks ago, I finally got a picture of her in action!  She still hates tummy time, so I was pretty surprised to find her sleeping mostly on her tummy for this nap! 

I Spy Bottle

I found this on pinterest and thought it would be a good ideal to make one for Lilly to keep her busy when I need a moment for myself.  It’s super simple to make, I took an empty clear plastic bottle, rice, hot glue and 9 little trinkets that fit in the bottle. 

I glued the top on and added some fabric to the top so it looks pretty.  All she has to do is shake it up and she finds new things every time.  I have been meaning to print out what’s inside so she knows what to look for.  Lilly had fun playing with it for about 5 minutes and then was done with it.  I may make another one with alphabet beads. So she can find each of the letters, maybe that will keep her attention longer.  All in all I thought it was a neat idea and I already had everything in the house, and it was super easy to make.

Wonderful weather = a trip to the zoo

We had some wonderful weather the week after Tropical Storm Lee, so Mike and I decided to bring the girls to the zoo…we had a blast, take a look!

Lilly and Daddy looking at the flamingos!  Daddy didn’t believe me when I said they are black when they are born then turn pink.

 

Raelynn had fun!

Daddy was trying to convince Lilly to stand by the fountain so I could take a picture of her by herself

She didn’t want to, so this is the picture I got instead

Lilly vs the elephant :)

This is a very common position.  When Mike picks up Lilly she immediately throws that arm around his neck.

Finally a picture of Lilly alone, I couldn’t get her to stand still

Daddy talking to Lilly about the bears feet.

 

Raelynn, still having fun

Raelynn snoozing..she was so tired from riding in the stroller

The giraffes are really cool

Later in the day Daddy took a nap on the couch, then Lilly decided he needed some company so she grabbed a pillow and blanket and crawled up next to him<—True Story.  I had no part in it.

Raelynn vs. The Chick

Raelynn loves her playmat! And she is now finally starting to interact with it, she kicks and pulls on the toys…this particular day she had it out for the poor little chick (it vibrates when you pull on it) hanging above her head.

 

This is what I call the “get in my mouth” phase :)

 

Mmmm…chicken legs

Come back here!

When she’s had enough of the chick, she always goes back to her favorite toy, her thumb!

I caught this cheesy grin at the perfect moment!

A beautiful day outside = lots of pictures

The title says it all, Lilly and I enjoyed playing outside today while Raelynn napped.  First Lilly gave her tricycle a little attention. She’s getting better at it, still has no clue that she needs to look where she’s going, but she is starting to get the hang of pushing the pedals.  On a side note, I grew up in the country where there were no side walks so I really never rode bikes, I had a go kart and a 4-wheeler so this bike stuff is kind of new to me too :)

After we finished playing with the bike, we moved onto Lilly’s favorite past time FLOWERS! Thank goodness we have a lot of flowers for Lilly to pick.

 

 

This is a video from yesterday of Lilly riding her bike (she was saying “I’m trying, I’m trying”)

This is Lilly today (today she said, “come on, come on” over and over)

Bead and Bath time Video

A new way to play with beads!

Mike and I have been trying for months and months to teach Lilly how to use a spoon an fork correctly.  She just didn’t get it, I personally think she likes her food too much and the fork or spoon slows her down.  She was the same way with walking, she knew crawling was much faster so she didn’t want to waste her time doing the franken-toddler walk, she just crawled until she could walk pretty much.  I’ve been obsessed with pinterest lately and I found an awesome fine motor skills activity that would also help Lilly learn how to use a spoon…sweet kill two birds with one stone!  The goal is to transfer beads from one bowl to the other with only the spoon.  Lilly loves this “game” she asks to play it all the time AND she is getting better at using the spoon too!

 

After Lilly played with the beads she helped (I use that term very loosly) me give Raelynn a bath.  Raelynn just learned how much fun it is to kick everything that touches her feet, including water!  Lilly and I both got soaked.

 

I have a video but my either my computer or my camera is being funky so I’ll have to post those later.