That might be Lily's motto right now - shopping was her (and my) biggest past time last week! Since it was so incredibly hot already and I haven't technically been cleared for big exercise, we haven't had much opportunity to be out of the house, besides our small shopping trips. Since the weather is supposed to be much better this week, we are going to start walking in the late afternoon, which will help us get rid of some of the stir-craziness we have.
I always underestimate the time it will take for us to get out of the house - getting myself ready, Lily ready (feeding, burping, changing, dressing..), the dogs ready (going potty and getting their Kongs prepped), making sure Lily's bag is stocked with enough supplies for the duration of the trip and getting us both out of the house takes a lot more time than when I was taking trips by myself! I think I'm slowly getting the hang of it though.
We needed some household and fish supplies early last week, so we made (another...) trip to Target and a quick Petsmart run. Lily did well again - she was a little grumpy when we first arrived at Target, so I quickly mastered the "carrying baby while maintaining pacifier location and pushing cart" skill. She calmed down really quickly, though, and slept for the rest of our trip.
On Saturday, we had a great treat. Lily and I met Grandma Libby, Nana and Grandpa at Triangle Town Center to do some clothes shopping. Since Lily is such a tiny thing, she can really only wear newborn sizes right now - and only specific brands of newborn sizes, in addition. Carter's seem to be the clothes most true to the weight range they state on their tags and fit Lily the best. We will be heading to the beach in a few weeks (woohoo!) and unfortunately, I think most of the 0-3 month size clothes will still be too big for her to wear, so she needed some summer clothes in a size that will fit her at the beach and for at least part of the summer. So, we headed to Belk (they were having a great sale, as usual) to see what they had in Lily's size - we were able to find her 4 new outfits - 2 creepers and 2 outfits that have shorts and shirts (a rarity in newborn clothes). We also found a onesie she absolutely had to have - embroidered with her motto for the week:
After shopping, we headed to dinner at the Twisted Fork where we met up with Richard, Aunt Margaret and Uncle Rodney. I am a big fan of the Twisted Fork - they have a really yummy Cobb salad that I love (they make theirs with grilled steak - what could be better?!) and they have a fantastic selection of desserts - my favorite is the gooey caramel brownie - oh so good! We had a great time at dinner and loved being able to spend time with the family. I was able to snap a couple of pictures at dinner:
Nana and Grandma Libby toasting Lily with pink lemonade martinis:
Nana feeding Lily:
On Sunday, it was time for Lily's 1 month pictures - that's right, Lily is a month old already! I can hardly believe it's been a month since she arrived. Before we headed out to have her pictures taken, I snapped a couple pictures of Lily and daddy hanging out on the couch. Lily loves hanging out with her daddy - she really finds him fascinating I think - especially when he's talking. She also gave him her first real smile on Sunday (mommy was jealous!)
Lily's reaction to daddy's goatee on her head:
Although it did take us 3 hours to get 14 pictures of Lily taken, we were really happy with the way the pictures turned out and with the service at the portrait studio we went to - we will definitely be heading back there again. Hopefully, it will not take 3 hours every month! After Lily was done with her modeling, we headed to get Richard a haircut and then to another yummy meal at Firebirds. They have the Grilled Tenderloin Salad- a salad that I absolutely love - actually, it's probably my favorite salad of any restaurant we've eaten at so far in our lives. It was another nice family afternoon :o) .
Lily has gotten so much more alert this past week. She now regularly looks at and focuses on people's faces and spends a lot of time checking out ceiling fans, paintings on the walls and any light that catches her attention. Her hands are also really interesting to her and it's so funny to watch her focus on them (her eyes tend to cross when she's checking out things so close to her face, which is really cute.) She's also finding her voice, we've noticed. In the mornings, she spends the time between waking up and her naptime just chattering away - well, it's more like making "aah" sounds all the time. We've also heard a few coos mixed in there. She's still not a huge fan of tummy time, but we're making progress on a daily basis on that front. She's getting a little more control over her head and can turn it to either side by herself when she's on her back or on someone's shoulder. If she doesn't want to be up on your shoulder, she will suddenly fling her head one way or the other to make sure you get the point. She's now eating a steady 2.5 - 3 ounces at most of her feedings and can usually do 4 ounces in the afternoon/evening feedings. Her sleeping routine is pretty much the same - she does 3-4 hour stretches at a time, which I'm told is really typical of breastfed babies for the first few months. We go in tomorrow for another weight recheck and wellness check, so we will keep everyone posted on her stats afterwards! Any guesses on how much Lily weighs now?
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