8 Months, 2 Teeth, and a New Car Seat

Lily's first tooth popped through on January 25th, which is her 8 month birthday. A few weeks later her second tooth came through. So now she has the most adorable two teeth on the bottom of her mouth. I heard that babies were supposed to be super fussy when they start teething, but Lily wasn't too bad. She seemed a little bugged, but she really wasn't bad at all.

Lily is now big enough for a new car seat. It was really difficult for Bryce and I to decide on one. He really wanted to get the Britax car seat because it was one of the best rated, but they were extremely expensive. So he found one on ksl and bought it. But when he brought it home I did not approve. I really wanted her to have a new one. So it took a lot of arguing, but I finally got my way! We gave the Britax to my mom so she could have one to herself, and we bought a new one for Lily. Mommy and Lily were very happy.

She still is not crawling yet, but she rolls everywhere! It is so funny to watch her barrel roll all over the room. I'm sure she will start crawling soon, but I am fine if she takes her time. She is growing up so fast, it is breaking my heart. My sweet baby has such a personality now and we love her more every day!

And Another Great Year Comes to an End

We decided to have a party at our house this year for New Year's Eve. Our house is pretty small, but we were able to have quite a few people come over to celebrate with us. We had fun playing games and eating yummy food until we decided it was time for the fireworks.

Brad drove all the way to Evanston to get the good fireworks. We had a bunch of Bottle Rockets so we decided  to see who had the best shot. The boys set up some targets in our garden and then we had fun trying to light them on fire. We also shot off some fun ones into the sky. It was way fun to watch.

We went back inside to play a few more games, and then we watched the ball drop. Lily decided to wake up at about 11:45 so we let her stay up for her first New Year. We had a really hard time getting her to go back to sleep, but it was still such a fun night with our friends.

It has been such a great year! Lily is the most amazing baby, and we are so excited for her to grow up. This next year is going to be so much fun, and we can't wait for all of our new adventures with our sweet Lily Bug.