Sitting up...sort of

Before I get into the sitting up story, I have to tell you - Lily laughed!!!  I didn't hear it actually.  Barrett did.  Imagine that.  I stay home with her every day and I leave the room and she laughs for her daddy.  The little stinker!  I'm really not surprised though.  She absolutely loves her daddy!  They are ridiculously cute together.  She has really only done it that one time, but we are looking forward to many more laughs from our cutie!  I'm also teaching her to give kisses on the cheek.  She is just so much fun!!!

Ok, so the title story...  The other day I was sitting on the couch with Lily and I needed to put her down for a second so I propped her up on her folded laundry (classy, I know).  Then all of the sudden, I feel her head hit my side.  She had pulled herself up from the reclined position!  I didn't know she could do that - even with the help of the couch back beside her.  It was so funny.  Since then we've worked on sitting up.  We have a while before she can really do it on her own, but let me tell you...she really wants to!  Every time I laid her back, she's strain to get back up.  It was really funny.  Here are a few of the pictures I took that afternoon.

She LOVES her toes!

Random Pics

I am terrible at updating this thing.  You'd think that since I stay home it would be easy for me to get online and update at least a couple of times a week.  But the days just go by so fast.  And I'm loving every minute of it.  It really is wonderful to be home with my sweet angel.  She is learning so fast.  She is now great at reaching and grabbing her toys (and my hair!).  She "talks" all the time and I don't think it will be long before she is rolling over and crawling.  She gets mad when she can't get going on her tummy.  It's pretty cute!  She is showing her personality (and her attitude) more and more.  Oh, and the best part?  She is sleeping FLAT on her back in her CRIB!  Very exciting.  I'm so happy for her (and us!).  Here are a few pictures from the last couple of weeks.

I still have not been able to catch the full smile, but here is a little grin.  

The "just taking it all in" face.
I think this one speaks for itself.  :)
Talking!
Laying in her crib.
Playing with her toys.
We took her to see Santa today at church.  She did great!  Here we are afterwards at Grandma's house.
She loved the Christmas twinkles!
LOVE this one!  Ooooo!!!!
I hope everyone is enjoying Christmas time!!  We are listening to Josh Groban's "Noel" today as we put up our tree and decorations.  Great CD!