Check! Check!

Since I wrote my 30 before 30 list I haven't updated on the progress. Honestly, there hasn't been much to report,. But I have completed 2 items on my list. It's already been over a year since I made it, so I need to get moving!

In December I finally dyed my hair brown... and I LOVE it! Too bad it's so hard to maintain the color.

 

 And second, we now have a piano! We didn't buy it, but it was graciously given to us by Barrett's parents who inherited a bigger piano. I love being able to play the piano and I am hoping to start teaching again soon.

Lily's 6 month Finale

I have reached the conclusion of Lily's first 6 months. It has been great to look back on our lives and to remember Lily at each stage. Now I just need to stay on top of it because she is going to be 10 months soon! I will end with the 6-month pictures we took with Lily just before we moved.

Part 4: Random pictures

My desktop has been littered with pictures I keep finding while I am gathering photos for other subject posts that actually go together. So I decided to dedicate one of these parts to all of the random silly/cute/funny/information pictures that don't belong anywhere else. Prepare for the picture overload!

I forgot to add this to the hospital pictures. Since Barrett's brother, Isaac, is on a mission, his mom made an adorable outfit and we took a picture of Lily in it when she was born and sent it to him.

 A bath from the early days :)

Family time:

 

When Lily was first born my nieces and nephews were obsessed with being around her because it had been so long since there was a baby in the family. In fact, the last two babies were the two kids in the picture. This is at my nephew's baptism (Ethan) when Lily was 2 weeks old. Logan and Korver "helped" carry Lily all over.

Melissa had Milo Anthony on February 22! We are excited Lily has a cousin who is so close in age!

 

One of the first warm days of spring. Chilling with Maliya. 

 Lily and me on our first day back to work. I am so lucky Lily was such a good baby! She did awesome playing in the pack-n-play, going to meetings and interviews, nursing while I worked, and sleeping in the carseat for 7 months. I also couldn't have asked for a better job that would let me take her to the office and was flexible around her schedule!

 Some cute pictures:

 

  

Lily's first swimsuit.

Although Lily is overall a very happy baby, she definitely has her crying times. If only we had more of those cute sad faces.

Funny pictures of our Silly Lily:

Gangsta Baby

 I still wonder why I try to put bows on Lily, ha ha. This is how I often found her when I used to leave them on in the car. Now she immediately takes them off to play with.

 We love the moustache binkie! It's funnier when she sucks on it because then you can see it wiggle, ha ha.

 Does this diaper make me look fat?

 Ha ha!

Last but not least... a picture from Easter.

Part 3: Blessing Day and the nursery

Baby Blessings are such a beautiful way to celebrate a birth! I am so grateful to be a part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and that my husband holds the priesthood! I loved watching Barrett take on his new role as dad while blessing Lily.

A few pictures from her blessing day:

 Isn't this adorable? 

 The families are growing...

 Lily's nursery:

As I was uploading these photos I realized: Barrett made every decoration for Lily's room. I don't know if that makes him a really attentive father and me a disinterested mother, or if it just makes him a too crafty husband and me an un-crafty wife. Ha ha! Either way, it came together perfectly!

He made these picture blocks for me for Christmas! It made me cry to see it all! (Which is saying something if it makes me cry)

 Barrett also made this awesome bow board. It looks like we need more chicken wire :)

 This was Barrett's birthday gift to me and the first decorations we had for the baby room. I did actually help to make 1 of those flower balls :)

I was stressed about finding the right chair. I knew it was a silly thing to be stressed about, but I needed something comfortable and something that actually fit me because I knew I would be in it a lot. I'm so short that in most chairs I either couldn't reach the floor when I wanted to lean back or if I could lean back my neck would sit awkwardly on the back cushion . Then after I sat in a hundred chairs at least and decided which one was best, I stressed about the material, ha ha! Well, we finally got the chair and we just laughed because it matched perfectly with her bedding. I love it! And it has been the best chair for me to nurse and rock Lily in.

Until next time...