Just a quick update...

Lilly is slowly learning to play in her toy that Grams is letting us barrow. She does not like to be left in it alone, but if I am where she can see me she will play for awhile.



Dad and Lilly. Where do you think Lilly got all of her good looks? Daddy has some strong genes. I think Lilly may have my lips, but not a whole lot more.


My friend Mendy and I visited my best friend Shelly to meet her sweet little girl, Piper Reese. Shelly is an amazing Mom and looks like she never had a child. Piper is 2 1/2 weeks old and Lilly is 15 weeks. They are sure to be good friends. We had a lot of fun. Thank you Mendy for driving down to Texas with me.

Lilly with her friend Piper! She is so glad she finally arrived to play. Lilly went all the way to Tyler, TX to welcome her into the world.


Lilly's first OSU Baseball game. My friend Amanda is holding Lilly and I am holding Amanda's son Cason. This is Lilly's first friend...they were in the hospital together. The OSU outfit Lilly is wearing is the first outfit I purchased when I found out I was pregnant. I did not know if we would have a boy or a girl, but I knew we would have an OSU fan!


We are so excited to be living near our Auntie Devan! Devan came over for dinner the other night and held Lilly while I tried to get a few things done around the house. It is very hard to move with a 3 month old!


Here is Lilly's Nana and Granddad with their 8 grandchildren in Arapaho for Mother's Day weekend. Lilly is the brown headed one.


Rusty took us to Deep Fork Grill for Mother's Day. It was a lot of fun...until Lilly had a major diaper blowout and we had to change her whole outfit. It is hard to change a diaper in a bathroom without a changing table! We enjoyed the wonderful food and atmosphere.


Grams came to visit and brought Lilly her first bathing suite. She looks so cute! We can't wait to get in the pool this summer.


Below is our friend Josh Fuller from Michigan. We were so excited that Josh was able to come and meet Lilly for the first time.

Congratulations Rusty

Rusty is finished with his Masters! We just celebrated his graduation tonight. Lilly and I had a good time at his commencement ceremony. Lilly is very proud of her Daddy and looks forward to him going to work!haha Actually, she will miss having him around the house during the afternoon. It has been fun having him home so much after Lilly was born. It has been a special time. Now we are packing up our home and moving to OKC for Rusty to start his new job in June. It has been fun living in Stillwater and we will miss are Church Family and friends.

Friends, Family, Work ....Busy Times!

This is Lilly's friend Hudson who came to play a couple of weeks ago. He is so cute and a lot of fun. We loved having him and his Mom over and will really miss them when we move.



Here is Lilly's friend Lauren. Lauren is my friend Kristen's little girl who is about 8 months old. It has been fun watching her grow while we have been in Stillwater. Thanks for coming over to play with us.



Last weekend Lilly and I went to my parents house to visit with my Grandma Bennett and my cousins Melveta and Ronnie from Texas. This picture is of my Grandma, Melveta and My Mother. Lilly also slept through the night for the first time last Sunday while we were there! I could not believe it. She has slept through the night one other time this week since then and I can not tell you how nice it feels to get a full 6 or 7 hours of sleep! Go Lilly, keep up the good work!




Well, I went to work this week for the first time in 3 months. It was hard to leave Lilly at home, but she was in good hands with her Grams, Nana, and Rusty. They all took turns taking care of her while I was at work. This picture is of my co-workers and friends Tiffany, Erin and Shelby. They love little Lillian and will have to come visit us when we move.

I can say that going back to work for one week is a blessing of Thankfulness. It gives me such a thankful heart that my sweet husband is allowing me to stay at home. I did not even have to really get Lilly ready in the mornings and take her anywhere and it was a lot of work. Also, while I was at work Lilly rolled over from her tummy to her back twice for her Daddy. My little girl is growing up! I made her do it when I got home so I could see for myself.

I really enjoyed being an Admissions Counselor for Oklahoma State University. I had great girls to work with and I loved seeing students choose to continue their education at OSU! It is such a special place. But, I am ready for my new career as a Mommy! I have a lot of on the job training to do.

Thumb Sucking

Today has changed everything. Lilly has found her thumb. As I am writing this post Lilly is asleep sucking her thumb. It has been such a fun day watching her discover this magical part of the body....the thumb. How can someone in one day decide that they are going to suck, suck, suck on their thumb. She has had her hands in her mouth from the beginning and loves to suck on her hands, but she was never able to just get the thumb in her mouth. Now she has mastered thumb sucking and I am sure we will have many years to come of trying to get her to stop sucking her thumb! But, right now it is just too cute for words.

Baby Dedication

Sunday was a wonderful day. We had our Baby Dedication at Church on Sunday. This was a day to come before our church family to make a public statement of our commitment to show and tell Lilly about the love of Christ. We hope that as we do this she will one day believe in Jesus as her Savior. We have been very blessed to be apart of such a great church family in Countryside here in Stillwater. Our pastor, JB, is pictured with us in this last picture. Both of our parents and my sister Devan were here to celebrate with us. We had a great day.

Busy Week

This was Lilly's 2 month appointment day with her pediatrician. She weighs 9 lb 10 oz and is 23 in long. She was a very tired girl after her big day. Her Daddy was trying to wake her up, but from the top picture you can see she was not obeying.


Little Miss Lilly has already been to her frist OSU football game. We had a lot of fun at the spring game on Saturday with her Nana and Grandad. This jersey was Rusty's when he was a little baby. Doesn't she look cute! I couldn't believe it fit her. Rusty was as big as Lilly the day he was born. This jersey must have shrunk a few sizes over the past 27 years.


Lilly is hanging out on her OSU blanket her Gram's bought me when I found out I was pregnant. We hope Lilly follows in her parents footsteps and becomes a Cowboy!

Visitors

Here is a picture with Lilly and her friend Cason. They were in the hospital at the same time. He came over the other day for a play date. We had fun with him and his mom Amanda.


Grams and Gramps came by for a visit on Lilly's 2 month birthday. Thanks for holding her!



Lilly spends a lot of time on her changing table. It seems like she goes through a lot of clothes.


Lilly is 2 months old. My how time flys. We are headed to Tyler, TX this weekend. This will be here first trip out of Oklahoma.