New Car!!!

We bought a new car!!! We have had our little Sentra for four years now and we have done pretty well living with one car. However, now that we have Lillie and since we have my harp, we decided it was time to buy an SUV for our family. So we decided on buying a Nissan Murano. Here is a fancy picture of what it looks like:

We are so excited about it! My mom and I, along with Lillie, have already run a few errands today so that we could drive around in it. Wow, I'll tell you what. Cars sure cost a lot of money. Not only do you have to pay for the car itself but the tax, license and registration, fees, insurance every month and fuel! It adds up so quickly!!! Why is everything so complicated? I sure with tihngs could just be simple but I guess growing up becomes more complicated as time goes on. Just somethig to get used to, I guess.

Overall, we are so excited about our new car and feel so blessed to have it!

What happened to the time?

I am beginning to realize that time will not wait for me any longer. Lillie is going to turn one year old next month and I am kind of freaking out. She has grown up so fast and it is hard for me to remember what it was like when she couldn't move around or eat solid foods.

Lillie is doing really, really well. She walks now! And she prefers to walk. Man, I feel like I should weigh around 50 pounds just from the exercise I get chasing her around the house. She is super curious and loves to learn new things. The other day at the post office Lillie just stared at the lady stamping the package. She watched her hand move up and down and followed the lady's every move. She just wants to know what is going on all the time! She loves food! She will eat anything, literally! Including sand and other gross things. :) She loves olives, pizza, crackers, ice cream, diet coke (Yeah, I should win the parent of the year award), and anything cold from the freezer. She has six teeth now, four on top and two on bottom and she has the most crooked smile ever! It is so stinkin' cute! She also has an underbite which has me slightly worried that it will look like that forever...however, for now it is adorable! She loves to watch TV and especially likes Dora the Explorer, Micky Mouse Clubhouse, Barney, and Super Why. It is a great break for me!

We are still living in my parent's basement (thanks mom and dad!). We love Lehi and the ward here. Jake teaches Sunday School and I was recently put in with the Laurel's group in young women's. I have loved that because Caroline is a Laurel and I have been able to go to the activities with her.

For the past few weeks I have been feeling really motivated to do things and get things done. I have started a few projects and been really good about keeping up laundry, going on walks, etc. Because of this newly found energy (I have no idea where it came from) I have made a new goal to update this blog more often. I love reading friends' and family's blogs (You are all so clever and witty) and have decided I want to be that way too. :) So for today it was required that I do the mandatory update blog post but the next posts will be better and more entertaining. NOthing huge ever happens to our little family (I guess that is something to be grateful for) so my posts will most likely be little stories, little thoughts, and little pictures of our day-to-day life.

Lillie's First Christmas

Can you tell how excited Lillie is about her pile of gifts from Santa? I was surprised at how into it she got. It was so cute! And yes, Santa brought her formula. She won't remember that, right?

Our Christmas was a wonderful one! This picture is of Lillie on Christmas Eve night with her Aunt Margaret. They are wearing their new pajamas from Grandma and Grandpa.

This year my heart has been full of gratitude for all of my family's blessings! We are all doing really well. We are happy, healthy, safe and have everything we need and want! We had a merry Christmas here and hope that everyone else had a Merry Christmas too!

6 Months

Lillie turned 6 months old today! I just can't believe it. She is such a treasure to us and I really can't remember what life was like without her.

We are so excited for this milestone....I mean she's halfway to one year! We recently had some pictures taken of her to remember what she was like at 6 months. I figured we should also have it in writing.

Lillie loves to eat anything and everything she can get her hands onto. Some of her favorite foods include: formula, eggnog (we just tried that one tonight), otter pops (threw a fit when Grandpa took it away), cheetos, fruit, etc. Basically everything. EXCEPT avacados. She made a disgusted face and then threw up after we tried to give her a little taste. haha!

She rolls all over the place. She is no longer content staying on her back. She has to roll across the room to feel accomplished. She isn't quite crawling yet but she can get on her knees for a few seconds and, using every muscle in her tiny body, drag herself a few inches. She talks and yells a lot. She is rarely fussy. She got a little cranky today in stake conference but that was only the last ten minutes of a two hour session. She also gets somewhat antsy when she is tired or hungry. One of my favorite things that she does right now is click her tongue. Sheis constantly sucking her tongue and making funny clicking noises. It's adorable.

Motherhood can be exhausting! Lillie has been sick the last few weeks with a cold and will occasionally get up at 1 or 2 in the morning and will stay awake for an hour or so. However, when she is awake she doesn't cry. She just sits there in the dark and smiles at me and then looks for her dad's head. When she finds it she leans for it. She basically just wants to play and her tired parents just laugh, sometimes cry, and just play with her while she wants to. I just cannot feel mad when she is such a happy little spirit!

Another funny thing about our little girl is that she loves Barney. Not just loves, she LOVES Barney. The second she hears the theme song come on her head turns towards the television and she is glued until the the show is over. I am probably creating a TV addict but it gives me a nice, relaxing twenty minute break.

All in all, she is a great baby and we love her to pieces! Here are her cute pictures. Feel free to fawn over her adorablness if you want to. I won't judge. :)

Lillie's New Trick

See how proud she is? I am a proud mama too! However, with this newly learned trick comes a sense of adventure for Lillie. She does not want to sit still anymore! and she always wants to sit up.

P.S. for those of you who care, her sleeping streak ended last night....she woke up a few times. :)

I don't mean to brag....but.....

my baby is the best sleeper! She has slept for 10 straight hours each night for the past 3 nights and today she took a three hour nap!!

Yeah, she's cute. :)

I sure hope this post doesn't jinx things..........

Lillie's Baby Blessing

This past Sunday, July 3, 2011, we blessed Lillie. So now it's official! Her name is Lillie Elizabeth Roundy. She looked absolutely beautiful and was a wonderful baby during the blessing. Here are a few pictures...they are so much better than my words. :)

It was a beautiful day and her blessing was perfect. Lillie wore the dress that I wore 23 years ago and was made by Great-Grandma Hawkley. Thank you to all of the family who came to support our beautiful Lillie!