Beautiful baby blue bath eyes

There are some things that you just know your child got from your spouse.  Lily, without a doubt has daddy's long eyelashes!!  The other night we captured them during bath time.  When they get wet you can really see how long those puppies are!  They are pretty light, as are Robb's but girls have ways of making lashes stand out - when she is much, much older, of course!

Lily is 9 months on Sunday!  As Robb and I look back at where we were and where we are now we can't help but smile.  We have learned a lot about nursing, sleeping, not sleeping, feeding, schedules and of course ... poop-poh.  I don't think either of us would have thought we could have a conversation about poop! LOL.

Here's to the most amazing 9 months ...! CHEERS!  We love you our little Lily BEE!!!

It's never too late to have a little Christmas joy...right?

Remember, I said I had some blogging to catch up on??  Well before we hit St. Patrick's Day, I figured I better get the Christmas memories up!! 

In late January, we finally found a date that worked for the Doerksen crew to gather to celebrate Christmas.  Better late than never...right??

Lily enjoyed tearing at the paper ... and trying to eat it (of course)!!

Papa D gets some lap time with Lily.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM....???

This photo doesn't capture all of the details of what was going on here.  Danny and Katy, being in South Korea, had sent over some "very interesting" little snackies for us all to try/share at the Christmas gathering.  One of the items was a can of ... well ... I think they were some sort of canned bugs!  I think Nonni had just tried one in this photo.  It was classic to watch the facial expressions after "indulging" ...LOL!

Minnesota family fun - you bet'chya!

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The hive travels to TX!

Click on the image below to check out our time last weekend in the great state of TX! "Deep in the heart of Texas...!" This post is a little out of order ... I am very far behind - more to come from previous weeks too!!

Welcome to my whimsical world of bees and trees!

Lily gives you a tour of her whimsical world of bees and trees - aka her room.  Come along...

"Come on in. Don't be shy. Welcome to my room. Mommy and daddy made this room special just for me. With the help of my auntie Katy and uncle Danny (I haven't gotten to meet them yet because they are in another country but mommy and daddy talk about them all the time ... they sound fun. I can't wait to meet them!), my room is a real reflection of ME - pink...I am a girl AND bees - that's ME too!!"

"That's me on the wall when I was just a baby ... I am a big girl now!  Mommy says I was so tiny and she can't believe I am almost eight months old already.  I am a good eater!"

 "There it is...MY tree!  My auntie Katy painted that tree just for me.  The branches are covered in beautiful flowers and if you look closely you will see how this tree is really special...there are little bees buzzing about in the branches!  Mommy and daddy say that they called me their little bee when I was still in mommy's belly."

 "Do you see them?  Do you see them?  My bees ... and their home - the hive!"

 "That's my changing table where mommy and daddy change my stinky pants ... Do you see my chandelier?  I love to look at the big hanging sparklies!  Mommy says every girl needs a chandelier.  It's so pretty.  Sometimes mommy and daddy lift me up to touch them.  I try to grab them but I am not big enough and they always move away from me when I reach out for them."

 "Buzz, buzz.  There go more of my bees."

"There are all of my special things.  Mommy says these are just to look at right now.  When I am a bigger girl I can play with them."

 "My name.  Should I ever forget who I am, I can look to my wall for guidance.  Mommy and daddy thought long and hard about which name was perfect for me.  Did you know that Lily means innocence, purity, beauty ... all of which they say I am."

"Thank you for stopping by.  I have more pictures to show you later ... please come again.  Hugs and kisses."

Hangin' under the jumpy

The last time I worked from home, I had Lily playing on a blanket as I worked on a few things ... minutes later, she had moved herself (likely by rolling) under her jumpy. 

 "If only I could get up this pole, I bet I could get myself into the jumpy!!"

"mmmmmmm - this tastes good!"

Moving towards crawling

These photos are a few weeks old now, but as you can see, Lily is trying to crawl.  She still hasn't quite figured it out but she has the right idea.  She gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth.  If anything, she tends to move herself backwards.  She also likes to pivot around like a top, with her little tummy as the center point.  We are enjoying this time where she is still easy to keep track of ... as soon as she starts to move - watch out mom and dad!!

"I think I can, I think I can..."

Good form, Lily, good form.

I love it ... Lily is helping me use the excuse "...but my baby ate my bills..." ;-)  Smart girl!