1.   I am going to try and get back on track with these and blog a lot more often.  I’ll get some new pictures of Lily up tomorrow.

2.  Our little girl is growing up so fast!  I can’t believe it sometimes!  We took this about a month or so ago but it just proves that she’s not even riding the fence between Babydom and Littlegirlville!  She can slide down the big kid’s slide all by herself!   VIDEO

3.  Here are two more videos of our big girl singing, dancing and talking up a storm:)  VIDEO #1   VIDEO #2      Cute huh!?

4.  You can see her little band-aids in those last two videos.  Lily had to get her shots today.  Never fun.  I talked to my mom on the phone while we were driving to the clinic and SHE was heartbroken that Lily had to have them done lol.  My mom came with me once to a shot appointment and vowed to never do it again lol.  I can understand though… it’s hard to watch.  Thomas took her today and held her while it was happening.  I’m glad I didn’t have to hold her down.  Never a good time:/

5.  Lily’s talking a lot now!  I’m just going to be obnoxious and list all of her words for you;)

•     “Momma”
•     “Da” for Dad/Thomas
•     ”Bubba” or “BubBub” for Rocco
•      “KeyKey” for Eva
•      “Dog Dog” for the dogs
•      “Mow” for meow
•      “Oh no”
•     “Uh oh”
•     points and says “Baaa baa”  telling Mya she’s a bad girl and pointing to her dog bed, a personal favorite;)
•     “Dow” for down
•     “Mil” for milk
•     “Beer” for bear, like her teddies
•      “Baby” for her baby dolls
•       ”Ba” for ball
•      “Daa” for dance
•       “Go” she sings this a lot.  “Go” is in a lot of songs on Nick Jr. lol
•      She can moo, bark, and snort like the animals

 6.  I ran across this beautifully gut wrenching birth story last week and wanted to share it here.  It isn’t a sad story at all but it is filled with this mother’s pain and grief.  I cried like a little baby.  But it was a beautiful story and it really changed me in an amazing way!  Nella Cordelia’s Birth Story

7.  And while we’re on the subject of babies… I’m not pregnant.  We were definitely hopeful with all of those beautiful OPKs I posted about… but this wasn’t our cycle.  I had a pretty rough day on Saturday.  I’m basically just scared.  I went through a lot before I got pregnant with Lily and as much as I am thankful for everything that I learned during those times… I’m scared to have to go through it again.  I was letting myself  live in some little dream world where it would be easy for us this time… that we learned “enough’” last time and that I could just do what we did to get Lily and that that would magically be what we needed this time and there would be a new life inside of me.  I didn’t want to think about going down that road again… so I lived in that world until Saturday.  Then it became a reality that we were going to have to wait until after Thomas gets home.  Lily will be two.  Who knows how long it will take for us to become pregnant.  What if we have to do treatments this time.  I was angry that I wasn’t getting what I wanted and that I was going to have to step out of that dream world and face a reality that to be honest, I would do almost anything to not have to face again.  But that has passed.  I snuggled my baby that night and talked to a good friend and I know that I will do whatever it takes to make my little girl a big sister one day.  I will face my reality and I will fight through it just like I did all those years ago.  I will hope and pray, every month that it will be the last month but I will know in my heart that every day is worth it and that I will only be better for the struggles we face together to grow our family.

8.  And on that note… we got some good news on Monday.  It looks like Thomas will be in town for a few more weeks before he has to leave for his deployment due to some paperwork not being done right in Washington.  So not only are we all loving the fact that we get to spend more time together… we are also hoping that he’ll be around long enough to get one more shot at getting pregnant:)  Here’s to hoping!

9.  Lily turned 18 months old on the 20th.  I didn’t even realize until tonight!  I’m a slacker:p  I’m going to take her downtown this week and do her pictures so look forward to those next week:)

10.  Thomas and I have started a NetFlix account!  We have spent our nights in bed watching movies and the first two seasons of Dexter this week!  I am addicted to that show.  We can’t watch season three online so I have to wait a few days for the first disc to come in the mail:/  But, if you haven’t seen it… Please do!  It’s a great show!!