Saturday alone with Lili

I wasn't left alone with Lili for 10 minutes before she toddled into the kitchen and got quiet. This is what I found. She had pulled the pasta off the counter, along with the plastic wrap, and was playing with the dried angel hair.

Sniffles

My little Lili Bear is still sniffling. Her fever broke late last night, drenching her in sweat. Before that she cried for hours and was inconsolable. It broke my heart not being able to soothe her stuffy head. She cried and cried. But she seems better today.

Grandpa had her all day today. He said she was feeling much better, but was still a bit slow (yet she was as busy as ever, go figure). She napped, she actually ate something other than fruit, she drank a lot, all good signs.

I hate it when she is sick. There is nothing I can do but cuddle her, put the vaporizer in her room, force her to drink, wipe a runny nose as she races by, and love her. I feel useless to her because that does little to relieve her aching, running nose and stuffed up head.

She gets far more lovable when she is sick. She wants to be held more, hug more and cuddle more. I do love that part of it.

Why can't I take a decent picture???

The unfairness of it all. Matt has this uncanny ability to take amazing shots of Lili.

She is smiling, looking at the camera, and genuinly happy...
She's laughing...
And here she is in a candid moment.

And this is what I get...


She looks constipated and depressed...
Here I forgot to turn off the zoom and she turned her head...

And this one she ran at the camera between the time I started taking the picture and when it actually took (and my smart ass of a husband pointed out that if I put the last 2 pictures together I almost have 1 good headshot...he's an ass).

It's not fair :-(

I know, I'm a whiner. All that matters is that I have a healthy, happy, well-adjusted, polite little girl. Which she is. Except today, she has a cold. But even with a cold, she's still a treasure of a child. On her worst day she is better than a lot of kids on their best days.

Well, this is the best I could do with the Carousel ride Lili and I took at the mall. I tried to upload the video, but after 3 hours, I got fed up waiting for the download.

Lili's First Diamondbacks Game

The grounds crew and Matt's good buddy, Grant.
Lili and her teddy bear leash (kept her from running away)
Cracking peanut shells on the floor
2 incredibly exhausted parents
Lili flirting with the boy behind us. She is going to make us nuts when she is a teenager.

Birthday Party

We went to Madi's birthday party today. And much to Matt's and I's surprise, Lili was very good and she actually played really well with other kids her age. We are so proud. She didn't hit or slap anyone and for the most part was great. I need to get permission from Madi's mom to put a few cute ones of Lili and Madi up, but until then here are some pictures...

Lessons in Parenting

My husband just sent this email to me, I had to put it in here...

"When your 16 month old daughter makes a dookie and you change her, here is a simple rule to follow.

If you pull the tabs off her diaper to see if it is pellets (requiring only 2 wipes) or smeared everywhere (requiring up to 6 wipes), make sure that you reattach the tabs so your daughter does not yank the diaper out from under her launching poop pellets all over the room

It is things like this that make me glad I'm at work during the day
:-D