Food

Feeding The Cows

When we were down on Grandpa and Grandma’s farm, we got to feed the cows. Lily tried, but would rather keep the grass to herself.

Picking and eating apples.

Lily Eating An Apple

The other day we took Lily out on her first apple picking adventure.

The orchard we went to had lots of animals to see, pumpkins to check out and, of course, apples!

Walking out into the orchard was a bit troublesome for Lily as she doesn’t pick her feet up to far off the ground. So she was tripping over quite a few things. However, she didn’t care.

Once we were out amongst all the apple trees, Lily started to pick apples. She first wanted the ones on the ground, as they were at her level, but those were no good. So we picked her up and let her pick her own apple right from the tree.

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Successfully transitioned from formula to whole milk and bottles to sippy cups.

I don't have a drinking problem.

Once Lily turned one, the transition was on from bottles to sippy cups and from formula to whole milk. It took a couple of weeks, but she’s successfully transitioned.

The biggest thing to remember is to go slow. We fist started introducing sippy cups instead of bottles before we started transitioning milk.

We’d give Lily one for a snack every now and then so that she’d get use to sippy cups. She also got water or juice in them so, by the time we wanted to transition to milk, the cup wasn’t too big of an issue.

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Lily’s first birthday party!

Lily’s first birthday party went off quite well. Unfortunately, one set of grandparents couldn’t make it due to illness, but it’s better they stay away than spread it to everyone else.

Other than that we had good food, cake and fun. Lily got to see some people she doesn’t see as often and she got to be the center of attention; which she loves.

Mom and I got her a few gifts but she wasn’t overloaded on presents. At least not yet. I’m sure more will be coming in the upcoming weeks.

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Lily can now drink from a straw.

straws Today is the first time Lily has drunk from a straw.

We stopped at Mocha Monkey, our local coffee shop, and I got a strawberry banana smoothie. Unfortunately it wasn’t that good today, but I offered up some to Lily and she like it.

She was able to suck it up through the straw which she hadn’t done before. In the past when we’ve tried to get her to drink via a straw, she either thought it was a toy or tried to eat it.

It’s a small accomplishment, but we’re excited.

Shake & Shoot: Lily’s Directorial Movie Debut

Lily isn’t even a year yet and she is already making her own movies. Not only is she the star, but she shot the whole movie herself. Check it out!

Granted there are still a few things for her to learn, like how to hold the camera steady, but the movie director, and star, in her is already shining through.

You never know, there may already be a sequel in the works.