Lily- 4 months

I had Jim bring home his nice camera from work, and I tried to get some good pictures of Lily......She is now 41/2 months old!

I also took her into JC Pennys to get some professional pictures, and then last night I went to a cancer benefit for a sibling of one of my students and I won a $150 gift certificate to a photo studio! Since we just had her pictures taken I will wait a couple months, but I am pretty excited about that!

We have been on summer vacation for 2 weeks now....mostly I have been cleaning out my storage shed, and getting rid of things.  Lily had her first dip in a lake- at Lake Wazee- when we went to Black River falls to apply for her passport.  Today we are headed to Jaeliah's 5th birthday party.  Lily is quite the social girl- loving social events and lots of people.  On Friday we went to the kiddie parade in Winona and she thought it was great- laughing at the kids going by. At the benefit yesterday, she was laughing at the guitar music.  She is one smiley little girl!  And this week she has finally started to take real naps!!  Maybe it is just a growth spurt and she is tired out, but it is great!  She has been sleeping for a 1-2 hour stretch each day!...even a couple times a day sometimes! This little girl typically does not nap long during the day- but she has been sleeping wonderfully at night for quite a while now.