January

New years eve, just a few hours before midnight she got up on all fours and that was just the beginning.

This was the month of eating everything. Before this month she had only eaten bananas, sweet potatoes, rice, and oatmeal. Now she has also tried butter nut squash, peas, carrots, pears, peaches and prunes!

Aside from eating food, she really embraced her inner goat this month and put anything she could get her hands on in her mouth.

On December 21st, mommy gave her very first cold but it didn't slow her down (poor miss sniffles) she finally sat for about 15 minutes and played her drums.

The three days later she crawled. Go Lizzy Go!

This week, the last week of the month, she began daycare. Today was her first day at the Round Rock Montessori. She had a great day, didn't shed a tear and was having a great time when I picked her up. There is another little girl that's just a few weeks younger then Lizzy and  they smiled, coo-ed to each other.

February

Busy Lizzy was very busy this month of course! She continued to crawl, be a social butterfly, eat many new foods and get cuter and cuter everyday and managed to learn just as many new things this month as last month!

Every Tuesday and Thursday we took a baby swim class at the YMCA at Town Lake called the shrimp class. Lizzy loved kicking her legs like a little frog, laying comfortably on her back, and jumping into the pool from a seated position. We sang her favorite song: "wheels on the bus" every class and she got to chew rubber ducky's and diving rings.

We had to miss one of our swim classes, because there was fear that the roads would get icy. The next morning we woke up and it snowed! It was a bit cold, but we bundled up to check out her first snow.

On the week of Feb 7, Daddy and Mommy had to move her crib down to the lowest position because she learned how to pull her self up.  She practiced her pulling up skills so much that by the end of February she began to "cruise" the furniture (walk while holding on to furniture) and got more than one bruise.

On February 15, she waved good bye to a little 1.5 year old (Elena) at day care and then she waved hello to her friend Juno at swim class. Now she waves at almost every kid she sees, her doggies, and a few lucky adults.

February 17, Lizzy and mommy took their first road trip together to go visit Grandma Roxy and Grumpa in Houston. Lizzy slept most of the ride but boy when we got to Houston during rush hour she was done with the long trip. We pulled over and Grandma and Grumpa met us so that Grandma could ride in the back and cheer Lizzy up. When we got to Grandma's house, aunt Morgan was there to meet us and boy did Lizzy love smiling and her pretty aunts amazing hair. We went shopping, visited Grumpa's work, went to the Zoo (she was more impressed by the kids visiting the zoo then the animals), and she even grossed out her aunt and Grumpa by chewing a slice of bread until it was mush.

The last week of February, Grandma Bonnie went to swim class to see Lizzy swim, and was very impressed with how comfortable she was in the water.

March

We started a new swim class every sat at the ymca closer to the house. Since its on Sat, daddy gets to go and he has almost taught her to blow bubbles!

On March 6, we went to the Zilker Kite festival and Lizzy tried her first pita bread. She loves bread just like her Daddy. There wasn't much wind for the kites but Lizzy had a great time looking at all the people. After, we brought her to her first Music concert (Ian played to raise money for the clean water for Malawi project). She was a little scared by the load music but then started to really enjoy it and jump and crawl around. She sat with three of her great aunts and charmed everyone in the room.


The next week she spent with her Grandpa and uncle Ian who was in town from Whales. Ian bought her an amazing Giraffe named Gerald and sang many songs to her. Ian also told us that in Whales, there is a flower called "busy Lizzy" and here they are called impatience.  Lizzy is certainly busy and sometimes a little impatient. We will have to plant several of Lizzy's flowers soon.

Here's Lizzy and Uncle E

The week of Spring Break, her Grandma Bonnie watched her two days and they had a great time. She pushed a baby around her stroller and played and played.

Her Daddy took off three days with her and her mommy took off 2. We went to a St. Patrick's day festival and planted a garden. Lizzy's started saying hi when she waves hello.

Then last week of the month Lizzy completed several mile stones.  On March 26, she actually chewed her Cherio's without swallowing them and ate chunks of banana and mango. On March 27 Lizzy stood twice all by herself. Then on March 28, she stood and took her first step. That same day she started clapping! 

Here is our big girl eating a California roll!