Lily's 1st Trip to the Zoo! 14 Months

We are having a great Spring Feels-Like-Winter Break! It's been cold and really rainy, but we are attempting to make the best of it anyway. Yesterday we took Lily on her first visit to the zoo! We saw lots of animals  (mostly butts). Lily liked them, but she mostly liked watching all the kids, and pushing the stroller around. Grandma Nan came too, which made it even more fun.

Lily started to get really cold and grumpy, but she DID like the tropical bird area! She's super interested in birds right now, plus it was WARM! Grandma Nan is also a fan.

Too much fun at the zoo!

Spring is here! 13 Months and Easter!

Things are looking good around here...the sun is shining, report cards are sent home, and Spring Break is right around the corner! We are also happy because we've been getting some good sleep lately! Hurray! Lily actually slept an entire night, in her crib, without waking up. Well, until 5:30 anyway, but that was close enough to our alarms that we called it! FINALLY!

Lily learned to hammer the balls, and sometimes can even get enough oomph to push them through!

The sun is out in Seattle, and, like true Seattle-ites, we threw on our sandals and headed right out to enjoy it! We stopped short of strappy tanks and shorts though, so maybe we aren't TRUE after all.

On Saturday we kicked our weekend off with a visit to the pediatrician for a goopey eye (these visits feel like a bi-weekly activity around here!), but luckily we were planning a hike near Woodinville anyway so it was on the way. We checked out Paradise Valley Recreation Area. It was perfect! Fairly level with lots of trails. Lily loved the bikes and dogs, and we even saw a woodpecker!

 We walked for 3 miles, and when we were almost back we decided to let Lily "hike" for a little bit. The uneven ground is still a little tricky for her...she ended up face planting and popped up with a bloody nose!

 Then it is time for...EASTER! Lily loved finding the eggs the Easter Bunny left all over our living room last night!

 Then we got all dressed up (thank you Grandma Nan and Grandpa Ron for the perfect dress!) and headed up to Marysville for Easter with the fam. We were so lucky to get another beautiful Easter, just like last year!!

Lily had fun following Kenley around, and then shaking all the eggs.

Lily loves Grandpa's fountains!

Catching Up - 13 months

Oh man, we are way behind on our blog! Things have been crazy for the Brehm-King-Friesen family for the last month. We have a lot of catching up to do!

The last month has been a whirlwind of baby activity. She now signs milk and light (and spots them everywhere), and has started to say words! She says "hi" and "Mum Mum" and sometimes other things that sound like words like "uh oh" and "gentle!" Mostly she is babbling like crazy, which is totally adorable.

She is walking like crazy, and starting to pick up the pace! It seems like she'll be running any day now! She still waving goodbye a ton, and also blew her first kisses!! She like loading toys into containers and carrying them around, especially in buckets. She still loves her dance parties!

Major photo catch up time: Back to Valentines' Day...

Lily got a high fever and decided to cut out of school for an early vacation (and mama missed her class' Valentine party...). We also decided to skip a friend's 1st bday to make sure we didn't share.

We had a busy mid-winter break! We headed to a friend's cabin in Wenatchee to try out Lily's new sled (thanks, Youngs!). She loved it!

 

 We met our baby friends for a "party" at the Seattle Children's Museum!

We found out Lily is going to have another BOY cousin!

And then we popped by the locks to check on the fish.

 We met up with Kristina for a chilly walk through the arboretum!

We took Lily to her 1 year well-child visit. She is now 28.94 inches (38%ile) and only 18.15lbs (7%ile). Dr. K was a little worried about her weight drop and told us to start fattening her up! She also got 4 shots, which 10-14 days later resulted in this crazy rash all over her body! It turned out to be a reaction to her MMR vaccine. She wasn't uncomfortable at all (maybe a little itchy around her crazy swollen eyes), but it sure was scary (and another sick day for us)!

 We volunteered Lily to model a "cake smash" photo session with a local photographer, and she did not like it one bit! She wanted nothing to do with that cake, and screamed any time we got her close to it! Apparently cakes are scary...

 Luckily, she got this one cute shot...only because Lily did not have to let go of Daddy to get it.

  Bath time is Daddy's role, and he gives great baby manicures, too!

 Enjoying a sunny day in Snohomish!

Whew! Busy, busy baby. I'll try to post some videos in our next post. :)