Monday, July 30, 2007

Giggles!!

Oh, no, mama...not the schnuggle torture!!




And now, going the other way...

Yay Lily!!



I know, you may not believe from the video that her mama didn't help, but Lily has done this four times to date. The first time, her dada had ACTUALLY managed to put her in her crib to sleep (for, like, the first time EVER) and was vainly attempting to soothe her back to sleep after waking up, when suddenly...flip!! Well, at that point she REALLY got mad and got picked up. But not after recording yet another major accomplishment (two, in fact...the crib sleeping is a big thing for us!)

Incidentally, we kept her on her tummy for a minute or two after this flip to see if she'd flip back. She did not, but she did kind of "half-crawl", by which I mean that she scooted herself forward a foot or so, but only using her legs, so it was kind of like a snow plow and not much enjoyed by her. Poor Lily! You have to use your arms, too, baby!

Monday, July 16, 2007

Po Po and Gung Gung's encore



From July 6th thru July 16, Po Po and Gung Gung came back to visit. Hooray!





Po Po has super powers. There's really no other way to explain it. We had actually been a bit apprehensive about the visit because we'd given Lily's nanny the week off, and up until that point she was really the only one who could consistently put Lily to sleep during the day. Emphasis on "was", because Po Po took things well in hand...not only could she get Lily to sleep (by, as she put it, "not taking no for an answer"), she actually kind of trained dada to do it to. I call it "wrestling", which is unfortunately fairly descriptive of how the process goes sometimes, but we can get her to sleep!








Gung Gung kind of kept his distance at first because he was getting over some kind of cold or flu. But as you can see, Lily would not be put off indefinitely. She likes sitting on him. I call her Gung Gung's parrot (credit due to Aunty Cathy and cousin Joshy, who used the nickname first). She also managed to steal a kiss, which will no doubt make boyfriend Andy jealous.








Auntie Virginia and Uncle Leo also came down from LA to visit, which means that Lily has met almost all Po Po's siblings. All except Auntie Tina! Hey, Auntie Tina! Come visit!!








Note that both Po Po pictures show Lily fast asleep. I pretty much didn't get any pictures of them together this trip where Lily was awake! But I did get this fun video...hope it works, video on the blog seems tricky! If not, see it at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3870650772574347690


Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Lily's first date

Fourth of July, 2007...young Andy Shipman makes his move:

"hey, that girl Lily is looking over here. I'm gonna ask her out. I REALLY hope she says yes!"





"But I'm so NERVOUS! Okay, man, get it together...here goes..."



"Take my hand and I will show you things you've never seen before. For example, have you tried rice cereal?"





"Hey, she's holding my hand! Ummm...now what do I do?"



Andy puts on his best intense stare and moves in for the kill...




(SMOOOCH!!)

"So, uh, can I call you sometime?"

"Well, I can't use the phone yet. Tell you what, have your people call my people."