Lily Pad in Ecuador: April 2013

Sunday 21 April 2013

Day 283 (Lily Loves Her Tongue)

Lily Loves Her Tongue

All of these were taken this morning ... Lily loves to still out her tongue and roll it around now ... there is no more putting things into the mouth ... it is putting the tongue ONTO things now ...

... and I saved the best for last

Day 282 (Packing for Miami)

A Normal Saturday (Packing for Miami)

First thing Lily did in the morning was check herself out in the mirror ...

... she approves

Then she ate breakfast and for the first time ever she had Mango. She still doesn't have any teeth, so we put the mango in the little mesh bag on a ring and she gets to chomp on it sending juice everywhere ... which made quite the mess

... and she loved it!

Then Lily started to help her dad pack up the bags for Miami

"What about this one?"

Day 273-279

Here are some miscellaneous photos ...

Lily can stand and feed herself on her own at the same time (though she hasn't figured out to tilt the bottle back yet)

Here are my girls with Nathalie, who is the daughter of our maid. Nathalie visited Lily a lot over the summer before school started and had been missing her, so on the minimum day we got for "dia del profesor" they came by to spend some time with Lily.

This is what her hair looks like after we take off her beanie

... and this is how adorable she looks with her beanie on! Margarita (her nanny) made her a beanie (way to big right now) and a scarf ... they look ADORABLe on her! ... and so far, it isn't even clothing yet .. she just likes the hat to play peek-a-boo with

Day 276 (Mom Returns Home to a Famous Baby)

Mom Returns Home to find Lily is Famous

As usual, Lily woke up looking adorable and so out came the camera.

Then she takes her morning bottle ... no shirt, no problem

"Ahhh, that felt good"

Now before mom arrived home from her first night away from Lily, dad took Lily for a walk in the park. Now, in case you don't know the demographics of Ecuador ... blond hair and blue eyes are very rare and Ecuadorians (especially the women) can be a bit baby crazy ... now ...

So, my friend Jim and I went for one of our usual weekend walks in the park to grab a fresh juice ($1.50 for a big one of any fresh fruit you want mixed up), and decided to sit down on the grass with Lily. After about 5 minutes a family walks up (about 10 people) and asks if they can take a photo of their baby and Lily together. So, since this happened before, I was like "si, no problema." ... and before we knew it there were about 40-50 people in a circle around Lily and babies being put next to her, photos being taken, new babies being placed next to her, little sisters and brothers sitting down next to her ... Lily LOVED it ... she was smiling and laughing and waving her arms at all the attention and just looking around at all the big people around her and then every time a baby was placed next to her she became super curious ... the first photo, I kid you not, she placed her hand on the boy's shoulder to look at his face and so when they called her name she looked forward at the camera with her arm on the other baby's shoulder ... I was just laughing hysterically while my buddy Jim (who speaks terrible Spanish and has one of those super loud monotone accents) shouted "UN DOLAR POR FOTO" haha ... it was hilarious and would have lasted all day if after about ten minutes I hadn't grabbed Lily and told the rest of the people we were moving on. Here are some quick photos that Jim grabbed with his iphone as the crowd wound down ...