To Blog or Not To Blog...

 What to talk about this blog post has been circling  my mind as I edited and uploaded old photos.

Photos that start with the second half of mother's day.

Photos that I thought I would post almost immediately after the first half of mother's day and here we are almost a month later.

 None of my thoughts ever came together nicely.

 Here is what I think about blogging.

 I used to think about it all the time.

I wrote blog posts in my head as I lived and did daily tasks.

 I took pictures constantly.

And have not quit.

 And these days it feels like most of the time I never get around to writing my story before the moment has passed.

And when I finally get around to blogging, my mind is blank-or maybe not blank-but jumbled.

 Blogging has been a great outlet for me.

 I yearn to get back in my blogging groove.

 And maybe it will happen but maybe it won't.

 If it does, you (my few readers) will know.

 And if it doesn't, you will also know...or you won't because you already lost interest and no longer visit.

So enough about that.

 How about a quick list of what Lily is doing now.

 Now, as in not when these pics were taken.

And not now, as she is sleeping in her crib.

 But now, as in at this stage of her life.

Just some of the things that I may wonder about a few years from now or heck next week.

 She still mostly crawls/bear crawls but is getting really good at walking.

 She loves Granny and frozen yogurt.

 She has learned how to shriek and squeal and likes to show that skill during church and at restaurants.

 She is a little better but most things still go to the mouth.

 Lily loves to "pick" all my flowers...and eat them.

And is still most happy outdoors.

 More times than not, she sleeps through the night in her own bed.

We had a stage where she slept with us-right around when she was nine months.

It worked until she started waking up every couple hours.

After tiresome nights and our doctors visit where he confirmed my fear that we had ruined her-ha, we did let her cry when she woke up in the night.

She only cried for a few nights and after the first night it was considerably less and now we hardly ever hear a peep.

And when we do, we sometimes let her cry a little and we sometimes get her and she sometimes goes back to her bed and sometimes stays with us.

 Lily loves Daisy and misses Herman who disappeared a couple weeks ago...oh, and I don't think I mentioned on here that Dandy has a new home with another family that has a little girl.

I think Daisy is lonely.

 Lily is a good napper these days.  She usually takes one in the morning around 10:00 and the afternoon around 2:00.  These normally last around 1.5-2 hours.
I am not super strict on being on schedule, but having this little routine in my head  helps our day go more smoothly it seems.

So why have I not been blogging more??

(My next post I plan to show one reason.)

 Of course, if you've followed our blog for any time, you know we always have a project.

And Lily loves being our little helper.

The shop makeover is moving along.

 The flower beds have been getting attention as well.

 Lily loves to surprise daddy when he comes back from getting the fertilizer.

Their new game is Lily running in the walker and Jason jumping out and scaring her.

 Lily loves to dig.

She plays in my ponytail holders while I get ready.

She plays in her walker when I shower in the morning-that keeps her from crawling in with me-and she keeps herself entertained by pulling my shoes off the racks, clothes off the hangers and emptying my chest of scarves, mittens, and hats.

She likes to take the clothes out of the basket and dryer and lean into them and bite them and laugh.

She also does the biting thing to any pillow she comes across (bumbo in the living room and our bed pillows I stack beside our bed when it's not made) and when I go get her from her crib.

 I'm still nursing but I also supplement with cow's milk, which Lily loves.

And I love the extra convenience it has offered :)

 Lily says "bye bye" and waves.

We like to play on the front porch and wave bye bye to the few cars that pass by.

 Most days after lunch we play outside.

We usually take a little stroll before going in for milk and an afternoon nap.

We've been enjoying berries from our bushes.

Lily gets very happy when I include her in the sampling.

 Lily has been enjoying the rain we've been getting.

She does not even mind that she hasn't needed to use the drip irrigation her daddy installed.

And here I am to the last picture for this post.

I feel happy I took the time to jot some of this down.

Though my blogging makes me feel like a slacker lately, I know one day I'll be glad I did at least what I did.

Good night.