Lillian is officially eight months old now.  She is still tiny weighing 12 pounds 10 ounces and around 25 inches long.  She is just now getting to where she is outgrowing her 0-3 month clothes and size 1 diapers but can still fit into both.  Almost everyone including her doctor and the daycare ladies call her a little peanut.  She can sit by herself and is starting to roll around the floor to get to different toys.  When she sits she moves her hands in the crawling motion and lifts up her butt but doesn’t get into the crawling position yet.  Lillian is so much fun right now.  She giggles and squeals a lot and is just very interactive.  The two pictures on the left are eight month old and the one on the right is her seven month picture.

The last month or so has been pretty interesting to say the least.  Right before Christmas we started Lillian on amoxicillin because she had an ear infection in her right ear.  We went back to the doctor on January 20, 2010 for her booster flu shots and for the doctor to recheck her ears.  Well, she still had an infection in her right ear so we started her on Augmentin. 

The 20th was a Wednesday and that weekend she just wasn’t herself but never had a fever over 100.  So on Monday we checked her temp again and it was in the 98’s so we went ahead and took her daycare even though she wasn’t fully acting like herself.  Around 1 on Monday I got a call from daycare that she had a fever of 101.  So I went to pick her up, we got home and I gave her Tylenol and she was decent the rest of the day. 

The next morning, she still was not herself and had a temp in the 99’s so I stayed home with her.  She continued to get worse even though she never really had a high temperature.  Around early afternoon she was just sleeping and laying on me with no emotion at all.  I got really concerned so I called the doctor and they wanted to see her to check her ears.  We took her in and she had an ear infection in both ears.  She was 6 days into the antibiotic so it obviously wasn’t working.  The doctor said that we would need to give her Rocephin shots.  So she got one that day and the next two days we had to take her in again to get each shot.  She actually handled them really well.  She was much happier by the weekend and it was fabulous to see her smile and giggle again. 

Wednesday we had to take her back to the doctor to make sure that the ear infection was gone this time.  Well, both ears still had fluid in them so the doctor prescribed Omnicef and gave us a referral to an ear, nose, and throat doctor.  Her appointment is on February 17.  We are pretty sure that we will go and have to schedule an appointment for Lillian to have tubes put in her ears. 

At first, the thought of having her go through surgery, yes minor, but still surgery and still put under, was really scary.  Now that it has settled in and I know that it will probably be easier and better for her than to continue to get ear infections that don’t go away I’m taking it better. 

We have been meaning to get some pictures of Lillian after her bath wrapped in a towel because she always looks so happy.  Instead of just getting after pictures we thought we would do the whole bath experience.  We even have a video.

Mark got some music recording equipment for Christmas and his birthday.  These pictures show his set up which include a keyboard he had as a kid, the computer including monitors (birthday gift from Phil, Sue, Lillian, and I), and guitar stand.

Mark made the guitar stand out of PVC and then spray painted it black.  I think it turned out great.  Jeff was kind enough to get him a bass guitar for his birthday and a microphone for Christmas .

Here is Lillian doing a little recording.  I think she might be a DJ when she grows up.

I took some pictures of Lillian playing on Wednesday.  She still likes her stacking rings and shape blocks.  She was in good spirits despite her ear infection.

You can sort of see her in action in these pictures.  She is sitting by herself but sometimes likes to lay back so that is why the boppy is behind her.

Here is a video of her playing.  If you listen closely you can hear her say “Oh, yeah” or at least what sounds like it.

Michele came to Phil and Sue’s to watch Lillian while we were at Phil’s surprise party and took some great pictures.  She was nice enough to give us a copy of them so I wanted to show off some of our favorites.  Thanks for taking great pictures once again, Michele!

While we were there we also were able to attend Brady’s first birthday party.  Brady is Bill and Tanya’s little boy.  The picture on the left is Lauren (Brady’s sister) and Lillian, and the right is Michele with the girls.

Pictures of Lillian with her uncle Jeff.  She seems to really like him and will watch him when he doesn’t even know. 

Sue had a small surprise 60th birthday dinner for Phil at Cliffbreakers in Rockford.  I think Phil was surprised but did think that something was going on.  The picture on the right is of the table, you can see almost everyone.

On the left are Linda and Dave, and the right is Hans and Cathy. 

The left is Ken and Sue, and the right is Sharon and Wayne.

Lillian can finally reach the floor while sitting in her jumperoo.  She has also learned how to jump.  Sometimes she goes crazy with the jumping.  This video is from when she first started jumping but now she really knows what she is doing.

Lillian got stacking rings for Christmas.  One day I was taking video of her playing and she decided to put the ring back on the holder.  She has only done this once and it was on video.  She must have been showing off. 

Lillian is 7 months old today.  In the first picture you can see how well she sits alone and the second picture is to compare to the third which is her 6 month shot. 

No official doctor’s appointment this month but we will be going back on the 20th of January for her flu booster shots and they will be checking to make sure her ear infection is gone as well as checking her weight again.  She has been much happier the last few days so I’m sure her ear infection is gone.  She is just so happy and fun and has been putting herself to sleep for her naps!  She wants to grab everything and even rolled from her back to tummy.