Lilybeth Dooley

So this blog is pretty much just a list of God’s blessings. Their are sooo many to choose from, but these are the ones that have been the most recent, and tell ya’ll what’s been going on in our lives lately.

Lily got to meet her Aunt Rosie, Uncle Eddie, and BIG cousin Joline over the weekend. She did really well with them.

I have been learning how to juggle baby and working part-time for my mom-in-law. It’s truly a blessing to get to take her to work with me, but I have to juggle my time around naps, feedings, play time, ads, emails, phone calls, and printing books. I love it though! It gives me time to be with my daughter and time to be a grown up and talk to adults. We’re so very lucky that we didn’t have to put her in a daycare. It was something I couldn’t bare doing, God provided a way for us to make it work so I didn’t have to do that.

We are also about to purchase a home that will be wonderful for us to raise Lily in. It’s a basic house, but the best part is, it’s a home. I can see raising our kids there, where our Christmas tree will go, growing gardens, playing football in the yard, Lily’s first steps, baking cookies. Okay, okay, I’m sappy I know, but it will be a wonderful blessing if we get this house. We should know hopefully by the end of the week for sure.

Kevin’s job is going really well and I can’t tell you how much I’m thankful for Kevin being able to go to work every day happy and knowing that he’s doing something that matters to him and it’s what God has designed him to do. He has been working really hard lately and I just am grateful that he is able to still be happy even when he is tired!

My brother and his soon to be wife are moving down to be closer to me =-) I’m excited about getting to know my brother better, and for the friendship Cindy and I are developing. It’s going to be a trip to have them close by.

Kevin’s dad is the only one that has been able to hold Lily for a couple of weeks now besides mommy and daddy. It’s amazing and it’s been a wonderful time spent between Lily and Pa Pa.

I’ve just been so thankful for every day. God blesses us every single minute of every single day. It makes me wonder, why me? Why us God? People often wonder why they go through tragedy and loss in their lives, but lately I’ve been thinking about all the good things in our lives and think, wow God made this life for me.

Please pray for us. We are in the process of buying a house and it’s been going really well so far. We had our inspection today and we have a few things that need to be addressed. The foundation work that was done on the house still needs some more work, and the a/c isn’t working. We would love to have our own house to raise Lily in. It would be a lot safer and better environment for her once she starts crawling. Right now we live in a 2nd floor apartment and it is pretty much a disaster waiting to happen.

Also, Lily is going through a spell right now where the only one that can hold her is me. She screams and persistantly crys when anyone else holds her. This includes grandma and tonight even Kevin. We’re trying to get her infront of anyone who can tolerate holding a screaming baby. Help! I don’t know what to do.

Lily has had some more major accomplishments lately. She’s rolling to one side, she can lift her head up 90 degrees when she’s on her stomach (even though she hates to be on her stomach), she talks all the time and she’s discovered that her voice has different pitches. It’s really cool to listen to her discover so many new sounds. She has also activley started playing with toys. Her favorite is her Cat In The Hat stuffed animal. She is almost at the point where she can sit-up by herself. Yesterday she stuck her hand out to touch Harley dog, which Harley promptly licked and slobbered on. She loves to watch her.

She’s grown so much lately. Her feet almost touch the bottom of her saucer toy, and she’s wearing 3-6 mo clothes. We also see a tint of red making it’s way in. We may have a red head on our hands. She can thank her daddy’s side of the family for that=-).