Lilybeth Dooley

Lily’s the best present I could ever have.  She greeted me this morning with her huge grin.  Ah.  I’m loving this stage of her life, and mine.  It’s good to be 29!

We’re going to see the Foo Fighters tonight.  I’m excited, and I’ll have fun, but I know I’ll be anxious to come back home to my little girl, even though she’ll be asleep.  I’m hopelessly in love with my little girl.  I can’t get enough of her.

The song “Miracle” that the Foo Fighters sing is Kevin and Lily’s song.  So it will be really cool if they play that tonight.

Hi Everyone,

Lily is now 7 months old and can now pull up on the coffee table, couch, mommy and da’s pant legs, and pretty much anything she can hold on to. She doesn’t have any teeth yet, but she’s working on it.

Well, a big change is coming for all of us at the end of the week. Not only will I be entering my last year of being a 20 something, I’ll be starting a new job! I’m the new Missions Logistics Coordinator for Lake Pointe Church! I’m really excited about starting this new job. I think it’s going to be a great fit. Grandma will be taking care of Lilybeth during the day. I’m okay with this, but I will still miss my little blessing horribly! The great thing is that Lake Pointe is so close to our house. It’s only a 15 min drive, so Kevin’s mom will bring her up for lunch every now and then. It’s also great that I won’t have an hour drive home that I had when I worked for Simon.

Lily’s also getting familiar with the childcare at church. I’ve been volunteering in her classroom to make it a little easier on her. She does okay if I’m in there, but the minute I leave she freaks out. We’re working through this. Good thing she doesn’t act like this with grandma. She thinks she’s a big toy, so we should be okay.

So the Dooley family has been a little busy lately. We got through Christmas with my parents, Kevin’s busy time at work, a New Year’s Eve party with Kevin’s family and a few close friends, and a wedding. Total time of people in staying in our house… 10 days. Whew. It was a blast, but exhausting when you have a kid who’s not sleeping through the night because of all the excitement in the house. It was great though!

Check out the new pictures. The last one is the best!

Lily’s update is as follows… she can almost crawl. She can go backward, and turn in a circle. She just can’t figure out how to go forward. She loves to pull herself up by our pant legs. She figured out how to scream this week so she has been screaming at the top of her lungs in various pitches. It’s adorable! She hung out with us while we took some pre-wedding photos of her Aunt Sarahbeth. She got to take a photo with the bride, and got the privilege of wearing her tiara. We should have photos soon of the wedding. Lily was amazing the day of the wedding. She allowed Rachel, a close family friend to watch her while I helped set-up for the wedding. During the entire event, she wasn’t fussy and was in the best mood. It’s like she knew she needed to be good. It was wonderful! She even took a nap in the middle of the reception.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Years!