Mommy's Little Princess!

Look at those baby blue eyes!

Happy Halloween!!!

Lily's first Halloween was a success! The costume lasted about half an hour, but was well worth it because she looked very cute and was the star of the party. Aunt Ada also took Lily on her first official trick or treating to her friend's house (Cami's next door neighbor).

We also played our first Murder Mystery game. It will definitely be a family tradition. Memorable moments included Broc doing the twist as Chubby Checkers, Cindy's character demanding everybody be frisked, and Johnny aka Johnny Angel the KGB agent's authentic, yet slightly creepy accent.
Grandpa Scott and Lily

Trick or treating partners. Lily and Ada win for cutest costumes!

Lily checking Conner out.

Time for Solids

The doctor gave Lily the a-ok to start solids! She is now 25 inches and almost 13 pounds. We were going to wait awhile, but she has been staring us down during meal times, licking her lips like crazy, and grabbing at whatever pieces of food she can get! Here is a video of Lily's first solid - rice cereal. I tasted it myself and I can tell why she is not so enthusiastic. I think next time we'll try the banana rice cereal intstead!

Lily's also on the right track with all of her other milestones and actually a little ahead! She can sit up with just a little help, steps forward and supports her weight when you hold onto her fingers and stand her up, roll over front to back and back to front again, and she's just starting to army crawl. Before she was just aimlessly scootching, but now she is a baby with a mission when she see's her favorite toys! She also has abs of steel. In her swing she uses the lap bar to pull herself up from laying down at an angle to sitting up. She does about 5 crunches a sitting!

Lily is also loving her exersaucer. She has a blast pushing all of the buttons and levers. At first the sounds surprised her, but now she laughs every time she does it. She is also learning about eyes, mouths, noses, and ears. She likes to find them on her daddy's face.

Lily

Lily's so glad when Daddy comes home! Lily loves her Daddy. When he gets home from work she is all smiles.

Lily seems to be a little undecided about the giant flower on her head, but she's a hit with all the little boys in church!

General Conference

Lily getting ready for her first General Conference.

September continued ....

Lily is working on sitting up on her own! I wish I had her abs!

September

What a busy month! Stay in touch for more great pictures! Johnny and Tara have been busy with school and work. Tara is teaching Marriage Preparation at BYU and loving it.

Lily is a happy almost four month old. Her new talents include: rolling back and forth from her tummy to her back, grabbing and holding onto her toys, scooting from one end of blanket to the other, lifting her head up, and babbling to everyone she meets. She is one cute kid!

Lily loves to give Pluto kisses. She uses her legs to get him closer to her face.

Hooray for Bumbo chairs! Lily is thrilled to have a new view of life.

Girl's Night Out with the Trost's. Lily is not impressed by the Italian food.

Meeting her Parker cousin's from Indiana for the first time.

Lily loves her new burriot blanket so much that she doesn't mind having a gigantic flower on her head.

Our Grandma Trost (Lily's great-grandmother) passed away on August 20th. We were very sad and will miss her greatly.

Aunt Ada and Lily at Great-Grandma Trost's funeral.

The Parker Family

Grandma Cindy and Lily

All of the grandsons, including Uncle Aaron and Uncle Conner

Lily and Grandpa Scott at Cherry Hill

Fast asleep after a long, hot day!

Laughing with Aunt Melanie

Lily at Cherry Hill

Tara and Lily spent the Labor Day weekend with her family at Cherry Hill. Aunt Cathy gave Lily a brand new leopard print swim suit/skirt for her first swim! Lily loved the suit, but wasn't so sure about the water!

Lily loves this swing! I think she spent half of the vacation asleep in it.

Not so sure about the water!
Lily spent the afternoon playing with Grandma Cindy in her play pen.

Channel Four broadcast their weather segment from Cami's backyard. Lily made her first television appearance and met her first chihuahua. She doesn't seem too impressed by the puppy, but Johnny does!

Lily is two months old!

Smiling for the camera

Lily at 2 months!

Lily is now two months old! Time goes by so fast. Her new talents include smiling, giggling, cooing, sleeping longer than an hour at a time (even in her crib), and focusing on books (her favorite book character is Elmo :) ).

Johnny and I are getting ready for the new semester to start. But you don't want to see pictures of that! You want to see Lily ... so here she is!

Lily with her friend Winnie the Pooh

Her personality is starting to come through! She knows who is boss :).

Lily and Aunt Cami. Look closely ... Cami gave Lily horns ... how cute.

Aunt Ada and Lily in Lily's favorite sleep position ... in someone's arms!

Still has the blue eyes!

Fun with Mary Kay

Tara & Cami on the Mary Kay limo ride they earned

Conner's graduation two weeks before Lily was born

Here are a few pictures of Johnny and Tara pre-baby.
We went to Boston at the end of March for Tara to present at a research conference.

Johnny at Walden's Pond with Thoreau's statue and cabin. This area is absolutely gorgeous!

It was one of our favorite sites.

Tara at the North Bridge
Tara at the Boston Temple.

Johnny at the Boston Temple

One Month Pictures

Lily is now 7 weeks old and she is already getting so big!
Compare this to her newborn picture with the bear!

Lily Ada with Aunt Ada at the airport

Ada, Conner, and Lily at Coldstone

Visit to Uncle Broc and Aunt Cami's House

Uncle Broc and Aunt Cami watched Baby Lily while Tara and Johnny went to the temple for their friend's wedding.

Naptime

Oh so beautiful!

Uncle Conner and Lily at the hospital

July 24

Lily sleeping through the Days of '47 Parade

Like Father like Daughter :)

Daddy and Lily taking a mid-morning nap while Mommy makes breakfast.