The Lengle Halloween Festivities

On the Sunday before Halloween, Lily experienced the "Lengle Halloween Festivities". This includes icing pumpkin sugar cookies, putting on raisin faces and carving pumpkins. Here are some pictures from our exciting day! :)

Auntie Megan and Uncle Bryan icing the cookies


Here are some of the cookies we made


Lily's special cookie....... A cookie I made :)


Daddy playing with guts... The family emptying pumpkins


Lily and Grandpa playing...... Lily hanging out with A. Karen

Starting to carve the pumpkins

Lily gettin in on the action

Lily playing with pumpkin guts... and sampling them...

She really liked them! :)


A.Megan carved a "Lily" face.... the three pumpkins (Bryan, Megan and Jeremy's)


Grandpa and Lily watching the news

Grandpa showing Lily how to use a Blackberry :)

Big girl bathtime and meeting the Godfather :)

The other day, I wanted to see what would happen if I put Lily in her bathtub the "big girl way". She did VERY well! She sat up and enjoyed playing with her ducky and other bath toys. We're very proud of our big girl! :)




She kept holding the duck over her shoulder for some reason!

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On Wednesday, family gathered to remember Grandma Mitchler. It was a special night for Lily as she got to meet her Godfather, Jeremy, who came in from Alabama for the funeral. We didn't get many pictures together, but I'm sure we'll gather some more up from others who took pictures. We were just so happy to see Jeremy, have him spend time with Lily and to give him a taste of what it's going to be like when HIS little one arrives in the Spring. :)



This is what happens when you let Daddy take pictures. (these are Kevin's feet in Lily's Bumbo seat)


Lily with her Godfather, Jeremy
Lily got to know Jeremy pretty quick. The first time he held her, she cried (mostly cause she just woke up from being in the car). But she started to recognize him and would smile in his presence (as we all do!) :)


This is one of the lilies that Lily and I put on the heart wreath at Grandma's funeral that was held on Thursday. It was very special and we were so blessed to have the time we did with her. Lily was loved so much by her Great Grandmother and Kevin and I will continue to show pictures and tell stories to Lily about her so that she remains alive in our hearts. :)

Playing with her kitty

Who needs siblings when you have a cat?! :)




Moxie started to kick back (nicely, ofcourse!)

Bert and Moxie cuddling after Lily went to bed

Here's video of Lily playing with Moxie. Moxie is so patient with Lily, even when Lily rolls ontop of her. They love each other. :)

A tribute to Lily's Great Grandma Mitchler

Lily's Great Grandma Mitchler (Kevin's Grandma) passed away on Friday, October 19th.
It was such a blessing that Lily got to spend time with her Great Grandma, starting from when she was a week old. Lily will have these pictures to hold onto and cherish and we will remind her often what a beautiful person Great Grandma Mitchler is.

The only pictures I have are from Mother's Day (Lily was 7 days old) and at Brent and Erica's wedding (Lily was almost 19 weeks old). If anyone has more pictures of Lily and Grandma together, I'd love to get them developed and put in Lily's scrapbook. :)

4 generations (Great Grandma, Grandpa, Dad and Lily)

Lily was wearing the sweater and booties Grandma had actually made that Kevin and his brother a long time ago. How special that was.

Holding Lily for the first time.

2 beautiful girls (this is my favourite of all!)

Pictures from Tuesday and Wednesday... random

Two girls hanging out :)


Mommy's Love

Lily getting ready for "Mommy and Me Water-robics"





Lily's new coat

Smily as usual
"I can't see you, but I'm still smiling!"


Our little Eskimo :)

23 weeks and counting

Lily is 23 weeks now (almost 6 months). She's almost sitting up on her own, but wobbles a lot still. She's doing well with eating her rice cereal. We're going to start her on some more complex cereals and then hopefully some meats and vegetables. I think she even believes she's a big girl already. :) We sort of weighed her ourselves and it looks like she's about 19lbs! She's off the charts for 6 months. I take her to get her 3rd shots the first week of November, so we'll find out for sure. Being this big means finding a new car seat!! What a nightmare doing all the research and it's devastating how expensive they are! And with her growing so much, there's no garauntee that this next seat (which is supposed to turn into a booster seat and last until 80lbs) will be her last one! Oh well.
More big news: Lily's cutting her first tooth! It's the bottom left incisor! So exciting. We think it's bothering her a little bit, but it doesn't disrupt her 12 hour sleep at night (so awesome that she sleeps so well!!).
Lily still sucks her thumb, but mostly when she's tired. Her favourite toy remains her "sun", which has many interesting sides to it that make noise and has a lot of colour. She sleeps in her crib (that now has Canucks sheets and blankets on it!) and likes to cover her face with her blanket while sleeping. Lily and Mommy are still attending "mommy and me water-robics" with some of our friends and their babies. Lily really loves the water. After these are over, she will be old enough to start swimming lessons! Our next playdate with our pre-natal group is to a pumpkin patch, where the babes will be wearing their Halloween costumes! Can't wait for that!
We've spent a lot of time this past month with family and friends. The highlight of this month was a visit to see Great Grandma Mitchler. We're looking forward to Christmas that's coming way too quickly. We hope to get our first real Christmas tree (hope the cats behave!). Lily's first Christmas will be special and surrounded by love. :)

Here are some of the recent pictures of Lily:


Mmmm.... eating her rice cereal

Checking herself out in the mirror

Daddy bathing Lily... bathtime is always fun

Nice hair!.............. This is how Daddy washes Lily's back!! :)


Mommy cuddling Lily (it's so important to cherish these moments with our babies, as they grow so fast)