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So, there have been a couple things that I've been wanting to blog about but they aren't very long or exciting and so I'm combining them.

Today we went to the beach. Normally I'm not very excited to go...weird huh? But let me explain. The beach requires a lot of packing. Sunscreen, swimsuits, sunglasses, blanket, umbrella, towels, boogie board and food. And it's not that it's a pain to pack it all, but to lug down to the water as you are sinking in the hot sand and to unpack it all at the end of the day when everything is COVERED in sand. I never get in the water because the ocean is FREEZING and it is usually windy. And TRAFFIC, don't let me get started about LA traffic. I'm a big whiny baby.
But today the weather was HEAVENLY! It was supposed to be in the 90s at our house and was still about 80-85 on the beach. Lillie was so good and it was fun to sit and chat with friends and watch my hunk of a husband boogie board. What a fabulous day.

Not all family trips this week were great though. We went down to D-land on Thursday and Lillie had her biggest meltdown to date while on the train that goes around the park, so we couldn't get off and it's not just a short ride. I could tell the people around us were not very happy about the SCREAMING baby. She was dead tired and all the CRAZINESS around us was too much. It'll be a while before I'm brave enough to go back.

Lillie has been progressing by leaps and bounds lately. She is still such a little talker, it was sometimes hard to hear General Conference over her yelps. She now looks at all the toys dangling above her on the play gym and intentionally bats at them. She can grip things now and often has my hair, clothing, necklaces, etc in her tight grasp. I need to get her a rattle. She is much better at sitting up in her seat and even tries to sit up when laying down, she can do a mean crunch. Her favorite thing in the whole wide world is sucking on her hands. She can now bring them up right to her mouth and tries most of the day to fit them down her throat. Some times a single finger slips in and she gags and gags until Mom pulls it out. Honestly, it's kind of nice, she doesn't need her binky as much and can keep herself happy for quite a while.

She has finally gotten a ton better at going to bed at night. Thank goodness. I was about to admit myself into the hospital for sleep deprivation, but she's getting better. I won't say she's good at sleeping until she goes through the night without waking... still a long way off.

Eric has finals week coming up...yikes. We BOTH hope that they go well. It's just gonna be tough not having Daddy to help out much this week. On Friday we will fly out and spend the next two weeks in WA and MT to visit family. We are all so EXCITED!!! Lillie hasn't met her cousins and I can't wait to meet Haylee, Lillie's cousin that is about a month older than her. I am already getting giddy at the thought of going home. I'm almost a little afraid because I think that it will make me homesick after the break.