Lily is 11 months old tomorrow

This past month I've gotten knee surgery, and the whole family has been sick - all three of us were sick for about two weeks (poor Lily Grace) and Mini and I continued sick even after Lily recovered - hence I've gotten pretty backed up on my work and one thing that fell by the wayside was posting to the blog! My knee recovery is coming along. Lily Grace is coming along too, so I'll post a few recent pictures of her...

This one was taken just yesterday (two days shy of 11 months). She is wearing her "Jesus loves me" T-Shirt and she looks happy to know that he does!

This one was taken the day before yesterday (three days shy of 11 months). She's got a bit of remnants of her sweet potato meal still sticking to her face, hence the slight orange color. Look at those eyes!...



Here she is playing the guitar with daddy about 2 weeks ago. (Look closely at my right knee and you can see where the two incisions were for my knee surgery - one of them covered by a band-aid, the other not.)

Here she is on Easter Sunday with her flower - namesake...

Sleeping beauty

Here's our sleeping beauty at 9 and a half months.

Lily's dedication to God

Lily got dedicated to God yesterday, at both of our churches -- Fountain of Life Covenant Church in Long Beach, and East West Church in Anaheim. It was a very special day. We prayed Jesus' words in Mark 10: 14 over Lily:


"Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs."

We pray that as Lily grows she would come to Jesus, and know him as her maker, her lover, her friend, her redeemer, and her Lord. We also pray that God would help us be good parents who will always help her to do so and not hinder her in any way. And we pray that as Lily grows she would retain that childlike quality that marks those to whom the kingdom of God belongs.


Here are a couple of pictures from her dedication day:

Lily at 9 months

Lily is 9 months old. She can stand up by herself. Here are a few pictures.

Lily at 8 months

Lily turned 8 months old on February 11. She can stand up on her own two feet and shuffle around, holding onto something. Looks like she'll be an early walker. Here is a picture of our sweetie at 8 months.

Lovable Lily

How could you not love this little girl???

Back after a long hiatus

It's been almost six weeks since I last posted to this blog. With our apartment complex fire, being displaced from our home for six weeks, and also having a knee injury which has slowed me down, plus the holidays, going to Urbana, etc., I just haven't done it. But now things are settling down, we are back in Long Beach, and I plan to get back on a more consistent posting pattern.

Lily is seven and a half months now. About five weeks ago, Lily learned to stand up holding onto something for support. Here's a recent picture of her on her own two feet: