2 years old

To my dear sweet Lily:

I can hardly believe that you turn 2 today. This time 2 years ago you were born in to this world and I immediately fell in love. You were the most beautiful sweet baby girl in the whole wide world - 6 pounds 4 ounces, beautiful dark black hair, and an ear shaped just like your dad's. There are no words to describe the wonderfulness of holding you on my chest for the first time right after you came out. Your dad and I were in awe of the miracle of you!
Lily's 1 Year Picture:

Fast forward to today. You are now our beautiful dark brown haired fun loving little girl! The amount of words you have not only astounds me and your dad but everyone else too. You talk in full sentences all the time and can express love, joy, sadness, hurt. You can count to ten and even know some of your colors. You copy a lot of what we say. You love the park, pizza, carrots, dancing, imagination movers, mickey mouse clubhouse, max and ruby, tickle fights, hide and go seek, chase, tea parties, and dresses. You hate diaper changes and getting your hair washed.

You are independent, caring, shy around strangers, determined, passionate.

You love to sing. Some of your favorites are Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Jesus Loves Me, Tick Tock, and Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.

You are perfect just the way you are.
Your dad and I are so incredibly proud of the little girl you have become. You make us the happiest parents in the whole wide world. I pray that God would help me to be the best mom that I can possibly be to you.

Happy 2nd Birthday sweet Lily Madelyn!!!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!

Mommy (and Daddy)

conversation

At bedtime tonight...

Mommy: "I love you Lily. Do you love mommy?"

Lily: "I love you all the time mommy."

She melts my heart!

first chosen friend

Cute Lily story...

We attend a storytime each week at one of our public libraries. You have to register for them because they are so popular and they have to keep the numbers down. So each week we see the same few little kiddos.

The week before last there was a little girl sitting next to us whose name was Clara. Lily didn't really pay too much attention to her but when we got in the car to leave she kept saying "i like clara."

Then this past week, we were doing one of our normal first songs. It's this bee song where the teacher goes around and the bee asks each little kid what their name is in the song. It goes "higgledee biggledee bumbleebee, won't you say your name for me, lily, lily, that's your name." Usually the parent has to say their name for them because they are too bashful. So this week Clara and her mom was sitting next to us again and when it was Clara's turn to say her name, Lily shouts out "clara!" for her. It was ADORABLE! And since then she keeps randomly saying that she likes clara.

During the week I try to keep singing the songs we sing at storytime with Lily so she'll get the hang of them (which she can sing a lot of songs now!). Whenever we do the bumblebee song she always inserts clara's name - never her own. Go figure!

22 Months

My little baby girl is 22 months now. My how times flies. In order to prioritize things in my life, blogging has had to take a step back the past month.

But tonight I just have to write about my sweet lily. She is the most amazing wonderful beautiful little girl ever. She makes me laugh and everyday I see more and more of her personality. She is independent, polite, strong-willed, and caring. She has an amazing vocabulary and puts together all kinds of sentences. Everyone comments on how much she knows. She gives the best hugs and kisses and there is nothing in the world like hearing her say "love you mommy!" We got her her first bike/tricycle and she LOVES LOVES LOVES it. She doesn't use the pedals yet but can go superfast even still! She loves to help me with any chores I'm doing - sweeping, laundry, cleaning dishes, etc. She builds things with her megablocks and loves to watch Max and Ruby. Lily loves to color even though she doesn't know how to draw anything yet. She loves to wear dresses, hats, and jewelry. Everywhere we go she has been wanting to take along the purse she has just like mommy.

I LOVE LILY!!!

don't feed geese

Just a warning. Don't feed geese. This is what happens if you do...They come CHASING after you! A big flock of them has been hanging around the park across the street and as soon as Lily and I went out to feed them they come running over to our yard. It was CRAZY!!