Birthday Party!

When there's a birthday, there's gotta be a party, and when there's a party, there's gotta be cake and presents! Lilly had both, and a little Chipotle of course :) She LOVED all her new gifts and I realized by the end of the night that she was a little lady, with all her luggage and purses, ready for the world ahead of her... or atleast ready to watch a little Dora on the TV and then go to the grocery and then nap until dinner (a typical day in the life of Lilly lately:)). Carolyn also enjoyed the party of course, and just wished there were more kids to play with! Next year, I promise to throw Lilly a party with her friends again, as this year was more of a party for the adult family instead of a crazy bash like last year.

Here's the bag lady... :) She LOVES her purses.

And LOVES Dora birthday cake! How well mannered this two year old is!

Here's the trouble maker... stealing one of Lilly's gifts already....

Lilly's smile is one of the cutest things in the world... just a little hard to catch on camera... but we got this one!


And the trouble maker again... this time snatching a Dora coloring book....

Happy Birthday to Little Lilly!

Two years ago, early early in the morning, we went to the hospital because we thought my water may have broke, but thought we would get sent home. But just 4 hours later, the cutest little bundle was in my arms. I still remember thinking how wild it was that I was now a Mom, and Justin now a Dad...and I think it didn't quite hit me fully until Carolyn was born :)

But now my little bundle of joy is a skinny little toddler that is into EVERYTHING. She loves to eat icing off the cake, but not the cake itself. Her favorite food is Chipotle...especially their spicy guacamole! She can open doors and get into trouble in about 5 seconds, and loves to wrestle with Bailey the dog. She finally started talking, and loves to say up peeze (up please) and ju-cie (juice). She did learn to say her first swear word too unfortunately... saying "Sheit" when she dropped her apple at Panera. Aunt Ashleigh will be more than happy to tell the story :) She can also say everyone's names, just only when she feels like saying them. She hates to be dirty, but loves to explore outside and play on the swings and slides. Most of all, she loves to watch Dora the Explorer, which has replaced her love of the Wiggles (thank goodness!). She goes poo on the potty when she feels like it, but don't dare force the issue, or she may throw one of her amazing screaming fits, where she ends up on the floor sobbing and saying "ma ma ma ma" to anyone that will listen. She still LOVES her binki and blanket, and doesn't love to snuggle unless it's while watching Dora. Most of all, she has a nurturing little heart that loves to try and help and taking care of her baby dolls... it's just that her helping tends to undo everything I've done already :) We love her soooooo much and can't wait to see what's next for little Lil.

Trip to the Burg!

This weekend we went to the Motherland to help Cheryl celebrate her graduation and soon departure into the wonderful world of college (oh to be back in those days again!). In the midst of celebration, we also were able to show off the two cutest kids in the world to all their extended family. Carolyn was her normal happy self and let everyone hold and snuggle her... and Lilly let her hair down and was a crazy toddler once she felt at home (which typically takes about an hour :)).
Enjoy!

Camera Shy

So little Carolyn is a mover and a shaker...except when I turn the camera on her. She was having a ball screaching today...and I tried to tape it for you all, and she became mute and was obsessed with trying to reach the camera :) So here's some still shots...

You can also check out Lilly's obsession with her blanket and her quick moves to get it away from Carolyn's grasp...

Happy Father's Day!

My Daddy Is The Greatest
My daddy is the greatest

The best dad there ever was.

He always brings me lots of joy

He’s my very own Santa Claus.
My daddy can do anything

He’s smart as smart can be.

I love to walk and hold his hand,

To show he belongs to me.
I love my daddy!
By Karl Fuchs

Big Girl!

Miss Lilly took two big steps twords being a big girl last week. 1st- She had her first offical toe painting! I did it here at home (no nail salon yet :)) and she LOVES to show anyone her pink toes now. What is a little sad for me, is that my toes are not yet painted to match-- I'll have to be sure that problem gets fixed soon (day at the nail salon anyone? :)).

2nd was her mini big girl bed arrived. I was nervous about making a decision on a full size bed set for her... so I did the logical thing and bought a toddler bed for her to use until I can make-up my mind :) She LOVES her toddler bed so much, and has only fallen out once :) I thought we would do some transition time between the crib and bed, but she seems to be just fine with going cold turkey on the crib. Here she is waking up from her first nap in her little white big girl bed! All that's left to do now is have Dad take apart the crib and move it in for Carolyn!

VACATION

Oh how we love vacation! We went to visit the girl's cousin Riley (and her two cool parents of course :)) in Wilmington, NC. The girls had sooo much fun, and we had an awesome time as well. We went to the pool, the beach, the aquarium, and just hung around the bounce house in their backyard. It went better than I could have imagined... and only invovled one meltdown-- luckily it was not on the plane!

Here's Lilly getting ready to go (she hated this car seat, but now of course wants to be in it since Carolyn is).


On the Plane... Luckily this was the only part of the ride where someone had to sit next to us... otherwise we were lucky to score open seats :) This woman wanted a bloody mary when Justin offered to buy her something in exchange for her patience with Lilly sitting next to her :)

Care Bear enjoyed the ride throughly :) She slept most of the time...

Bounce House!!! This may be coming to our backyard soon....

Happy Vacation Baby!

Pool Party!

The two older ones were teaching Carolyn the ins and outs of Magnadoodle...

Too Much Beach for Carolyn...

But she rallied for more fun! We don't really have many pictures of Lilly on the beach, because she didn't like the sand touching her. What a neat freak :) Carolyn seemed to love it all.