Catching Up

Wow, it's been a crazy few weeks. We are all so relieved tax season is over! While I wrapped up tax season at the office, Ryan was able to go on a mission trip back to the Eskimo village we visited last year. It was an amazing trip, and I hope he will make a blog entry about it soon. He has grown to love the Eskimo people, and I am so proud of him as he does this work there. He came back into town on Deadline Day. On Monday the 18th, Lily came running into our bedroom at about 6:30 in the morning, and excitedly exclaimed "Mommy, it's the last day of tax season and Daddy's coming home!" It was definitely a day of celebration.

So, other than a mission trip and work, here are a few miscellaneous things going on around the house.

Lily arranged her little figurines one morning. She wouldn't let me see it while she put it together. When she walked me over a few minutes later, I said "Oh, it's a beautiful heart," and she replied "Yeah, I made it for you because I love you." Such a sweetheart.

The girls love bath time! Bama had fun with Mia's hair before we all had haircuts last week. This got a big laugh from the girls.
Liz found the cutest little bathrobes for the girls to wear after they dry off from bath time. They love them, and I have to say, they look mighty cute too!

Lily would wear hers all day if she could. She loves to wear dresses and would wear one every single day if I would let her!

Lily is fascinated by our new printer. It's really pretty funny to me because she loves to lie on the floor and is amazed when we have something to print. She doesn't quite get yet that I am pushing a button on our computer that is making it print!

Other fun things going on that I don't have pictures for:

1. Mia has learned to climb out of her crib. I honestly am a little surprised that it took this long. She's 2.5 now, and we simply haven't had time to figure out what to do about her next bed. We have been trying to figure this out but we're still not sure what to do. Right now, thankfully, she only climbs out when she wakes up from her nap or in the morning; knock on wood, no middle of the night visits yet.

2. While it's a long shot, we have considered getting bunk beds for Lily's room. To see how she would react, we went to a store to show her a bunk bed. She LOVED it. She and Mia couldn't get enough of it. Now when we play with her doll house, her Lily figure sleeps on top of the canopy bed while the Mia figure sleeps on the bed. Lily said it's her bunk bed, she sleeps on top and Mia sleeps on bottom. I am really going back and forth on this because I think they would love to share bunk beds.

3. Last Wednesday evening, Lily had a choir concert at church. She was so excited about it. We had a picnic dinner and watched as they sang three songs. I am so proud of Lily's progress over the last year. At her concert last Fall, she stood on the side and refused to sing even though she knew every word. This time though she was standing in the middle and singing her little heart out. At one point, they asked what sounds of spring have your heard, and Lily took the microphone to say "bees." I realize this may not sound like a big deal, but it's really amazing to me because I know Lily would not have done that a year ago.