Pictures from the Week

There wasn't much going on around our house this week after our great weekend in Birmingham, but I took some pictures of Lily that I thought I would share. Enjoy!

You can see in one picture that Lily is feeding Baby Morgan some of her carrots. She absolutely loves playing with her two baby dolls, Morgan and Kaylee. She spends most of her day taking them around the house with her as she plays with other things and tries to have them play with her toys too. It's pretty cute to watch. Hopefully she will love her real baby brother or sister that is heading her way as much!

Lily is also obsessed with Mickey Mouse these days. She asks to watch "Mi! Mi!" (that's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse in case you have problems interpreting!) all the time. We let her watch 2 or 3 a day, but I think she would watch a dozen a day if she could. Bama gave her a Mickey Mouse doll while we were in Birmingham that Lily loves; she would clutch it against herself when she went to sleep. Adorable!

As for Baby #2, we will hopefully find out on July 11 if this is a boy or girl. We're also leaving for the beach that day, so it should be a great day!

Great weekend!

We had such a great weekend! On Friday, we drove over to Birmingham and spent the afternoon and evening with Ryan's family. It's always a treat to hang out with them. After Lily went to sleep, Ryan and I had a delicious dinner with our friends, Daniel and Courtney Cox. It was so fun to catch up with them. On Saturday, we hung out with Ryan's family in the morning, and then I went to a double-baby shower in the afternoon. It was for two of my sorority sisters, so we had a mini-reunion at the shower. There were lots of college friends there, so it was wonderful to catch up with one another. Some of them I haven't seen since college; what a treat! Ryan and Lily picked me up from the shower, and then we met more college friends at Johnny Rocket's for dinner. Bridges and Robyn have a sweet little girl, Evynne, who is just a couple of weeks younger than Lily. It's always fun to watch the two of them together. Evynne seemed to love watching Lily, especially when Lily decided to pull Daddy's drink over, twice, to reach the ice. She loves ice; not to eat it, but to play with it. I'm not particularly fond of this habit, and am trying to get her to stop reaching in glasses for it. After dinner, we talked outside for a few minutes, and the girls were so adorable holding hands and smiling for Robyn's camera (we had left our camera at home). So sweet! Sunday we visited with some of Ryan's family's friends after church, saw Ryan's grandmother in the hospital and then headed home. I have to say, Lily's days of napping well in the car are over. Both ways she slept for 45 minutes only. This definitely makes a difference in the evening since she typically naps for about 2.5 hours. Overall, this was a wonderful weekend!

Memory?

Most of you know that my wonderful cat of almost 14 years, Atticus, passed away on April 15. I have put up a picture of Lily and Atticus napping on Ryan when Lily was about 2 weeks old. Lily LOVED Atticus and for about a week after he was gone, she would walk around and say "Ah? Ah?" which is what she called him (calling him by name was actually the very first word she said). She would also see a picture in a book of a cat and call it "Ah." After a week or so that disappeared and she started saying "cat" instead of "Ah," so I assumed she didn't think about him anymore. A couple of days ago, Lily and I were playing in her room, and out of nowhere she suddenly said "Ah?" and looked under her crib which is where he liked to hide sometimes. Of course, she didn't see him under there so when she looked up at me, I said "what did you say Lily?" She replied "cat." Is it possible that she remembers Atticus and that he hid under there? I can't think of any other explanation of why she would have done that. I guess maybe she misses him too sometimes.

Fun in the Pool

We went to the pool tonight and apparently, the coolest thing in the world to Lily is that someone can go underwater for a few seconds and then reappear. We (or the older kids playing nearby) would go under, she would say "uh-oh" and then laugh and point when we would reappear. She really loved it when she was in her raft, and we would stand on one side, swim under her and reappear on the other side; she couldn't believe it!

She also loves it when Daddy throws her so high in the air and then she lands in the pool (in Daddy's arms of course). She would laugh each time. We're having so much fun with her!

More Cuteness

Here are two more cute stories about Lily...

1. She has really begun to love the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse show. A couple of times during the show, Mickey will get his helpful tools by calling "Oh Toodles!" Lily now says "To-Do!" when Mickey asks for helps calling Toodles...adorable.

2. On our way to and from dinner with friends tonight (about 30 minutes each way), Lily sat in her car seat, waved and said "bye-bye!" to every car she saw. Even on a Saturday evening, there are still plenty of cars on the Atlanta roads so we heard "bye-bye! bye-bye! bye-bye!" almost non-stop. Every once in awhile I would say "Lily, these cars are coming to join us on the road; let's tell them hi," so she would say "hi!" and wave. Sometimes she would wave with both hands which was pretty funny. Though she was quite loud, it was pretty cute. I wonder what our 8-hour drive to Florida will be like next month...

Fun Pictures of Lily

              Lots of sweet pictures taken recently of Lily.

Ahhh, Chick-fil-a

Mother's Day

I love being a mom to this precious girl!

 So thankful for Meme.

 I love my mom too!

Playing at the Park

It was a beautiful day for a stroll in the park!

C'mon guys, this way!

 Loving it here!

A Morning at the Zoo

Fun times at the zoo this morning!

I love when she wears her sunglasses!

This girl loves animals, so we had a great time seeing so many today!

Two Fun Stories

Here are two cute (in my opinion anyway) stories about Lily...

1. We were looking through her "First 100 Words" book and there was a picture of a little boy sleeping. Since it was almost nap time, I said, "he is taking his nap" when she pointed to the picture and asked "that?" She immediately put her pointer finger to her mouth and said "shh!" I thought that was so funny because I usually do that and say "he's sleeping." I guess she picked up on being quite during nap time!

2. A couple of weeks ago, my grandmother who lives nearby, Meme, made some vegetable soup and cornbread. Lily LOVES her cornbread! We brought some home and were enjoying it for lunch the next day. I asked Lily if she wanted to have some cornbread and soup with me, and she started saying "Meme! Meme!" She knows where the good food comes from!

Poor Thing

Poor little Lily! We noticed today that she has four, that's right, four, teeth coming in right now. That can't feel good. I guess that explains the short temper and clingy-ness we have been experiencing. We'll see how the next few nights go; she has a tendency to wake up for a night or two when new teeth come in. In case you're wondering, this will make 16 teeth for her. I hope they come in quickly so she'll feel some relief soon!