Happy 21st Birthday Uncle Doug

Happy Birthday to you Uncle Doug!

Lily helped Uncle Doug make a wish & blow out his candles.

Mommy & Lily at Uncle Doug's birthday dinner.

Lily & the birthday boy - she loves her Uncle Doug!!

I'm 3!!

Lily decided she wanted to have a Tinkerbell themed birthday party this year - and she insisted that she dress up as Tinkerbell as well. She did make a darn cute Tinkerbell if I do say so myself. :o)

Lily & the most hideous cake ever!

(The bakery completely messed up & this is what we ended up with...I was NOT happy, but Lily didn't care about what the cake looked like. She was on cloud nine with all her friends at her house at the same time.)Lily & her birthday balloons. I can't even begin to tell you how much Lily likes dressing up as a princess, putting on (pretend) make-up & playing with her hair. One of her birthday gifts was a Cinderella vanity - complete with a make-up & hair set. She spends hours playing dress up, applying make-up & brushing & "curling" her hair.



Lily & Autumn going for a spin.
Kyle's turn is next.

Lily & Kylie

Lily also got a Barbie Jeep for her birthday. It was a little (freezing!) cold, but Lily had to take her friends for a quick spin.

Snow Day

We woke up to snow falling! That was one of my favorite things when I was growing up & now it's one of Miss Lily's too! We had such a great day playing in the snow today. After we shoveled the driveway, there was a sheer layer of slippery snow left & we pulled Lily around on her sled in the driveway. She kept saying "Go faster!" She loved when Uncle Doug spun her around & around on the sled. Lily built her first snowman with Kylie too. The girls did such a good job!

One good lookin' snowman!

Lilyism's

Kid's say the darndest things...
Lily says so many funny things & I can never remember them after a day or two, so I figured I would post them so I could remember them. I'm going to try to remember as many as I can & put them on here, but I will continue to update this post as she says more "Lily-isms" - so keep checking back on this one!

After the bath one day I was putting lotion on Lily & she asked if she could have some too, so I put some lotion on her hand & she proceeded to rub it on her nipples...here is the conversation that followed:
Mom: "Lily, what are you doing?"
Lily: "Putting lotion on my mosquito bites."
Mom: "Baby, those aren't mosquito bites..."
Lily: "I know, They're pimples!!"

I had been trying to teach Lily to say 'excuse me' whenever she burped or tooted, so one day after "tooting" in a public place, I said "Lily, what do you say?" and she said "Toot! Toot!!"

Lily had a little cough one day & she said "oh no mom, I have a frog in my throat - we need to go to the doctor" I said "why do we have to go to the doctor?" "because doctors take frogs out of your throat & put them back in the pond." (of course - what was I thinking?)

Coo Coo's (Cookies), Broccolbies (Broccoli)

"Mom, why are we celebrating people in the military if it's Veterinarians Day?" (Veterans Day)

"Ugh, someone please change this baby...he smells like dead shrimp!"

"Mom, why weren't there Webkinz when you were little" "Well, the internet hadn't been invented yet" *pause while she looks at me like I'm from another planet* "Where WERE you?" "I was at Grammy's house!" "Well did you at least have a phone?" " Yes, but there were no cell phones, only house phones" "So you could only talk on the phone AT YOUR HOUSE" "Yes" "WOW - I feel bad for you!"

"Mom, is being full of balony the same as being a silly sausage?"

Welcome to Lily's World

Hi everyone, I know this is long overdue, but I have finally found the courage to navigate my way through my first blog experience. I realized there is no better way to remember memories in Lily's life & share them with our family & friends than doing this, so here I am. I'm going to try to go back to January of this year & post pics, but after that I will hopefully make regular entries. I hope you all enjoy & bear with me until I get the hang of all this. Thanks!