Little Miss Lily

We love our babysitter, Sarah!! She babysat the night before my birthday and put the kids to bed. The next morning when I got Lily up, this was my birthday surprise. She helped Lily discover the joy of wearing panties -- the way only Lily could pull it off!! We were having an issue with Lily wanting to take her pants and diaper off all the time. This little invention cured that. We can convince her to wear them under her pants most of the time now, but this is still the classic look of Lily that I never want to forget.

I am Finally Back to my Blog - and Happy Valentine's Day!!

Ok, so it has only been 3 months since my last posting...time flies when you are in the middle of the holidays and major home repairs. But I am ready to get back on track. We have had Thanksgiving, snow in Texas, Christmas in UT, New Year's and I turned a year older all since my last update. I am going to try and add some photos and tales from the last few months to let you know what we have been doing. As you can see from our V-day pictures, the girls keep getting bigger and having lots of fun - Mia was headed to her Valentine's Day school party and Lily was thrilled to be wearing her Strawberry Shortcake V-day shirt (she is still obsessed with Strawberry Shortcake). Mia has learned to ride her bike with no training wheels but has met the asphalt a few times - as you can see with the scratch across her nose. Lily is Miss Independent, and with that comes lots of bumps and bruises. Her lastest is a large, attractive bruise on her head that she got as she tried to get out of the bathtub all on her own. XOXOXOXO

Lily is TWO!!

Lily and Daddy's Birthday

Happy Birthday Lily and daddy! We just celebrated a big day in our house - our baby turned two. And we won't discuss how old Jason is now! :) Of course, the focus of the day is now on Lily (as displayed by the Strawberry Shortcake candle on the birthday cake). Jason realizes his day is now shared with an adorable blonde that steals the show, but he doesn't seem to mind.


Here is Lily - ready for some shopping on your birthday. She and her best buddy, bear. She has to take any and everything she can hold with her in the car - pillow and bear were just a few of the selected items on this outing.


Lily and dad love chocolate cake - and couldn't wait to get the candles out of the way to dig in. We put 2 on one side for Lily and a few more on the other side for dad, but in the end Mia is the one that blew out all the candles.




Lily and her cake - yum!

Happy Halloween!!

After school our cul-de-sac started a Halloween street party. The kids played and we had dinner - all to help pass the time until dark. Once the ghostly hour arrived they kids got on their costumes and we started the trick-or-treating. Lily was not sure what this was all about for the first few houses, but once she caught on she didn't stop. Towards the end of the night her bag was so heavy she could barely carry it. I offered to take it, but she quickly responded, "No, mommy - mine!" What was she thinking - I would never take her candy and eat it. What kind of mother would do that?!? :)

I loved every minute of watching both girls running door to door with their friends. They were so excited, and had so much fun. All until Mia got tired and her feet started hurting - then the smiling and fun stopped. But once we were back on our street by the fire pit with our friends and eating lots of candy - the smile was back! It is amazing what chocolate can do for a tired child with sore feet.


Mia - our delicious bag of popcorn!


Lily - our super silly and shy spider!


Trick-or-treat!!

Halloween School Parade

Our day of Halloween festivities started with a costume parade at Mia's school - she totally "popped" as a cute bag of popcorn!! I think she was the only girl not in a princess costume. :)

By the way, where has October gone? I cannot believe Halloween has come and gone. Mia loved looking at her costume each day for weeks - we are so sad that it is now all over for another year.

She and her friend, Katie -
they liked the parade, but were most excited about the pinata and pizza party that came after.

Soccer Season - continues

We are in the middle of soccer season now, and Mia has really gotten the hang of this sport. We have started scoring goals and getting quite aggressive. Snacks at half time are still the highlight of the game, but the competitive spirit of running and taking the ball away can be seen in her eyes now! It has gotten really fun to watch and cheer her on.

Go Dolphins - 3 more games to go!!