Cross Side of the Family

Today Anson, me, Lily and Ann went to see Aunt Faye. She's in a nursing home because she lost her stomach last year. She is supposed to have surgery next week to have her stomach repaired. She looked and sounded good considering everything she's been through. She was so happy to see us, especially Lily Anna.





Then, we met Uncle Larry and Aunt Margaret along with Cousin Kim and her husband and their kids at Parasson's. It was really nice to see them too.

Aunt Margaret and Mason

Uncle Larry and Terry
Kim and Hailey
Ann and Margaret
Ann, Margaret and the kids (Carmen, Hailey and Mason)
Jeremy, Anson and Uncle Larry
Me and Margaret
All the kids
Kim and Terry
Me and Babe

Rockne's

Last night my parents took us out for my birthday. My b-day isn't until Thursday, but my parents wanted Anson's mom and brother to be able to come too. We had a really nice time.

Me and Anson

My parents with their grandbaby
Grandma Cross
Lillers all bundled up
Lily playing with a straw. She put it in her mouth as if she knew exactly what she was supposed to do with it.
Earlier in the day, Lily was holding her bottle all by herself.

Great Grandma's House

On Friday evening, we went over to Grandma's house to see Uncle Dennis, Aunt Jeanne and their 7 children. We were excited to see them because it's been almost a year since we saw them last. And they have a new addition to their family, Michael. Unfortunately, we didn't get a photo of Adam or Jeanne and the photo of Dennis wasn't very good. We're sorry about that!

Great Grandma herself

"Aunt Ann" to Michael and "Grandma Cross" to Lily Anna

Rachel and Sarah with Lily. Rachel is playing peek-a-boo with Lily.

Rachel is holding Lily. Sarah is holding Michael and Emily is standing in the back.
Aunt Ann reading to Lydia and Rebekah.
Anson holding his cousin Michael and Lillers.
Rachel and Lily
Me and Michael
Lydia, Rebekah and Lily

Grandma Cross holding her "sugar'
Rachel, Emily and Anson being silly
Cousin Jeremy and Michael

Lily's Christmas Photos

Yesterday we took our little princess to Sears to get her Christmas/6 month photos taken. I dressed her up in this precious poofy dress with her little tights and black dress shoes. She did incredibly well considering how cramped she was in a jacket and her car seat. I will post the link to Sears.com when they are available to see. Probably tomorrow. They turned out really well. We ordered Christmas cards =)

We were going to get her photo with Santa too, but man he's expensive! The cheapest package was $20. I just wanted one photo with her and Santa. Does anyone know of a cheaper Santa or a place that will let you take your own photo?

Happy Turkey Day!

We hope all of you had a wonderful holiday! We sure did. Here are some photos from our day.

Lily's shirt says "Thankful for Mommy and Daddy." Grandma Cross bought it for her. Thank you, Grandma.

Me and my pumpkin pie!Anson and his sweet potato pie.
Yea, for Turkey Day!

Grandma Cross (the cook) and my Baby right before dinner. We had a lot of great food!
Great Grandma Hicks and baby girl.
Great Uncle Larry giving Lily some sugar.

Lily's Last Day with her Boyfriend

Lily and Zack's last official day together. But not to worry because Jen and I are already making plans to go to Tower City with the little tykes and the big tykes in early December.

Zack does really well sitting up on his own. Lily is almost there, but she still needs some support.

Lily was looking at the puppy who was outside on the porch. Anson and I think Zack looks a lot like Jen in this photo.

Lily's Half Birthday!

Today Lily is 6 months old! I can't believe it. Time is flying and she is growing so quickly. Her newest thing is to grab at anything and everything she can get her little fingers on, including ears, noses, earrings, necklaces and her Daddy's glasses. She is also eating more "solid foods" these days - applesauce, pears, oatmeal and bananas. I bought her some squash to try too. She also screams a lot...she's a loud girl and she always has a lot to say. She is also getting much more mobile. If you place her on the floor, she'll roll over and back and over and back until she makes her way to the other side of the room. She's quick. She does the army crawl but no real crawling yet. Soon though, I imagine.

Lily has been hanging out with her Grandma Cross the last few days. They are having some much needed bonding time together.

Tomorrow is the last day with Zachary for awhile. Jen's step mother-in-law is going to watch Zack on Tuesdays from now on. We'll still have to get together a lot so that Lily and Zack and have play dates. I'm sure Lily will miss her boyfriend every week.

Lily with her little puppy that Mommy bought her for her 1/2 birthday.

You might ask "how do they get her to smile like that?" Well, the secret is to have Anson hide behind me and pop up and say "boo." She loves that and always laughs!