Lily is 1 1/2 Today!

Our baby is 18 months old today!!! Here are a few pics and videos I took tonight. Her well-baby check-up is next Monday so I'll post her stats then.

Lily is an absolute darling. She is so sweet and loving. She gives kissers a lot. She isn't talking much yet, but she definitely communicates. She watches us push buttons or turn things, and learns quickly how things work. When asked, she can pick up toys or bring us things like the remote...which is really nice! I can't wait for her to be even more helpful.

One of my most favorite things (among the many) is when she gets her binky and blankie and goes over to Daddy when she's ready for bed. How much easier could she be!

Baby brother is doing well too. I had my 24 week check-up today and all is well. His heartrate was 160. Lily gives him lots of kissers too. It's adorable. I think she's going to be the best big sister ever.

Combing her hair!

On another note, I only have 5 more days in my current position at work. I got a promotion within a different department. The transition period has been 3 months so I am so excited to finally begin it. =)

Christmas Photos

Today we took Lillers to Sears to get her Christmas Photos....

Torturing her with hot curlers. I tried to tell her that being beautiful always hurts and she better get used to pain and suffering for beauty - haha!

Daddy save me! Waiting for the curlers to set.

Look how pretty!

But all worth it...isn't she adorable! We got off to a rocky start. Lily was so happy and excited that she kept wondering off and wouldn't sit still long enough for the girl to snap a photo. She even crashed the backdrop by going right through it! She was a trip. We got a few good photos (below) but it's actually a lot easier to choose the photos when there isn't as many to choose from!

Playing and waiting to see our pictures

Here are four of the best ones...

Later...eating black beans at Chipotle

At the mall by the fountain and Christmas tree.

Later...at home playing with puppy
Video of Lily & Sampson playing

Haircut & Katy's Baby Shower

Tomorrow we are taking Lily to Sears to get her 18 month / Christmas photos. So, we wanted to get her a real haircut (instead of my chop job). I just took her up to a local Great Clips. She was a very good girl =)

There were two little boys there also getting their hair cut. Their names were TJ and Evan. Lily was doing her usually babbling and pointing. I asked them if they knew what she was saying. TJ said "I can't understand anything she's saying!!" It was really cute.

Adorable outfit from Grandma Cross. It fits perfectly!

After the haircut, Lily and I stopped at Wal-Mart and then headed to Lolli's Restaurant in Belden for Katy's baby shower. It was a really nice time. I got to see a lot of Katy's family and friends whom I haven't seen in awhile.

Lily was the life of the party as Katy opened her gifts. She "helped" Katy and ran around being cute. She kept stealing all the toys and books after Katy opened them. Here she's playing with a monkey with Katy's Mom.

"Helping" Katy

Me and Katy and our pregnant bellies

Mommy & Daddy to be!

These two photos are from the other night. She was giving Slater hugs and kisses even though it looks like she's trying to eat him.

Chilly November Weekend

Hi everyone, we don't have much to share this weekend. Anson got to go play paint ball yesterday with the guys, but other than that, we didn't do much of anything this weekend. I got a cold from my trip to Ottawa, Canada last Monday and Tuesday. I stayed home from work Friday to get some rest and prevent spreading my germs to my co-workers. We thought Lily was getting sick last night but so far today she's been okay. And I am feeling much better.

Baby boy is a mover and a kicker. I feel him a lot, which I absolutely love. I've been teaching Lily to give her brother a kiss. She'll kiss my tummy. It's adorable. Last weekend we went to a local second hand store to get a start on baby boy's wardrobe. We got about 8 or 9 outfits for $40. Plus, I've been going through all Lily's old clothes and pulling out all the gender neutral clothes. We've got a pretty good start =)

Daddy buried baby girl in her toy box last week.

Couple videos of Lily that I just took. She babbles a lot but doesn't really say much of anything.

Papa's Birthday & Lily's New Friend

Happy Birthday Daddy/Papa! We went over to my parents' house on Friday night to celebrate my Dad's birthday and enjoy a bonfire.

My brother and I got the same card for Dad. We even bought the same gift (Best Buy gift card) and bought it at the same store! It was hilarious.

Lily helping Papa blow out his candles.

Lily handing Papa his card from us.

Lily and Daddy out by the bonfire.


Lily's new friend, Jinx. My parents got a new kitten last weekend. Lily and Jinx have become fast friends.

Lily giving Jinx a hug.

Lily picking Jinx up. She could never get away with this with our cats. Jinx doesn't know any better. It'll be good that they grow up together.

Lily sleeping on the couch. The other night when we brought her home from my parents' she was so tired that I laid her down on the couch for a nap.