Annual Trip to Tower City with the Waybrights

First...a trip down memory lane...the first two photos are from last year's Tower City trip...

And now for this year...we had so much fun yesterday!!! We can't wait to continue the tradition with the Waybright's every year.

Daddy and Lily up on the 3rd Floor outside the Hard Rock Cafe.

Me and Lily

After we ate at the HRC, the show was going on so we watched it from above.

"Bruce" the talking tree

Later on, we got a good spot by the fountain and watched the show up close.

Blue eyed beauties

The toy solider who picked Lily up last year. (I really don't know if it's the same guy, but he looked the same)

Raggedy Andy

The best part was Santa's Workshop. The kids got to move through different stations playing with various things. It was free too. The only thing that costs is the pictures with Santa at the end but that's optional.

Playing with Floam!

Playing at the light table. (Not sure why I've got my mouth open like that!)

Playing with things that make noise.

Building their own toys

Waiting to go in to see Santa. We weren't allowed to take photos inside with Santa, but we did get a great photo of Lily sitting on Santa's lap. We got two 5x7s for $10.

Throwing pennies into the fountain


A little video of the show

Waiting to see Santa and a look inside the workshop

Great Birthday Night

We went out with the gang last night to Cheeseburger in Paradise. Anson and I had never been there so I wanted to check it out. It was a fun atmosphere. Afterwards we went over to Starbucks and hung out for awhile. Thank you to all my friends for the birthday wishes =)

Baby Girl and Uncle Jamie
David, Mindy and Jill

Babe, Brent, Megan, Jamie

Me and my girls

Lily dancing on Megan's lap

New Tradition & Almost My Birthday

Elf on the Shelf...we started a tradition at the Cross household today. Anson's parents did this when he was little. Anson's parents bought us our own Elf this year so we can carry on the tradition with our kids.

Every day between today and Christmas this little Elf (yet to be named) will watch Lily closely to make sure she's being a good little girl. And every night, the Elf flies to the North Pole via Christmas Magic to report to Santa if Lily has been good that day. Today was the first day, and Lily already seems to know that the Elf is watching her. In the first video below, I ask her where the Elf is and she looks right up at him. Part of the fun is that the Elf moves to a different location in the house every day. As she grows up she will get excited to get up and find the Elf's new spot in the house =)

Cheese!!!!!!!!!! Random pic that Anson took. Mouth full of teeth.
Earlier today before we went shopping at the mall. This was right before we left the house. Lily loves playing with my phone.
Over at my parent's house tonight celebrating my 29th birthday, which is tomorrow. We went over tonight for dinner, cake and games. Tomorrow we are going out with the gang to Cheeseburger in Paradise.

This video is for you, Grandma Cross! Enjoy!

Lily playing with the kitty at Nana and Papa's tonight.

Happy Birthday to me!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Hope everyone had a great day. We surely did. We ate lots of great food and spent the afternoon with my parents. Gobble, gobble, gobble...

Lily and Nana

Rocking on her Trigger horse

Making a mess with her toys

This was from last night. We put up our Christmas tree. Here is Lily putting her ornament on the tree.
This is from earlier this week. My work friend, Diana, gave Lily this Thanksgiving pop-up book.

Lily's 18 month check-up

Just a quick blog to let everyone know that Lily did great at her 18 month check-up this morning. She was such a happy girl and told Dr. Cochran a lot. She jabbered the whole time. He said she's looking great and is growing just right. He's a little concerned that she's drinking too much milk. I told him we've had a hard time getting her to eat lately. Some days she just refuses food and only wants milk. He said to limit her milk to 24-30 ounces a day. So we shaw see how that goes.

I also talked to him about weaning her from her binky. He said now would be a good time, so I think we are only going to give it to her at naptime and bedtime. And then eventually not at bedtime either. Just like the bottle...I think this will be a little harder than the bottle, but we shall see how it goes.

She got two shots today. One was her Flu shot and the other was her DTaP. She screamed of course, but that only lasted a few seconds.

Here are her stats...
Weight: 22 pounds, 11 oz. = 25th percentile
Length: 32 1/2" = 75th percentile
Head Circ: 19" = 80th percentile

Her next appt. isn't until she's 2 years old! Baby brother will be here by then! That's crazy!

Playing in the Snow

All bundled up and ready to go outside to play

Unsure of what to do or think
Touching the snow

Once she fell she couldn't get back up without help.

Playing with Sampson...giving kissers

Watching Daddy play with Sampson