Growing up....

way too fast!!! Yesterday, we (and by we I mean Nana Mark, THANKS!) bought Lily her first pair of real shoes. Her teacher suggested we get some, because she has been trying really hard to walk. Her buddy there is walking all over the place and Lily wants to join in the fun. Look at those cute little white shoes compared to Dad's.

Lily has totally been cracking me up lately. Wheel of Fortune was on the other day and she was interested in the show. Usually, she does not care about T.V. Every time the audience clapped, so did she. She has also begun this beauty pageant wave. She waves like she is a contestant in a pageant.


Can you see those two little bottom teeth in this picture? I know it's hard, but I promise they are there!!

Celebrate Maureen!!!!

Many of you know that my cousin Maureen was going through treatments for melanoma skin cancer. She finished her treatments last week and had her doctor's appointment last Friday. She got the results back today and she is CANCER FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!! YIPEEEEEEE!!! Thanks to all of you for your continued prayers. Please give prayers of thanksgiving now!!

We will be celebrating with Maureen tonight with cake and champagne. I decorated Maureen her own glass with some star garland and it says "Celebrate". Lily thought she would test it out and make sure it was ok. Don't worry Mo, I disinfected it! Can't wait to see you tonight!

Peek-a-Lily

Tyler said this was a "must post!"

The Big Chase!

So I've gotten a little grief, because I haven't posted in over a week! I'm very sorry. I've been adjusting to the life of working 40 hours a week and having a 10 month old, who has gotten really fast at crawling. Between the new job at Chatard, nannying for the girls, grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, errands, and Tyler not getting home until around 8PM, I've been slightly busy. But we've had a wonderful week!

In the video Lily thinks her dad is HILARIOUS!! He is constantly making her laugh straight from the gut. Sometimes she just sees him coming and starts to laugh.

Lily has been adjusting to school. Many of the teachers go by to check on Lily and sometimes she even gets a stroller ride around the school from Fr. Rob. She's made a good friend, Annika. They seem to do everything together. When I went to pick up Lily today, Annika started to cry because she didn't want Lily to leave. Miss Alice told me Annika was very sad all day on Friday, because Lily was not there. They are too cute together.

Lily has been pulling up on everything and been getting into any kind of trouble she can find. She has conquered climbing the first step, too. Yesterday, she snuck a Diet Coke off the coffee table and proceeded to take a couple of sips.

Staying Cool

First, Tyler's team won their first game on Friday. Lily and I didn't make it to that one, but we hope to go soon. Today was one of the hotter days of summer in Indy. We decided to cool off by playing in some water. We even got the hose out for a while!

Splashing in the water.
Showing me a really cool leaf she found!

We have tons of these flowers in our backyard. Lily was absolutely intrigued by them. As she felt each flower, she was very gentle. It was so precious to see!

Can you guess the new food Lily tried?

Blueberry pancakes!! Can you tell that she absolutely loved every bite? As she was finishing up, I went to load and unload the dishwasher. When I came back over to her, this is what I found....

She managed to take offer her bib and she had blueberries from the top of her head all the way down to her legs! ha! The onesie is still being soaked to get the stains out. She cracks me up. She also totally melted my heart today. When I went in to get her out of her crib, she was sitting up. I put my face in between the bars and asked for a kiss and she gave me a big one, right on the lips. It was so cute and made my whole day!!

Crawling Shot!

Lily is on the move and getting into everything!