Lily's 1st Birthday!

Happy Birthday to Lily Grace Mayer!!! The year has flown by with many memorable moments. I think Lily had a pretty good birthday.

For breakfast, she wore the birthday hat she got from school. I thought she would tear it off, but she actually liked wearing it.
Then we went at met all her school friends at the pumpkin patch. She loved the pumpkins so much she decided to lick them.
Lily and I at the patch.

Love this one!
We also went to the Pumpkin Patch with two of my sorority sisters, Amy and Lindsey. They came all the way for Lily's bash!!! Unfortunately, Tyler had been diagnosed with pnemonia. He hadn't really worked all week. He was finally feeling a little better for Lily's party.

Happy?? 2 year anniversary

Yes, it has officially been two years today! Now two years ago today was absolutely wonderful, but today could have gone a little better. At around 6 AM, Tyler wakes me up and says he has a 103 degree fever and he wanted some Gatorade. I decided I should run to the store right then, before Lily gets up. I pulled on a sweatshirt and I was out the door. I started backing up and boom, I scraped the side of Tyler's car. Both cars are scratched and Tyler's is dented! BOOO!!! And I was just trying to be a good wife. Between Tyler's illness and the car incident, so it hasn't exactly been a glorious day. Thank goodness for that little baby to brighten our day.
I think Tyler has lost weight since then, don't you?
The night of crazy dancing!

Happy 2nd Anniversary! Love you!

More Fun!

This week Lily and I went to the Children's Museum with Kirkland and Kjirste, the girls I babysite for. Lily had TONS of fun. Each time we go, there is more and more she is interested in.

Here we are playing in the sand.
Who's at the end of the tunnel? Kirkland and Lily! Although, Lily was deathly afraid to actually go through the tunnel.
Lily's heaven...turning on and off light switches. I swear she would be happy if this was all she did the whole day!
Lily and I as twins!! I didn't even notice until Uncle AJ said something!!! ah! Today we are heading to Chicago for a wedding. Lily will get to hang out with Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunt Emily!

Oh yeah...and Lily threw her first fit for me. I thought those didn't come until you were 2. She was getting into the fridge and pulled out a baby carrot. I took it from her and she threw her whole body on the floor and starting SCREAMING!! There is definitely some spunk in this little one!

A Beautiful Fall Weekend!

It's was GORGEOUS here all weekend! I would say it was the first fall weekend where you could wear your hoodie and jeans and that was perfect. Fall is for sure my favorite.

On Saturday we were outside!! We did an experimental try with Lily in the Pack and Play with toys, while we worked on the yard. She liked it! She thought is was fun to stand up and watch what we were doing. I had a first this weekend...I mowed my first ever lawn. And I would say it looks pretty good. It wasn't as hard as I had expected, although, I'm a little sad that my shoes are green now.

Tyler left very early Sunday to help lead the Junior Boys Retreat at Chatard, so Lily and I got to hang out. My friend Steph came for a quick visit. Then I headed downtown to help out with the Pro Life Chain. I had done this in high school and it definitely wasn't as meaningful. Now that I'm older and I have a little one myself, it hit me a little harder. There were so many people silently lining the streets, prayerfully holding posters. People of all ages and from all sides of town and from all walks of life coming together for such a meaningful cause. I'm glad that I got to be a part of it.

Just hanging out with Dad. Lily seriously GLOWS every time she sees Tyler!
Lily loves the dishwasher!

Go White Sox!!

A Day Off!!

This is the first day Lily and I have had off in a while. We were busy this morning going to Chatard to get our pictures taken for the yearbook. How funny is that....Lily in the BCHS yearbook. Actually, our WHOLE family is in the yearbook!!! Yikes!

This morning I took some pictures of Lily trying on the hat from her Godmother. Maureen will be out of town for her birthday, so she gave it to her early. It's this little pumpkin hat! Dressing babies is way too much fun.



Check out those teeth!

Sharon's Wedding!

Yikes! I think this may be the longest between posts ever!! We've been keeping rather busy. Last weekend we went to Chicago to celebrate Nick's 30th birthday!! We had a blast seeing everyone, but unfortunately I didn't get any pictures. But below you will see Lily with her new town from grandma and grandpa.

This week was nonstop. I had a Mother's of Young Children meeting on Tuesday. It's a group through our church that I'm pretty excited about it. They do holiday parties, service projects, and make dinners for families who just had babies. It seems like a really wonderful group and I'm excited to be a part of it. On Wednesday, I celebrated my 27th birthday. Tyler surprised me by taking me out to dinner!! This happens very rarely, so we were excited to go out!! Thanks so Nana Mark for watching Lily. Then on Thursday we watched The Office with some of our friends. I loved the way Jim proposed!!! Then on Friday the festivities for Sharon's wedding began. We had a Bridesmaids' Luncheon for her at my mom's house and then the rehearsal dinner that night. Then on Saturday we got our hair done and did the whole picture thing. It was a beautiful wedding and we danced the night away at the reception. Tyler's dance moves were especially killer! The DJ even noticed!!! Oh my!

Here are the bridesmaids and Sharon on the bus right before the ceremony.
Friends since 6th grade!!!!

Here's Lily with Lucky bear. Thanks grandma and grandpa Mayer!
We have all been friends since 6th grade!!! That's 15 years!
Us on Sharon's big day!!

I'll will work harder and posting more frequently. My boss has just been a real jerk lately and has made me work way too much! ;)

11 months old!!

Shoot she noticed the sign!!!!
This baby has a little bit of spunk in her.
Giving lovies to Birthday Bear!

Can you believe that next month at this time we will be celebrating Lily's 1st birthday!!!!!!??? Now yes, Lily is the reason we are having the party, but it's mostly adults who will be there and spiced cider and brewdogs will be served. Aren't first birthday a little bit about the parents making it through the first year? There will most definitely be cake and presents for Lily, but she won't even remember! All in all, it will be a great weekend. Lily's has party guests coming from all over the United States. From as far west and Cali and as far east as North Carolina!

Lily is going on her first field trip. They are taking all the munchkins to the Apple Orchard. What fun!! Lily loves school. They take the kids over to the gym and the high school kids play with them. They just got brand new strollers, so they are constantly taking walks. And Lily is only about 30 feet directly below me. I can actually sometimes hear her cry!

Anyways, this month has been tons of fun. Her new thing is to sprint crawl whenever I open the fridge. She is absolutely fascinated by it. We also finally got a gate up at the bottom of the stairs. She was getting WAY too curious about them. I just can't believe at this time last year I was HUGE!!!!