Sweet, Sweet Lily!!!

I can tell everyday that Lily is growing and learning. She has been blowing us kisses for awhile now, but yesterday was the first day that she put her hands at her mouth and blew us a kiss. It was so adorable. I wish I could have captured it on video! Also lately she has gotten very good at throwing us the ball. She absolutely loves this. We will roll the ball to her and then she will throw it back to us. She is very good w/ her aim and distance. Also last night Jim and I were playing with her upstairs in the loft before her bedtime and she was having the best time. I was laying on the floor and I told her to come over and give Mommy a hug and she crawled over, came right up to my face and laid her head on mine so that I could give her a kiss. It was so sweet! Then she sat up and blew me a kiss. It just melted my heart! Another thing I need to get on video is of us holding her hands and walking her around. The steps she makes is just too cute. I will try and do that soon!


Lily loves to go outside. Below she was standing at the door watching it rain and hoping one of us would take her outside....and of course we did. We sat out on the lanai and watched the rain and talked about the thunder. She has been saying the word "sky" now for a week or so.

Lily pool time! She loves the water!
and then she gets distracted by all the grass! she ended up almost putting a mushroom in her mouth. It was time to go in then! :)

Her links...aka her favorite toys!

Busy, Fun Week....and Another Tooth!!!

Last week was busy but lots of fun! Chelsea and Courtney came to stay with us a few days and we had a great time. Lily loved playing and talking with them! We are so glad they were able to come this summer before school started back! We stayed busy doing a craft project, going to the park, making cookie icecream sandwiches, and playing games! They went back home on Saturday and then Mom and Dad arrived. On Sunday Mom and Jim flew to Milwaukee to see a Braves game. It was just going to be a day trip, but ended up being overnight when their flight got canceled. They had a great time though! Dad stayed here with Lily and I while they were on the trip. We had a great time. Lily loved spending some extra time with Granddad as did I.
Also Miss Lily has another tooth that has come through. It is her 5th (left 3rd on the top)!! Below are some photos from the past week!

Lily climbing into her little toybox!


Courtney, Lily, and Chelsea at the park!


The girls posing in the backyard!


Our yummy French Fry Pizza from a local pizzeria!! yummo!!!

Mom getting ready for takeoff!!!


The sweetest, happiest, little girl in the world!!!!


Both of my sweethearts!!!

Pushing Dolly!!

This is a cute video of Lily pushing Dolly in her stroller. Also you will notice that she is holding a link in each hand. Those are her favorite things right now. She loves them! She likes to hold them in her hands while she crawls. You can always hear her coming....clank, clank, clank against the tile floors. :-) Lily is doing good with her practicing walking and she can balance very good all by herself. I don't think it will be too much longer before she is walking on her own!!!

Lily's First Vacation!!!

July 13-16th we went down to Boca Raton and stayed at the Boca Raton Beach Resort. It was a beautiful place. We stayed in a Bungalow and we had so much space...over 950 square feet. On our way back on Thursday we were able to stop by and visit one of my best friends Leslie who I have not seen in forever and we had such a nice time catching up!


Lily was checking out the new place!

cute baby!!

Right after she woke up...she had on her big girl pj's! :)

We were at our Cabana....Lily was taking it all in from her crib!

Our Cabana view! The cabana was wonderful.....it was fully equipped w/ a tiled bathroom w/ a shower, frig, tv, radio, dining table, ceiling fan, sink, butler service, and a spectacular view! Loved it!!!



Daddy and Lily on the beach!

Lily's first time in a big pool!

She thought the float was interesting!

Mommy and Lily having fun in the pool!


Lily's first time on a shuttle bus....she thought it was neat!

After our day on the beach Lily got some sunscreen in her eyes....I felt so bad for her. The were swollen and it hurt her to open them. She just mostly felt around for things. :(

My Frozen Hot Chocolate from Serendipity's!!! Yummmm!!!

Our friend Gary and his family were also staying at the resort!

On our way back we stopped and saw Leslie and her family! This is Hannah w/ Lily!

and here is sweet little Eli!

All the girls!!!

Lily Playtime!!!

This is a cute video of Lily blowing us kisses! At the beginning of the video she gets very excited...which is cute. Later she says "Hey" and recently when she points to the ceiling fan she moves her hand(s) round and round like the fan.

Jacksonville Zoo

On Thursday July 9th we took a trip to the Jacksonville Zoo. We had a great time! April, Drew and the boys came too. Lily had alot of fun...I could tell she was really enjoying looking at everything around her, and she loved looking at the animals too. It was alot different than her trip to the Greenville Zoo several months ago. She had fun then, but this time with her being a little older it was just so much better. She just loved everything and she enjoyed having her cousins with her....Nathan always makes her laugh, she loves him!

On Monday we will be leaving to spend a few days in Boca Roton and I can't wait. It should be alot of fun and very pretty down there. I'm sure I will have tons of photos to post when we get back!!!

More Teeth!

I forgot to mention in my post yesterday that Lily's top left tooth came in a few days ago...and it looks like the right one will be soon to follow!!

Little Stinker!!!

A few days ago I went in to get Lily after her nap and found she had took her pants off and had them laying beside her...so I had to run downstairs and grab my camera! I wish I could have seen her do this. I could tell when I went in there that she knew she had done something different. I always love going in and getting her after she wakes up...I never know what I will find her doing, but it is always cute!!!

Also now you can tell her to go find Mommy or Daddy and she will go through the house until she does. She will also find certain toys when we ask her too. She is always amazing us with all that she can do. They really are little sponges. She says several words now... Ma Ma, Da Da, side(for outside), No No, Hey, and Hi are the ones that I can think of right now. It is cute when she really gets to talking w/ us...we have no idea what she is saying, but she is definitely trying to tell us something! :) I love it when she can sometimes just hear us mention something and she will start pointing to it...and it will be something that we have never pointed out to her before, but she has just picked it up in passing. It just goes to show that they are always learning! She also likes to push her Dolly around in her play stroller. I don't think I have a pic of her doing this I need to take one and post it!! She is still doing great with her sippy cups. She now does 2 bottles a day and 2 sippy cups!!


This is how I found her! Her pants on one side of her and her blankie on the other.

Maybe she wanted to play w/ the panda on the back of her pants! :)


She has been eating more and more finger foods. I gave her some spaghetti noodles the other night and one landed in her hair. :)