What happens when...

mama asks daddy to give Lillie some breakfast.

cell phone and uh-oh

Lillie obsesses over our phones. We decided to pull out one of our old cell phones hoping that some of the novelty would wear off. Bad idea. Is this a preview of the teenage years?

Lillie and the big ONE

Lillie's first birthday has come and gone and numerous people have asked me when I'm going to update my blog. Never! Leave it to me to have the opposite reaction one would expect, but I see my sweet little darling baby growing up right before my eyes and it's hard to handle. I know, I know. You older, wiser parents are thinking I'd better get a grip now because I have plenty more years of this left. But I can't!

Anyway, one thing I can say is that we had a grand ole time celebrating and I really enjoyed the planning process. For a short time, I resisted that little bug in my ear telling me to go crazy with Independence Day decorations because, after all, Lillie shares her birth date with America. But I wanted to give her a fun, girly, pink party. Then I went to Michael's to see what they had on the shelves and it was all over from there. My baby doesn't have an independent streak in her for no reason. She's a firecracker after all!


Her first doll and she kissed her right away. Makes a mama want to cry!



A tea set for a little lady



A new set of wheels



Ready to par-tay...



Friends!



Uh oh, a boy



I really enjoyed making her cake to dig into



One taste...



and she was done with it.


Happy first birthday to our Lillie!

Florida girls need...

some water to cool off in the sun


stylin' shades


and Krispy Kreme!

Look what we've been "up" to

I knew that she would eventually come across this new...skill?? talent?? I don't really know what to call it but she sure found it.

P.S. This isn't meant to be offensive. So laugh with us while she's still innocent!

John graduates

...finally! John's graduation from Westminster was the day before our 5 day long moving adventure. We spent our whole married life looking forward this day but it was a challenge to enjoy it because there was just so much happening. So I did what any smart mama would do. I took a ton of pictures of my baby girl and crossed my fingers that I had a few pictures of John wearing his cap and gown somewhere in there. Just kidding. Although I did try to take a lot of pictures because, let me tell you something (again), this day was long awaited.


Waiting on Daddy to walk across the stage wasn't easy. We were making friends (and kissing them) in the lobby most of the time.

We had lots of family come from near and far to celebrate.

New shoes

Lil has been quite the get-up-and-goer for a while now. So I thought I had better get some shoes on my little big girl. This picture isn't really for showing her shoes, though. It's to give you a giggle at those chubby thighs.