Yoohoo...anybody there?

Sorry about disappearing on ya'll. I promise we haven't been sitting around hiding. We've been up to plenty of stuff. Honestly, the only reason I'm blogging right now is because my mother keeps threatening me. So here ya go, Grammy! I hope this picture suits your fancy. Truly though, I do hope to update you all soon.

Big shoes to fill

Lillie loves to put just about any pair of shoes on her feet. Our shoes are the easiest to slip on because they're so much bigger so that's usually where she heads first.

Lillie language

In the past few weeks Lillie's vocabulary has really blossomed. We are having a lot of fun realizing that she has learned a new word. I'm not really sure if these words are common first words for children, but they're word/things that Lillie comes across a lot and, thus, has learned how to express her favor for them.

Like...

"tee?!" or "pee" please
"dit-dee!" thank you
"mowa?!" more
"shheeewwwss" shoes
"pri-ey" pretty
"ball-ball" ball
"ah-pull" apple
"goo-kee" Cookie Monster
"op!" up

Of course, no matter how much I encourage her to say dog she still uses "arf" for dog. Who would want to say the word when they could just make the noise?

Dance #2

This is another cute video that I got of Lillie dancing. She loves to listen to John play his guitar.

Dance #1

This is just a small, and quite sporadic, taste of Lil's dance moves. If you've ever been around John and I when there's an opportunity to dance you know that, well, we just can't and don't dance. We have no rhythm. So to see our child break it down like there's no shame is pretty hilarious and honestly brings us to join right in because she's just that much fun.

P.S. This video is from back in October.

Ratllet

The Good: Our kid finally has some hair!

The Bad: People still call her a boy all. of. the. time. Occasionally people will quickly notice that she is doused in pink and say something to correct themselves. The mother bear in me wants to grab them by the collar and give them a talking to. Oh well, at least she doesn't understand what they're saying.

The Ugly: Her hair is somewhat of a mix between a mullet (see pic #1) and a rat tail (see pic #2), thus the name "Ratllet". I've considered trimming it in the back to make it even, but I just can't bear to cut something that took so much time.

On a good note, this picture is over a month old (did you really think I'd get a picture posted any sooner?) so it has grown quite a bit in that time.


Pic #1


Pic #2

Park

When the weather was warmer, we made almost daily trips to a nice park near our house. Each time we pulled into the parking lot, Lillie would look out the window and get excited because she knew exactly where she was.

This is a big boat-like thing on the playground that rocks back and forth. Somehow she put these older girls to work rocking the boat while she sat back enjoying the ride. Ha!


See, she has hair!