All about Lily

I have been meaning to post Lily's birthday tribute for weeks. But am just now getting around to it. I cannot believe that a whole year has passed. My tiny baby isn't so tiny anymore. I think I say that a lot...I think everyone does. But literally I am boggled about that as I age, and my family grows, how quickly it all seems to fly by. I was reading a friend's blog the other day. She recently had her first baby. She was stating how the first two weeks just slipped away. She was asking for Father Time to slow down a bit...we have all been there. Wow!! And here I am with a 5,3 and 1 year old. I think it gets exponential with every year. Then POOF!! They are big and the years have slipped away. Another friend says, "The days are long but the years are short." Perfectly put.

So here I sit reminiscing on Lily's first year. It sounds trite, but I can't imagine our family without her. When I found out I was expecting her I couldn't wrap my head around it. We thought we were done out of necessity. I wasn't supposed to be able to get pregnant. So literally I think I spent the first few months in shock...and puking constantly. Now she has brought more love and life to our family and a presence we didn't realize was missing until she was here. She is definitely our precious princess sent from our Heavenly Father and I am grateful every day for her.


36 hours old.

3 months
6 months

9 months

One year.

Lily is vibrant. Her laugh and smile are completely infectious. Admittedly the constantly happy baby we knew in those first months has transitioned into a spunky, mostly happy, and somewhat dramatic little girl. She has a great whit you can tell already. She loves to tease us all!! She loves to laugh and squeal. Loves to give kisses and hugs. She can't help but dance to music and loves it-so do we!

In her last month she:

-cut four more teeth making a grand total of 8 (I think it was 6 on her birthday and then cut two more within the week after)

-learned two new words, "pretty" or "tt- ty" and "yay!". This brings her vocabulary list to: Mama, Dada, more, ball, baby, pretty, uh-oh, yay, (hi and wow?-maybe not sure-said them just a few times.)

-waves hello and goodbye

-learned to turn around on the stairs and climb off the couch, on stools etc.---is EVERYWHERE!

-taken a few solitary steps here in there but always falls. You can tell she REALLY wants to walk, but not there yet.

-loves to hide around corners and play peek-a-boo.

-can open cabinets and drawers---always a fun milestone :)

-loves to play with moms jewelry and make-up---hence learning "pretty".

-loves to play with every one's shoes.

-loves to read books and listen to music

-loves to unravel the toilet paper :)

Lily, we are so beyond glad you are part of our family. Our sweet Lily girl, silly Lily, hungry hippo,Lily girl, princess and precious angel. WE LOVE YOU!!