One of Lily's favorite things to do is talk to my mom on the phone, I guess it's the next best thing to seeing her in person. Sometimes it's daily, sometimes a few times a day, but I love that whenever anything happens she says, "I need to call Grandma and tell her about this." So thanks mom, for always being there and willing to let a 3 year old tell you everything about her day.
For Christmas my Mom made Lily this Tinkerbell outfit to go with the Tinkerbell movie she got. She LOVES it and wears it a lot! She loves to have me be Fairy Mary and she is Tinkerbell and we find all sorts of ways to bring fairy magic to the house. So much fun!
To get serenaded by this girl everyday. I love how her voice cracks a bit when she goes for the high note, she gives it everything she's got that's for sure!
This girl is such a light! She brings joy and laughter to our house all the time and is such a good baby. 8 months old and: loves to play in her excersaucer or with a basket of toys which she empties and then plays with the basket, loves food of all shapes and sizes (especially when it is sneaked to her by her sister Lily, who when caught says, "It's just a teeny, weeny, tiny mom, and she really likes it.") , talks and sings all the time, says "Ya" "Da" and what sounds like "Hi", rolls all over the place and is starting to do the backwards crawl. So much fun to see her grow.
That night we went to the BYU bowling alley because Lily kept asking me to go bowling which is so funny because she has only been once in her life about 10 months ago, but I guess it made an impression that lasted. So we went with some friends and their boys and it was super fun. Thanks to Chad who kept the game going with the kids, and helping them with carrying their balls and aiming them in the right direction while the moms got to chat. One of the cutest things was little Sebastian after every turn, had to run up to Lily and say "I did it" and get some sort of recognition from her. After a bit though she got bored and wanted to play the hunting game in the arcade. Cupcakes were eaten after it was all done and on the way home she said, "Mom, Dad, that was so nice of you, thank you I'm so proud of you." So I think she a great Birthday.
Lily is always asking me if the tutus I'm making are for her, so we went to the fabric store, she picked out the colors (hot pink and sherbet pink) and I made her a new tutu for her growing collection. Because her birthday is so close to Christmas she didn't need anything, but my family got her some princess dress-up shoes and she was totally content. It was so funny to watch her walk in them at first because she could barely keep her balance (in her defense they are the narrowest shoes I've ever seen, and she is not used to wearing heels)!
