Lily turns 2 !!!

Dinner at Red Robin

Dinner at Red Robin

Look at my new shopping cart and Pop-Onz toys!

I'm a Fairy Princess- Thank you Fiala family!

We celebrated Lily's 2nd birthday today! It all started with Justin and I waking her up to sing Happy Birthday. She came into our bed and was laying on my pillow and I looked at her and said "Happy Birthday Lily!" and she replied "Thank you Mommy!" I just can't believe how much she has grown up since last year. She helped Justin and I make cupcakes to take to her daycare (complete with pink frosting and sprinkles!) and we took her out to dinner at Red Robin. We had a great time celebrating as a family.

We are so excited for the years to come and look forward to sharing many more exciting stories. We love you Lily! Happy Birthday to our Princess!

What a big day! I'm exhausted :)

Polite and Caring

Lily has really taken well to learning manners. She is great with "please", "thank you", "excuse me", and even "bless you". What has just cracked us up lately is when Justin or I will cough or if I hurt myself she will say "You OK Mommy/Daddy?" I just love it. She is our little mother hen :)

It's Potty Time!!

Justin took Lily last night to Babies'R'Us for her first potty! Of course it had to be Elmo! When I got home, Lily wanted to try it out. We took her diaper off, she wanted her magazine, and practiced wiping and flushing…the whole bit. She went through all the motions but no action.

So, this morning she woke up and Justin asked her if she wanted to go potty. I was a bit irritated since I had to get ready for work, and the night before it was a lot of pomp and circumstance with the diaper, etc. and Justin and I are not focused on actually "potty training" her until after the our CA trip. Anyway….she sat down again, with her magazine of course and I told her to stay seated (thinking that if she hangs out a while, nature might take it's course). I went to her room to throw away her wet diaper and I hear "Mommy, I pooped!" Not thinking that she actually did, I went into the bathroom and she DID!!! It was great! One less messy diaper to change!

We had a big cheer and parade around the bathroom and she was so proud of herself.

Of course, now all she wants to do is "potty" :)

Conversation with Lily...

This weekend we went to the lake house. Lily always has the best time there...out on the "mule" riding with Papa, and exploring the surroundings with her Daddy. Erwin and Justin had taken her with them to get some things done outside and when she came back, we had the following conversation....
Mom- Did you go on the tractor?
Lily- Yeah
Mom- Did Daddy take you on the tractor?
Lily- Yeah
Mom- Did you go out in the woods?
Lily- Yeah
Mom- Did you see any animals?
Lily- Yeah
Mom- What did you see?
Lily- Deer!
Mom- Was the deer eating?
Lily- Yeah
Mom- What was it eating?
Lily- CHEESE!

Now...if you know anything about Lily by now, she LOVES cheese! I could not help but crack up that she just assumed that since she loves cheese, that deer must love it too!

P.S. Lily only rode on the tractor with Daddy to move it to another place. They didn't actually ride out in the woods :-) Mommy would have had a FIT!

Jake & Sam time in CA!

We just returned from a trip to California for Phil & Lauren's bridal showers. It was a great trip and Lily had such a good time with cousin Jake ("Dake") and Sam. They went to "Jump 'n' Jammin' " and played in the backyard on the slip'n'slide, among other things. Enjoy some pictures of her time with Jake and Sam. We miss you guys already!!

In Mommy's shoes

Lily loves to get into Mommy's closet and try on shoes. What can I say? The girl loves shoes like her mommy! :-) Check her out in her "high heels" and jammies!

Day at McCoy water park

Last Saturday, Lily and I went to McCoy Park in Independence. They have a great water play area for the kids and Lily had a blast! It was a hot day, so we decided to venture out in the morning and play for a couple of hours before the heat really hit. We will definitely be going back!
Here are some pictures of the fun.