Mommy's Greatest Purchase

Mommy was in Orlando for a work conference last week. We were fortunate enough to have some time to stop by downtown Disney for some souvenir shopping. As Lilly LOVES the "Muppeys", I just had to get this Beaker when I saw him (our cat is also named after the Beaker muppet). Lilly has not let him out of her sight since I got home Saturday night.

Her latest favorite thing to do with "Beakey" is to play ring around the rosies. I finally got her to do it by herself with him so I could snap a shot, but usually mommy or daddy has to hold one of Beakey's hands and Lilly holds the other.

Lilly also loves to put her babies to sleep. She has to have one on either side of her and she lays them on their bellies and pats their backs ever so gently!

Lilly's Big News

As I realized it is getting more and more obvious in pictures, we realized it was time to share our news...Lilly is going to be a big sister!!
I am 12 weeks along today and have really "popped" this week. The baby is due March 27th which will make Lilly 2 years and one month old. This baby has really thrown us for a loop as I have been EXTREMELY sick. Things are starting to get better now and I am very thankful for that. Lilly doesn't understand anything is different yet, and I'm not sure that she will until the time finally comes:) Right now it is fun to give her toys and things to the "baby" basket as we are trying to sort through some things in her closet.

Our Little Chef

Lilly has become quite the little helper in the kitchen. Lately she is VERY impatient while food is cooking so to keep her occupied we give her little "tasks" to help out. Usually it is just stirring something together, but last night she got to help mommy make some graham cracker cookies!

Once she realized that she could dip and spread she was really excited as you can see from this face!
Thankfully she wanted to try her cookie before there was much frosting on it..she didn't realize at all that she could lick the spreader either!

I guess the sign of a good cookie is a chocolatey smile:) They taste even better when you help make them!

Labor Day Weekend

Lilly had such an amazing weekend of firsts for Labor Day. On Sunday she had her first boat ride ever. We rode the ferry from Mackinaw City to the Island. She LOVED the boat, especially since water has been one of her words that she likes to say over and over again these past few weeks.

Once we got to the Island we decided to take the 8 mile bike ride around the outside of the island. We rode on Tandem bikes and had a cart behind ours for Lilly. The guy at the bike shop assured us that she would be asleep when we brought her back. Here she is SUPER excited before we started.

And yes..he was right. About a mile and a half into the ride she was asleep. She only slept for about 3 miles of it because we made some stops along the way that woke her up.

On Monday Lilly participated in the bridge walk. She didn't walk much of it, but did walk some. She was super slow when she was walking as she had to look around of course, so we ended up helping her most of the way. Of course she rode in the stroller NONE of the walk as she thought it was better to be carried!