Big Girl

Since Mommy can no longer lean over the crib to put Lilly to bed, it was time to transition to a "big girl" bed. Her crib converts to a toddler bed so all we had to do was take the one side off and put up a rail, but it is SO much easier now because she can get in AND OUT of bed herself.


As you can see she was SUPER excited to sleep in her new bed last night for the first time! She did AMAZING and slept no differently than she was in her crib. The only difference is that when she woke up she crawled out of bed and made it to her door before she realized it was too dark to know where to go so she just stood in her doorway and cried.

YEAH! I'm a big girl now!!!

Weekend Fun

Lilly got to attend her first college football game this weekend. We went to the EMU game (where they got beat miserably). We were lucky enough to be able to sit in a place where she could run around as much as she wanted..sorry no pictures camera was left at home.


We also went to an apple orchard on Sunday. Lilly got to ride on a fire truck and go on a hayride. Her favorite part..swinging on the playset (could've done that at home for free!). But the straw on the hayride was fun to play with too...thankfully for us she didn't realize this until near the end of the ride.

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!

Busy Weeks

Lillian has had a busy few weeks. She has been to Meijer Gardens and the zoo all in one week!!

Her favorite thing about Meijer Gardens is the "kids" entrance to the children's garden. They have a really cool gate that is just Lilly's size. She must've went in and out of this gate 20 times (and of course you have to close the door each time)

Lilly's favorite exhibit this time to the zoo was the new Meerkat exhibit. They run right up to the glass and Lilly loved watching them run around.

We got to get really close to the giraffes because the feeding section was closed that day. We had a blast at the zoo with mommy's friend Angie and her children! We hope to get together again soon!