4 1/2 years later and they are still not friends. Pheobe (bird) joined our family in 2002 when George and I got married. Beaker joined us in 2004 when George was deployed for the second time. You would think after all this time they could learn to get along!
Ok..so they share some sentimental moments, but mostly fight when Phoebe comes out of her cage (which is rarely). Today she was out only because I MADE her come out to clean her cage.
Lilly has also discovered that sunglasses are super cool now (we couldn't keep them on her for even a nano-second this summer). Now she enjoys putting them in her purse and wearing them around the house. 
Lillian had such a great time on Halloween! Thanks to cousin Abby for such an AWESOME costume!
By the end of the night she had the hang of walking up to the porch and saying her version of trick or treat. Unfortunately she also learned that everyone thought it was cute if she said "more" and would give her more!!! We'll have to work on that next year because she came home with LOTS of candy that neither she or mommy and daddy need.
She wanted NOTHING to do with carving the pumpkin this year. However, she wanted lots of pictures with the jack-o-lantern once it was done. She learned a few weeks ago for picture day to say "cheese". So now we get this really "cheesy" grin for all of our pictures!
Lilly helped Mommy make a cake this weekend for Daddy's birthday. She really loves helping to stir things!
She wasn't too sure about the mixer though, she felt the spoon did a better job!
We all went to the zoo last Friday and it was a GREAT day! It was a beautiful day and not many people were there so it wasn't too crowded! The Polar bear was swimming right on the tunnel so we got to sit there for about 15 minutes and watch him swim above us!
Lilly really enjoyed touching the ice wall in the polar bear exhibit. She can't stop talking about the animals that she saw!
If you have ever been to the Detroit Zoo, you know that the peacocks run around all over! Apparently this one has been fed before because my popcorn looked scrumptious! I thought a couple of times that he was going to attack me for some popcorn.
They had the zoo all decorated for "Zoo Boo" and they had really cute pumpkin animals all over the zoo.
Lilly's favorite thing when she is walking right now is to crouch down (you must do it too) and say ready, set, go...and run! She did this over...and over..and over... at the zoo.
Since it has been so warm out we decided to wait a few weeks to carve a pumpkin. In the meantime we decided to put some faces on some pumpkins to put outside. 
Lilly "helped" daddy push the pieces into the pumpkins. Then it was much more fun to take them out again. I think it's time for a Mr. Potato Head.
She didn't really want to sit still for a good picture with her pumpkins so this is the best I got.
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!!!
