Farm Fun

 

 

Lilly and the uke

Our cute little performer:

Disclaimer: The ukulele had not been tuned yet. Neither had Lilly.

2 1/2

Our lovely Lilly is officially 2.5 years old today! 
She loves going for walks, giving amazing hugs, painting, picking flowers, tormenting roly poly bugs, playing board games, practicing letter sounds, and singing lots and lots of songs.

I'm pretty sure she's growing up too fast because she started saying "oh man!" and "dang it!" and yesterday when Drew sat down to dinner she calmly asked, "sooo . . . how was your day?" Not to mention, she started locking us out of her room, her beloved binky "button" got tossed in the trash, and she has mostly given up baths in favor of showering herself.
She's a big girl now for sure, but still not too big to want her mommy or to fall asleep like a baby in daddy's arms. 
Thank goodness for that.



I took Lilly to Target to spend her Easter money, and this is what she picked:

She loves brushing her doll's hair (and mine) while singing the magic song from Tangled.

Playtime with friends:

 

A very proud moment. . . throwing away her binkie!
 

(Full story: We weren't planning on taking it away, but we couldn't find either of her two binkies one day, and she was sad but didn't cry. She stayed in her room but didn't nap, so by bedtime she was very tired and fell asleep easily. We decided to go with it, but the next morning she found one of them in her bathroom. Doh. I told her she had done a great job sleeping without it and maybe it was time to throw it away. 
To my great surprise, she agreed! She was very excited to put it in the garbage! She's had some regrets since then, and has told me a few times that she wants it, but there were no tears and she understands that it's gone. It has been a week now, and naptimes have been a little sketchy since she's having to re-learn how to fall asleep sans paci. We're (I'm) transitioning to her just having "quiet time" in her room some of the time, but still trying to get in naps most days. It has been a very smooth and unexpected transition, and we're so glad to get it out of the way with a few more months to spare before the baby comes!)

A little backyard swimming: 
(She insisted on wearing her headband.)

Nana

Lilly was so happy to have her Aunt Nana visiting for a couple days!
Let's face it, we love Mom and Dad and the Grandparents are great, but no one's as fun as your Aunts and Uncles!
We all had a blast shopping, going out to lunch, and playing at the park. And we can't wait to spend more time together in Utah in a couple months!

  

Fort Worth Fun

Lilly and I went on a ROAD TRIP! We spent 4 fun-filled days hanging out with my old college friends in Fort Worth, and we also squeezed in a quick visit with Aunt Amanda at her medical conference in Grapevine. 
During the days, we took the kiddos to some fun museums and a really cool park, and after bedtime we got some quality girl time doing makeovers and crafts and talking until after midnight. It's sometimes hard to believe it's been 5 years since I was at college, except that back then I stayed up past midnight all the time, and now it's just exhausting! Is this what they call "getting old"?

Having fun at the Fort Worth Museum:

  

 

Checking out the Cowgirl Museum:
   

 

Playing at the Park:
 

 

I'm really sad I didn't get any pictures of all 4 kids together, but here's some cute ones of these two:

   

 

 

 

And we can't forget our visit with "Nana" at the fancy Gaylord Texan Resort:

Lilly was so happy to see her Aunt for a couple hours on Saturday, but even more excited to kidnap her and bring her back to Austin on Sunday for a couple more days of fun! 

We're having a baby . . .

  

. . . and it's a BOY!

These were the best profiles shots we could get.

He was a little camera shy.

 
Or just really cozy.


Either way, we'll be meeting him for real in about 20 more weeks! 
(Due Sept. 24th)