Football Sunday

of homemade pizza and sitting in front of the tv watching football. Today Lily knew that I was making pizza and instead of pushing her chair around the kitchen she tried to drag it into the family room to put in front of the tv. When she couldn't do it herself she went and grabbed Mike's hand and pulled him towards her chair so he could do it for her.

Too bad our Steelers aren't on until Monday night...Go Steelers!

I Want...

...this and this and this. Lily loves looking at ads, magazines, catalogs, you name it and she always finds something that she gets excited about and wants. She's so excited now that all of the Christmas catalogs and ads are coming out...guess she'll realize soon that she's not getting everything she wants :).

Busy Week

This week Lily and I were busy with playdates and friends! Wednesday we joined our friends at a nearby playground. This was the first time I let go enough of Lily for her to climb and go down slides all by herself! She even went down the tall twisty slide but on a sad note she did fall off the big girl swing (backwards and landed on her back) because I got distracted by some dumb squawking geese flying overhead. I don't want to blame my dumb pregnant mind all the time...but I am for this one; sorry Lil. Thursday we met Elizabeth and Lorelei, Melissa and Chase and Kira for lunch at Applebee's. It was a wonderful idea on Monday when we made the plans since we had just gotten coupons for free kid lunches. But now going through the whole ordeal with four kids under the age of 3, destroying a table and making the place look like a warzone by the time we left I think we'd give it a second thought next time we get coupons. But we had fun and the three of us were able to chat :) Today we had fun meeting Elizabeth and Lorelei at the new Landstown Commons for some coffee at Starbucks, a trip to Kohl's and a visit to PetSmart. It was wonderful being able to get out of the house for a few hours and have wonderful company while doing it :)

And what's better to end a week of friend time than a HUG!

Best Buds Lorelei and Lily

Enjoying the Outside

The time change has really efected Miss Lily's sleep schedule. She is up before the sun, not really but it feels like it, between 630 and 730 and she has been taking shorter afternoon naps as well. So I am very thankful that this week we have been able to enjoy the fall weather. Not only does Lily enjoy running around out front but we love her getting the fresh air that will evenutally knock her out at 830 :). She loves being able to give Maci sticks through the fence, running around the car, stomping on the leaves and exploring the trees and bushes.

Our Wedding Anniversary

We have now been married for three years and together for four. We look back at our wedding day with smiles and pure joy. We can't believe that it's already been three years and feel very blessed that our lives continue to get better each day. We have a gorgeous daughter and another baby on the way. If three years together has produced this I can't wait to see what another 50 will bring!

Tonight we were able to enjoy our first dinner out together without our little shadow (minus the times Nana has watched her). Our friends Elizabeth, Brad and Lorelei offered to have Lily over to play and have dinner while we went out and we gladly excepted :). We are so fortunate to have good friends, that Lily ADORES, to watch her for us. We only hope that they will let us return the favor in the near future.

The above pics shows Lily wanting Miss Elizabeth to come home with us after we returned from our date, Lily didn't want to leave. While she was there, Lily made us an anniversary card with her favorite friends on it. Funny thing is, Elizabeth told us while they were making it Lily put the stickers in the exact same place as they were on the sticker sheet. Too funny and so odd that she would think to do that! Thank you so much for taking good care of our girl!

Until next year!

November 08

November last year Miss Lily turned 7 months old and as I look at these pictures and watch the video I can't believe how fast a year goes and how much she grew. The 7 month highights were: *eating more solid foods, other than baby foods *she started using her walker, which I think made her as independent as she is *she got Baptized *learned that she could pull herself up to stand, if helped *started to love looking at books *started playing peek-a-boo *First Thanksgiving

Look What I Can Do

So Miss Lily figured this out Saturday morning as we were getting ready to go to Sesame Street Live. Our jaws just dropped cause Lily has only shown interest in climbing onto chairs and couches. So I ran to get the camera and this video is after I asked her to show me what she just learned...how funny is it that she showed me and then got down and walked out like it was no big deal. I'm glad she's not tall enough yet to completely climb over and glad she doesn't know that she can do the same thing while she's in her crib to get out...wonder when that will be??

Sesame Street Live

On Thursday we began telling Lily that we were going to go see her Sesame friends on Saturday morning. That they would drive down from Sesame Place to see her. She would nod her head yes every time we would ask her if that was ok and if she wanted to go see them. We even practiced saying Hi and waving to them all day Friday. Saturday morning came and since the show started at 1030 we had to wake her up in order to leave early enough to get the Ted. As soon as we opened her bedroom door and told her she had to get up to go see her friends, she popped up and wanted out of the crib...it was the easiest wake-up the girl has ever had!

We went in and found lots of vendors, of course, with completely overpriced Sesame Street stuff that Mike and I would never buy her. But we did see a pennant that we could hang in her playroom and a program that she has been glued to ever since we bought it for her. These people were smart they even had vendors walking around the seats with huge bags of cotton candy, boxes of popcorn, snow cones, HUGE Elmo balloons (for $10 a piece and we cringed every time we saw one float to the arena's ceiling) and Lily wanted every single thing. My bag was packed with tons of snacks but we ended up breaking down and buying popcorn at the intermission, guess that's what parents do right?

We had wonderful seats that seemed like they were front row for Miss Lily. She had a terrific time and like everything else Mike and I enjoyed watching her more than anything. It's definitely worth going every year just for the experience of going to a live show that she enjoys, a special treat for our darling little girl.

Happy Halloween

Our Halloween evening began when Miss Lily awoke from her nap at 5. We quickly fed her dinner of chicken nuggets, spider pb sandwiches and apple sauce. As soon as she was done we started handing out candy to early trick or treaters which made Lily very excited to start her first real Halloween.

We got her dressed and started to distract her so I could draw a nose and whiskers on her face. Yep, didn't work so well. This is the little girl that doesn't like finger painting, stamps on her hand, stickers on her shirt so I don't know why I thought she'd let me draw on her face with black eyeliner :). I even drew whiskers on my face but it didn't make her feel any better. The only thing that stopped her from crying was wiping it off with a washcloth...oh well.

Before our friends arrived we went outside to try to get a few pics of Lily. She, in my opinion, is a very adorable kitty cat :).

Then our friends came and tried to get a few more pics to document the holiday. The first pic is of Lily and best bud Lorelei. And then the three moms decided to take a pic with our kids from left: Elizabeth and Lorelei, me and Lil, and Melissa with Kira and Chase. Thank goodness none of them were crying the only obstacle was figuring out what camera to look at :).

We left our house around 645/7 and ventured around the neighborhood. The kids had fun and got the hang of trick or treating by the end but still needed us for support as they went up door to door. It was wonderful being able to chat along the way with the grown ups too. Miss Lily kept Mike and I busy for most of the walk as she would run down the street. Luckily the streets were full of kids and not that many cars so we let her run...crossing our fingers for a smooth bedtime.

After we got inside and stripped Lily of her costume (it was so warm today, high of 80) we let her have some candy. It's her first real Halloween, why not? She enjoyed a couple of smarties and two whoppers before giving the rest to Maci, lucky dog :).

Halloween Preview

of Lily as a Kitty Cat!

Tomorrow she will be in full costume with a black nose and whiskers.