Just wondering...

Where do you put anything boyish in here? (the pictures aren't very good) but you get the gist... it's all girl, and atleast, for a little while, Lilley and baby boy will be sharing a room, even if it's just for clothes and stuff. Theres no room for boy stuff!

4TH OF JULY

Every year since I was born ( i think) my family has spent the 4th of July at the beach. We've gone to the same beach with the same friends forwever. When Frank and I started dating I introduced him to the beach 4th of July, and he's hooked! So now it's become one of our family traditions to spend the entire day and night at the beach for the 4th of July. We usually get there around 10 am and stay until the firework show at 9:00 pm. This year was the first year we didn't bbq there. We invited some good friends to spend the day with us, and they obliged and we spent the day at the beach, left for a little while to get some food( but mostly so the kiddos could nap in the car) and then came back for the show. It was a really nice day... I learned that swimming in the Ocean at 8 1/2 months prego causes extreme water buoyancy! I was making fun of myslef because i cuold lay in the water on my tummy and totally float! It was awesome, who needs a raft when you have a gut to make you float! :) Here are just a couple pics from the day. :)
PS- have i mentioned how much Lilley loves the water? pool, ocean, blow up pool at the ocean... doesn't really matter, the kid loves water! She was so good at occupying herself in her splash pool we brought her, and then taking a few trips in to the ocean with mommy and daddy. too much fun!




Posing at 8 1/2 months prego


here i am again 8 1/2 months prego with baby boy! :)

it's my party and ill cry if I want to!

Overall- Lilley had a nice birthday. She got tons of clothes and toys and a new pool, and all kinds of fun stuff, but the birthday party day itself, wasnt our best day. the poor kid was teething soooooo bad, her top two teeth decided it was time to come in between Tuesday (her actual birthday, and Saturday when we had the party). She was such a little fuss bucket, but she looked so cute we couldnt help but still adore her. :) and then on top of that, the weather was so not cooperative, hence the lack of pictures from the outdoor part of her party. It was so darn windy at the lake, we ended up having to take the party back to our house inside. I felt really bad for Frank actually, he spent the morning decorating the gazebo so cute, and by the time the party started he had to abandon ship on most of the balloons we got and that he hung from streamers and the flowers kept blowing over, etc... etc.. so we ended up just moving the left over food and remaining party guests to our house. It turned out just fine in the end, just a bummer about the wind. Here are a few pics from the day... pretty much all i got were of the cake and cupcakes that i made and a couple of her hating her own cupcake! :) two tries in a week and the kid still doesnt like birthday cake. Good to know. :) atleast she eats every other kind of food! haha









All and all it was a nice day, and now were moving on with the summer with Franks birthday this coming Friday, and the arrival of our baby boy in just over a month. It's starting to get a little hectic around here.

"1st" birthday day

We were very fortunate to have Frank home with us for Lilleys birthday ALL day, he had to work overnight so we had a very pleasant family day, before we had just a tiny little party. We started off the morning at my bi-weekly doc appt for baby boy, then came home and made Lilley some strawberry and banana pancakes. Then we headed off to the park before nap time. Then, after the park, we came home, ate lunch, put her down to sleep, watched a movie, and when she woke up we spent the rest of the afternoon in the pool. Dumb me, I forgot to bring the camera out, but Lilley is turning in to a water baby. She loves the pool now and loves to splash around. She was exhausted so she came home and took a nice afternoon nap (which rarely happens these days) and then we had a couple of our good friends over to celebrate her special day since they wouldn't be able to celebrate with us at her party this coming Saturday. I think she had a nice day, Frank and I sure enjoyed our time together with our baby girl and now are looking forward to her party and then the rest of this busy summer with his birthday, and the arrival of our baby boy.

"B" is for...

BOY!!!! Yep thats right- im only 32 weeks prego and we found out yesterday on Lilleys birthday that baby #2 is FOR SURE a baby boy! Were excited for a boy in the house- not going to lie- it's a totally foreign world for me, ive never even changed a boy diaper, never-the-less, we're so excited to welcome him in to our little family in mid August. ")

Our Birthday Girl. xoxoxo

Today is Lilleys' 1st birthday- I CANNOT believe it! A year has gone by all too quickly. Time please slow down. If i keep writing i'll get all emotional, so i'll just keep it short-ish. :) The past year has been the very best year of my life so far, welcoming Lilley in to our family with Frank has been the greatest blessing and watching our family grow has meant so much to us. She is truly such a joy and I feel so blessed that Heavenly Father gave me the privelege of being her mommy. She is such a delight to be around, I could not have hoped, or asked for a better baby. She puts a smile on everyones face who gets to interact with her and although I want to keep her this innocent little baby forever, I know that she is going to grow in to a strong and beautiful woman, and honestly, I am excited to see the woman she will become. I love my baby girl so much and I hope with all my heart when she looks back on the memories we created together as a family in her early youth, that she will know that, and know what a special loved little spirit she is. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY SWEET SWEET BABY GIRL. I LOVE YOU WITH ALL OF MY HEART.
~Mom

Daddys' Girl

So miss Lilley and her daddy are like kindred spirits- she has already inherited so many of his traits and she has this uncanny love for anything her daddy touches. His clothes-his shoes- his plate, cups, etc... When he walks in the door from work she's usually sitting in her high chair eating her dinner and the minute she sees him she yells out (in a very loud voice)- "DADA"!!!! Which is then followed by an ear to ear grin and shriek at him to come over and give her kisses. She just adores him, and I LOVE to watch the two of them play together and interact. This week is a big week for us, we're celebrating Lilleys first birthday and i cannot believe a year ago this weekend i went in to labor with Lilley. We thought for sure she'd be born on Fathers Day, so i tried to make it special but i think I failed miserably, mostly because I was contracting so bad. I sent Frank and my dad off to go play some golf, it was a new hobby he was really starting to get in to- and now, a year later, he still LOVES the game of golf just as much if not more then he ever has before. I was trying to come up with ideas of things to get him for his first "official" Fathers day, and one of the things I thought, was his own picture of Lilley with some of his gokf gear- why not combine two of the things he loves so dearly in his life. LILLEY, AND GOLF. and since Lilley loves anything her daddy touches, it wasn't hard to capture her with her hand inside of Franks golf shoe just pushing it around and playing with it. My silly baby- she's too cute!




Anyways, wishing you all a happy fathers day! We love our daddy here in our home, and we hope he has the most wonderful relaxing day. He deserves it! We love you tons my love and were so glad to spend the day honoring you. HAPPY FATHERS DAY!