Lily went to prom!

February 2011

Happy 2nd Birthday to Lily!

Lily's new favorite thing is Toy Story, so she got a Woody doll, a Jessie doll, and a Slinky dog for her birthday.

Lily, Mommy, and Daddy at Cousin Dwayne's wedding.

Lily was a great flower girl!

December 2010

We had Christmas early with some of Chris's Xenia family. Lily loved the new balls and ball pit. She had fun dropping them all over the living room :)

We went out to visit grandparents on Christmas Eve. Lily got a bus!



Lily likes to say, "Cheese!" and smile really big for the camera.

Lily's favorite present Christmas morning? Her new Toodee doll from Mommy and Daddy.

Lily was also excited about her new Brobee doll from Grandma and Grandpa! She loves Yo Gabba Gabba :)

Lily was baptized the Sunday after Christmas.

Lily wasn't happy about playing in the snow...

Lily was sad to say good-bye to her Nana.

November 2010

We went to Chicago for Thanksgiving. Lily learned how to say "Cookie, please."

October 2010

Lily and I went to the pumpkin patch with Grandma Kathi. Lily did not like the hayride, but she loved petting all of the stone animals!


Lily was Tinkerbell for Halloween. She did a great job walking up to the doors, but she didn't say "Trick or Treat." We'll work on that for next year :)

Chicago Botanic Garden- July 2010

So we were going to do a picnic out in the burbs for this trip, but (due to a lot of rain the day before and the location of people who were meeting us) it worked out better to go to the city and visit the Chicago Botanic Garden! We picked up Lisa and met Barbara and her family there. Barbara took some lovely photos (which she posted on facebook) and I have copied the one of Lily and Lisa here (since I know Lisa checks this and not facebook!)



I'll be posting some more pics soon. We went to the Cincinnati Zoo and the Newport Aquarium last week!

July 2010 visit to Madison

This year I took (or had someone else take) 16 photos on my camera while in Madison. Compare that to last year when I took 232. There are a few reasons for this, but the one reason that actively kept me from taking pictures this year was the fact that Lily is a very mobile little monkey who likes to get into everything (from sticking her hand into the toilet bowl or dog dish so she can splash around to climbing up and down the stairs).

The dogs loved to follow her all over when she carried her snack cup because she would accidentally drop goldfish (and would sometimes feed them on purpose!)





I brought a baby pool- she had some mom-approved splashing fun with Ryan :)