Wednesday, July 29, 2009

this morning

me "what day is it?"
lily "my birthday eve!"
today my baby is five.
tomorrow she is six.

catching up on her first years. i'll get there. it's getting a bit harder since i was blogging at this point. she was three.

best birthday present. she would ask me to write names and other words. within a couple weeks she was writing them on her own, drawing stick people and jellyfish
dressing for the first day of preschool
photo shoot...she was soooooo difficult to shoot at this age
bedtime...always falling asleep with a book, but the matching dress melts my heart
just can't get enough of these
seriously...who falls asleep with their hand in the popcorn bowl
your almost one now little sister...time to dress up
that's my girl...the jealous year, pouting on ava's birthday
she has to be one of the only three year olds put in time out at dance :) obviously not ready
climb in here sis
omg...eye contact!
just call us the underpants family
she loves the rose fields out here
my mornings...this was the next catalog she carried around for months...picking out toys
collecting her ornaments....always with a collection
she was an adorable candle..before she ate it
she had the chicken pox on christmas
her lashes were the first thing the dr. noticed after she was born
she loves to be silly because she loves to make you laugh
she wanted to wear my wedding shoes for months...so i gave them to her
just noticed the peace sign here
that's my girl...first fishing trip
the princess turns four

Saturday, July 25, 2009

the third year

oh boy was it rough...on me. a two year old, a new baby, a new house and a husband busy changing careers. after the third year i always wondered why on earth so many people have their babies two year apart! lily was a challenge at two...looking back it's more likely that i had unrealistic expectations. she was an animated, fun, loving and smart little girl. looking back this is when my little baby turned into a little girl.

buckle up dora, so we can be safe

"she has a noes, and knees"
learning spanish she loves this image
yes, i take this with each kid, i love how chubby her face is here
getting down and dirty
she loves her sis
the layer stage, she would change 50 times a day...it drove me nuts
nursing baby
meow
changing baby, no kidding she has always been a little mommy
look at all of these socks
she loved puzzles and could put them together on her own
my princess
that face is soooo familiar
she always has to pose with something...toy, sister, flower
i loved this day...she was pushing her sis giving her the loudest belly laugh
she fell asleep at dinner
her best friend
playing with daddy
" i want to shave like daddy"
she really will sleep anywhere
you would find her sleeping in random places in the afternoon
she is an independent child
sleeps just like her daddy
i'm not sure why i bought her clothes at this point
posing with another toy
definitely the year of the tea party
{kiss} she was such a challenge to photograph...no eye contact
one of my favorite images ever!
she would carry this catalog around looking at all of the birthday themes picking one out for each of us
she still has that same laugh
her first camera "click take a pic' it's a dora table
every night we would take a wagon ride with popsicles
she never sucked her thumb, not sure why she is here
love her messy buns
finally a real camera
my baby's growing up