Notes From The Belly: Happy Birthday Lillian!

I am so fortunate to have the day off today with Lily. It is such a special day and brings back so many amazing memories and so to spend most of the day with her is a gift. I tried to capture a few pictures of her but it was near impossible to get her to stay still long enough to take the shot. She picked out this special dress today from Aunt Sandy and Uncle Dick (thank you!) and was so excited to wear it on her birthday. She did have to go to daycare this morning but we will get to spend this afternoon together.

Thinking back over the last year and all of the changes truly blows my mind. Just in the last month alone her sentences have become longer. Just today she saw present on the table (thank you Carol and Bill she is still patiently waiting to open it until tonight) and said, "Mama, I want to open this and see in it." "Open present please mama."

What Lily is doing now:
1. Galloping and hopping every chance she can.
2. Throwing her arms up in the air when she is excited and yelling, "yeeehooooo!"
3. Giving lots of big hugs and kisses.
4. Dressing herself with lots of layers of clothes.
5. Occasionally using the potty.
6. Asking to be outside all of the time.
7. Getting 4 of her 2 year molars - ouch.
8. Still waking in the middle of the night anywhere from 2-5 days per/week.
9. Tickling everybody and thing, including Chevy and Roxie.
10. Recalling things that have happened. On the way home from my parents the other day she told me, "grampie made me broccoli for dinner." "I don't want eggs, ate eggs at grampie and grammie house."
11. Singing always: Happy Birthday to Lily, Twinkle twinkle, rock-a-bye baby and many more, she just started saying, eni, meni, mini, mo catch a tiger by his toe in her own sort of way. And when she falls down she says "pocket full of rosies, ashes we all fall down."
12. Counting to 10.
13. Recalling stories.

This girl has been a trooper with so many changes this year. She is full of it 90% of the time and always keeps us on our toes. We can see much of both of us in her and we love her more and more everyday. We feel so blessed to have such an amazing little girl.