Silly Lily

Lily has such a spunky, silly, and sweet personality.  She is my snuggle bug!  Lily loves to cuddle with you and her blanket.  She insists on being wrapped in a burrito in her blanket and then proceeds to bite her blanket in excitement and sometimes frustration. 

Lily loves to dress up!!!  It is rare to find her without a skirt or dress on.  She especially loves to wear her Elsa dress with silver dress up shoes.  She is all girl!!  On Sundays, Lily can hardly wait to get dressed for church.  She loves getting dolled up in a dress, fancy shoes, necklace, and a bow in her hair.  Once Lily is ready, she dances and twirls around in delight.  She is a sweet princess.

Lily loves to make people laugh - especially Emily.  She makes silly faces and shuffles her feet to be funny.  I think she is a family class clown.  I love this spunky girl to pieces!

Christmas Prepartion Fun

This weekend we had fun seeing the "Elves" at Gardner Village with David, Heather, and their kids.  The girls loved seeing all the elves on display busy at work getting ready for Christmas.  It was amazing to watch their eyes glow as they captured the magic of Christmas. 

Later that weekend we decorated a Gingerbread House together.  The girls were great helpers and of coarse loved tasting some sweet treats!

Sibling Love

These two sisters love to play with each other.  Lately Lily has given up naps partly because she realizes she is missing the fun with her sister.  Although they fight often, they sure love to play with each other.  It is neat to see their relationship blossom as they learn to play and pretend together.  I love to see them laugh, talk, and sing together.  They are best of friends!

Emily loves to caretake for Logan.  Whenever I leave the room, Emily is quick to help Logan by giving him a toy, talking to him, or singing to him.   She does this all without being asked.  I love hearing her try to comfort him.  As he learns new tricks, Emily laughs in delight at his growing and changing.  I lvoe the way both Lily and Emily call him, "their baby" and "Bubba!"  They are sweet big sisters!

Weekend Buddies

 Every weekend the girls and I look forward to spending more time with Daddy.  Emily especially loves to play with him.  They love to color and explore parks together.  I love watching their relationship blossom. 

Sweet Sister Read-a-thon

Every morning the girls enjoy time reading in their room in their rocking chairs or on their beds while I get ready for the day.  I love hearing the expression they use as they read stories to themselves and each other.  One morning Lily was quite emotional, so Emily suggested reading her a story in "Daddy's chair."  It was such a cute scene seeing Emily trying to comfort Lily and evolving to a little read-a-thon on the chair.  Cute sisters for sure! 

Logan 7 Months

 Logan is 7 months and growing ever so much.  He is such a handsome, happy guy that brings so much joy to our home.  The girls love their little brother and find it fun to celebrate his growing each day.

• Logan loves to babble and blow raspberries. 
• Whenever we go outside or open the door to go downstairs, Logan squeals with delight.
• He loves watching his sisters play and giggles at their silly antics. 
• Logan loves to spend time outside going for walks and observing all the construction and his sister's play.
• Although milk is his favorite food, Logan also likes fruit, crackers, bread, and yogurt.  He has tried cheese and veggies too.
• Since moving to our new house, Logan has enjoyed sleeping in a crib.  He seems to sleep better at night which mommy is celebrating too.
• Bath time is so much fun with Logan.  He loves to kick his legs and splash around.  As soon as we turn the water on, Logan squeals with delight.
• Logan is a Momma's boy, preferring mom over anyone.  I love his sweet snuggles.

Little Logan

I just love this little man's smiles, twinkling eyes, chubby cheeks, tiny hands, and kissable lips.  He is my little "Bubba!"  I love watching him grow and change, yet hope he can slow down a little.

Logan's 1st Haircut

 Logan got his first haircut.  I was planning on keeping it long on the top, but misjudged the trimmer length.  Oh well, it is growing so fast already just like his daddy.  He sure looks handsome and grown up!

Textile Lily

Lily loves to explore the touch of things.  She loves to play in the dirt, shape play dough, dissect her food, and explore anything with texture.  Today as she explored the rocks in our front yard, she found dirt on her hands.  She came to me and said, "Mommy, dirty."  She was so proud of the dirt she had our hands.  What a silly girl!

Reading Stories

The girls love to read stories on their bed, to themselves, and to each other.  One of our favorite places to go is the library.  They love to browse the books and pick out some favorites, while finding new adventures to explore.  Today I found Lily reading Emily a story in the family room.  She was so expressive and proud that she was reading to Emily instead of the other way around.  Emily was cute to compliment her and play along.  What fun readers they are!