Gotta love summer...

Gotta love summer... Baseball, Swimming, 100 degree weather.... everytime we tell Lilly we're going somewhere she say 1 of three things: "shopping?!" "Walmart!!" or "It's too hot." LOL. Notice that two of those mean shopping. I seriously think I've turned my daughter into a shopaholic. She loves to go shopping. It's one of her favorite things to do. We went to eat the other night for a church function and it was pretty late and we get into the car and Lilly says "Walmart?" I laughed and said "you want to Walmart right now?" Of course she nods her head and repeats back "Go to Walmart right now." I actually did have some things to get so we did go to Walmart that night. And I wonder where she gets it from... :)

So Logan and I have friends who own a timeshare and they were able to get a weekend stay there and invited us to come. We all had a blast. Lilly loved being in the condo. She ran around pretty much the whole time. The pool area was really nice and had a pool just her size. Saturday morning/afternoon was spent in the pool. She throughly enjoyed herself and the mini vacation.

On Monday nights Logan has been playing softball with our church. Lilly loves to go to the games and sadly most of his games have been past her bedtime but there have been a few that we've been able to go to. Our friends Makyla and Brandon have joined us for most of them. If Brandon is there Lilly knows he will bring sunflower seeds and will stand there waiting for him to open some seeds so she can have some. It's pretty funny. When we first started going Lilly had a hard time understanding that she couldn't go out and play with Daddy. She kept saying I want to play too.

Well, for those of you who haven't heard, I will be traveling to Russia soon with my aunt and uncle and their son. It's been a much awaited trip and I'm very much looking forward to it. I just know that I will miss my hubby and daughter very much. Please pray for us as we go and for it to go fast so I can get home to see them. Pam and Brian are adopting two little girls so also pray for the court to go well over there. I am not sure if I have time in the next two weeks before I leave to post again, so if I don't you will see a new post after the end of July!

Pacifier Free!

So I know it has been a long time since I've posted and I do apologize. Life seems to have gotten away from us! We have officially moved and now live in our very own house. It is wierd to think we have bought a house sometimes. Lilly loves the new house and had no trouble adjusting. She loves her new room. We made sure to get it painted and prepared first so that way when she came to the house (Aunt Pam and Uncle Brian were watching her the whole weekend we moved) she would have her own little place. She especially likes the reading corner. So there are many things I could update about Lilly but I don't think I have the time or the space! She is quite the talker. She forms complete sentences for the most part. Her favorite sentence right now is "I want some too." This is usually said when Mommy and Daddy are having something they haven't shared yet.

Over this last weekend we finally decided to wean her off the pacifier. I had a hard time with it. I think part of me was sad to see it go. The first night I was happy I was gone. Daddy said she cried for about 20 minutes. He would go in there and try to comfort her every 5-10 minutes or so. The second time he went in he had cut the tip of the pacifier off and told her it was broken. She didn't even want to take but still cried for awhile. The second night she cried for about 10 minutes. Every night we've talked to her and tried to reason with her. We would tell her "Sweetie, bebe (what she calls it) is broken. You're a big girl now and you don't need it anymore." Sunday night Daddy told her that and she called for it and then he said, "Lilly will you try to go to sleep for Daddy?" and she reached for her bed and didn't cry at all. Naps have been a completely different story. She will cry and cry and hasn't really taken a nap yet. I was a little worried about naptime Monday with the other kids but I guess peer pressure helped that! She does tend to lay in her crib and sing for 30-45 minutes until I intervene but no crying!

We have also celebrated Lilly's 2 year birthday! She had a blast and we had a "princess party." She dressed up and recieved a swing set for her birthday. I think she enjoyed turning two! I dressed up with my tiara from my wedding and the guys got crowns from Burger King.

We have also been hiking and have gone camping. Both of which Lilly loves, as do her Mommy and Daddy. I thought you would enjoy these pictures!