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!

Happy Easter!

We all had a wonderful Easter. Good Friday I had a party for the kids with an egg hunt and lots of crafts and activities. Lilly enjoyed wearing her bunny ears all day as you can see. She was very into Easter this year. Finding the eggs and then eating the candy was her favorite I think. She really liked the eggs filled with Goldfish crackers. Lilly has really grown recently. She's much taller and is talking like crazy. I can't believe my little baby is making sentences. The other day she asked us "Where did Cove go?" It was no longer "Where Cove go?" Cove is a little boy she plays with on Tuesday nights while we work out. I think she is ready to get stuff unpacked (as are mommy and daddy) but we still haven't gotten in our new house yet. Please pray we get to this week. Everything has been packed for over a month now!
Happy Easter from Lilly!

Ben and Lilly act more like siblings everytime they see each other. They bicker and love playing with each other at the same time. It's been quite interesting (and frustrating!). It will be interesting when two more get added to the mix.

Lilly wanted to share some words...

Hello everyone! I do apologize for how much time has gone by since updating. As most of you know we are buying a house so most of our spare time has gone to working out at the gym or getting ready to move. It's been a crazy busy couple of months. But this morning Lilly wanted to talk to the camera so I made sure I put it on here for everyone. She has changed a ton in just one month. She had about 6 teeth come in all at once and after that was over she has been incredibly happy and back to herself. So here is the video enjoy! (Oh yeah, her hair is kinda crazy cause she had pigtails in and took them out)

LIlly saying hi

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Pig Tails!

So Lilly's hair is finally long and full enough for pig tails!! On New Year's Ever, I was lucky enough to have only one kid in daycare so we were picked by Pam and spent a little time shopping at the mall and then eating out at Pizza Hut. Jada, Lilly, and I all had pig tails. Lilly was very excited about her pig tails. She kept saying "Pig tails CUUTE!" and then kinda pulled at them. That night when it was time to go to bed Daddy pulled them out and she started crying and saying "Pig taillls!" She was very upset not to have them anymore. I will have to say that they made her look older. She was very cute.

Christmas!!

Christmas was such a blast this year! Lilly was really into it. She kept pointing out Santa everywhere we went. She sat down and watched 'The Polar Express' many many times. She also enjoyed having all the company and I think she feels very lonely now, especially in the backseat of the car. The week leading up to Christmas Lilly kept wanting to open this small green present under the tree. She would go get it and bring it to one of us. We would tell her she had to wait till Christmas when Santa comes. So Christmas moring we go get her and tell her Santa came and it's time to open presents. She goes downstairs, runs right by the open present from Santa, gets the green present and brings it to us, like "do I finally get to open this present?" We thought it was quite funny. Lilly never wanted Christmas to end. She came down the next day and looked under the tree and then asked, "Where'd the presents go?" She was quite disappointed when I told her that the presents were all gone.

Logan and I sat down the day before we went back to work and decided which toys were to be left out during daycare and which toys would be put away for times when it was just her. When the daycare kids came back she had a hard time sharing but for the most part she did great. She's actually shared all of her toys. Now I just have to be careful that the toys don't get broken from all the other kids.

Well I hope you enjoy the pictures!!

Decorating for Christmas!

We decorated for Christmas this past weekend. Lilly is very interested in all the Christmas fun. She loves the lights and ornaments. I took some pictures I thought you would enjoy. Here you go!

Winter in Arizona....

Lilly got to celebrate Christmas this past weekend. We went to the mall where they brought in two large semi trucks and blew snow all over the parking lot. Santa and Mrs. Claus walked out in the middle of this heap of snow and shouted "Merry Christmas!" Everyone ran out and started throwing icey snow all over the place. Lilly wasn't sure what to think. We tried to let her down in the snow but I think there was just too much going on for her to feel comfortable on her own. She sat on Santa's lap later that day too and actually seemed to enjoy it. We took a really good family picture with Santa that I will be sending out with my Christmas letters later this week.

Thanksgiving was great! We had a nice group over to out house and enjoyed a turkey that Logan had cooked on the grill. It was the tastiest turkey! My mom is out here visiting so we were both in the kitchen fixing everything else. We had a really good time and Ben and Lilly actually ate quite a bit this year.

Halloweeeeen!!

Last night was Halloween and we had a great time. I couldn't believe the change from last year to this year. Lilly was very into the whole trick or treating thing. She would walk up to the door and shake the screen or bang on the door. Then when the people came with the candy she would grab something in each hand and put it in her bag that I was holding. Many times she went back for seconds, even though I tried to get her not to. Most people would say, "oh it's ok, she's just so cute!" She also enjoyed the puppet presentation at church. She loves puppets. We've watched several Muppets movies and Sesame street and she claps and says "yah!" and is really into it the whole time. I also think she enjoyed having mommy and daddy dressed up. We also carved pumpkins. She had a blast digging in the pumpkin and getting the seeds. I also think she enjoyed getting gooey and rubbing it all over her as much as she can. :) Unfortunately, we put our pumpkins out last night and when we returned home they were gone. I was pretty upset. So I never did get a picture of the actual pumpkins. Well I hope you enjoy the pictures!

I'm growing and growing and growing...

Lilly just keeps getting bigger and older. She has no trouble keeping up with the other 2 year olds around here. We have had a lot going on and have been extermely busy. She has experienced Vegas for the first time and enjoyed the lights and all the people. She also enjoyed seeing her Nana and Pawpaw. She is obsessed with shoes right now. The kids at daycare have to be careful or she'll steal their shoes right off their feet! She is talking a lot and I'm sure some of you have heard her on the phone as well. Her vocabulary is quite large and it's nice to communicate with her. I still have believe she is going to be 18 months old in just a couple of weeks. It doesn't seem possible. She has officially started asking for her pacifier which means we have officially started to wean her. It is the hardest thing we've done thus far. She is really attached to it. She is also very attached to her yellow carebear and will not go to sleep without it. I don't mind the attachment to the carebear. It's kinda nice to have something she really likes to calm her down with. Well, I don't have a whole lot of time right now so I'm just going to post some pictures for you all.

Officially entering Toddlerville!

Lilly has decided she is a toddler and has gone into it full force. As the kids at daycare are now mostly potty trained, Lilly has become completely interested in the whole thing. She wants to sit on it all the time. She has actually gone peepee a couple of times but I can't decide if it was on accident or not. It is still very early to try and potty train, but it's still fun to let her try! This was her first time on the big potty.

For Labor Day weekend the Freeman and Garland family headed off to Payson for a camping adventure. Ben and Lilly had a blast. They loved playing outdoors the whole time. I was a little worried about how Lilly was going to do but she did great. We just had to drive around for 2 hours each day so they could get theirs naps. Here are a few of the great great pictures I took. Also, if you'd like to check out some more pictures, please go to
http://photos.google.com/legarland.

Lilly has really started to have a personality. She also has a favortie color, yellow, and loves to say it and belly button over and over again. Usually she says something like yellow bellybelly button and then pulls up her shirt and points to her tummy. It's very cute. For some reason she must think her belly button is yellow! Since I taught her what color yellow was she has wanted everything yellow. She had a yellow chair for camping and a yellow carebear. Her favorite book is "Biscuit," about a yellow dog that says "Woof Woof." I think she likes it so much because she can say most of the words in the book and point them out too. I'm amazed by all the words she can say. She is also repeating a lot of things. I'll be in the middle of a story and she'll repeat something that I said. One thing that has just driven me nuts and is costing a lot of money is that she is a bottomless pit. She constantly wants to eat. At lunch last week she ate 5 hot dogs. 5!! I couldn't believe it. That wasn't all that she had either. She loves yogurt and would probably eat 2-3 individual containers. I am always running out of ideas for things to feed her and she gets frustrated too. She has gained quite a bit of weight. The doctor was surprised again when we took her in last week for an ear infection. She had gained another pound in a month. I guess she is still playing catch up from not gaining anything for awhile. I'm starting to think that she just has my dad's metabolism cause she is still petite and eats more than I could. Maybe she'll be tall too.

Lilly is very big on saying hi and bye right now so we tried to capture some of that on video. Hopefully I can get it edited and uploaded soon. Hope you enjoy!

Lilly saying hi and bye

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