At 1:01 pm on February 13th, 2018 our LilyAnne was born, making us a happy family of four. It has been an incredible year with our littlest love. She has brought so much joy to our lives.
Happy Birthday Lily! Oh I can’t believe that the big day is here already!
We decided not to have a birthday party this year, mainly due to the girls and I being sick for nearly 2 weeks solid *thankfully not the flu*-we are smack in the middle of flu season here. And also because Bill was out of town and not here to celebrate with us. I wasn’t sure how I’d feel opting out of the party (it’s not common here-we normally do big parties) but I felt nothing but relief after deciding not to have one.
On her actual birthday, Lily was still sneezing and snotty (we wiped noses repeatedly during these pics!) but she was in a pretty good mood. After her afternoon nap, I decided to try for pics to have something to remember the day with. I don’t think I will regret not having a party, but I would definitely regret not having pics of my sweet girl for her birthday!
Harper and I hung a banner and blew up yellow balloons. I dressed Lily in an adorable dress from her cousins and aunt, and a headband that I made for her. She sat in Harper’s little blue rocker that I painted a few years ago.
Harper was an excellent assistant for the pictures. She sat just near the chair and out of the frame in case Lily got a little too excited and bounced out of the chair (she really, really loves balloons, so I wasn’t sure that she’d be able to stay in the rocker).
I thought I’d start a new birthday tradition for the girls here on the blog. A little questionnaire to update every year. I’ve never kept up with a baby book for either of the girls, so this will have to do!
All about Lily
Nicknames: Lilybuggins or Buggins
Favorite Food: Cheese and mashed potatoes. She also loves bread of any kind…biscuits, buns, sandwich bread.
Favorite Drink: Still Mama’s milk right now but she loves water (and only water!) in her cup
Favorite Show: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Word Party
Favorite Song: Baby Shark or anything Harper sings to her
Favorite Book: Goodnight Moon
Favorite Toy: Blocks
Favorite Animal: Lucy or the baby goats
Loves to play: Peek-a-boo
Favorite time of day: Bathtime! She gets so excited and can’t wait until we put her in the water. She splashes and tries to put her face in the water. She would stay in the bath for hours if we let her!
Favorite thing to do outside: Go on the swings (while Mama holds her!) or pet the goats
Favorite thing to do inside: Exploring the house
I love when Mommy says: Wanna go outside?
I love when Dad says: Achoo (pretends sneezing)
Milestones:
Teeth: 2 bottom teeth, and 4 about to pop through on top. She cut her first tooth on 1/9
Crawling/Walking? She was rolling up until last week, and started crawling on 2/7
Talking? Sort of….she says Mamamama when she really wants me, pretty sure we’ve heard Dada, Yay, and No (shakes head no)
Clapping? All the time, and when she hears anyone say “Yay!” she claps
Waving? She tries to imitate the wave and respond when you wave to her
Now we need to bake a cake and get those fun smash cake pics! Girl’s gotta have cake!
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