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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Fun with my Camera

So instead of cleaning the house today while Lilly was at preschool Emma and I did another photo shoot :) I have to say I am loving my camera and having a new beautiful baby to pose.
Emma's birthmother is really musically talented so I thought I would dust of my guitar and try and take a few photo's of Emma with it... let me know what you think.

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Monday, January 25, 2010

Emma photo Shoot

While Lilly was in the bathtub this morning I decided to take a couple of pictures of Emma. Emma is such a sweet mellow baby, we are really enjoying her. The past few nights she has slept 4 hours and it has been WONDERFUL :) Emma loves to take baths and she loves to hear Lilly sing to her.

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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Seriously, this is my favorite picture EVER! Proof that Eventually, my dreams are coming true!

The past 2-months really have gone so quickly! I am so grateful for how our family has changed and grown.
Lilly and Emma had their well child check ups last Thursday. Here are the stats: Lilly at 4 years old: 30.86lbs and 40 inches tall, she gained 4 pounds this year and grew 4 inches :)
Emma at 2 months old: 7lbs 13oz and 20.75 inches tall she has gained almost 3 1.2 pounds and grown 4 1/4 inches since her birthday.

So far January has been CRAZY! With Lilly's birthday, Mike's brother and his family visiting, Mike's Mom visiting, the new semester starting at BYU and me going back to work there really hasn't been a lot of down time for our little family. Mike and I are longing for the days when he is done with school... soon? (we hope) :) I keep reminding myself that life is what you make it and we are doing this because our hard work and sacrifice now will pay off in the end. Mike will be able to pursue his dream and I will be able to fully enjoy my family with a more rested body :) EVENTUALLY...
Anyways... pictures are the real reason most of my readers look at my blog so here you go!Lilly, Belle & Sophie playing Hungry, Hungry Hippo's!
We always do a pinata at Lilly's birthday party. This year her theme was rainbow! It was such a FUN theme! We had our guests wear their favorite color and everyone had to decorate their drink cups with their favorite color, tons of balloons, rainbow mosaic crafts and the rainbow pinata that Lilly and Mike made :) I feel kind of bad that we didn't do a 'friends' party this year for Lilly, but life is so hectic we just didn't have time to prepare for it, maybe next year... eventually :)

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Friday, January 8, 2010

Lilly is four!

I can not believe that Lilly is four! I've been thinking a lot about little Lilly the past few days and how special she really is. Here are a few things about Lilly my big four year old :)
She loves peanut butter and will eat it by the spoonful
Lilly LOVES to sing, she can make a song out of anything
Lilly's favorite thing to do is wrestle with Daddy
Lilly loves to read books, she always has.
Lilly loves preschool
(This is Lilly's school picture, taken last month)
Lilly has a quirky sense of humor and likes to tease.
Lilly's favorite color is pink, but the other day she told me she's starting to like purple and yellow now too.
Lilly is the worlds best big sister, she Loves Emma so much and tells everyone she meets
Lilly's middle name is Grace, not Bug... but she insists that it is Bug.
Lilly's a little Mommy, she always wants to help
She loves Christmas!
Lilly is an artist
Lilly is photographer
She is a thoughtful little girl, and always wants to include everyone in her fun
Lilly knows the difference between a philips and flathead screwdriver
Lilly is a tiny little sprite, she's in the 12th percentile for weight and 50th for height, but her pink cowgirl boots make her tall :)
Lilly has been talking since she was 9 months old... she has a huge vocabulary.
Lilly likes science, the other day someone was talking to her about the melting ice and Lilly plainly states "I know, that's called reversible change" :)
Lilly is smart and beautiful!
Lilly wants to be a firefighter, mommy, doctor, teacher, giant when she grows up. I'm not too sure about the giant part...
Lilly has great faith, she knows how to pray and has a testimony of prayer.

I could go on and on about Lilly Bug, she is such a cool kid and I am so proud to be her Mommy. It was raining the day I met her, and there really has been sunshine in my life ever since.

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