November 8, 2009

Where in the world...?

When Lilly was a newborn we started reading books to her. At about 10 months we started introducing flashcards. We have several sets of them and she knows most all of the colors, shapes and pictures and recently has gotten bored with them. So, last week I decided to buy a puzzle. Of course she can't actually put it together yet but I thought it might be fun to challenge her little mind in a new way. Little did I know that she would surprise me yet again. This video was taken less than 2 hours after introducing the puzzle to her.

Since then she has learned where Utah, Florida and Oregon are. Only 44 to go!!


Yesterday the weather was so beautiful that we decided to take a family trip to the park. We are fortunate to have a park right around the corner from our house so we were able to walk. As we were walking I turned around and started taking this video of Lilly. Apparently she's never seen anyone walk backwards before so she thought she'd try it out. It was really funny watching her try to figure it out and obviously we need to keep practicing.

November 3, 2009

Friends

Last night Lilly's friend, Alea, came over to play while her parents enjoyed an evening out. The girls had a lot of fun and kept me quite entertained the entire evening. I'm so glad that Lilly has friends to play with and I'm reminded how thankful I am for the friends God has blessed Mike and I with too.

November 1, 2009

Ladybug

Last weekend our church had a Fall Festival Celebration for the kids. We didn't really do anything for Halloween last year but decided the games and activities at the church would be fun and suitable for Lilly. A friend gave us this costume so we decided to dress Lilly up. On Halloween evening we went to my grandma's to help her pass out candy. Lilly really enjoyed seeing all the people and costumes and would make her way to the door each time someone new walked up. We love spending time with our little girl and big memories or small ones we feel blessed to be her parents and to have the opportunity to be a part of her life.


Who knew ladybugs could fall asleep standing up!