Merry Christmas

Kids say the darndest things

If you have children, at some point you have heard someone say "write that down so you don't forget it". Well, I've been doing a lot of writing lately. Lilly has been saying some of the cutest, funniest and most off-the-wall things lately. Here are just a few of them:

- While listening to Dave Ramsey (Financial guru) on the radio he is kindly telling this lady she needs to clean up the mess she has made. From the backseat of the car Lilly starts singing "clean up, clean up everyone".

- While in the midst of playing on the floor Lilly walks over to me and says "you're wonderful".

- While taking a bath - Mike: "Lilly, are you about finished"? Lilly: "few more minutes".

- Me: "Lilly, how big are you?" Lilly: "45". We still have no idea where she ever heard let alone came up with that number.

- Found Lilly sitting in the corner and when I asked what she was doing she said "naughty, timeout". We still have no idea what she did to put herself in timeout.

- While getting Lilly ready for bed she starts jumping in her bed while shouting "trampoline, trampoline".

- While praying before bed - Mike: "Thank you for our family". Lilly: "For our family". Mike: "Thank you for our home". Lilly: "For our home". Mike: "Thank you for our money". Lilly: "For my bunny".

Such a little lady

Fun at home

On the move

The last few months have been busy, busy. We moved into our new home the first week of October. Unfortunately our carpet was delayed multiple times so just last weekend we were able to move everything in. Needless to say we are excited to be in our new home and look forward to the memories to be made in the years to come.

This year we enjoyed Thanksgiving at my aunts house. The last few years Mike and I have hosted at our home for his side of the family the weekend after but with the recent move we decided to postpone until Christmas.

On Sunday we had the privilege of lighting the first advent candle and presenting the reading at church. It was fun getting to take part in the celebration as a family. I was a little worried about Lilly wanting down or causing a scene but luckily we packed her blanket and she was more than content.


On Monday evening we finally got around to putting up our Christmas tree. It was fun being able to put up the tree as a family. Last year Lilly wasn't even crawling let alone showing an interest in the activities. This year she enjoyed pulling things out of the box. playing with the decorative balls and even helped daddy hang her first ornament.