Birthday Post!

My little girl turned one on Wednesday, August 25th! However, because daddy had school ALL day, we decided to celebrate the Sunday before.

Because, honestly, it wouldn't have been a celebration for her without this guy there!

{on a side note, i made her onsie! i'm not 'domestic' at all, but I think it turned out pretty cute, despite being a little small}

Lilli started her day with having fun in nursery (at least until her hair got pulled). We then went over to my parents house to have a little party. I didn't want to go overboard- after all, she's only one, and we don't have a lot of money to spend on celebrations, but i wanted to make sure she had a fun day! We celebrated with burgers and hot-dogs, while Lillian enjoyed some macaroni and cheese. And then it was time for presents!

She had a hard time opening them, because honestly, she wasn't that interested. She just wanted to play, and as soon as 1 gift was opened it's all she had eyes for. Eventually we got through it, she got some really fun stuff from grandma and grandpa schofield, aunt jana and uncle vinnie, and aunt nikki and uncle pat-- thanks guys!

After presents, it was time for the real fun--CAKE! i went back and forth about making an entire cake for her or not, and i'm really glad that i did--it was so fun to see her destroy it, and enjoy it so much!!

After she ate WAY too much cake, it was time for a bath. I loved the look on her face when she saw herself in the mirror, she wasn't quite sure what to think!

As you might expect, she was CRAZY hyper! Every time i would wipe this rag across her face she would bite it, hard! We couldn't get her to hold still for more than a second for quite some time. It was great! She was SO funny, and i've been tempted to give her gross amounts of sugar again just so we can play!

When we got home, i figured we were in for a long night, but it wasn't so bad. She played with her new toys and around 10 i decided that it was probably a good time to attempt sleep, and she was nice enough to comply!

Her actual birthday was pretty relaxed. It was just the two of us for most of the day.

I cleaned for several hours while she played and watched a little barney. Fun birthday, huh? She didn't seem to mind though!

Grandpa couldn't be at her party, so he and grandma stopped by to see her and give her a few more presents. She was super excited for the company!

She then got some chocolate milk, and a little bit of cake--YUM!

I decided to keep her up a little late so she could see her daddy and open the presents we bought her along with the gifts from grandma and grandpa dotson.

Overall, I think Lilli had a great first birthday! Thank you everyone for all the gifts! i thought about taking a picture of all of them, but i don't know if i want it publicized, just how spoiled she is! Ha-ha, people just really love her!

A Year of Lillian

{8/25/09}

{1 month}

{2 months}

{3 months}

{4 months}

{5 months}

{6 months}

{7 months}

{8 months}

{9 months}

{10 months}

{11 months}

{12 months}

We love you baby. Here's to another great year!

one week

..and i'll have a one year old

Freaked? Yes.

{i need to take some more pictures!}

Not sure what the day's going to entail. Cason has class all day...so i think we may be celebrating on the 23rd instead of the 25th. She won't know the difference, right?

11 months

Lillian will be a year old in about 11 days {gasp.}

So i guess i should do her '11 month' post while there's still time!

Lilli is learning...a lot! It's so fun to watch her catch on to things!

Recently she's learned:

High Fives.

Drinking from a sippy (she's not perfect at this yet).

More animal noises. Her favorite is the 'woof woof' that the doggie makes- she'll often repeat you and go 'oof, oof', and then go find her puppy dog to give him a hug.

She's learning:

To wave 'bye, bye'.

Words like 'hi' and 'bye-bye' - she's constantly babbling {she must have a lot on her mind}.

Some things we've been struggling with:

Eating. She'll refuse the first bite of any baby food i feed her. i have to force it into her mouth, and then she does fine once she realizes that she likes it.

Opening the bottom kitchen drawer and pulling all the towels out. This only lasted for a few days- after several 'time outs' she got the picture-- she's such a good girl!

We're also weaning her off of her binki, but she's not too bummed about it

{honestly, she's an easy kid!}

Some of her favorite things are:

'Little Puffs' - i think she just really likes to feed herself.

Looking at books upside down - i rarely see her looking at them the 'right' way.

Crawling.

Tickles.

Corn- whenever she eat it she'll crawl under her highchair afterwards, looking for anything she may have spilled!

Dancing.

Her 'ring toys' She'll hold one in each hand and crawl all around the house.

The dish washer- she loves to touch it and try to shut the door while i'm doing the dishes.

The fridge-- she comes 'running' any time it's opened {there's so many fun things to explore in there!}

Lillian's Favorite Song

Lillian has pretty much always loved to dance.

Looks like we found her favorite song!

{'11 month' post coming soon!}