daddy's girl?

Lilli loves her daddy...but she hasn't really been showin' him the love the past couple of days!

He gave her some cereal yesterday, sat next to her, asked for a piece, and opened his mouth up wide. Lilli picked up a piece, smiled, and threw it at his feet!

Later that night, Cason was talking to me and we noticed that Lilli had both of her fingers stuck in her ears! It was pretty cute!

And then there was this morning-- Cason was reading her stories while she was sitting on his lap, she reaches up, puts her hand over his mouth, throws the book, and hops off his lap!

Luckily, Cason doesn't take it too seriously. Actually, he thought it was all pretty funny!

Happy Fall!

{it might be a little early for the Halloweenies...but I couldn't wait anymore to see her in her cute outfit!}

oh, lilli

lilli is one. should she really be this good at throwing a temper tantrum already? this girl rarely used to cry, now when she gets mad, she'll scream, cry, throw herself on the floor, and slam her head down. really? ok...so maybe it's a little funny, because it's so dramatic!

Some other funny/ weird things lilli has been doing lately:

Smacking herself in the head with her mirror and giggling...for like the past 10 minutes.

Cason told her 'no' yesterday when i was at work, she started bawling and very clearly yelled 'no!' So it looks like she knows that one...and doesn't like it one bit!

When she's done eating, or doesn't want to try what you gave her, she'll toss it off the side of her tray. it's really annoying, but her face as she does it is classic. i think she knows how crazy it makes me!

She's getting better at putting things away. this morning she pulled some coupons out of my bag, and after destroying them, she put them right back where she had found them.

She does this new thing when she poops-- she'll lay on her tummy, bum high in the air and wiggle around and grunt. it's weird...but funny too.

She loves to play and bring us things all day.

We're borrowing my mom's laptop, and for some reason, she is way more interested in it than she is in ours...i guess she's a pc not a mac :)

And...she's getting her two front teeth in. which means she has been super grumpy! She's sleeping a lot now, which we're grateful for. For a couple days there we could only get her to sleep for about 30-60 minutes at a time. Hopefully they'll stop hurting her soon!

Lilli says:

Lillian is constantly babbling!

Here are the words she knows:

Ball

Hi

Mom/ mama

dad/dada/ daddy

She can also say these ones (but doesn't know what they mean):

dog (she thinks all stuffed animals are 'dogs')

egg (she's said this once)

ow

she also makes a noise that sounds like 'oh, wow'...which always makes me laugh!

She's started to communicate with us a lot more too. Instead of crying when she's tired/hungry/ stinky, she'll just crawl to us and start babbling until we figure out what she's telling us.

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?