Missing PaPaw and Yaya

My parents are out of town with youth from church at camp. We have been taking care of my parent's farm. What an adventure it has been!

I think we've ended up chasing the goats more that anything. They have minds of their own for sure and they know other people are taking care of them, so that makes them be on their worst behavior! Ha.

There was one mama goat that was pregnant and my parent's said she was still early and wouldn't have the baby this week. Um, of course she had two babies (one didn't make it and the other is doing fine) earlier this week. Such excitement!

Whenever we go out to the farm, Lily begs PaPaw to take her to see the animals. He always does, sometimes several times in one visit. Ha!

We are certainly missing PaPaw and Yaya (and the rest of my family) and can't wait for them to come home!

Boo-Boo

Lily just scraped up her knees for the first time. She was such a brave girl while I cleaned her up, but she would not have anything to do with the band-aids! Ha!

Looking back at my childhood, it seems like I always had skinned up knees. I would never walk . . . always had to be running everywhere! Lily is the same way.

This Weekend Time Was Spent . . .

. . . licking up dust bunnies under the chair. 

Yes, my boy is on the move - everywhere!

. . . sitting in the beautiful green grass,

 . . . smiling, napping, birthday party-ing, eating, shopping, baking,
very little picture taking,

and trying ever so hard to open the sanctuary doors.

Hope you all had a fabulous weekend!

Mini Golf with Grandpa

I just love this picture! One of the rare moments where Lily is actually standing still and holding someone's hand! Ha.

Grandpa gave Lily a great first lesson! Of course Lily's attention span lasted for only one hole. Oh well!

Weekend of Celebrations

What a crazy-busy-fun weekend! Get ready for picture overload!

Friday and Saturday we had a huge yard sale at my sister's. Several families from church brought their stuff too. 

We had people pay at each table instead of paying once and us trying to divide up everyone's money. It worked out so well!

A policeman actually stopped and I couldn't resist sneaking a picture! Ha! He stayed forever just talking to everyone and looking at stuff. He bought a couple cookbooks from me. 

Sunday was my birthday - I'm now the ripe old age of 26! Ha. It was a good day! After church all my family went to Jacob's family's house for a bbq dinner. It was so special that my nearly 96 year old Memaw got to come!

Me and my sweet girl

Sunday night we headed to my parent's for supper. Ridley and Lily had fun playing with Yaya.

On Monday, Myra and I went shopping (so I could use my birthday gift cards and money!). It was so fun to go out for a couple hours together! I made this sugar cookie tartlet dessert for our church picnic. Forgive the not-so-great picture, it's from Jacob's phone. I completely forgot to get one on the camera!

We headed out to my parent's in the afternoon to get ready for the picnic. Of course we had a huge downpour about 30 minutes before everyone arrived. Lily loves to watch the rain! I was so busy taking pictures of her, I didn't think about her shoes being on my mom's brand new upholstered sofa. Oops!!

Levi and Ridley hanging out waiting for the rain to stop.

 Our little family

 Lily and my little brother enjoying the picnic

 Headed down to the field for the egg toss and tug of war

You see Levi's grumpy face? That's pretty much what he looked like the entire evening! Poor baby is teething. My mom was so sweet to put up with his fussing while I tended to Lily.

 Egg Toss

Tug of War!

After the games we had dessert, homemade ice cream, and watermelon. It was the first time Lily got to hold the watermelon herself. She obviously loved it!

We ended the evening with a huge fireworks show! I can't take credit for this picture - I stole it from my sister's facebook! Ha. I thought Lily might be scared of the noise this year, but she wasn't. She just sat in Papaw's lap and tried not to fall asleep. Levi was taking his bottle and everytime there was a loud noise he would turn and look around. 

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend celebrating our country's freedom!

Evening At The Park

I think I've mentioned before how much Lily loves to swing. Seriously, whenever I tell her that we're going to the park, all she talks about is swinging! After supper the other night we headed out to the park.

Levi was asleep by the time we got there, so he just snoozed in his seat.

Lily couldn't understand why she didn't slide very well. Her little legs kept sticking to the slide.

 So Daddy helped her out!

She also loves the merry-go-round! She sat and held on like such a big girl!

 Then of course we went back to the swings. ha!

We only stayed at the park for 20 minutes because of the insane heat, but then we headed to get some frozen yogurt. Lily and I shared yummy sorbet!

Lily felt the need to try out all the chairs in the frozen yogurt shop . . . thankfully they weren't busy!

 Levi finally woke up and enjoyed playing with his toes. 

What a fun night!

18 months

Someone asked me the other day how old Lily is and it dawned on me that I can now say that she is a year and a half! Wow! How quickly the days are going by. I am loving this age . . . except for the occasional fits and disobedience. Yes, we have hit the "Terrible Twos" a little early! Ha.

So what has Miss Lily been up to lately?

• Learning so much - it seems like everyday she says new words! She is starting to put words together into short sentences. She knows a few numbers, letters, and shapes.
• Helping with everything! She seriously wants to help with everything. I'm hoping it lasts! Ha! Whatever I'm doing, whether it's the laundry, cooking, dishes, changing Levi's diaper, picking up, whatever, she runs up and says "help? help?!" 

• She was down to one nap each day, but most of this week she's taken a morning and afternoon nap, as well as sleeping about 12 hours at night. I think she must be growing!
• Playing in water is still a favorite activity! Daddy is planning to build her a water table soon.

• She loves to eat! There is really nothing she doesn't like. Right now broccoli is her favorite! :)
• I haven't measured her lately, but I know she's gotten taller! Her 12 month clothes fit perfectly . . . except in length. She weighs about 22 pounds and wears size 5 shoe.

• Of course she is still a big time Daddy's Girl! If he leaves for work before she wakes up, she always runs around looking for him and calling him. It makes me so happy that she loves her daddy so much!
• She is really into hiding right now. She'll tell us that she's going to hide, then she runs to her room and we go find her. She's always in one of two spots - beside her crib, or in her closet. So funny!

This little girl brings so much joy to our home! We are thankful!