Storytime with Lily

Ever since Lily was a tiny baby I've tried to have reading time with her everyday. As a result, she loves to read! She gets up beside me to read nearly everytime Levi is eating. I love it! Just recently Lily started getting books and "reading" to Levi. It's the cutest thing ever!

Of course she has to sneak a few kisses in too. ha!

The progression in these pictures cracks me up -

Levi chewing on toy, toy falling, 

Lily chewing on toy, Levi chewing on toy again! 

Silly kids.

Squeaky Clean

The other night both babies needed baths and Jacob was at youth orchestra rehearsal, so I got brave and bathed them together. They both adore bathtime and Lily loved having Levi in the bath with her! They were so cute all jammied-up afterwards that I couldn't resist getting some pictures. 

 Serious conversation. lol

 Sweet kisses

 Just chatting away. 

Levi's first time in a 3 month size outfit - still a little big!

Resurrection Day

We had a wonderful Lord's Day yesterday worshipping our risen Lord! We also enjoyed a delicious dinner with my family. It was a beautiful day, although quite humid, so we got some pictures. Would you believe that this is our first-ever family picture with Levi?? Horrid, I know! We somehow forgot to get a family picture when he was born, and ever since we've just said many times how we need to get a picture...but we never have. Oops!

I cannot believe how fast Ridley and Lily are growing up! Just comparing our Easter pictures from last year to this year is crazy!

I was so excited to get some pictures of me and my babies! Normally I'm the one behind the camera.

Hope you all enjoyed a wonderful weekend!

First Experience with Markers

The other day I had the brilliant idea to let Lily play with markers (washable, non-toxic markers...thankfully) while I fed Levi his bottle. She did really good at first not putting them in her mouth, but then when I had my back turned, she snuck a taste. 

It was so funny to watch her when she realized that she had marks on her hands. She tried rubbing them off with a very confused look on her face!

So funny!

She was not a happy girl when I decided that "color time" was over because she wouldn't stop putting them in her mouth. We'll try the markers again in another month or so and see if she does better about drawing instead of eating! ha.

Lily's First Bad Fall

My poor little girl tripped and fell out our side door onto the concrete. I wasn't at home at the time, but when I saw her sweet banged up face, I cried. 

She didn't seem too bothered by it. Jacob said that she screamed for like 10 seconds when it happened and then was fine. Precious girl fell asleep on the play area rug (which she never does) but that's the only abnormal thing we noticed. 

Unfortunately it happened the day before we were leaving on a weekend trip to visit family and friends that we hardly ever see. I guess that's the way it goes - growing up, it seemed like someone always got hurt right before we were going to get a family picture. Ha! All the scrapes scabbed over and looked just lovely for our trip. We had been planning to go to a beautiful park to take pictures of the kids, but we just nixed that idea.

Her face is all healed up now, and I don't think she's going to have any scars. Those little accidents really make your mama-heart hurt! {sniff}

Lily's First Haircut

A couple weeks ago (yes, I'm waaaay behind!) I took Lily to the Barber Shop to get her hair trimmed up. Down here in Alabama barber shops are not just for men! Ha!

Her hair was really uneven in the back and the front was all straggly so I thought a trim would be good. She played while we waited our turn. 

I assumed that she would be scared and I would have to hold her, but she surprised me and sat all by her big-girl self!

She was a little wiggly - I think mainly because it was tickling her. 

When she was all finished she got a sucker for being so good! The funny thing is that since we don't give her a lot of sweets, she took one lick of the sucker and didn't like it! She wanted to eat the raisins I'd brought for her snack instead. LOL

Daddy Love

The other night while I was fixing supper, Jacob got down in the floor to play with the babies. Of course I had to snap some pictures!

Lily finding Levi's eye

Love this!