2010 First Half :)

I have been a horrible blogger. So here is the last 6 or so months in a nutshell minus some pics from Vegas. And these are also from most recent to oldest.

We tried to keep our minds off the heat by being nudey (just Lily) and taking some much needed pics. I love this for some reason.
My Lilies are starting to bloom. One at a time, which I love. They are huge I can't believe how many are on each plant.

Before blooming. There is over 50 blooms on each plant. I guess I know how to grow Lilies!

She looks so innocent and TALL!

We attempted camping on Memorial Day weekend and got rained out. Spent our nights in a hotel and found this "kid friendly" winery for some tastings!

Lily loved the Koi pond

We have spent a few days at the children's museum and she loves the stage. I am glad she is getting use to it because I didn't give her a country singer name for nothing!

Got the cutest 1920s inspired swimsuit at Target. It does go up her butt though. She usually ends up pulling it off after about a half hour.

Daddy bought a new sprinkler to run through (this was back in May mind you, it was just brought out again yesterday)

We played in the rain - A LOT!

More rain!

And we started Preschool and Love it!

To Clarify

When people ask me about Lily I am often quick to say she is crazy. Later I am mad at myself for not saying something more positive or not telling a funny story about her. In my defense, she is 2 and for the past 6-8 months she has proved the old label of "terrible twos" to be an absolute truth. She is also a very high energy little girl. She doesn't walk, she runs and she doesn't talk,she yells. People are always asking me if she ever slows down. The answer is - no. But, I see a light. There is one spunky little girl emerging from by little baby. She is fearless, she is funny, she loves to be tickled, she has no rhythm at all when she dances, she can make a mess like no other and she can give THE best hugs. Her favorite person in the whole world is her daddy and let me tell you, he is one helluva dad! He is her ultimate playmate. He can make her squeal with glee and laugh so hard she starts to hiccup. So my goal this year is to embrace her energy and encourage her imagination and ignore the people in the grocery store that feel the need to stare and shake their head at a two year old having a tantrum in the middle of the frozen food section. Don't judge me! And next time Lily is running around the flower stand at full speed yelling "Merry Christmas Everyone" and I see someone actually laugh at her I might go give that person a hug because it is funny and we all need to laugh more anyway. I can't wait to hear more giggles out of Lily, Shane and myself this year. Bring it on 2010!

2009 In Review

In 2009....

Lily turned 2!
We visited some cousins.

Lily got a big girl bed!

Someone gave up her binks!

We spent a month on the Island

I walked 60 miles in 3 days with 2500 other people for Breast Cancer Awareness...

Which resulted in my feet looking absolutely disgusting

Lily got her 1st hair cut ....

and she looked beautiful!

Happy Thanks!(that is what Lily called Thanksgiving)

We had a very Merry Christmas!

Fancy! She wore this tutu all day

Shane made us a very yummy Christmas Eve dinner for the two of us!

and I got Lily's pics done which you can see here http://www.jocelynkbrownphotography.com/

Oh and we have had potty training success! My little baby is not a baby anymore.

Happy New Year. What will 2010 bring us?

Happy Halloween!

My Martha mushroom goards
Devil in a red dress

Trick or Treat!!!!

Lily had more fun yelling at the kids to hurry up and come to our house and then yell in their faces "Happy Halloween"!

Kissable

Just got this in the mail from my Aunt Jill. Yes, it is another pic from Schoolhouse; get over it.

She Looks Innocent, But I Think She Is Just A Really Good Actress

The Last Few Weeks

The Hintons invited us for some good ol fashion fun at the Evergreen State Fair

Lily loved her pony, Stormy, and probably would have had no problem riding him all the way home. I like how it looks like she is going super fast
"This is the best time ever!"

BFF Hailey had a blast on Cinnamon

I think she was born to ride in parades

Too flippin cute for words.

Lily got right down and dirty with these piglets. I think she went right up to every animals face to say hi.

Hi Mr. Goat!

Chickens freak me out, but I was a trooper and took the picture anyway.

Hi Mr. Piglet!

This speaks for itself

This little guy has been spending his nights under our hot tub cover.

Shane caught the bug of blackberry picking

Lily and her bucket - ready to find some berries

"Do we have enough for pie yet mom?"

"These look so good mom, can I try some?"

This is Dane - most likely THE biggest dog I have ever seen.

Lily would not believe that it was a dog and continued to call it a horsey the whole day.