Lily's Birthday Bonanza

Jordan chilling with the Goose

Spunky little Chloe

This was the best picture I could get of all the kiddos playing. Notice Lily is the oly one NOT wet. She wanted to play with her little friends but was terrified of the kiddie pool.

Chloe was one of the few to brave the spraying beach ball.

Lily's solution to her fear of the pool was for me to hold her and play in the water safely from my arms. 

We had great friends drive all the way down from Bountiful to come to Lily's big day- the Stewarts along with the Youngbergs.

And Lily's second family (Justin and AJ's family) came from West Valley. I can't decide if Ben is Lily's favorite person or favorite toy...

Lily's 2 year Stats:
Height: 69th percentile
Weight: 55th percentile

Happy Birthday to my silly Lily-kins! Life has been so much fuller since she came into our lives- Seeing her turn two is bitter-sweet as I miss her as a little baby yet she is such a fun and happy 2 year old!

Cupcake Fun

We were able to convince the kiddies to take a break from the water toys by saying just one word, "chocolate". They came running from all directions.

Who gets the wish, Jordan or Lily?

Best Friend in Training

Lily has taken it upon herself to instruct Lucy in the "Bestest Friend Ever Course". This course includes training in, "Wheels on the Bus",  dancing, and of course Tea Parties of the herbal nature.

That's some strong (herbal) tea sister!

Jamming out to Lily's favorite juke box, her DI laptop.

Newborn pictures

Personal favorite

My dad surprised me with this one!

My feeble attempt at newborn pictures - Lily was once again my little "helper" and helped make Lucy very angry and wanted to be right next to her little sister. 

Jordan's first day of school

Top 10 MBA program - here comes a HUNK! 

We all dropped Jordan off for his first day at school. As we pulled up we saw a nicely dressed young man getting out of his nice truck cool, calm and collected. It was a sharp contrast to Jordan getting out of our grandma car with "Old MacDonald" blaring, Lucy screaming  and 3 out of the 4 of us still in pajamas. I hope he doesn't get teased.....

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At least he looks sharp.

Lily wouldn't be smiling if she knew she wasn't going to see her Daddy again until Thanksgiving break...

Big Sister Lily

How is Lily transitioning into the role of a big sister?  She's done great considering how big of a mama's girl she is. Like I said before, she absolutely adores her baby sister but she has definitely needed extra attention and she only wants that extra attention from me. She was already pretty clingy to me, but now she wants to be held even more, especially while I'm nursing Lucy which proves pretty difficult. She's not happy with me reading books to her while she sits beside me, she wants to be in my lap. Haven't figured out how to nurse a newborn and snuggle a 2 year old yet. I try to let her help when I can and show her extra attention while Lucy is sleeping and some days go better than others. 

She hasn't tried nursing her baby doll yet but she's fascinated by the process of pumping.

Lily was weaned from her bottle by about 15 mo. of age, but for a couple of days she insisted on having one - normal I know, just glad it's not a permanent set back.

Lily & Lucy

Lily loves her new little sister- except I have a feeling that Lily still thinks she's a toy baby doll. She loves to give her kisses and constantly wants to hold her in her lap. Lily gets upset every morning when she is up before Lucy and therefor can't hold her.

Lily believes in tough loves - along with kisses and holding Lucy she also loves to pull her fingers as hard as she can, pinch her face and squish her. When both are in the same room my full attention is on them. Not much housework has gotten done this past week.

first week home

Jordan's favorite bonding activity

She has the same chubby cheeks as Lily!

Jordan is determined that this child will be a Daddy's girl, and it looks like he got his wish - she already smiles only for him.

Big happy baby