Random pictures

Lilly has been very active lately (aka bored with all her toys and things in our house). Here are some pictures from the last few days.


Walking with her hippo (she loves this toy):

Hanging out in the bean bag:

Resting after eating and eating her "yogurt popsicle":

In the laundry basket (she loves to sit in this and be pushed around the house):

Visit to MN

Lilly and I went to visit my brother (Tim), sister in law (Tanya) and their kids (Alex, Sophie, Mabel) for a few days this month. Pete was working in MN for 2 weeks, so he met us at their house for the weekend. It was so great to meet Mabel for the first time and hang out with everyone. Lilly had a lot of fun playing with all the girls' toys and climbing the stairs (her new skill). One of my favorite things about the weekend was discovering that Sophie's favorite song is "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash - she knows almost all of the words!

Alex and Sophie:


Timothy and Mabel:



Pete and the girls at Jesse James Days:

In and Out

Lilly recently discovered the concept of "in." Up until now she has taken everything OUT of drawers, boxes, baskets, etc. Tonight, I was cleaning up the kitchen while she amused herself and this is what I found when I looked in the tupperware/container drawer:



My shoe, her shoe, a dishtowel, a strainer, and a cell phone do not belong in this drawer. I frequently find things (mainly toys) in this drawer.

Lilly's noises

Lilly loves to make animal sounds. She can tell me what a cow, lion, fish, and lizard say (the fish is a clicking sound that doesn't sound like any fish I've ever heard and the lizard is sticking her tongue out, which she doesn't do on this video).

Lilly's party

Here are some pictures from Lilly's family birthday party. My mom and 6 of my younger sisters, my older sister and her son, Lilly's godparents (Laura and Terry) and their kids, Pete's parents and one of his sisters all came to the party. Lilly had a great time opening her presents (she preferred the wrapping paper to the actual gifts) and eating her cupcake and ice cream.

the Jackson girls and Allison (friend from Chicago):




Lilly, after eating the cupcake:



Samuel (Lilly's cousin) thoroughly enjoying his cupcake:




Lilly opening some presents:




Lilly playing with Gran (my mom):



Lilly very happy to have a my little pony (she loves to play with the hair and the eyes for some reason):

Seattle

We recently took a trip to Seattle (we were there for Lilly's first birthday!) to visit our good friends, Gregg, Kathy, and Lucy. We had a fabulous time and were really busy the whole weekend. Lilly's absolute favorite thing was to play with Lucy's Elmo car (which we will probably purchase for her for her birthday party this weekend). We also enjoyed a boat ride (and eating fish and chips), beautiful views of the city, visiting the baby-cakes store (Ballard Cupcakes), and just hanging out with our friends (who we miss so much since they moved).

Lucy driving the boat:



Lucy and Lilly (in the baby-cakes shirts):



view of the city (although Lilly was more interested in looking at the dogs that were near us):



Lilly and Lucy climbing:



Lilly on the boat:



Meg and Kathy:



Lilly celebrating her birthday with a Ben and Jerry's ice cream cake (she could not figure out how to eat it at first since it was so cold, so she just put her face right on the plate!):




At the bronze pig in front of the fish market:

Tupperware

Now that Lilly is climbing up on everything, she is beginning to explore the wonderful world of kitchen drawers and cabinets. Her favorite thing to do recently is open the drawer with all the plastic containers and throw them on the floor and yell (make a really loud "ahhhh" sound) while she's doing it. She also enjoys climbing on the garbage can (which we try to distract her from) and everytime she sees Pete or I get something from the lazy susan, she crawls as fast as she can to try and get to it. So far I've been holding it shut while she tries to push on the doors in hopes that she'll just think it doesn't open and she'll move onto something else.