Potty Sticker Story

No pictures again. I feel a little odd taking pictures of Lilly on the potty but she was really funny with her potty last night.

We got her a couple potty books to read while sitting on her potty. One of the books has stickers in the back. We thought it would be a good combo, she loves stickers and is very into sitting on her potty.

But after she used her potty we cheered for her and gave her a sticker. She very excitedly took her sticker and immediately used it to wipe her bottom and dropped it into her potty. Stickers might not be the best choice for reinforcement but she sure has the wiping thing down!

Recent Anecdotes

No pictures, just some silly things Lilly has done recently.

In the car during nap time it was too bright for Lilly so she tried to block her eyes with her arms and hands. After much frustration she put her blankie over her head to help her fall asleep. She was just a pile of blankie with pacifier smacking sounds under it.

On Sunday we went for dinner at happy hour time. Lilly was her usual social and happy self visiting with everyone around us. Before we knew it people sent Lilly a basket of fries over. They thought she was cute and would enjoy some fries and she DID (with plenty of ketchup).

Writing Her Novel

Lilly is very into writing with pens lately and she prefers to write in little booklets. She will write and write for long periods of time often moving around trying to get comfortable. She takes it very seriously and doesn't like to be interrupted. We think she will be right handed and already has a good pencil grip. Now we have to stock up on booklets because she is going through them pretty quickly and has so much to write about!

One of her favorite spots to write is on our laps. Here she is cuddling with her Daddy while she writes some important thoughts down.

Coloring Like A Big Girl

Lately Lilly is very into coloring and writing with pens. So far she is right handed and even holds her pen the right way most of the time! The other day she started laying on her tummy to color in her coloring book with her feet crossed in the air. Sometimes I can't believe what a big girl she has become!

Laying on her tummy like a big girl!

Trying to decide which marker to use next.

Concentrating hard on coloring this page.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!! Here are some pictures of Lilly as she made Valentines for family, friends and daycare classmates. We hope you all have a lovely Valentine's Day!

Wild Hair

After we took Lilly's hair out of pony tails she had some wild and crazy hair!

After awhile of us laughing at her very cute crazy hair she tried to get it to lay down.

Flashback Friday - Fun with the Rogers' boys

A few weeks ago we got together with the Rogers. At the end of the night all the kids were cuddling/ wrestling on the chair. Moments after the second picture Lilly fell off and bonked her head but in the moment they were having fun and they are pretty cute pictures.

Pile of kids on the chair.

Posing for the camera (followed by Lilly falling off the arm on the chair).

Pony Tails, Potties and Junk Mail

As one of her "chores" Lilly has taken on pre-reading all of the junk mail and writing responses for us. This particular night she came home from daycare with two pony tails on the top of her head.

In the background you can see one of her new favorite toys, the potty chair. She came home from daycare earlier in the week with her shirt snapped on the outside of her pants because she wouldn't stop taking her pants off and sitting on the daycare potty. At daycare she is one of the youngest kids in the class and many of them are being potty trained at daycare. In order to do this all the kids that aren't on the potty sit on little chairs and cheer on the kid on the potty chair. Lilly really wants to be the one on the potty being clapped for, but she is a little too young to tell us when she needs to use the potty chair.

At home we got out her big girl potty and she likes to sit on it every once in awhile. The potty chair had to go in the living room because she wants everyone (including the dogs) to see she is sitting on the potty. One of her favorite things is to rock out to music while sitting on the potty (Lady Gaga songs are her favorite). She is far away from being potty trained but is excited about the potty.

Babies are Hard to Keep Clean!

Now that Lilly is very interested in all things "baby doll" she has realized that keeping a baby clean is hard work! We bathe her baby doll in the bathtub and wipe it with wipes but on this occasion Lilly thought a run through the dishwasher was necessary.

Sliding at the Park

Lilly is finally big enough to kind of enjoy going to the park. She loves the toddler sized slide at daycare that she can independently climb up and slide down. The neighborhood slide is a little more challenging but she does like to slide down it a couple times. The highlight of the park is that on semi-decent days there are usually other kids there or people walking dogs or cats walking by that she can wave at and follow around.

Our Lillybug

Lilly's Grandma who she also likes to call "Nana" got her a cute Ladybug rain set. If Lilly had her way she would go outside over and over again all day in her ladybug jacket and boots. She hasn't quite got the hang of using the umbrella yet. Here are some cute pictures of one of our outings.

Stomping in puddles.

Holding an acorn she discovered.

Pointing at a dog and saying "Dog!"

Trying to drag the umbrella along with her.

Trying to pick up the umbrella.

Lilly and Her Blankies

Lilly adores her blankie and recently her Grandmommy made her a smaller version that is easier to take everywhere with her that she loves just as much as the original. Her silly Daddy was playing with Lilly and her blankie and we managed to take a picture of Lilly totally wrapped up in her blankies.

Close ups of Our Happy Girl

Some close ups of Lilly happily playing during our last photo shoot.

Sweet Little Face

The photographer captured this cute little face during the photo shoot. She loves playing with her da da!

Playing with Blocks

Here are some more pictures from our last photo shoot of Lilly playing with blocks. She had so much fun!

Rocking Chair Fun

Here are some more pictures from our last photo shoot of Lilly playing on a rocking horse. She had so much fun! She loves her rocking horse at home too.