Bubbles

The other day while Lily was taking a bath. She pointed at a bubble and said "Bubba (almost Bubble, heck I'm impressed)." Now everytime she sees a bubble, even if it's on "Spongebob Squarepants" or in the sink when we're washing our hands, she'll say "Bubba!" So last Sunday we got some bubbles and thought that we'd see what she'd do when she saw real bubbles. She went crazy! She chased the bubbles around like crazy laughing in excitement! It's the cutest thing ever. All the while she is also screaming "Bubba! Bubba!" There is nothing more adorable I swear!

Little People Doll House

For Christmas, Lily got a Fisher price Little People Doll House. It was one of her favorite toys she got. The other day when we were playing together I saw Lily trying to sit in the little people chair. It was so CUTE!! She would set the chair down and then position herself on top of it and sit down! How adorable is that! So I had to get her to do it again. I would say, "Hey Lily, sit in the chair." And she would do it again. Then we took the little people bed. I would say, "Lily, go night night." And she would take the bed and rest her head on it! She really does understand things. And I do have to say, I love that little baby!

We've found a house!

Here it is! Our new house is in Roy. We're so excited to get out of our tiny, sardine can of an apartment and get into something bigger. Our new house is still considered small but it's twice the size of our apartment. It's about 1200 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom. A lovely large kitchen, with a DISHWASHER! Oh my gosh you would never know how irritating it is to wash dishes by hand for 2 years! It has a good size yard (.19 acre) with a carport, which we hope to make into garage soon. Heck, it's pretty good concerning our price range. Now we have the lovely process of moving. AAH!
Well, we close Feb. 12th and move in Feb 16th if everything goes as planned! Pray that it does!

Christmas

Christmas was wonderful this year. Here's a cute picture of the lovely little girl wearing her Christmas dress. I sang a song for Christmas Eve at church and it was very fun. I sang "A Cradle Prayer." I got a new outfit and I felt very pretty. Lily did very well for being so tired. It snowed like crazy on our way there, we almost didn't make it. I really enjoyed church for the first time in a while. It's nothing fancy but the people are so sweet which really makes a difference.
Lily was thoroughly spoiled and had a very fun Christmas. She really seems to get into the whole present thing. She was so cute, opening everyone's presents and getting so excited over all of it. She got so many toys! She got a rocking horse, two baby dolls, a doll house, a tractor, a xylophone, an art set, and a bunch of clothes! What a spoiled and happy baby!

Canine Cutie!

One of Lily's first words was Dog. She absolutely loves dogs. Every time she sees them she will scream in delight. Brian has a dog, Jake who is where she said her first word to. Every time she goes to Grammy's house she has to see her 3 dogs. She loves to be able to walk over to the fence and smile and talk to them while they bark at her. She will even bark back at them. But it sounds more like "Mm Mm Mm!" And she will say "Doggae! Doggae!" So for Halloween, guess what she was, a Doggae! She looked at herself in the mirror and got so excited that she had joined the breed. Maybe one day we'll get her a doggae!

Clean freak baby

Lily is a clean freak already. From getting her hands in the dirt to getting messy when she eats. She's so clean. When she does get dirty she looks at me and acts like she's about to cry. One day she was playing in the park and she was just learning how to walk outside and she would fall so many times. She would get sand stuck to her hands and hold them out like there was something wrong with them. I brushed them off and she was okay.
Another clean freak moment was on her 1st birthday. She had chocolate cupcakes. We put the cupcake on her tray and she tried to eat it, but the fact that the icing was sticking her her hands was very distracting when it came to eating it. She would try to shake off the icing and the cake flew all over the kitchen. She was more worried about the icing stuck to her than the yummy first take of chocolate.
Another instance was when I was getting her ready for her bath. She was completely nude and I let her run to the bath tub, when she had a little accident on the bathroom rug. She looks at what she's done and almost starts bawling. I just say to protect her sensitive spirit, "It's okay Lily go to the bath." And she gets into the bath and she was fine.
The best thing of all is that she will also imitate me cleaning. While I do the dishes or even dust the room, she will grab a washcloth and start wiping the floor or the coffee table. It is the most adorable thing ever.
Hey, maybe it'll last and I'll get some help with these dishes. She's probably thinking, "Mom, don't count on it."

Baby head banging

Going down the road with my little sister Rachel in my car I switch on the radio and turn it up. I have a silly song by Avril Lavigne playing called "I don't like your girlfriend." We dance in our seats singing loudly. Then we look behind us and see Lily banging her head back and forth to the music. It is so cute and hilarious. She's my head banging. She's the coolest baby around now. And the sweetest. Now every time the radio goes on she's head banging. My favorite head banging was at a Skillet concert. Everyone head bangs at those concerts. That was so much fun!