Lilia Lately,

It has been awhile since I dedicated a post to my little sweet heart. Here are photos from the last 2 months. She's so big now! She talks and does silly things to make us laugh. She can say her animal sounds, label the face with words, she eats well with a fork and spoon and has many opinions. She has gone potty several times and loves to be outside. And she loved Trick or treating, she said "reet reet" and wanted candy!

Quack Quack (means Trick or treat in duck)

Lily insists on sitting in the bouncey seat while we have Nina over.

Fall Fun!

I asked her "Where's Daddy?" This is her "I don't know" expression.

playing in the leaves is not something I had to teach her how to do.

this flower is tasty

water!!

I love to see the temple!

She loves playing with my old troll dolls. She was very concerned about their hair and was trying to fix it.

playing in the kitchen drawers, "now how do I get out of here?"

She has a new fascination with stickers.

her "house" is where the portable dishwasher sits unless its being run. She loves to play inside!

Our dog Peanut!

So yesterday we got a dog for about 3 hours. He was a chihuahua. Normally, I'm not a fan of them, but this was the sweetest dog ever! Lilia is actually quite afraid of dogs up close but she chased it around and had a ball. Well, this dog was hanging around our car yesterday afternoon and we're pretty sure it barked a lot the night before. It is not from our street, we've never seen it before. But it took a liking to Lilia and our front porch (when we finally let it on the porch). It had been a bad rainstorm the night before and we think it had been lost outside our house that long. So we called animal control and they were coming by later to pick it up. In the meantime we had a blast with "Peanut". (we were also never sure what gender this dog was.)Lily feeding Peanut, and then eating the bread herself.

Lilia loved feeding him some bread and cheese. Peanut was super hungry. We're also pretty sure he's an indoor lap dog. He snuggled right in and went to sleep, loved to be petted and never once barked. Anytime we let it off the porch Peanut would follow me around and run back to the porch. I was sad to give it up. They said I can call the animal shelter and see if the dog was claimed (most likely it will be, I'm sure he was very expensive). If not, I just might have to bring Peanut home to us.

My little helper

I made apple crisp and Lily was interested in helping me. First she washed the apples in water. (meaning Lily ate one apple.)then she stirred the apple peelings in a large bowl of water. She took this very seriously. (don't tell her but it wasn't actually part of the recipe, just keeping her busy.) She would pick up any peel that went into the sink and force any that came up the sides back into the water. And this morning she was very eager to stir the eggs for breakfast!Don't touch my apple peels!

Do you play house?

I picked this little house/tent up at a yard sale for $2. Lily adores it. One side is a grocery store, one side is a post office, another side a puppet theater and the last side is a door. She loves it, especially as a hiding place. Run and hide is a favorite game of ours. It involves a great deal of growling, squeals of delight (fake fear) and tickling.

What can I get you?

How can you resist kissing those cheeks?!

Nursery or Bust

Lilia is 18 months old. She can officially go to nursery now at church. (She's been attending since she was 12 months, but we always were in there with her to help out.)

Well, that last two Sundays she has been free from us. She did awesome! Sister Jill said she's even better without us. Lily sits for their 15 min. lesson, she dances when they sing and she behaves well. WOO HOO!

And even cooler.... SHE SAYS "JESUS". She recognizes His picture. When asked at home or in nursery she says "Jesus". And according to Sister Jill she said "baptize" twice on Sunday. I have not heard that myself.

We are excited for her to gain her own testimony of Jesus Christ and His gospel. Thanks Sister Jill for your patience and love, (and of course all the M&M's Lily receives as incentive.)

Lily Tumbles!

Lily started doing this herself. She'd put her head on the floor and look through her legs at you. A little while ago I helped her by pushing her over. She thought it was great! (This is the one and only time I think I'll publicly admit to pushing my child, except on a swing.) She does it all on her own now and loves it! She's 18 months now!

Elton John look-a-like