Coolest balloon creations

Recently we went out to dinner to meet my brother, Tyler, and his colleague. It was great to see him while he passed through our area on business. And Lilia loved the restaurant and the fun lady creating balloon animals! She could have had anything...and I mean anything. This lady was awesome!

Lilia decided on Ariel and Tiana

seriously cool!

and Lilia recently got new glasses :)

and our new favorite activity is painting.

Lilia Lately

• My gorgeous girl is 2 and a half going on 18. She told me today, "Mommy I'm a big tiny little girl." She thought that qualified her for using scissors ;)

• She makes me laugh so much. Her vocabulary is larger than I could have imagined at this age. She understands and remembers things I couldn't have expected her to and she is such a performer. She pretends to be sad and searches for a mirror to watch herself "cry", she tells me silly things to make me laugh. Yesterday she came in the room with 2 skinny pretzels stuck up her nose while smiling. Of course I told her we don't put things in her nose and as she walked away I quietly laughed.She begs me to take her to dance school.
  

• She asks everyone "where's your baby?" (single people find that very odd) Lily loves Max and frequently hugs him while saying "Hi baby sister." She keeps confusing who's the brother and sister in that relationship.
  

• She is amazing at folding clothes and wants to help do everything! I will not squelch that, I want her to help me!
• She likes trying to teach me how to do things and give instructions. She even tries to tell us when we've done something wrong "mommy, that is so bad! you in trouble!"(that doesn't fly)
  
• She's amazing at potty and I'm saving a fortune not buying diapers for her :)
  

Lilia Sue

She's our love bug and here is a tribute to her!

she loves to help in the yard clean up

no this is not lily, but she took this photo of her best friend Nina! She steals my camera and goes up to people saying, "Mommy say 'Happy Halloween'." and then takes your picture. she's actually pretty great!
Proof she's a born performer. These are her dollies set up as her audience. she even tells them to clap and at the end she bows and says, Thank you very much!
Her newest fascination is with the cd player. she has her own copies of all her favorite Disney cds and plays them and changes between them often (too often). She's learning all the words to all the songs!
She's been asking to go to the jungle, meaning the zoo. we went and her favorite animals are the snakes, lizards, and crocodiles. Is that normal?
new favorite activity- storyhour at the Margate Library! The lady is amazing and the timing is perfect, just before dance school! They played with ribbons, sang songs, bubbles, marched, puppets, and stories. So fun!
She insisted on dressing up while watching a luau mickey mouse club house.
Brother and Sister loving each other! It melts my heart!

Max Moments

After Lilia I wasn't sure if I could love another child as much as I love and adore her. This fear I carried around with me throughout my pregnancy and even at the beginning of his life here on earth. I soon discovered how love isn't divided but multiplied. I didn't believe other mothers when they told me this. I had to experience it for myself. Now I understand. Here is a tribute to my baby boy!

MISTER MAX!

one favorite toy is spagetti

starting to sit up on his own, this is at story hour in the library

not too enthusiastic about driving.

actually his coat was so bulky he couldn't move his arms ;)

He started saying "da da" last night. David's heart just melted!

Max loves being outside.
The backpack is a new favorite place.
He loves to pull mommy's hair too!

Pop is trying to turn him to the dark side
(aka U of U) ;)

Go Cougars!

This is the car he wants to drive.

Our little sneak thief...check it out,
Lilia's purse and necklace in his hands.

at the giraffe enclosure, Cape May Zoo

crawling at the mall playground.

He also learned the joys of the slide.

Looking snazzy for church

Our little man!

Lily's got a new toy box

I was tired of the eye sore of piled babies and toys at the foot of her toddler bed. I emptied this wooden chest of my winter clothes that has been hidden in a corner of our room.
I did a little sanding, and a few coats of paint later it was ready for her room!

Hooray! She loves it and so do I!