Due to reasons I don't wish to talk about (let's just say I'm an idiot!). I don't have Lilly's birthday pics! Don't hate me, Jaclyn! So here are some other random pics of Lilly that will have to do for a few days.
Here is Lilly and her friend, Kasenya. They are wearing twin shirts, and it wasn't planned!
Here they are holding hands in their carseats.
Lilly is helping with Grandma's scrapbook.
Lilly with her best friend, Ozzie!
My Aunt Debbie makes these cute headbands, so she made one for Lilly! We have a matching set. I will have to get a picture of it!
She's in a box.
Had to take care of some business while in the box.
So it turns out that the issue with my laptop is NOT the cord! We have to take it in to get fixed, and depending on how much that costs, it may or may not get done!!! I will be seeing my sister tomorrow and I will have to download the pictures to a cd so I can FINALLY post on my blog! So hang tight (I know you are all just DIEING to see these pics)!!!!
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
My sister was my designated picture taker on Lilly's birthday. On Sunday, I downloaded the pictures from her camera to my laptop. Then Sunday night, my power cord decided to quit working! So I can not use my laptop at the moment. We have ordered a new cord and it should be here Friday! Pictures should be up sometime this weekend!
Today is Lilly's 1st birthday! It is such a bittersweet day for me! I may or may not have shed few tears over the past week already! We are celebrating today in true ladybug fashion. Pictures to come! I must go get ready. I just wanted to wish my Princess a Happy 1st Birthday!
We went and had Lilly's one year pictures taken! We haven't really had any professional family pics taken, so we did some of those as well! We, of course, went to our favorite photographer, Mary. Check out the pics at www.photographybydmc.blogspot.com
So I decided I should probably post Lilly's 11 month pics before she turns 1 in two weeks!!! I'm sad/excited that my baby will be 1! Anyway, that post will be here before I know it! Here are her 11 month pics.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
I just wanted to share something because I CAN NOT stop thinking about it and my heart is ACHING! (You will understand after further reading).
I started teaching First Grade in January 2007. I came into a classroom that had A LOT of issues. The teacher was sick and gone a lot of the time, and the students had a lot of personal issues as well. This was my hardest year of teaching, but I also have some of the best memories and relationships with these students.
I had a set of twin boys who were quite a handful! When they weren't acting up, they were really loving and clingy to me. (Which they weren't with anyone else.) I will not go into a lot of the details of these boys, but if you are a teacher you will understand this. The more time you spend with the "trouble" kids, the closer you become with them. These boys have always held a special place in my heart.
They are now in fourth grade. I was informed yesterday that one of them died. He was killed by accidental gunfire. My heart broke immediately! My heart aches for the family, and especially the twin brother.
The teachers at "my" school had a math training today and I was supposed to sub for one of them. They canceled the class, but still asked me to come in. I was there to help where help was needed. I think it helped me more than anything to be there with my friends that also knew this child. It was good to talk with others and to mourn with them.
I know a lot of assumptions and conclusions are being made. There are A LOT of details we are unaware of. All I know is this family needs prayers, and LOTS of them!
These two boys will always hold a special place in my heart.
Okay, well Pebbles at least! Here is Lilly's first Pebbles 'do! I was so excited that her hair would finally fit into one of those little pony tails! The barrette didn't stay in very well, but I have a trick up my sleeve to fix it!
We were getting ready to leave, and she doesn't like getting in her carseat!
This was the end of a very long day!
Look at those pretty blue eyes! She is so adorable!
P.S. I'm not really sure why I am so excited for her hair to get longer, I CAN NOT do hair! I guess my mom will have to teach me a few tricks!
My little Lilly bug is 10-Months old! Oh how time flies! We are starting to plan for her first birthday! Wow! It is so much fun watching her grow and learn new things. She has a fun personality. We definitely see traits from both her mom and dad in her! We took her to the Dr. for her 9-Month check-up a week before she turned 10-Months, so here are her stats: Weight: 21 lbs. 76 % Height: 28 in. 51 % Head: 44 cm. 41%
Here are the painful Boppy pictures (because we have to have them!) and a few others.
My mom bought Lilly this cute snow outfit. She has used the outfit for warmth, but has never gone in the snow with it! When Trevor's brother Trent and his wife Tiona were here, we took our kids in the snow.
If you've every seen the movie A Christmas Story you know the character, Randy. You know the part when his mom bundles him up for school and he can't put his arms down? That is what Lilly reminds me of! Although she can move, she doesn't!
Here are Carter and Lilly posing together. Carter was a wiggle worm in his outfit, and Lilly wouldn't move a muscle!
Why do you guys like to torture me???
Family in the snow
Lilly's first sledding experience! She couldn't/wouldn't hold on, so that didn't go very well!
Lilly and mommy
She didn't really know what to think of the snow, but I had fun! I tried to get her to eat the snow, but she wouldn't! (It wasn't even yellow! It was freshly fallen snow!!!)
Here is Lilly with her "My First Christmas" shirt, posing 2 days before her first Christmas!
Lilly and Mommy
Christmas morning. Here is what Santa and Mommy and Daddy left her. Lilly was sick and we had not given her any medicine yet. She did not know what to think! Poor little bug! Trying to figure out what this thing is! After we did Christmas morning at our own house we went to Trevor's parents. Here is Lilly with her doll that Great-Grandma Foust gave her. Lilly taking in all this Christmas stuff in the rocker!After the Foust's, we went to my parents house.
Great-Grandma Barbara gave Lilly this gift. Here she is on a ride! I think she likes it!
Lilly somewhat opening a gift! This present ended up being Daddy's favorite! It's these really neat stacking toys that can stack on top of each other or make different size balls. If you've been to our house since Christmas, you know what I'm talking about!
Here is Lilly with her house from Grandma and Grandpa! This house does so many cool things! She LOVES it!
My parents made a really yummy brunch and my brother and his kids came over. After that we went to my Aunt Sherri's house for dinner and more fun. My poor mom got the stomach flu while we were at my Aunt's, so we didn't stay long!
My poor sister also had the awful stomach flu on Christmas (she had it all day), and she forgot to bring Lilly's gifts with her, so we went over to her house at the end of the night. Here Lilly is finally getting the hang of opening a present! Her very last present of the night!
Christmas was so much fun this year! I love the magic that it brings with kids! I can't wait until the years to come! Thank you to everyone who helped make this Christmas so wonderful! We loved spending a lot of time with family during the holidays! We are so grateful for our families and for the Savior. I hope you all had a wonderful, magical Christmas like we did!
Lilly is helping with Grandma's scrapbook.
My Aunt Debbie makes these cute headbands,
