Hanger Ninja

The other day I was ironing (which hardly ever happens) so Lily was surprised to see hangers in the living room. As you can see below, it entertained her for a while. I was impressed with her coordination - she stood on her own (with the help of the couch) and moved a hanger in each hand. When Matt first saw these on the camera he said "what are these ninja pictures?" I guess you could put the caption "hi-ya!" in a few of these.

Daddy's Birthday (part 2)

The Sunday after Matt's Birthday we went to his parent's house to celebrate and watch the Bears. (This was a few weeks ago and thankfully not today's awful game.)

Grandpa's kitty lets me pet (grab) her!

Helping Daddy open presents

Being silly with Nana

4 deer came through the back yard while we were eating dinner!

Made several attempts to get a family photo for the Christmas card. This was one of the better ones.

"Can I touch it?"

"Oooohhhh..."

Santa!!!

On Friday we took Lily to the library open house to see Santa for the first time. Of course she was "serious Lily" and didn't crack a smile the whole time. But at least she didn't cry!

Same picture zoomed in

We had to wait in line for about 20 minutes. The time flew by for Lily because there was so much for her to look at.

Looking at the kids next to us, clinging to Daddy's sweater for dear life.

I had to get a full shot of her pretty Christmas dress

"Daddy's happy, but I'm not so sure about this"

"Maybe I'll do some reading while I wait"

Christmas card photo rejects

I tried all sorts of poses and props, but couldn't the photo I wanted of Lily for the Christmas card. But at least I got a lot of funny rejects.

In the battle of Lily vs. the Santa hat.... the Santa hat lost.

"Mom, I'm NOT wearing this hat"

"The hat is gone and I've got the cell phone... I'm happy now!"

So cute in my Christmas frog pj's
Next I tried a mini Santa hat on a head band and she pulled that off even quicker.
"You wear it"

Laughing with Christmas Piglet

Daddy's Birthday

Daddy's 29th Birthday was December 1st. Lily helped me make it a very special day for him. She wore her "My Daddy Rocks" t-shirt.

She took long naps so I could make dinner and Star Wars sugar cookies for dessert.

She helped me pick out balloons.

Thanksgiving weekend

Once again, I'm very behind on my postings and it's time to catch up. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend in Indiana with my family. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring my camera. :( Can you believe it? So I only have a few cell phone pictures to share... and none are of Thanksgiving day. :( You'll just have to trust me that Lily wore 3 very cute Thanksgiving outfits (yes 3). The memories will not be forgotten because my brother took lots of photos on his camera.

Playing in a laundry basket during the Purdue/IU game. (She was smiling because Purdue was winning then.)

In her Bears pj's ready for Sunday's game. Notice she is sitting like a cheerleader (she did that on her own) and holding her favorite thing (the cell phone).

This picture wasn't taken Thanksgiving weekend, but it was close after and another cell phone pic that I really like.

Lily "walking"

I just took this video on my cell phone (sorry it's so grainy). I don't think her table is supposed to work like this, but it's working for us. Good thing we asked Santa for some real push-toys!!