Our Little Girl

One year ago at this time I was running around like a crazy Mama doing last minute house cleaning, making tutu's, catching up with laundry and making future dinners all while having contractions one after another! I had no sleep that night between the excitement of going into labor and checking off things on my to-do list. After a restless night of tossing and turning with contraction after contraction we checked into Wesley around 6am where I continued in labor until 2:18pm. We were then blessed with our precious little girl Lillian Irene! I can't wrap my head around that it has been a year but at the same time I look over her first year and we all have changed so much.

She is now a bubbly little girl who loves to roll around and kick her legs with laughter, play with her toys and watch movies with her big brother!

She is a daddy's girl if I ever seen one but she loves her mama too. 

She is a HUGE fan of strawberries and loves applesauce and if you combine the two she will be your best friend for life!

Her words are dada, no, no, yaya, and I swore I heard mama earlier today *wink*

She LOVES to lay on her back on the bed and kick her legs followed by self induced hysterical laughter.

We taught her to "high-five" the other day (you have to physically do it for her) and she cracks up!

Her and Leo's sibling bond is amazing to me. They laugh with each other, she will "yell" at him, and they will hold hands if they are lying by one another. 

Lily has also brought out a side in Mike that I absolutely adore, the way he lights up when she smiles at him saying "dada" is beyond cute. He has turned into a huge softy because of her...I can't imagine how wrapped around her finger he will be when she learns to talk!

We also found out her love for balloons while taking her birthday pictures, she can't get enough of the things...we should just give her a box of balloons for her birthday gift ;)

She is still very much into her bottle so we will see how hard it is to ween her off of that...

She is starting to become cuddly with stuffed animals. Her two favorite are a pink giraffe that she got for valentines day from my mom and a kstate bear that Mike actually gave me while we lived in Manhattan.

She is ever changing and I can't wait to see what the next year brings!

Our little Princess the day she was born

Happy Birthday Lillian Irene!