Merry & Bright

This was Thanksgiving day at the "Country" or the Hunting Camp.

I love how her hair looks in the sunset. We had a wonderful time with family and

Lillianna enjoyed all the wide open spaces to run and run

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas!

I dressed her in some festive Christmas wear to try and snap a cute photos.

The following didn't make the cut for the Christmas card but they are still keepers.

Week-end Wrap-up

Playdate with Mary Bibb on Friday...

so many toys...so much fun!

Saturday morning, getting ready for the Alabama Game,

Lillianna helps Brad pack the cooler.

At the hunting camp, Lillianna enjoyed "long" walks

with Grandpa James, Jean Jean, Mommy, Da Da, & Boone.

Back at home, it was the best of times with her friends

Then it was the worst of times...arrrr puppy dog!

Tired from the long weekend & ready to watch her nightly dose of The Wiggles,

Lillianna strikes the cutest big girl pose ever.

Goodnight sweetgirl!

The end of a long day

After all that hard work, can I borrow some tea Mom?

It is so delicious I like to let the sweet tea just sit in my cheeks for a minute.

I feel so much better!!! Let's run around the room and roll all around.

15 minutes later....

All done.

Our little Worker Bee

I love this picture because it is pure Lillianna right now. Busy. Busy. Busy.

Excuse Mama, I don't have time to slow down for a picture right now.

I've got to pull my golf clubs over to the tree.

Hurry, I have a deadline to meet. I must get over there quick.

whew.....now that i'm done with that there is much stirring to be done in the birdbath. I wish someone else around here worked as hard as me.

Late October Days

Adventures in the Pumpkin Patch

Hi again!

Surprise!! I'm back! We're back!

Camera is finally fixed and I can finally share Sweet Lillianna's life with you again! Yea!

She is bigger and busier and cuter than ever.

Brad and I are enjoying her so much we just want to eat her.

She's still up to mos tof the same things:

She still loves to eat

She still loves to walk around the driveway and yard. These days her favorite thing is to carry around her golf clubs. Busy busy busy.

She's got alot more hair than the last time most of you saw her.

And she still loves to play with her best friend Mary Bibb. Here you can see them "giving five" to eachother which makes them laugh so hard. What makes them cry is when they hit eachother instead. It is so fun to get them together!


So much to share!

Update take two

More updating to be done....

A couple of weeks ago Lillianna's cousins Ella, Daisy, & Leah came to visit. Here is Ella helping Lillianna put her puzzle together. Ella is very helpful and very, very sweet to her cousin. They are going to be best friends one day!

Ella is showing off some of her best ballerina moves.

It has been so beautiful here the past couple of weeks....only in the 80's and with a breeze you really can't beat it! This is during a dinner which we are enjoying in our backyard. I could stare at that smile for hours.

This was taken at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago when we visited Aunt Courtney, Uncle John Eric & Cousin Napolean last weekend. That is tiny Lillianna's hand next to the replica of a polar bear's paw. We saw two of them and they were both gorgeous and a little scary.

Update....

Camera still isn't fixed but we were able to unload all of our pictures so we can take it in to finally be fixed. Here are some of my favorite pictures of the lat month.

This one will always take me back to the last couple of weeks before our move when we could hardly move around because of all the boxes. Lillianna pushed her way through though.

This is the last swim of the summer with Mary Bibb. They sealed the moment with a kiss...something they do all the time now. how cute!

One Sunday Brad, Lillianna, and I had a picnic in Delano Park. This is in the final days between crawling and walking. I love this picture

This is one of the first days in our new hosue. One this particular day (maybe the only day ever) she wanted to keep her hat on...her very special hat that her aunt Lesley and Aunt Ashley made her.

This is later that day when playing in the hose was just too good to be true.

I fall in love with her more each day.

Well, Hello!

Hi family and friends! So sorry that we havn't posted lately. We are still trying to get the camera fixed and it looks like we're going to have to send it in. We did manage to finally get a few pictures off the camera onto the computer so here's a couple. Lillianna is a precious, busy, little girl these days....not alot of baby left. She's taking a few more steps everyday and exploring all she can do when she gets somewhere. We're ready for this hot weather to be over but more so, we're ready to be settled in our new house....moved in less than a week, settled in less than a year. We love you all and miss you too!

Did you say yes I could get in the cabinet?

Look Mom, no hands!

Birthday girl!! This was taken on her very busy, very hot, very fun birthday!

What else would you like for me to pick up at the store Mom?

Thanks for sharing your water.

Hi again!

sorry for the lack of pictures...we're having technical difficulties but help is on the way.

i have LOTS of pictures to share so hopefully i'll get to soon!

love you all!

Black-eyed vampire

Things are looking up today. Her eyes are still swollen but she's been a good mood. In this picture she is sucking her top lip...a new thing brought on my some new teeth trying to get ready to come in. The funny thing is I think it's her Canine (k-9, fang) teeth so it'll look like she's missing her front four teeth. She'll be my little vampire or redneck one.

Brad hasn't seen this yet and actually will only see this picture because it already came off.

thank goodness.

Lillianna's first piece of artwork and like all true artists she needed a bigger canvas than the paper that's just outside the picture. actually she was trying to "pat" electrical sockets with the pencil. I heard it but didn't look down until it was too late. Picasso Parsons.

What a day!

Just another Monday morning:

I took this picture before my morning walk with Lillianna. I took it to capture the beauty of our favorite tree. Since we just sold our house, we are going to miss this tree more than anything else! You can see Lillianna in the stroller expecting just another usual Monday.

This sad picture was taken after our walk. Each morning after our walk, Lillianna likes to sit on the driveway and play with stick, leaves, and the flowers in the flower bed. This morning, she was minding her own business, stirring some mulch with her blue spoon when Sid, our cat, came running at her full speed and didn't stop. Lillianna hit the concrete and piece of wood lining the floor bed head-first. It's hard to say whether it was an accident or an act or terroism on Sid's part but the fact that she had already sprayed the room this morning when Lillianna was playing in her food doesn't make Sid look too good. The jury is still out on the punishment. Lillianna is okay and suffered only minor, though many, scrapes and bruises on her face, head, and shoulder. poor baby.

Our day got much better when our friends Meredith and her daughter Lydia, pictured here, invited us over. It was so good to see them!

It got even better when Lydia shared ALL of her toys with Lillianna, handing them to her one by one, until she was covered in exciting new toys!

Just when we thought the day couldn't get better, Lydia had the best idea!

It's so nice to have friends to brighten your day!