....to my gorgeous sun-kissed, spunky, funny BLOND little love!
Shortly after your first birthday, you started calling Brenna "BaBa." Even now at 2, you can say "Benna" but you still chose to call her "BaBa" and she refers to herself as "BaBa" and can often be found loving on you saying something like "oh, come here and sit on BaBa's lap and BaBa will hold you." This was the year that you and BaBa became best friends. She adores you and takes such good care of you and loves to make you laugh. One thing we used to do a lot was say "Lily, who do you love?" And you would reply "BaBa." And then I'd say "BaBa?!?!?, What about Momma/Daddy/Grandma and go down the list just to have you smile and say "No, BaBa" And of course Brenna would find this hilarious. Of course you guys get in fights sometimes but really you love each other more than I ever could have imagined a sisterly bond could be so early on. Here you are showing off your new trick and wanting Brenna to watch you "Ready, Look BaBa!!!"
Lily Girl, you get up EARLY! You are so easy to put down for a nap and at bedtime but honestly I can count the number of times you have slept past 6:30am on 1 hand and I'm not exaggerating. You get up between 5:15-5:45am everyday. Luckily your dad and I switch off every other day who gets the early morning shift because man it can really wear on you. But you're so sweet in the mornings and drink your milk and watch tv on the couch with us. And because you are up so early, you take 1 early nap when Brenna is at school which works out nice for mommy because I could get some things done for work or around the house when you're asleep.
You are kinda on Brenna's schedule and this year we spent a lot of time at the pool watching Brenna take diving lessons.
You think you can do anything that BaBa does and you jump into the water with no fear!!
Which is why we spent our summer in ISR swim lessons.
You can often be found walking in plastic princess heels and pushing a stroller around the house. One thing that is so funny about you is that you are LOVE musicals. You can watch Annie on youtube over and over again and your absolute favorite thing to watch on tv is Teen Beach Movie on the Disney Channel. You dance to the music and prefer that over Mickey Mouse Clubhouse any day of the week.
You answer yes by saying "mmm hmm" in a cute little high-pitched squeak and your new favorite thing to say to me is "Momma, you know what?" Me: "What?" Lily: "Nevermind" You also say "And...Papa Les" all the time out of the blue because you know it's funny.
When you have a dirty diaper, I say "Are you stinky" You: "NO!" Me: "Yes, you are, can I change you?" You: "NO!!!" Me: "Will you tell me when I can?" You" "Ok, Momma" It's your little routine we go through almost everytime.
PURPLE HIPPO Oh how you love purple hippo. "Pacy" "Hippo" are requests I receive all day long. We even bought a second hippo this year when we couldn't find yours one day. You LOVE hippo. Now we just have to get rid of the Pacy but our new puppy, Sydney Mae Grace, is helping with that because she is chewing all of them up that she find laying around the house. You were scared of dogs until "Syd Syd" came along. When we leave the house you say "Bye Syd Syd, love you!"
Recently, when you are frustrated or annoyed you let out a big "UUUGHHHHHH" Wooopsies, you definitely got that one from me. You've thrown a couple of fits one involved me having to carry you out of the mall in the football hold while people were staring at me. You wanted to hop through the mall like a frog and any other mode of transportation was unacceptable to you and you let me know it.
I love you, Lou Lou!!!! You are beautiful inside and out and to be your momma is the best feeling in the whole world!
