Things that Lilly has done since March:
1. Finally wears size 12 month clothing...granted she can wear 18 month pajamas and they are way cuter, but she is finally in the double digit clothing!
2. She made it into size 3 diapers!! I think she will be potty trained before we ever get a bigger size!
3. She loves the zoo!! She loves the zoo so much that we were going 2-3 times a week and neither of us ever got tired of it. She absolutely loves the hyenas, because they look like dogs! Her other favorite thing at the zoo is the carousel. Thankfully we were able to attend a zoo fundraiser and purchased a rental of the carousel. What an amazing first birthday party!
4. She had her first birthday. I am so grateful for good family and friends. Lilly was able to have her great-grandpa & great, great-uncle from Florida there, so in total she had, 2-grandma's, 1-great grandma, 1-great grandpa, 1-grandpa, 1-second cousin, 1-great uncle, 1-great, great uncle, 2-uncles, 2-aunts, 13 friends, and 1-best friend there. She is loved by so many, it is amazing to see just how many people love and care for her.
5. Her best friend is Sammie. I truly hope that Lilly and Sammie are able to develop a friendship that surpasses none. She is so lucky to have a friend that is so close to her age and is a great compliment to her attitude. This is my future blackmail picture!
7. The library is another favorite place! Lilly and I usually walk out of the library with a bag full of books! We have also discovered that the CDs are a wonderful addition to our car, as we don't like to listen to the radio!
8. We have a walker! Two days after her first birthday, she took her first steps on her own. There has been no looking back. She runs and walks everywhere and gets upset if you don't let her. I am seriously thinking about a backpack leash for her.
9. Her first "real" Halloween was a huge success. She was a super cute alien from Toy Story and she carried around a princess wand. She could've cared less about the candy, she just wanted to walk. What a goofy girl!
10. Lilly officially has 4 front upper teeth, 4 front lower teeth, and 4 rear teeth. She took teething extremely well and I am so grateful for that!
11. She is mommy's helper! She loves to help/hinder washing dishes, vacuuming, etc.
12. This girl sure knows how to shop! She always hand the debit card to cashiers and we even took a trip to Von Maur and found her a Christmas dress! She decided to hand the cashier the card to pay for it and the lady walked around the counter to hand Lilly the bag, upon which time Lilly pulled the bag all the way up to her chin with both hands and walked proudly out of the store. I have a feeling we will have lots of wonderful shopping trips in the future!
13. She is her father's daughter! She loves to play video games and gets upset if Pratt turns them off. She loves to sit on his lap and watch them. She also has her very own remote (which doesn't work, thankfully) and her own xbox controller! Hopefully she will love playing video games with him as much as she will love shopping!
14. We get stopped everywhere! You would think that people had never seen a beautiful little girl before. We have to plan for an extra 15-30 minutes for every trip because we get stopped. I thought it was just an Indiana thing until we went to Chicago for a Cubs game and we were stopped by complete strangers!
