catching up

I've been playing catch up on the blog. Keep on scrolling for lots of updates on these two!

big bow

Grandma got this bow for Lily before she was born. It's ridiculously big and I LOVE it! I recently saw a onesie that read, "The bigger the bow the better the mama." So true! Thanks, Grandma!

lily girl

Baby girl has been growing like a weed and doing all sorts of new things. I was so much better about keeping up with the milestones when they happened with Marshall. Such is life with the second baby. So...while this is late, I still wanted to document all the things our sweet Lily girl is doing. She really is SO sweet. We just love her to pieces.


she sits!!!

gives herself her bottle (special thanks to Poppy for the blue eyes!)
Grabs and plays with her toys. She entertains herself pretty well but especially loves to watch her big brother play.

she eats!

Lily started eating rice cereal at about five and a half months old. She has done great with solid (if you can call it that) food. In addition to rice cereal she also eats peas, green beans, carrots, sweet potatoes, and apples. She has loved them all!

5 months...

and about the happiest little muffin ever. She's just yummy!

(photos were actually taken on her 5 month birthday despite the fact that she is almost 6 months now)

first day/last day

Marshall's school year ended at the end of May. He had a great year in Ms. Tanna's two year old class. I took pictures on his last day of school and couldn't help but compare them to the pictures on the first day of school. WOW...how do they change SO much in such a short time? Ugh..I hate it. If I could figure out a way to keep him little I would totally do it. I love this age!

first day of school (September 2010)



last day of school (May 2011)

birthday

Marshall's school year started at the beginning of September. That same week a little girl in his class celebrated her birthday. His teachers make a big deal about birthdays with crowns, birthday pins, presents, cupcakes, singing etc. Well...my little guy has a birthday in mid August. Not exactly conducive to a celebration at school with his friends. He has been asking since last September if I could make cupcakes for his class so they could sing "happy birfday" to him. His teacher allowed students with summer birthdays (there were only two) to celebrate the last week of school. He was giddy with excitement and he made a special request for green cupcakes...but of course!