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This weekend, we hosted a fun brunch for friends that have a new baby.

Like the two Jeremy's (on the right is the proud new papa) need an excuse for beers. Lily was quite the hostess and was eager to play with new friends...

Creating a speedway with Phillip.
Snuggling with Uncle Buba
Ummm, Lily? Those are baby Eli's presents...
Sharing her castle with Marley and Dylan

Happiness is a...

plastic water bottle. This smartwater bottle literally kept her entertained all afternoon. Why do we buy toys?!

Fun at the Park and a New Friend

A few fun photos from this past weekend...
Cheesy grin... Lily loves the slide at the park!
She's getting tall... I fear that one day soon she's going to bump her forehead running around at the park!
Nothing better than a pile of crunchy leaves during fall playtime...
Celebrating baby Eli with Buba and Eva... congrats and welcome to Lily's newest friend!

Halloween Photos

It was a full day! Lily had a great time but was exhausted by bedtime. Her daycare had a parade at 10 am, and Lily held hands with her friend, Vincent, as they strolled around in their costumes. Then I brought her into XM, but she was really tired so we ended up coming home and taking a nap. From there we went to Lily's friend Fitz' house for some costume fun with the neighbors. It was hard to find time to take photos, but here are a few: (note - check out the links to Lily's friends' blogs too - likely there will be even better pictures than mine posted in the next few days!)

Snuggling with Lily and Georgie (of course he was a bee, too!) And then struggling with Lily and GEorgie... they are quite the handful!
Cute little busy bee...
Lily's friend, Bryn...
Enjoying dinner (thanks, Kara!)
Playing with Chloe

When we got home, I tried to no avail to get a cute photo of Lily and George together....
By evening time, George was tired of his costume (if he wasn't already!)
Lily's new favorite activity...giving George treats!
Awww...

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Birthday Song for Mom

Thought I'd finally join the 21st century and learn how to blog (web + log = blog, for you luddites out there). Here is a song you might be familiar with sung by yours truly with Lily accompanying on backing vocals. Enjoy the melody!

Mom's Birthday - Photos

Happy Birthday Mommy! Early morning birthday kisses are the best.
Mmmm...icing tastes good!
Check out the icing on my fingers...sweet vanilla goodness.
Hey mom, lick my finger please.

This mere table cannot stop me from getting to mommy's birthday cake...
One taste for me, one taste for mommy...
Open up and say ahhh...
Mission accomplished...this cake is even better than I thought it would be.

Dodgeball!

"If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball..."

Chatterbox

My dad was in town this weekend... though Lily had a blast with her Grandpa, she kept walking around the house asking for "Grandma? Grandma?" When my mom called on Sunday, Lily could not stop chatting!

More Pumpkin Patch Photos

Aly and Greg are much better photographers than I... here are a few more shots from today.

All smiles...
Lily giving Aly some lovin'.
Hugs for her mama
Julie giving me a squeeze...
The girls trying on their moms' shades...

Pumpkin Patch

We headed up to Butler's Orchard with friends today. Lily and Juliana had a great time playing with the pumpkins... it was a little harder to get Lily to choose just one!
Cutie Juliana checking out the pumpkins with Lily...
Lily and Julie posing on top of the hay bales
Daddy found one that he liked...
Lily is not convinced.
Maybe this is the one?!
We have a winner!
Family fun...

Spoiler Alert - Lily's Costume

So in case anyone out there would like to be surprised by Lily's Halloween costume, do not read on... I have been slightly frustrated because I bought the CUTEST butterfly costume for her, but she would not let me put it on her. In fact, any time I grabbed it from the closet she would run away, saying "No, no, no."

After further costume research, I found an adorable (though admittedly, not as cute as the butterfly) bee getup. Seemed like an good idea -- Lily is busy as a bee lately, and makes the funniest buzz sounds. And she actually let me put it on her! Check out the cute factor for yourself...

So Big

Remember when "so big" made us think of teeny baby Lily raising her hands and saying "So Big"? (If you've forgotten, you can check it out here.)

Well, these days, Lily is such a flurry of activity. She'll say "book" and then "color!!" and then her version of "Play-Doh?". And I'll sit and watch her doing all of these things (in a matter of 30 minutes, mind you!) and think to myself, "Wow, she is so big."