Our Daring Little Girl

Bundled up for the cold weather

I'm a happy girl

Lilly continues to explore different ways to stand and crawl. She loves to do her "breast stroke" crawl however at times she'll throw in a real crawl. Too cute! Lilly also enjoys walking with the help of one of us. She is daring! Just today, I found her standing in her crib (thank goodness the mattress was lowered last weekend). She hasn't figured out how to get down though, so she started to cry. Poor thing. She still has her cold, my gosh they last FOREVER!! We are ready for this to be over... she passed it on to Grandma Lita and her buddy Ryan. Germs, Germs, Germs. Lilly loves us, but the love of her life right now is Whitaker. She follows him everywhere, and he loves it! This morning Whitaker was on Ryan's chest and Lilly crawled over to get in the action. Lilly is also excited (as well as us) that she will be having a new cousin join her next summer. Preston is going to be a big brother! Yes, that's right, my brother and Stacie are going to have a new little one. We are excited! And... no we are not- one day though!
Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year if I don't make it on before then! Love, Kelli~

Pulling Up

So Big!

Daddy's favorite team even though they lose every game.

Ride Em' Cowgirl!

Be Careful!

Lilly has started to really pull herself up on everything! At Cindy's she found the steps and made her way up 2 sets. At Grandma Lita's she also is learning how to go up and down her step into the kitchen. Once in a while we can get her to do "so Big". It's really cute. Everyday is a new adventure for Lilly. It's so much fun to sit back and watch her discover new things.
~Kelli

7 Months

Lilly Loves the Christmas Tree

Lilly is 7 months now! She is just 17 lbs, and growing. She still hasn't mastered the crawl yet... but has no trouble getting where she wants to be ( like the fire place and TV stand). Lilly has found out that she loves to crawl under her exersaucer, it's a fun game for her. She has also learned how to pull her self up on one of her toys. I fear that soon she'll be walking. She noticed the Christmas Tree a few days ago and loves to play with an ornament that is just at her eye level. We have to stay by because she's so strong one pull on the ornament and down goes the tree.
Lilly is becoming a pro at letting us wipe her nose; poor thing has another cold. These colds last forever, we're working on a week and it's still runny! Thank goodness she is still happy!!
Hope you are all enjoying your winter weather... it's not going anywhere soon:)
Love,
Kelli

Busy Lilly

Lilly loves her Whitaker.

Lilly got a new bath tub! We tried it out in the family room first! When you squeeze the beak it quacks~

Our Lilly Is Getting So Big!

Lilly is at such a fun age. We are really enjoying her. Lilly loves Whitaker, she looks for him the minute she get up in the morning. She just got her 2 bottom teeth, she looks so big! She is almost crawling, Grandma says she looks like she's doing the breast stroke and she is sitting up really well. All of these things and much more! Ryan and I are always saying how did we get so lucky!~
This past weekend Lilly had 2 sleep overs with both grandmas. On Friday Grandma Lita stayed the night and on Saturday Grandma Tar stayed the night. It was fun!
We are really looking forward to the Holidays this year; it's exciting to have Lilly to celebrate with!

Go Lilly

Lilly's First Halloween

Happy Halloween

Lilly had a great first Halloween. She got to celebrate with many of her family and friends.
We had great weather, Ryan made a camp fire out on the driveway and we hung out there for the night.
Happy Halloween~
Love,
Kelli

Here are some pictures of the Trip~

Stacy's Wedding

This past week was my sister's wedding in St. John (the virgin Island). It was a crazy week to say the least. Ryan, Lilly, my grandma and I were planning on leaving Michigan on Wed. morning. We weren't sure we would make it out because of Hurricane Omar. We got to Charlotte NC and to our surprise our flight to St. Thomas wasn't canceled. We made it! My dad was able to find us a hotel on St. Thomas- we would stay there and hope to make it over to my family the next day.
My family was already on St. John Island, they were evacuated from their Villa, they had to move over to my sisters. Everything had to be boarded up and shut down to prepare for the hurricane. Ryan, Lilly, Grandma and I got off the plane and stayed on St. Thomas for the night. I was worried because the hotel that we were staying at had a huge glass sliding door right over the ocean (what a safe place to be when the hurricane hits). The front desk said we were okay and that if it got bad they would evacuate. Long story short, it stayed a level 1, so only high winds and rain. We made it- and now we can say we survived a hurricane! O- boy:)
Because of the hurricane everything was closed, the ferry that we needed was not up and running until 2:00. They lifted the curfew at 11 that morning, so things started to get back to normal. We made it to my family but Saylor's family was stuck in Miami, they never did make it to the wedding. There was no flights out until Sunday. It's was emotional for everyone.
My sisters wedding was beautiful despite all the highs and lows. The weather was rainy all day, but cleared up just for them! It was breath taking. The rest of the vacation was beautiful, sunny and hot. We left Sunday and made it home safely, however my parents, Stacie, Ryan and Preston's flight was delayed in St. Thomas so when they made it to North Carolina they missed their flight and nothing was available for them until this morning. What a mess! This was definately a vacation we will never forget!~ We all stuck together and made it through. Enjoy the pictures of the wedding.
Love,
Kelli

There's a First Time for Everything

Today is the first day that I am posting. We hope that this blog will be a quick way for us to post pictures of Lilly and of course us. I will do my best to keep up with it. Thanks to many of my friends that have beat us to this; we finally got our butts in gear.
Soon we will be able to share picutres of us on our Vacation/wedding. So be watching for new pictures.
That's all for now Folks,
Kelli

So Busy~

Cider Mill

Happy Fall!
We took Lilly to the
Cider Mill last weekend~
She had a great time.
Her favorite part was
looking at the pumpkins.