Easter 2012

We had a very busy Easter this year...Saturday around lunch we went to my parent's house to eat a quick lunch and let the kids hunt Easter eggs, we spent most of the afternoon on their front porch letting the kids dig in their Easter baskets (the Easter bunny leaves them a basket at Gram & PawPaw's house too!). Late that afternoon we headed over to Zach's dads house to celebrate Easter and Grandaddy Burke's 81st birthday! On Sunday Lily & I went to church with my family (Zach was at work) and we went out to my parent's house to spend the afternoon. Here are some pictures from our Easter weekend!

 Daddy & Lily

 Mommy & Lily

 Playing peek-a-boo!

 Great Great Great Aunt Mary with Lily, Allison, & Will!

 The Easter Bunny was good to Lily this year! 

 Easter Sunday after church

 So CUTE!! 

Mommy & Me

On my birthday we went to Karen Ford's photography studio in Randolph for a mommy & me session! I just got my cd of the pictures last week so I thought I would share a few of my favorites! They were all SO good...Karen is a wonderful photographer and comes up with the cutest ideas!! Lily was wearing some of her Matilda Jane outfits so I went to Charming Charlies and found the cutest dress that matched one of her outfits!

Here are some of my favorites from the session:

 Love the expression on her face!! 

Another post to follow on all of her latest adventures! 

10 months

Our sweet Lily Claire is 10 months old!! Favorite food: peas Favorite book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Favorite activity: riding around the neighborhood in her wagon Favorite game: Pat-a-cake Words she says: Da-da, yay, hey She also waves hello and bye-bye; makes the touchdown motion when you say, "touchdown Auburn!"; claps her hands when you say pat-a-cake or yay! She is standing up by herself and taking a few steps! Here is the link to her recent pictures: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.582555866800.2065963.58903261&l=8e14c35c71&type=1

9 months old

     Lily is 9 months old now, it is so hard to believe how fast she has grown! (I know I say that every time!) She is changing so fast and doing so many new things! At her 9 month check-up she weighed 18lbs and she was 26 3/4 inches long, her iron was low so she takes a daily vitamin. Lily is crawling all over the place, pulling up on everything, and loves to walk around when you hold her hands! She has her two bottom teeth now too!! She says "dada" constantly, I'm talking all through the grocery store and repeatedly at home! She is still loving the swimming pool, If we walk outside by the pool she reaches for it and grunts (that means that she wants to swim)!! She is trying all kinds of new foods... mandarin oranges, bananas, and the stage 3 foods! She drinks her milk out of a sippy cup most of the time now and still loves her snacks!

     I took her 9 month pictures today, these are a few of my favorites!

This one has to be my absolute favorite!! 

Here is the link to the rest of her 9 month pictures!! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.578700078830.2065039.58903261&l=7212d03818&type=1 

3 year Anniversary

On July 26, 2008 Zach and I said "I Do"! It has been three years since that day and we have accomplished so much together! Zach worked hard to support us while I finished college, in December 2009 I graduated with a BS in Elementary Education. He has been through many schools in the past three years with Prattville Fire Department. I am about to begin my second year at Clanton Intermediate School teaching third grade. In June 2010 we bought our first house and on November 24, 2010 we welcomed a very special little girl into our family! Sometimes it is hard to believe that we are parents....but we are so proud to call ourselves mommy and daddy! Lily Claire is a gift from God and we thank God for her each and every day!

Here are a few photos from 3 years ago!!

This is my favorite picture of us from our wedding!

The groomsmen were being a little aggressive!! haha! I love how my brother looks like he is going to pull my feet off! AND how sweet little Kaden is "holding" me up!!

Happy 8 months

Lily turned 8 months old Sunday, my how time flies! Last week Lily began to crawl instead of scoot...as of Sunday she was crawling all over her room and wanting to come into the hall. I had to coax her to crawl into the hallway, she wasn't fond of crawling on the hardwood floors, she prefers carpet! Monday she was playing in her room, I stepped out of her room for a minute and then I heard her slapping the hardwood in the hall. When I walked into the hallway she was sitting just inside her bedroom door peeking out into the hall. She was slapping the floor to get my attention so I would come back in there! She is so funny, she has the cutest personality I've ever seen in an 8 month old! Monday morning she was sitting in Zach's lap and quietly she uttered the words, the words I've been patiently waiting to hear...she said "mama"!!!! AND I didn't even hear it! It still made me one proud "mama"!! Zach is at work today(Tuesday)...I was talking to him on the phone and held the phone up to Lily's ear for him to talk to her, she smiled and said "hey"!! It was the sweetest little "hey" I've ever heard, it was quiet and he could barely hear her but she said it and that's all that matters!! Oh, Lily has also tried mashed potatoes and mushed banana...she doesn't know what to think except... yum! As you can see Miss Priss has reached many milestones in the past few days and we are all VERY proud of her! We have to show off her crawling skills every time someone comes over and she likes to show off too! :) She makes my heart smile, I never knew I could love something SO MUCH...but now I know and I will NEVER forget these precious moments!

Happy Eight Months Lily Claire!!!

7 months

I am really late posting this considering Lily will be 8 months old Sunday...but here it is!

Lily has recently discovered her love for snacks...she likes to snack all during the day and after every meal!

She has started crawling and can navigate all over her bedroom!

She loves splashing around in the swimming pool!

I will update more on the 8 month post so here are her 7 month pictures!