The Lilly Pad

At the beginning of June Adelyn had her very first dance recital. Her class did a tap number to Under the Sea and it was so cute! Adelyn did her best and we were so proud of her! I volunteered backstage and while I won't say it was fun, I am glad I did it.   Waiting patiently backstage with her best friend Gracyn. At one point Gracyn said to me, "Miss Abbie will you put some more lip gloss on me? Lets just make sure before I go on stage my lip gloss is refreshed." She's too much!   Backstage with Miss Nicole   The Fans: ;)      

Today may be the first official day of summer but we've already packed in a lot of summer fun! In May Matt built me my Mother's Day present...a swing set!    Uncle Ryan and Aunt Lauren even came all the way from Connecticut to help and let me tell you - we couldn't have done it without them ! (And by "we" I mean Matt. I cannot take any credit for this success).       The day they left to go home we had this visitor.   A 7' 4" alligator in our yard. A nice gentleman named Thunder came to help with his removal. We have a lot of thank you notes to write! ;)   We've also squeezed in swim lessons at Gracyn and Camryn Reese's house.     I was so proud of Adelyn! She was brave, didn't cry, and greatly improved from last year.     I was really proud of Caiden too! This is him floating on the first day. I never did get it on video but two different times he took his hands out from behi...

AdeG & KK: Partners in Crime     They love each other so much!     They can make each other laugh just by breathing...   When Adelyn gets her picture taken...   ...Caiden thinks he needs to have his picture taken.   This is how everyone walks their dog...right?     AdeG & KK - I love you!     Btw...   "AdeG" is a silly nickname for Adelyn that came about from a question like this - "What would my name be if you spelled it a-d-e-g?"   Whenever we do call her AdeG she laughs and says "my name's not AdeG!"    "KK" is what Caiden says when you ask him to say his name. :)

     How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you?   1 Thessalonians 3: 9 

 I know, it's pathetic. I'm blogging about Thanksgiving 2012 at the end of February 2013. But there were too many fun memories to not give it a blog post.   We headed to Owensboro this year for Thanksgiving. It was Caiden's first airplane ride and visit to Kentucky. He did great on both the flights. Isn't it so sad that his mother made him ride in a hot pink stroller.    Adelyn and Caroline had a lot of fun playing together. They had the most fun teasing Uncle Chris by hiding in his bed and giggling until he came to find them.     Since these pictures were taken Caroline has become a big sister. Do you think she was worried that her baby brother would be as silly as Adelyn's?   Speaking of our baby brother, he was quite the early riser on this trip. On Thanksgiving morning he woke up at 4 am, took a scenic drive around Owensboro, wished everyone in the drive thru at Dunkin' Donuts a "Happy Thanksgiving" an...

On Friday we carried on the Lilly family tradition of attending the Circus. It's up for debate as to who was more excited, Adelyn or Grandpa. 3 generations of Lilly circus attendees   Kelly the elephant took us for a ride before the show and it was pretty great! This is the quintessential circus picture...Mimi & Grandpa, a glow stick, and balloon animal. All that's missing is a clown!    And ever since then Adelyn has been "wowing" me with her "circus performs" on the monkey bars. If she pursues a career as a circus performer I'm holding you personally responsible Grandpa!   We had a great Thanksgiving and can't wait to go to the circus again. Next time the lion tamer will be with us! ;)    

At the end of October Matt & I went to Savannah for a weekend to get away. It was our first trip away since Caiden was born. It was wonderful. We slept in every morning and didn't have to be back for naptime.   We took a historic carriage ride around the city, ate delicious meals and even stood in line at Mrs. Wilkes. It was so worth it!    Adelyn & I made a pumpkin pie for Halloween and we had fun trick or treating with friends.         She wanted to be a bride this year. Claire and Cinderella were her great inspirations. She felt so beautiful!       The Bride and her best girlfriend Jessie (aka: Gracyn)     As for the Buddy Boy. His mother didn't buy him a costume. If she had planned ahead she could have dressed him up as a groom or prince. But she didn't and he didn't mind at all.