Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Lily's Princess HouseWarming Tea...
Lily had a Princess Housewarming Tea today with the wonderful folks from the Make A Wish foundation, Ginny and Cheryl. They brought Lily some new furniture, curtains, and some new toys for her house. Lily hosted several of her friends for the afternoon of fun playing in the new house. Ginny and Cheryl also brought snacks and drinks and the girls (the princesses!) even got crowns to wear! We are so grateful for the generosity of the Make A Wish foundation and their commitment to those who have been on incredible journeys.
Lily is doing very well right now. We have a couple of peripheral issues that involve some physical therapy, but in general, she is happy and precocious and very excited about her new baby sister who arrives early in the Fall. She still wants to name the new baby Strawberry Princess.
Thank you so much to the folks at the Make A Wish foundation, especially Ginny and Cheryl, our wish grantors. (We're still talking about the cookies, by the way!) We'd also like to thank the guys that came to help put the Princess house together: Marty and his team of Princess House Experts. Lily has been in the house every single day since it was put up. The world is a better place because of people like you and we are eternally thankful to you for loving our daughter and granting her wish. She's OVER THE MOON!
Also, as a special aside, we found out this week that one of the guys that helped put up the Princess House is the boyfriend of Lily's physical therapist. Small world.
Small, wonderful world.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Lily's Princess House!
The wonderful folks from the Make A Wish Foundation came today to install Lily's new Princess house! She is beyond thrilled and is waiting patiently for a friend or two to come over tonight and play in the backyard! Lily has already asked about sleeping in her new house! Many thanks to Ginny and Cheryl and all the wonderful folks at Make A Wish, especially the guys that came and put Lily's new house together! Her dream came true! (Her words!)
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
This little piggy went to West Virginia...
15 Splinters: FREE.
4 hot glue gun burns: also FREE.
Building a pretty decent 2nd little pig's house with sticks that Lily collected: kinda priceless, but kinda needing Tylenol too... Also, why are there pre-k projects like this? What happened to coloring? 
4 hot glue gun burns: also FREE.
Building a pretty decent 2nd little pig's house with sticks that Lily collected: kinda priceless, but kinda needing Tylenol too... Also, why are there pre-k projects like this? What happened to coloring?
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Sunday, April 08, 2012
Friday, April 06, 2012
Glow In The Dark Easter Egg Hunt!
We put Glow Sticks inside plastic Easter Eggs, from an idea we saw on Pinterest. We had a fun time hiding them in the dark tonight! If the weather is nice, we'll do it again tomorrow night!
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
The Adventures of Yellow!
This week's Letter of the Week was "Y." Yellow starts with "Y," so Lily made a book about the adventures of YELLOW!
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Rapunzel Lanterns!
We bought a paper lantern like in the movie Rapunzel. Tonight was beautiful outside here in Buffalo, NY (IN MARCH!!!) so we launched it!
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
The Rhino Hat!
We'll put up more pictures later, but had to go ahead and share Lily's new Rhino Hat! She loved, loved, loved it! We bought it on a website called Etsy from Marianne of BluePomGirl. (See her page HERE) Lily also got a new stuffed Rhino and a Rhino game. Who's ever heard of a Rhino themed birthday?
Lily's big birthday party will be tomorrow with ALL of the kids in her Pre-K class. She is so excited! We'll post more pictures this weekend after the big shin-dig! Thanks again to Marianne--this hat is so awesome!
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Lily Turns 5!
Our little baby is FIVE YEARS OLD!!! How did that happen?
Some days, it seems like a blip--other days it seems like decades have passed. It’s hard to remember what life was like before she arrived.
Things are really good with her right now. The only residual effects we’re dealing with are Physical Therapy to strengthen her upper body and we think that she will need more time with the eye doctor and perhaps a behavioral optometrist. She’s noticing her scar now and how no hair grows there but she’s fine with that--she has her own little version of a “combover” and you can’t really see anything.
She is an energetic and precocious kid. She’s creative and always wants to know WHY, not just WHAT. She’s nice to other people and has a keen sense of fairness and genuinely cares about everybody around her. Her favorite games are “Mommy and Baby,” “Playing Princesses,” Memory Games, Crafts, Tinker Toys and Lincoln Logs, Taking things apart and putting them back together, building stuff, telling ghost stories under a blanket with a flashlight, telling stories period with lots of details and usually with a cave and a princess involved, and she loves collecting stuff and playing Candyland. She’s a fierce little slice of awesome.
She gives us reasons to love her more every single day and we are so proud of the kid she’s growing into. She has her moments--but they are few and far between and she really is a happy little girl.
Liz and I thought it would be fun to revisit some of her milestones from the blog as we celebrate her upcoming BEST. YEAR. YET! Thanks for sticking with us all this time--there’s a lot more awesome coming...
Thank you all for your love and support. Our Lily is a marvel and we understand completely the gift we’ve been given. Birthday’s are momentous occasions--especially in our house. Lily is a wonder and we are so blessed to have her here, and to have the support of so many. Bless you all as we celebrate Lily’s 5th birthday!
Some days, it seems like a blip--other days it seems like decades have passed. It’s hard to remember what life was like before she arrived.
Things are really good with her right now. The only residual effects we’re dealing with are Physical Therapy to strengthen her upper body and we think that she will need more time with the eye doctor and perhaps a behavioral optometrist. She’s noticing her scar now and how no hair grows there but she’s fine with that--she has her own little version of a “combover” and you can’t really see anything.
She is an energetic and precocious kid. She’s creative and always wants to know WHY, not just WHAT. She’s nice to other people and has a keen sense of fairness and genuinely cares about everybody around her. Her favorite games are “Mommy and Baby,” “Playing Princesses,” Memory Games, Crafts, Tinker Toys and Lincoln Logs, Taking things apart and putting them back together, building stuff, telling ghost stories under a blanket with a flashlight, telling stories period with lots of details and usually with a cave and a princess involved, and she loves collecting stuff and playing Candyland. She’s a fierce little slice of awesome.
She gives us reasons to love her more every single day and we are so proud of the kid she’s growing into. She has her moments--but they are few and far between and she really is a happy little girl.
Liz and I thought it would be fun to revisit some of her milestones from the blog as we celebrate her upcoming BEST. YEAR. YET! Thanks for sticking with us all this time--there’s a lot more awesome coming...
- Lily Comes Home in a Snowstorm!
- Lily’s First Big Trip--to Cape Cod!
- First Christmas
- First Birthday
- Dolly’s Birthday and Pics of the Hambone
- A Visit with Paula and Grace
- Lily’s New Language
- First trip to the MOVIES!
- Third Birthday!
- Princess Party at the Mall!
- Lily 2.0
- Grandma, Grandpa, Mary, and Gaynor
- Nana TT and Paw visit for Thanksgiving
- Lily Pets a Penguin
- VOGUE!
- The One Year Surgiversary...
- Dancing Machine
- Starting School
Thank you all for your love and support. Our Lily is a marvel and we understand completely the gift we’ve been given. Birthday’s are momentous occasions--especially in our house. Lily is a wonder and we are so blessed to have her here, and to have the support of so many. Bless you all as we celebrate Lily’s 5th birthday!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Some New Stuff...
SuperLily!!!
Playing in the snow.
At Princesses on Ice with Siobhan and Sarah.
Telling ghost stories under a blanket with Siobhan and Sarah.
Ready to go outside!
Saturday, January 28, 2012
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