Lillie’s Birthday Party!

First off, the sad part of the story.  On Thursday, Lillie’s birthday, I pulled out my camera to take pictures.   Once I started taking pictures, I realized my flash is either broken or burned out (same thing?).  That was sad.  Also, if the light is not very optimum around now, my camera will not take good pictures at all. Super sad story. 
The good that comes from the bad: 3 different people (My dad, My father-in-law and my sister) bring great cameras to Lillie’s party and take dozens and dozens of pictures.
  The hard part of the story.  Selecting the BEST pictures to put on the blog from her party :)  Hence, you may get too many, but oh well:)

 

Saturday the 15th we had Lillie’s party!!  We had grandparents, some aunts and uncles, and a couple friends here to celebrate! (About the max amount of people we could fit comfortably. :))

 

Lillie was ready for a fun fun day!

 

My good friend, Ashley, and cake making extraordinaire, came a little early to help me put the cake together.  I had never done a fondant cake before, and so she helped me out a lot!  It was definitely a lot of fun!   

Lillie was happy and ready to party!

Once we got her on a sugar high, it was time for presents! She definitely got spoiled, and we had a lot of fun!! Hooray for birthday!

Can’t believe it’s been 1 year already!

Thursday our little Princess turned one!  This has been quite the year for us, and she has just made it all that much better!  From her amazing arrival, to being the light in the days that were rough, to her spontaneous constant laughter, to her fun personality, we love everything about her!  I took her in for pictures on her birthday, and am slightly grumpy that I can no longer share them on the blog and facebook through JCPenney’s new format.  If you’re interested in seeing the fantastically darling things, click HERE.  (It’s just a slideshow).

I took her in yesterday for her 12 month well-child visit, where she got stats and, of course, dumb shots.  Glad they’re over.  Here are her stats, and some pictures to see just how much she has grown over the past year:

28.25 inches long – 24th Percentile
19 lbs 9 oz – 23rd Percentile

(Pictures of the celebration coming soon)

    

More Christmas

We always try to get together with our families over the holidays.  This year on Christmas we headed to Richfield to party with my family.  I just took a few pictures to show how much fun 39 people have when a reason to party occurs :)

 

Steven and his “Best buddy” Tait

 

Lillie was getting into everything, so Darrell put her in this box.  It proved to be very exciting :)

We also had a delightful New Years Eve dinner with my fam, and a wonderful New Years Day with Darrell’s family.  I’m a little sad to be done with the holidays.  They were so much fun with my kids.  At least we have all the loot to keep us entertained for a while :)

Christmas Morning!

This year, for the first time with our little family, we had Christmas morning at our own house.  It was exciting to start this tradition, especially since it was our first Christmas in our house.  We had to wait forever for Darrell to wake up before we went down to see what Santa brought. But thankfully, it was worth the wait. :)

Steven got tools from Santa, and was excited to get to work!

 

Lillie got Beads and a dolly.  She has always loved beads.

 

A yummy Christmas morning breakfast!

 

We all got BYU jammies for Christmas.  On Christmas Eve when Steven opened his pajamas, he disappointedly said, “it’s material.” and tossed them aside.  IT was hilarious.  We showed him they were actually pajama pants though.  As you can tell, he was thrilled about a picture.

 

Opening present.  Steven’s cousins gave him some Buzz Lightyear wings, which he LOVES! Lillie also got some great toys.

 

Christmas Eve

For Christmas Eve, Darrell got off work at like 10 a.m., so it was a day to party!!  We headed to Springville to see Santa, and spend the evening with some of Darrell’s family. Our kids looted up there, before heading home for a night to sleep and hope Santa would come.