Family Pics

Our good friends Zach and Emily Cheatham took some family pictures of us in Searcy last weekend. They made a great team and we enjoyed the shoot almost as much as seeing the pictures! Check out Zach's website at www.zachcheatham.com.

A few of our favs...

In Lily's Words

This will just be a quick post to document some of the funny things Lily is saying these days - I'll put what I can think of at the moment and then possibly add to it.

We always joke that Lily is so "advanced" but speech is one area where I can actually say that with confidence. When the doctor left the exam room at her 18 month appointment - her response to the nurse in the hall was, "man that one's a talker." She is constantly chattering and keeping us laughing - she comes by it honestly, falling in line with cousins Noah and Griffin.

Words that took us a while to figure out:

1. monsters (from Where the Wild Things Are) = na-noos
2. Santa Claus = Gee Cause

Other funny things:

1. When Lily wants something, like most almost 2 year olds, she is very adamant about it. However, when you finally catch on to what she is trying to get across and she realizes she is about to get what she wants, she will change her tone completely, cock her head to to one side, and casually say "o-kaay" as if the whole thing was actually your idea.
2. She has a tendency to add "ee" to words that she uses a lot like "thank you-ee"
3. She also says "thank you" when she wants you to take something from her - especially in the car.
4. She has just started saying "mine" (which is not really funny) to indicate that she wants to hold on to whatever she has. Yesterday, a lady in line The Children's Place said hi to her and Lily responded by saying "mine" and clutching her new tights even tighter.
5. She is really into counting but always skips 1 and usually goes, 2-5-6-7.

She has also started putting words together which is fun to see. Her first official "sentence" was while in the tub, she said "Where Pooper (Cooper) go?" when he had grown bored of watching her and walked off. Now, I realize she left out the "did" but I'll give it to her anyway. She also has learned to say "watch ____" (fill in the blank with anything she is into at the moment) or "_____ book" to indicate whether she wants to read about Elmo (Santa, Monsters, Mickey Mouse, etc) or just watch them on TV or You Tube.

Halloween & Homecoming

getting ready for Boo at the Zoo


Highlight of the zoo was seeing Elmo. She cried when I pried her from his lap.

Cousin Eden was so cute as a unicorn.

Lily the Lamb and Captain Griffin the astronaut

Tucker the alien wore that headband all night.

Griffin & Lily at church

after the homecoming football game

hiking with Dad

Lily's "Pillar"

These are just a few shots we took out in the yard this week. She LOVED this little guy and did not want to let him go. We called it quits when he started moving really slowly after being squeezed between two chubby little fingers.

showing Coop

not sure about him crawling on her hand

free at last