Saturday, January 3, 2009

Lily!

Best Birthday Bash!

Best Tea Party set ever!


Best first kiss---WHAT?!! ;)

Best Big Brother!


Best seat for the Puppet Show!

Best Ringmaster!

Best Carnival Cupcake Creation!



Best Birthday Hat!


Best Lion Pinata---no weapons required!




Lily! We love this little blonde. She oozes excitement about everything. The whole world is special and beautiful and wonderful, especially anything pink, glittery or girlie.

My two most favorite things of all about Lily are her prayers and her voice. I know... her voice will change. But it is the epitome of little princess. It sounds as close to minnie mouse as possible. It's high, and irresistible... it's also high in decibels...so yes, it does give me headache at times... but oh, how we love it! And we secretly hope she never learns to pronounce the letter F, because it just makes everything so much fun to listen to when you pronounce F's as P's. One of her favorite words is FUN, but Lily says it PUN. We just smile and love it to pieces.

Her prayers are the best things ever. And she is ALWAYS the first to volunteer. You how most kids won't volunteer to say a prayer if they're in a bad mood, not Lily, she'll jump at the chance. In each of her prayers, she says at least 10 times, "Thank you for Mama, I love her so much." So there, now you know why I love her prayers! She also gives thanks for everyone else she knows... then gives thanks for all the beautiful things and goes on to name very specific things she loves at the moment. Which is refreshing to here, most adults don't have such colorful prayers.

Lily is such a JOY! She has her mood swings that take her in 2 seconds from delightful to inconsolable, but is that the age? I can't remember, but I just love seeing life through her eyes. She has such a positive outlook on everything.
She loves to dance and be silly, I'm so glad at least one of my kids likes that. She LOVES clothes. I'm afraid I created a problem here. At least we're through the major dress up stage... I'm not even going to revisit the specifics of that, but most of you know it drove me crazy. I've learned to look at the bright side... we share that in common, and she has a fun sense of fashion. Lily is my best little "priend" in the whole wild world. She has a contagious passion for life and I love her for everything that she is!

11 comments:

Emily said...

So sweet. She is irrisistible! I love to hear her say what she "lubs". Her party was fabulous today. You are such a great mom to do all that! Thanks for everything and especially for being our priend. ;)

Julie said...

What a sweet girl and what a fun age she is entering! I love the cake you made - it looked amazing!

Lisa Michelle said...

1 - Happy Birthday to Lily! She is so darling.
2 - Those cupcakes are AMAZING. Did you make them??? Of course you did - you are AMAZING!
3 - That pinata is so cool! So they just pull the strings and then all the goods come out? Great idea.
4 - Isn't the Chinese New Year soon? Happy New Year, Sha-Sha!!

Kathleen Jackson said...

I remember the day you called to tell me you were pregnant. Now, little baby Lily is 4, seems like Ty and Heath were just there. We love Lily, it is fun watching her grow up. Like having my own little girl. Happy Birthday silly Lily, we love you.

Kathleen Jackson said...

I'd rather eat cake than vegetables

Lisa Michelle said...

Yes!!! We are still in Utah -- when are you coming? Bryce finishes up the program in April, and I assume we'll be around till we head off to wherever a job takes us. Don't know where that will be yet, so our timetable is up in the air, but keep me posted on any trip plans for sure!! It would be SO fun to see you -- and Sha-Sha, too. ;)

JohnandMyrica said...

Hey Janelle... Thanks for sending us a card. That is so funny that we both picked the same design! What's even funnier is after I got your card I looked up your blog and saw that we both picked the same blog background too! :) I sent you an invite to our blog so you can check it out. Your kids are adorable by the way! --Myrica

Sam and Rachelle said...

I am so happy you found me! Your kids are adorable! I love blogs just for the fact it makes keeping in contact so easy. Hope to see you this summer!

Emily said...

Cute pictures. Who IS that sweetheart she is lovin on? He is adorable! ;) Cute pictures and BTW...how is the world did you get the most un-best picture of me ever? No make up, wet hair and a poofy, saggy shirt that makes me look 6 months pregnant???? Thanks... YOU are the best. ha ha

Emily said...

Oh yea....AND...that song is PERFECT!! Did they write it for her or what?

TheoMama said...

I'm sooooo sorry again. We love Lily! Emma is sorry she has a mom that forgot to take her to her favorite friend's house for a super cool birthday party. :-(