And these were a few of my favorite things when I was 20 months old

" Boo Boos" ( pacifiers) " Cacker" ( crackers RITZ CHEESE of course), and " Night Night" She actually passed out in the car while eating these. She was worn out and already in her jammies !
Warm bath and then comfy towels
Swimming in the bath tub
Piggy back rides
Coloring ( thanks for the table Aunt Pam! )
Coloring

Mommy's Bra. Lulu's Bra

LuLu's latest thing that she loves to put on is my bra. If I leave it anywhere she will find it and put it on. She loves to wear it around her head and her neck. She will also say "bra" which I think sounds so funny coming from a little one . She is such a mess!!!

Nature Park

Last Thursday the weather was wonderful so we decided to take LuLu to the nature park near our house. They have a lake and trails and a wonderful huge playground. We had so much fun and she cried when we had to leave. She loves to be outside and her most favorite thing ( besides coloring) is to slide!! We also fed the ducks for a few minutes but then left because one of the ducks was just laying beside our feet, shivering and with a runny nose. I dont know what illness it had but I did not want it... YUCK!

" CuLur CuLur Culur"

Playing with our neighbors water spout
Sidewalk Chalk
Chris bought LuLu some side walk chalk because she is obsessed with coloring! That is all she talks about, asks to do , wants you to do. It is very funny. She did not really care for the chalk because it made a mess on her hands and she does not like for her hands to be dirty. She made a few marks and then threw it down. I love it though so that just makes more sidewalk space for me. HA!

Sick Sick Sick..

We have been battling illness for several weeks in our house. I am hoping that it is drawing to an end. LuLu has had fever , vomiting twice in the past month and then bronchitis as well. Last night she was up from 1-6 vomiting every 30 mins. It was horrible. Please pray that our family continues to feel better and that illness will stay away. More posts to come when things calm down.

PumP PumP PumP it up!!!

Going down the big slide with Daddy
She fell on her head.. oops
The obstacle course with daddy
Climbing the wall to get to the slide
Wee.. and this was the small slide
Sitting on top of the dome

Group picture
All the kids running away
Ice cream!!
Me helping her eat ( after she slid under the table)
More ice cream!! She ate the whole cup. She loves it!


The birthday GIRL!!


Pump it Up....
Our sweet friends Matt and Michelle had a birthday party on March the first , which is tonight, for their daughter Anna at Pump It Up. We had never been there before and did not know what to expect. We had a WONDERFUL fun filled night . Chris and I were both having the time of our lives just like the other kids. All Lu Lu wanted to do was " side , side, side" !! Since every slide in the place requires physical activity to reach we had to join her. She was not afraid of anything! She even went down the 10 foot ( maybe not that high but very high) slide all by herself and laughed when she got to the end. She rolled on her head, slid on her face, got pushed and shoved and she did not care a bit. She was in heaven with all the slides!! She thought she was as big as all the other kids. Ice cream and cake brought a little bit of a scene for our family. She was sitting on the picnic table with all the kids and I turned my back for just one second so that I could get her some ice cream because she was the only one at the table that the girl SKIPPED, and she slide off the chair and under the table!! I heard all the mom's in the room GASP! She rose from under the table screaming . So do you think I will still win mom of the year? We had to leave the party early.. sorry Anna... because LuLu did not understand why she could not go back in the room and "side". . I guess that would be a little confusing for an 18 month old!

Valentine's Day 2009

Valetine's morning.. her new Elmo mailbox shapes sorter
Chris looks like he is sleeping in this picture.
On the boat
At dinner
The view from our table
Our special set up on the boat

Ready to leave .... like my bodily tribute to Happy Heart Day??

I will start by saying we have been SOOOOO busy lately. Valentines Day was so much fun this year. Chris and I keep saying that it was our best one ever. We woke up and gave LuLu her Valentines gifts.. ALL ELMO of course. She loved them all. THen we spent the rest of the day together until Chris and I sent solo that night. My mom and dad were so sweet to keep Lyla Brooke ( without any convincing) on Valentines night. My dad and mom never say no to keeping her no matter what holiday or event it is. They are the BEST!! Acutually I even think that they offered to keep her without me asking. They went out for an early Valentines dinner to accomodate our plans! Chris and I went to Opryland Hotel and had a wonderful dinner at the Cascades Restaurant. It was so relaxing, so romantic and sooo YUMMY! We had also reserved our own private cruise on the Delta Riverboat inside the hotel. They had it set up with hershey kisses and sparkling cider.... complete with our own personal waitress and SINGER! It was absolutely fabulous. Lyla Brooke spent the night with mom and dad... and yes I was in bed by 9:00!! I am such a loser.... but I was exhausted after our wonderful Valentines Day. Chris also suprised me with an MP3 player/radio walkman that he said I could use at the beach and in the tanning bed... he is so thoughtful and knows me so well. Thanks April for all the downlaods because I have no clue how to work that kind of stuff. I had such a fabulous day, the best ever.