Princess and the Frog

I haven't blogged in awhile because we have been so sick at our house. Lily and I had that horrible virus that has been going around, and I ended up having to go to the emergency room. But, now, we are all well! We took Lily to see her first movie- The Princess and the Frog. She loved it, and she was amazing! We were so happy that she was so wonderful. Since we have returned from our movie adventure, she takes all of her stuffed animals and dolls to the movies. The picture above shows them all sitting on the couch together "eating nachos" and "watching Princess and the Sog" - she is having a little trouble with her F's.

Next week, I am going to post a couple of videos of Lily performing to one of her favorite singers, Taylor Swift. They are pretty funny.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear... Listen to me read!

A little translation: "We love purple cats. Me, Cajun, Scout, Jo-Jo, Baba, Me, Mama, and Suzette."

Laughing while we are sick...

Lily says the funniest things! When Baba left to go to the doctor today, Lily followed him to the door saying, “I love you, Baba. Be careful. Be careful. I love you, Baba. I see you later. Be careful.”

Tonight, Lily asked Baba what he was doing in his closet, and he replied, “What does it look like?” She then said, “What does it look like to you, Baba?”

At bath time, Lily was told repeatedly to push the button to get out. Finally, Baba said, “Okay, Lily, I am going to count to 3.” Lily responded, “Okay, I understand, Baba” while pushing the button very seriously.

Note: We are all sick- at home- taking care of each other. Jamie had to return to the doctor today. Thank Heavens that his RSV has not turned into Pneumonia, but he does have a really bad infection that is making him feel awful. Hopefully, another day of rest at home will make a huge difference!

A Sick Little Lily...

These are pictures I took on Christmas Day when Lily was playing with her brand-new toys she had gotten that morning.

She was so happy! She loves her table and chairs, along with her dishes and things for her kitchen.Then, Lily got sick. She was running a temperature of 103. We took her to the doctor and found out she has RSV. It is extremely contagious, which is why I have it now, too. :0) We are just laying around watching lots of movies together. She has turned into a movie-watching queen. We have seen Pete's Dragon, Oliver and Company, Tinkerbell (again and again), Tinkerbell & the Lost Treasure (again and again), and Peter Pan.

What has really shocked us is how upset she gets when characters leave in the movies! She cried and cried when Elliott left Pete, and she also cried when Oliver's friends left. She is noticing more and more that certain people leave her. She announced the other day, "Mama- Suzette always, always, always, always leaves." Then, she added, "Baba always leaves, too, Mama." I guess I am the only person who never leaves her since she leaves me at school each morning. I guess this is just a growing up thing. She is certainly doing that.

Please say a prayer for her because she really doesn't feel good. I will be glad once she is back to her giddy normal self.

Happy Birthday Jesus!

On Christmas morning, Lily did not want to get up to open presents. She wanted to lay in bed and snuggle. But, finally, by 8:30 we went downstairs to see what Mama and Baba bought for Lily!

Once she realized we were opening her presents, she was not interested in Orange Danishes at all, which is one of her favorites. She was ready to open up her 3 presents! (2 of them went together.)

First, she opened her camera. She was so excited! She had played with Liana's last time we went to see them. She had been asking for this present.

We all had on matching Miami pjs. Sorry we didn't take any family photos that morning! :0)

I love this smile! She was sleepy, but really happy about her pink camera.

She could not wait to use it, so we played with the camera for awhile. Her pictures are hilarious, but pretty good.

Next, she opened her Pizza Party for her kitchen. Then, she opened her Wok set for her kitchen. She has really enjoyed playing with these items. I just love all of the Melissa & Doug stuff. It is so much fun to pretend with!

Then, she opened up her highchair for her babydolls. These were our presents to her. Suzette came over a few minutes later, and she opened up the rest of her presents: her table and chairs, cradle, stroller, puzzle, Kai-Lan Musical Set, and baby doll.

Tomorrow, I will put on some pictures of her playing with all of her new toys!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is always spent with Jamie's family. We go to church, and then head over for a delicious tradition of Lasagna dinner. Then, once the food is eaten, we go into the living room to open presents. Lily couldn't wait...

She didn't completely understand the concept of asking for things for Christmas. However, this doll was something she has not stopped talking about for months. Nana wants to buy her a doll for Christmas each year, so this is the one she gave Lily this year.

I was glad that Lily fell for it from a picture on-line. It's name is Jade Lin, and it is a Lee Middleton doll. My Mom also used to buy me a doll every year for Christmas. I had many Lee Middleton dolls in my collection as a child.

Even though she had been talking non-stop about Jade Lin, she was still ecstatic to see her when she opened her present. I love this expression on her face. She was so happy.

Needless to say, Jade Lin has been having tea parties, eating lots of yummy food from Lily's kitchen, and been on many shopping trips in Lily's shopping cart and her brand-new stroller.

More Christmas Day photos to come tomorrow!

Christmas with Aunt Trina

Last Wednesday, Aunt Trina came over to have dinner with us. I think it might become a tradition to eat Dovino's Pizza and a MaryAnn from the Townhouse Bakery with Aunt Trina every year! It was delicious!! (Aunt Ruella- you were very missed this year! You will be here next year for our tradition, too!)

Lily opened up her presents from Aunt Trina. One of the presents was a purple Tinkerbell warm-up outfit that Lily loved.

Next, she opened up a Tinkerbell book that Trina had made for her with her name in it.

Next, she opened up something that was also wrapped in Tinkerbell paper... are you catching onto a theme here? Lily loves Tinkerbell.

And look what was in that box! Tinkerbell herself!

Then, Lily opened up her Hannah Montana microphone. Bless her heart, she has been using a Dora bat as her microphone for awhile now. She immediately wanted us to play the Hannah Montana concert so she could "sing".

We have been singing a lot over the past few days!!! Thank you Aunt Trina for all of the presents, but especially for being such a wonderful Aunt to Lily!!! You know her so well!