blue piggies

Look who got blue piggies for Valentine's Day! She is oddly obsessed and I think I just started down a slipper slope!

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from our ATL christmas

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Halloween

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big THREE

Lillie turned three - woohooo and is she every bit of three!

You could have overheard this in our house this week.
Me: Three years ago you were born - you came out of Mommy's tummy.
Lillie:  Yup.
Me:  And one year ago Mary Hardin came out of Mommy's tummy.
Lillie:  Yup - I went back in there to get her out.  We had a party in Mommy's tummy and then I pulled her out and she was born.

Lillie's imagination is deep and thoughtful.

Lillie at three years old...

Height:  36 1/4 inches (27th percentile)
Weight:  27 lbs and 5 ounces ( 20th percentile)

She loves to run, jump, skip, and PLOP!  She is very active and loves being outside.
Lillie is eating well - sleeping well - and generally using the potty well.
Lillie has lots of questions, I hear "why" about a million times a day.
She is good at riding her tricycle (we need to get a bike), LOVES a slide but will undoubtedly spend all her time at a playground on the swings saying higher, higher.
Lillie has been enjoying the pool this summer and she has made big progress with jumping off the side by herself and putting her head under the water!
She calls me mom, Mary Hardin is decidedly Hardin in her mind - unless someone asks her name and Brad goes back and forth between being Dad, Daddy and Daddy-O. 

She is still my sweet, sensitive little one.  She loves to be held, and give hugs and kisses.  She won't walk into a room full of her friends with out some gentle nudges.  She is reserved - enjoys watching the dynamics before jumping in.

Lillie loves her sister and her mimi like something fierce but is still a Daddy's girl!

Below note her "sassy" face - she is basically saying - "Ya right mom, in your dreams!"  This face is very similar to a face I have seen on her second cousin Elizabeth.  I'm pretty sure it comes from my side of the family.  Ha.  

 

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Little ONE

My little Mary Hardin turned one.  And today I dropped her off at school in sneakers and with only a blanket for nap in hand.  How times have quickly changed.

As of her first birthday...

Height:  29 3/4 inches (26th percentile)
Weight:  20 lbs 3 ounces (70th percentile)
Head: 46 cm (75th percentile)

She is walking - started that in mid-May.   She even tries to run, which always ends in a fall.
Says: Dada, thank you, and uh-ho (with the cutest O shaped face you have ever seen).
She waves bye-bye, gives big open mouth kisses upon request, and can sign "more" and "all done" - although I'm not convinced she knows what she is saying.
Teeth:  Two on the bottom are in - and the two on the top are half in for a grand total of 4 teeth for uncle Kevin to watch.

She is down to a bottle in the morning and one at night that she mostly refuses - mainly because I cannot bring myself to throw away the last can of our liquid gold formula.  When the formula is gone so are the bottles.

My little one seems to have overcome her dreaded milk intolerance/allergy (answered prayer!).  And she also has overcome a potential egg allergy (praise the Lord).  I'm a little hesitant as we try new table foods, but hopefully we won't see any new allergies crop-up.  I was really over the moon excited to tell her school that we have no known allergies for Mary Hardin at this time!  We have come a long way!

Watching Mary Hardin's eating ability has been a huge joy for Brad and me.  We have had lots of parenting "ah-ha" moments as we just realized what the feeding therapist was trying to describe 2 years ago.  We have also delighted in Mary Hardin's curiosity and interest in feeding herself and eating in general.  It is hilarious. 

Mary Hardin continues to be a good sleeper.  She will go to bed at night just as early as you can get her there.  These days we are doing well to have her in bed by 7:30pm.  And she seems to wake up between 6 and 7am.  Napping isn't her top priority at school, but in the quiet of her room she can find a good rhythm of a few hours of sleep in the early afternoon.

And although she adores her sister and her Daddy, it is evident that in this first year of life Mary Hardin is a true mama's girl.

On Mary Hardin's actual birthday we celebrated with a family dinner at Miltons!  Yum.    

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Pool Party!

The first of many, we jointly celebrated turning 1 and 3 with a pool party!  Happy Birthday sweet girls of mine.

Cute Sadie came to celebrate!

There is a little playground area right outside of our pool so we played and swam and played some more!

36 inch balloons.  That is right.  Brad's job was to get those suckers blown up.

Webb given the Heisman.

Aaron, Elisa's little bro, and Mary Hardin's friend from school!

Elisa (pink shirt - back of her head) started school with Lillie and has been by her side ever since.  The are best buddies 2 1/2 years later! 

Birthday cakes - yup we did two.  I made Lillie's three and Whole Foods made Mary Hardin's vegan cake.  Did I mention she may have an egg allergy?  Apparently hives after the flu shot equals no eggs.  Eek.  Cute cake though!

Mary Hardin's first cake - I think she likes Vegan!

Whew - what a big fun day!

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Party train.

All 15 little Zany Zoo kiddos from school have turned three within 2 months of each other.  Thus, we are on the 3 year old party train!  Woot Woot!  Gymnastics has been a hot party theme this year and Lillie has really enjoyed it!  Run, skip, jump, roll.  You name it, we have been doing it!

I find that Brad also really enjoys himself at these 3 year old parties.  Huh - anyone surprised?

Below Noah and Will - two of Lillie's best buddies.  Lillie started school with Noah (black shirt) and they have been in the same class ever since.  I know he helps bring Lillie out of her shell a little bit.  When we were going through the 2 year old don't leave me mommy blues Noah would wait for Lillie at the classroom door and have her favorite truck ready for her when I dropped her off.  I love that kid.  And I'm pretty sure Lillie has a little crush on Will Will (as she calls him).  We find that they love to hold hands! 

Yup, that is a bounce house.

Let the good times roll.

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