Happy Birthday Baby Girl

I can't believe that you're already one....you're growing into such an amazing little lady and we are so proud to have you in our family.  We love you so much!  Happy Birthday Lilly!

Lilly's 1st Birthday Party

Our little lady will be turning 1 on Tuesday, so this weekend we celebrated with her 1st birthday party!  The theme was lady bugs and Lilly was decked out in her ladybug attire from head to toe (and of course the bow!).  It was so great to see all of our friends and family and to have them there to celebrate with us!  I still can't believe my baby is one!

Our First ER Visit....no fun!

On Sunday, Josh was making hummus and cleaned out a can of chick peas and set it on the counter to go out to the recycling bin.  Before we knew it, Jacob had stuck his hand in the can and pulled it back out.  In doing so, he managed cut off the entire finger print area of his index finger.  I have never seen so much blood before!  We scooped up both kids, dropped Lilly off at Nana and Papa's and we rushed little man to the ER in Niles.  He did such a great job and was such a trooper...so much better than I ever thought he would do.  Since it was basically a circle cut out of his finger, they couldn't stitch it up or anything, we just needed to bandage it up.  Needless to say, Nurse Christy made her clinical debut and learned to tend to his poor little finger.  He's doing really well at this point, proclaiming "Look Mama, I made new skin!"  Here are some pics of the crazy bandaged finger:(

She's just getting so big....

We are counting down the days until Lilly's first birthday.  I can hardly believe she's almost 1!  She has definately turned the corner from being a "baby" to being on the brink of toddler status.  They just get so big so fast....

Window Watcher

We can hardly wait for Lilly to start walking, and she can hardly wait too so she can play outside with big brother! Since we currently don't have much of a yard to speak of, we are dealing with a bunch of mud, so crawling around outside isn't much of an option. Until she is safely navigating on two feet, she'll have to deal with being on the inside looking out. Soon girl....

Pumpkin Carving!!!

This past weekend we had a pumpkin carving party with some of our friends and it was a blast.  There were hay rides for the kiddos, great food and most importantly, PUMPKINS!!!!  We brought a pumpkin that we grew in our garden (which was way huge, but way fun).  Jacob and Lilly had a ton of fun!

Bear Hug

Does anything get better than a great big bear hug?

My Future Chef

Jacob and Lucy had a blast making cookies together!  Gotta love the aprons!

Bath Time

Lilly has gotten big enough that she can fend for herself and survive bathtime with big brother! Jacob was so excited to play in the tub with baby sister and wanted to help wash her hair, etc. He has the gentleness of any other three year ole (which is very little) but it was sweet watching him try. They both had a blast!