Friday, May 9, 2014

Lily's Baptism Weekend

Uncle Charlie and Aunt Ro (from NJ) spent the weekend with us for Lily's baptism.  They were so sweet to come to Vi's special performance.  This is where Lily got to meet them for the first time!

This is Vi with her teacher Morgan.  She is always excited to receive a trophy and flowers for her dance and cheer accomplishments.  For this performance, Vi's dance partner was absent.  Morgan was a bit panicked before the show and did not know if Vi would want to perform alone.  Vi was up for it, and she was a shining star doing her ballet positions dance and "groovy" dance all by herself.  She definitely stole the show.  It was the cutest and bravest thing I think I have ever seen a 5 year old do alone.  I was very proud of her for following through with her obligation to dance and show her friends, teachers, and parents what she has learned this year.  More importantly, she enjoyed every second and was smiling and entire time.
Go, Vi!

Vi and Daddy helped show our relatives around town; here they are at the incline railroad.

They met up with Mommy, Lily, Mamaw, and Paw at the park where Lily showed off some of her newly acquired mobility skills.

Trying to walk

Crawling (and trying to eat grass)

 Love this picture!  I though t it really captured the fun of riding the carousel.  Vi blew kisses and winked at all of us during her ride.

The weekend led up to Lily's baptism on Sunday

After she was baptized and anointed with oil, our pastor walked around the aisles with her.  The choir sang a special song that included her name.  Lily was totally relaxed with our pastor, and even looked like she just might doze off for a second.  The ceremony was very touching.





Lily fell asleep during her luncheon, just like her big sis Vi!


Uncle Bini with the kiddos.  We all decided this should be his new dating profile picture on match.com haha!

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Crawler alert!

We don't have a good picture...yet.  I just wanted to document the big event.  Lily is pumped and so proud of herself.  All she wants to do is go somewhere.  She cares nothing about learning to sit up without tipping over.

Lily is officially a super army crawler and can cover a lot of ground quickly.  She is not crawling in the traditional way, but she gets up on all fours before deciding to scoot around instead.  She was also introduced to the baby walker and figured out how to "walk" within seconds.  It's funny to hear her moving around the house on her own if we are not in the same room.  Watch out...you can run but you can't hide from Lily Belle!

Pictures soon!