Teeth

WIthin a month Lilly lost her two bottom front teeth. I thought this would be a day of drama, but both times she pulled them herself and there were no tears. YEAH Lilly.

Tooth one she pulled at home (while my parents were away). My Daddy was very sad he was not here for this event so he made sure that when tooth two was ready and they were leaving for the weekend he encouraged her to pull it on THursday night. She doesn't show the missing teeth to well in photos. She has a "diva' smile.

Lilly is playing t-ball this spring. It has been interesting to watch. Espcially Mr. Athelete Jonathan have to deal with Lilly and teach her the basics. She has come around and does really well hitting the ball, catching in another thing. Lilly was practing in the pictcher postion this past week and couldn't catch a ball for playing in the dirt. I asked her to please stop and pay attention she said "Mama that plate was dirty and I had to clean it" OH WELL!

Jack Jack

For some reason Jackson has always called himself Jack Jack. Maybe to aggrevate his father. I wanted to name Jackson Jack, but was voted out and we settled for Jackson. Jonathan insisted we would NEVER call him Jack. Oh Well. Mama's seem to get what they want in the long run.

I have always thought Lilly was a "MESS". I have come to realize that she has nothing on a boy. I am daily amazed at the things Jackson comes up with. Usually he calls me "Ma" in a very loud and deep voice.

Last week getting ready for church things were mighty quiet so I went in search of the the Little Fellow...he was standing ON the counter throwing things out of the cabinet. AGAIN.....I would never have anticipated this.

Today he came up to my Mom and said "I cut down that tree." She asked where "In there" (my bathroom) Mama went to look and he had used his two play saws to cut the leaves off the plant in my bathroom. How can you get mad when all you want to do is LAUGH! That kid makes me LAUGH.

We bought Lilly t-ball equipment which includes an helmet. Jackson puts it on and yells "Ma where my football?"

AND THEN: He runs up to me full force whenever I come home with his precious little face full of LOVE and says "Ma, MY MA home!" He never wants to stay at Gran and Grandaddy's b/c he says "I stay with My Ma" Lilly would glady move in with them if we would let her. So incredibly different.

Actual BIrthday

We have family night at church one a month and of course Social Sally (Lilly) enjoys this night. She never really eats, she mostly likes to socialize. So this month Family Night was on Lilly's birthday. I asked her several times if she wanted to go to church to eat for her birthday or do something else. She was adamant about eating at church. So we went and she didn't even sit with us. Imagine that! We did have cake and ice cream afterwards at home with the grandparents.

Lilly got lot's of favorite gifts. She got Princess sheets and has been real good about sleeping in her bed since. She got a pair of boots she promised not to get dirty and had them covered when she returned from school. She also got a pair of "flop, flop, clogs". She saw these on a little girl in Belk's one day and my mom was able to find a pair. She also got lot's of junk...make up, sparkly clothes. Her most favorite has been her Rapunzel wig.

Lilly also discovered her first loose tooth the Sunday before her birthday. I was aghast, but she was soooo excited. (More on that later) I do not have a major list of Lilly facts. She enjoys watching movies and making things. Lilly is very creative and you never know what you will get when she starts making something for you. She is stubborn and yet very loving. She still sucks her thumb to go to sleep and has her special blanket. She is social and thrives on being involved with a group. She makes friends easily. I love this about her. Lilly is SOOOOOOOOOOO ready to start Kindergarten. She asked on her birthday did she get to go to school with me now. I pray her enthusiasm for school continues.

I thought I knew love before I held Lilly Marie in my arms, but the moment I first held her I knew there was no other love like this one. She can frustrate me beyond belief, BUT I LOVE HER SO INCREDIBLY MUCH! THE BIG CAN!

Princess Party

Lilly wanted a Princess Party for her big 5! SO we made Belle, Cinderella, Tangled, and Titania. Also the Beast b/c he is her favorite. Gran and I spend the day before decorating the garage for the party. We had crown decorating, face painting, fingernail painting, face painting, and necklace making. Quite a few girls from Lilly's school came and we had 16 little Princesses in all. They were well behaved and I was impressed with how smoothly the party went. The only glitch was the pinata. With the first whack it came off it's string so we had to let the girls beat in on the ground.

Lilly was very adamant about no boys....the only way she would let her Daddy come was if he wore a tuxedo (according to Lilly), Needless to say he stayed inside and watched football....I don't think he was too bothered by this.

Years 2-4

My hope is that these will be in order.
At 2 we went to Marbles, 3 Jumping Beans, and 4 back to Marbles. I usually take the day off and my Mom, Dad, and I take Lilly somewhere special. She really like Marbles.

Lilly at 1

Since the blog did not begin with Lilly's birth I figured I would at least post a few pictures of her first 4 birthdays leading up to the BIG 5.

At one we celebrated with Lilly at Chuck E Cheese. That has been my first and last trip as a mom.

Lilly's first night home

Our fist night home with Lilly was an adventure. We were all set to go to bed and we may have slept 2 hours. At 12am Lilly started crying. At 2am we got in the car started riding around. Lilly was out like a light until we pulled into the driveway and then she would tune up again. So off we rode. I do not know how Jonathan drove. I kept dozing off and would pop up and say "Are you awake?' We rode around until 6am. As we pulled back into the garage Jonathan asked "What have we done?"

This was a prelude of what was to come. Lilly cried the first three months of her life. We rocked, walked, sang, swang, and sometimes I just cried with her. This was the beginning of her sleeping in our bed and five years later she is still there. The only way to make her happy was to put her in the car seat, buckle her tight and swing or bounce the seat. (I should have had great are muscles) She also spent time in the seat on the washing machine. AND beside the running vacuum. Thankfully Mom and Dad were always on call and when we were at our wits end they would come to the rescue and take her home with them.

Maybe this was a sign of the drama to come! Lilly is definitely a drama QUEEN!