Day of rest

Well, Sunday is designed to be a "day of rest" and today it truly is for this girl. I have caught the nasty little bug that has been flying around and am feeling like total yuck. So, instead of going to church this morning with my hubby he went alone. This afternoon he and Lily played outside and I stayed indoors (close to the bathroom), and instead of working tonight I had to call my boss and say "sorry, no can-do".

Now that I have a little time on my hands, and an empty house, I thought I might ramble a bit.

Here are some of the conversations I have had with the wee one this past week:

(After getting some unwanted boogers outta my girl's nose) Sorry if that is too vulgar for anyone, but boogers and the like no longer gross me out.

Lily: "you get my boogas momma? Tanks, dat feews betta." She is constantly saying that "whatever" I have done makes it feel better. Whether it is brushing her teeth, her hair, or putting on lotion. I find it endearing.

(While lying in bed the other night with her new favorite sleep-mate Sonya Lee)

"Momma, she stay warm too!" meaning, she wanted me to cover up her little doll with the blankies.

After everyone was properly tucked in she whispered "G'night Sonya Wee...be vewy bwiet momma, Sonya Wee is sweeping." How cute is that?

(Thursday night Lily insisted she wanted to sleep NOT in momma's bed, but in "Yee Yee's bed" so I took her upstairs and tucked her in and walked back downstairs to hold my breath and wait)

As I listened on her moniter this is what I heard: Momma, wook at me. I'm sweeping wike a big girl. (loud, exaggerated sigh)... I'm sweeping wike a big girl, momma. MOMMA!!!! MOMMA!!!

Maybe not such a big girl just yet.

I walked in the bathroom the other day to find her standing on the toilet, leaning against the sink, so I asked her what she was doing. "Just thinking" she said. HMMMM...

Last night she was going on and on about her birthday. I asked her who was coming to her party and she said, "pwesents, cake, swee dandles for bwowing(3 candles for blowing), party hats"...Wait, Lily, I said WHO is coming to your party!? Answer: "Evweebody!" So, I'll expect you all here on June 10th for the best 3 yr. old birthday party ever! It's not even May yet, and she is already excited about it -- I hope we can last until then!

Favorite Photo Friday *Updated*

This picture was taken last summer --*I mean TWO SUMMERS AGO* at one of our favorite parks doing what WAS Lily's very favorite thing...swinging. I would spend hours pushing her on the swing and she never seemed to grow tired of it...well, a couple of times she did actually fall asleep in the swing but you get my drift!
This is one of my favorite pictures of all time. Lily just looks sooooo happy!
She still really enjoys swinging. But, she doesn't stay in nearly as long, and she sometimes wants to go on the "big girl" swing and do it "by self".
*Where does the time go?*
It was another dreary day today, but we are supposed to have a sunny weekend, so maybe we will get out to the park!
Happy Friday everyone...

Help!

Help us, somebody please! We are trapped inside again!
The rain just will not stop falling, and we just wanna go outside and play!

I haven't showered yet, and we are both still in our jammies. We have read books, built towers, watched videos, put together puzzles, and checked on some of our favorite blogs. It is only 3:30 -- daddy won't be home for hours. What do we do now? I have been on a diet/trying to change my lifestyle/make better eating choices...for a week and a half. I just wanna chow on everything in the house! Meanwhile, I can't get Lily to eat much of anything. Ugh. My plan is to go for a walk/jog when Jay gets home...we'll see if that happens.
Thank God tomorrow is Friday.

more silliness

Just some silliness

More fun (and learning) with books!

"One Is a Drummer" A Book Of Numbers, written by Roseanne Thong and illustrated by Grace Lin was a gift to Lily from her good friend Chloe. We have been reading it just about every day for a couple of months now and we both LOVE IT!
I highly recommend it to ya'll.
So now Lily knows her days of the week: "Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday (oops), Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday"! And her seasons! How fun is that?

We have also discovered that "Yee Yee yuv winta"! (Lily loves winter? How COULD she?) "Momma yuv summa" (duh, of course!) And "daddy yuv fall".

My 100th post!

Well, I saw some of my bloggin' friends taking note of their 100th post, and just realized that I have reached that mark today. To think, it wasn't that long ago that I didn't even know what a blog WAS. We didn't even own a computer while we were going through the adoption process, so it was quite a surprise to me when I discovered this whole new world.

This blog has become a huge part of my life. Much bigger than I had ever anticipated. It is so theraputic for me to write about Lily and my life as her momma. I find myself going about our day looking for good "post" moments. I almost always have my camera with me so I am ready to capture the moment to share with you all. I started this blog thinking it would be a nice way for my travel-mates and out of town relatives to keep updated on the happenings with Lil. It definitely is all that, but it is also a place where I have met so many other people that I now look forward to communicating with on a weekly (if not daily) basis. I get excited to read everyone's comments and love checking in on a ridiculous amount of blogs as often as I can -- my husband thinks I am absolutely crazy! But, I have become invested in these lives. Those who are waiting -- I wait with you. Those who are doin' the mom thing along with me -- I am always encourged or enlightened reading about your adventures/joys/pains. So, I hope that my friends enjoy checking in on us here, but most of all this blog has been so good for ME. I spend this time focused on telling these stories of my little one, posting beautiful pictures, fun videos etc. And it reminds me time and time again of how blessed I am to be living this life with Lily Lin.