Lily in Pigtails!

Lily's hair is officially long enough for pigtails! It's been growing like crazy lately, so today Mommy decided to try pigtails. They're a little crooked because of course she won't sit still long enough to get them just right, but they're oh so cute!! She's becoming such a little girl ... not a baby anymore.








And of course we had to include a picture of Miss Lily in her Dora chair. She loves to sit in her own little chair.

It's The Lily Shooooow!

Lily has discovered a new game...first she strategically places herself inside of the corner of our kitchen cabinate doors...

then, Daddy plays announcer and declares, "Ladies and Gentlemen, It's Theeee Lily Shoooooow!" at which point Lily bursts open the doors to show herself to the world....

Stay tuned for the next episode of The Lily Show...in the meantime, back in she goes to make yet another appearance. Ellen...watch out!

The Zoo!

On Saturday, April 11th, we took Miss Lily on her very first trip to the Minnesota Zoo. Joy's family went with us. We all had a great time! Lily loved seeing all the animals, but her favorite part was the "Family Farm" at the zoo where she got to feed the goats and see the farm animals and little farm babies up close.

I think we will be making several more trips to the zoo. It's a wonderful place for a fun family day out and Lily loves animals. We didn't even get to see everything so we're excited to go back. The Africa exhibit with giraffes, zebras, gazelles and other animals opens Memorial Weekend, so I'm sure we'll be headed back to see that! Plus the butterfly garden opens in June and I know Lily will love walking through the flowers with all the butterflies. Lots of opportunities for pictures, too! So here are some pictures of Lily's first trip to the zoo...

And Lily's favorite part - feeding the goats at the Family Farm. She liked the chickens and baby chicks, too. She tried to feed the baby chicks her yogurt treats! She just loves the little animals and likes feeding them (she even hand-feeds our dogs at home). Maybe we need to get a goat - ha!!

What a busy day! Lily was exhausted (as were all the adults) and fell asleep as soon as we left the farm, before we even got back to the car.

Happy Easter!

We had a wonderful Easter this year - and hope all of you did, too! Joy's family drove down to spend the weekend with us. We went shopping for Easter goodies, took Lily on her first trip to the zoo, enjoyed a delicious ham dinner, and celebrated God's love with a celebration of the third day at church Sunday morning. It was a fantastic weekend!

Lily awoke Easter morning to a pile of goodies and surprises for her on the table (and, truth be told, some goodies for the adults, too!).

Then it was time to get ready and go to church for Easter Sunday services. Lily wore a new dress that Mommy and Grandma Lamolli had picked out for her while Easter shopping a few days earlier. She had a great time playing with her friends in the nursery at church while the rest of us attended the service.

I will post pictures of Lily's first trip to the zoo in the next blog posting ... coming soon!