Filmstrip Friday - "The Do"

It's becoming increasingly obvious that Lillibug is a total girlie-girl! She LOVES to fix Mommy's hair, as well as have her hair "done up" in different hairdo's. Sometimes I feel like I am reverting to childhood and playing with my dolly, except now... my dolly is real! Is there such a thing as having too much fun being a parent?? Because I'M THERE!!!Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend... ((HUGS))

P.S. - Very special Happy Birthday wishes go out to my good friends Jane and Julie! We love you girls! XOXO

Wordless Wednesday ~ I can't resist this face!!

Have a beautiful day everyone!! ((HUGS))

The Big Girl Bed...

We have struggled over the last few months with Lilli sleeping in her own bed. Some nights she would, some nights she wouldn't... We began to question ourselves, how far do we push her to stay in her own bed?? It's our desire for Lilli to always feel like she is loved and accepted... & never to feel rejected. We believe that allowing her to sleep with us is a big part of her development and security with us, as her parents.
On Lilli's 2nd birthday in June, we decided we would try to convert Lilli over to sleeping in a daybed. She has so often slept with us in our bed... not always, but occassionally. Therefore, we thought the transition would be smooth, but not so! After 3-1/2 months of night time bouts of BIG tears & tantrums, Lilli is finally sleeping in her big girl bed... well, at least 5 or 6 hours a night. Not bad so far. She normally wakes about 2:00 a.m. & will crawl into bed with us... & I am okay with that. She seems to be sleeping a little longer every night too. Wooo-hoooo!

I recently had a talk with her, telling her that "now she's wearing big girl pants, it's time for her to sleep all night in her own bed!" She wasn't thrilled about the idea, but I think it sunk in!

I am so proud of my girl for being sooooo brave and sleeping thru most of the night by herself. She gets an A+ for effort... and doesn't she look so cute sleeping in her big girl bed? So peaceful!

Hope everyone had a great weekend! ((HUGS))

p.s. - Catherine, thanks again for loaning us the bed rail. Hopefully, Lilli will be able to sleep without it soon! You're awesome!

GRAPES!

We had the good fortune of being invited to pick grapes at a co-worker's home this week. Steve's daughter Emilyne was home for the evening from college. She's such a sweetie and took extra time with Lilli. They carried Lilli's sand bucket around and filled it up, dumping it into a bigger bucket. Thanks for being so special Emi! Lilli talked about "Em-zyme" the whole way home. I just love these pictures.I also wanted to post a few photos from Labor Day weekend. Again, we went over to Steve's house for a little get-together. As always, the food was delicious!! Steve's wife Wendy played with Lilli all day long! She pulled musical instruments and a chalkboard easel out of the attic and Lilli had a blast!!She really went out of her way to entertain Lilli. When we left that afternoon, Lilli was calling Wendy... "my Wendy". And later when we said Lilli's night-night prayers, Lilli said, "God bless "my Wendy"!" Melted my heart! It's good to have such special folks like the Guzorek family in my daughter's life!

Have a happy Friday and great weekend y'all! ((HUGS))

My Potty-Training Girl!

Things are going smoothly on the potty-training homefront. Lilli is so excited to wear her "big girl panties"! She talks about them and shows them to everyone... (within reason, of course!!) I've had to prevent her from showing folks, in say... WALMART! She tells everyone "big guuurrrrrl go pee-pee in the potty". Last week she had a few accidents at the beginning of the week at school, followed by zero accidents later in the week, nor this past weekend.

Look at my big girl panties.... I'm soooooo big!!

I am sooooo proud of my little lady & she's really proud of herself too!!

Hope everyone has a fantastic week! ((HUGS))

A PERFECT DAY...

What a great weekend! On Saturday, we traveled to Wilmington to see my sister and brother-in-law. Lilli loves her Aunt Sue-Sue and Uncle Jay. I think she has them wrapped around her little finger too! We went out on Jay’s boat to Masonboro Inlet, halfway between Carolina Beach and Wrightsville Beach.We had our own little private stretch of beach.At one point, Lilli ran around naked! :o)It was soooo peaceful. The weather was perfect. Only about 85° and not a cloud in the sky!!
Danny, Jay and Susan did a little surf fishing! Nothing caught was "legal", so they played catch and release all day. It was still lots of fun!Later, we headed back to Susan & Jay’s home for a delicious dinner and a little relaxation. Lilli and Uncle Jay played... and played... and played!


Needless to say, 5 minutes out of their driveway, Lilli was sound asleep... snoring! Thanks for a wonderful day y'all!!
Hope everyone else had a fantastic Labor Day weekend! ((HUGS))

Stay tuned... more weekend pictures to come this week!!

Fabulous (long weekend) Friday!

I have needed this looooooonnng weekend for a while... work has been hard & a few areas of my life have been trying and difficult. I was suppose to attend my 20th high school reunion this weekend, but opted not to go. I will hold out for my 25th. I see a lot of friends and folks I graduated with already, so although I'll be missing a few folks that live far away, it'll be okay!
I'm looking forward to spending the day with my sister Susan and her husband Jay on Saturday. Danny and Lilli's Uncle Jay will be fishing... while Lilli, Aunt Sue-Sue and Mommy hang out on the beach. Masonboro Island can only be reached by boat, so it's a nice, "quiet" retreat. Later in the weekend, we hope to catch up and do some swimming with "Unc John and Aunt Chelle". Stay tuned for lots of weekend pictures...
In the meantime enjoy a few of my silly girl... being well, silly!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Labor Day weekend, surrounded by those you love. If you travel, please be safe! ((HUGS))

My little colorbug... my little artist!

Lilli is facinated with colors. She is getting really good at pointing out different colors and calling them by name. It took some doing, believe me. For a while, every color we pointed to, Lilli referred to as "purple". Her latest funny habit... every crayon or colored pencil she picks up, she announces the color LOUDLY and most of the time she's right!

Speaking of which... Parents, do you keep all of your children's artwork or let some of them go??? The container in which I have been storing Lilli's art is overflowing. Don't want to be a bad parent and throw any of these masterpieces away. She works so hard on these drawings. I really don't like the thought of disposal... but my house is only so big, ya' know!?? I do have several pieces that I plan on framing. Some of her artwork from daycare is priceless!!!

Hope everyone has a blessed Thursday!! ((HUGS))