Happy 2nd Birthday!

It is hard to believe that Lily is already 2! Where has the time gone. It seems like only yesterday that we were bringing her home from the hospital. For her birthday dinner, we went to Kathy and Bill's house and ate with Grandma and Grandpa.

"Sweet! A baby doll, a stroller, a high chair, and a cradle! Just what I wanted!"

Happy Birthday to me!

"This year I am can eat my cupcake with a fork mySELF!"

"Can you say SUGAR HIGH?!"

Natural History Museum

On Monday, Lily, Sarah, and Aunt Rachel picked me up at work and we all went to the Natural History Museum. Lily had a great time looking at the animals in the mammal room and was strangely fascinated by the prehistoric cavemen exhibit.

"These zebras looked like stripped horses!"

"Aunt Rachie, this is a lot of fun!"

"That giraffe is so tall!"

Apron

Aunt Rachie came to visit earlier in the week and brought a present with her, an apron! Now when we cook in our kitchen and serve food, we won't get dirty! Thank you Aunt Rachel and Uncle Steve!

Baby Ilana

Last weekend, our friend Ryan brought his new baby sister (and his parents to visit us). Lily loved watching baby Ilana and playing play-doh with Ryan.

"Baby Ilana is SO cute!"

"Here baby Ilana, you can use my buzzy seat!"

"What color play-doh do you have Ryan?"

Slippers!

For our 200th blog post, Lily decided she wanted to wear my flip flops in the basement. Because this isn't a safe activity, Sarah suggested that Lily wear slippers (she just got very cute ones for Hanukkah from Grandma and Grandpa). Lily didn't want to wear those slippers, but instead wanted to wear Mommy's Vera Bradley slippers...

"Thank you for helping me put them on Mommy"

"These slippers are much easier to walk in than Daddy's flip-flops"

Snowy Visit

With almost 2 feet of snow over the weekend, Lily had a chance to play alot with Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle Dave. She had a great time! This included:

Helping Grandpa blow out the candles on his birthday brownie:

Playing with Grandpa and Uncle Dave at the "beach".

And, what would a weekend with family be without getting everyone together for a picture?

Last Night of Hanukkah & SNOW

For the last night of Hanukkah, Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle Dave came to visit. After lighting the candles, Lily opened her presents and then had soup for dinner.

"Chopsticks are fun, even if they weren't meant for soup!"

And here is a video of Lily playing with her new "cut-able fruit."

Today, it snowed. A lot. (We think 24 inches.) Here are some pictures from the middle of the day (not done snowing yet). The deck:

The front (we had already cleaned 8 inches off the car in the morning):

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"Snow is tiring... even if you don't go play in it because you don't want to take off your comfy pjs."