Sorry it has been so long since I have posted. There are lots of posts to catch up on! We have been so busy and too tired to get on here. I hope you enjoy catching up with us.


I haven't posted in a while all the new things Lily Grace does. Everyday she is doing new things. The biggest thing is she is talking up a storm! Just about everything you say, she can say also, or at least close to it. It is hard to list all the words but there are about 5 new words a day. Like yesterday she said tree, sky, onkey (for monkey), bear and school. And get this, she is saying sentences! This all started about two weeks ago. She can say "I get down" or "I want bite" or "I want cookie" or "I want ______" and will say whatever she is wanting. It is helping a lot more! Today she was saying, "Oooo, it hot" to my hair straightener while waving her hands back and forth. Then later she picked up two rocks that were sitting in the sun and said the same thing. I picked them up and they were really hot! So she understood what that meant. She is also saying more names like "MaMa" for Madilyn, Braiden (or close to it), KirKir, Unc (for Uncle Skyler), Mykah (friend at school), and others. Yesterday at MDO there was a little girl putting on her shoes and Lily Grace went up to her and clapped her hands while saying "good girl, good girl". When she wants you to read a book, she will bring the book to you and say "read". There are so many other words she says and objects she recognizes like key, shoes, bath, eat, baby. I wish I would have done better at posting these words.


Lily Grace also knows where yours and her eyes, nose, teeth, tongue, ears, hair, belly button, and feet are. She can say eye, teeth, nose, and feet. She can also now shake her head yes and no. And when you tell her to wash or comb her hair, she pretends to do so.


She is now interacting with the television now. I don't know if this is a good thing. For example Moose A. Moose and Zee were doing a dance and she got up and did the whole thing! It said to jump and she jumped, then clap and she did, and then turn around and she did!! Now she does the dance all the time! It is so cute! It is good to know though that she is getting something out of Yo Gabba Gabba now! She actually follows the directions! She laughs at them and talks to them, too.


She is also giving kissing with puckered lips instead of mouth opened now. And you don't have to ask for one anymore. She will just give them to you out of the blue. I am really loving this!! She is also going through a squealing phase. She squeals out really loud, and I mean really LOUD! I ignore her and by about the 4th squeal she will stop because she realizes she is not getting any attention. This seems to work and that is what the books say to do but others around us seem to think differently. The stares and some comments we get are awful! I don't know what to do about this situation!


She is getting so big! She is not my little baby anymore. It makes me so sad. She is wearing 2T and looks so tall! I guess there wasn't a big chance of her being short though. :) She has her 4 back molars now, which have caused a lot of sleepless nights! She is growing and changing so fast it is unbelievable. She is still a little stinker but she is our little stinker. Maybe this post and the following few will help catch up on some of the new things going on with her!

Showing Pop what she had done, he thought it was funny!

And so did Lily Grace!

Playing ball with Pop

Taking a walk with Pop

Ooooo, Kitty cat!

Looks like they are having a deep conversation! And yes, Pop has her passy clipped on his shirt!
Is she doing the Macarena?!
She running for a touch down!
This is something new. If she sees something she is really interested in, this is what she does and makes a little squeal.
The girl loves any kind of ball!

Pretty Girl
She loves her Uncle Skye
Making a pass to Pop
Her hair is really starting to get long!

What a fun afternoon at Grandmommy and Pop's house!

Uncle Patrick, Aunt Brandi, Brennon, Madilyn, and Braiden all came down last Friday night to spend the night with us. We had a blast! Friday night Brandi and I went to scrapbooking at my church while the boys played with the kids. It looks like they had a great time! Pat got more pictures that I hope will be on their blog soon.

This picture was so funny to me!
This is a big slide!! Whoa!
Oh My!!
This is how she landed after going down.

Lil' B is such a....
CUTIE PIE!!
He's going to go down the slide now!
Brennon is not into taking too many pictures anymore so this was about the only one I got of him.
After the park we went to Wings to eat lunch and watch the game. The girls and Lil' B all went shopping close to half time while the boys kept watching. We had a wonderful time as always and can't wait to another weekend of fun with the cousins! We love you all!

The sippy cups are not a problem anymore. She is now drinking out of anything: straws, sippys, cups, whatever she can get her hands on!

Lily Grace is still crazy over animals. Mrs. Glee gave her lots of new animals to play with and she loves them. She can say almost all their names and all the sounds. A few of the animals and sounds she can say are: cow (her favorite), moo, goat, sheep, baaa, pig, duck, quack, ssssss for the snake sound, the elephant noise, roar like a lion, dog, arf, kitty cat, meow.

This is Mrs. Glee, my sweet, sweet friend. She has a little boy Weston that is close to Lily Grace's age. They play so good together. Weston goes to my preschool and now me and Glee have become great friends. Her husband, Charlie works with Marty and now we all get together once a month to spend time together. We love the Burnett's dearly! Lily Grace says thank you Mrs. Glee for all my goodies!

While Marty and I were gone to the beach, she stayed with Grandmommy and Pop. I asked them to please take pictures and they did take a few. It looked like she had a great time! I know it was good for her to be around the whole family while Mommy wasn't around because everyone knows how attached to the hip she can be! Thank y'all for taking care of my baby while we were gone!! I know she had a wonderful time! We love y'all!

Hmmm, which one do I want first?

I was told she loved the funnel cake and the nachos and cheese!
It was hard for me to believe this but everyone told me that even Granddaddy was trying to hide the food from Lily Grace cause he thought she was eating too much!! Granddaddy is usually trying to stuff the babies so she must have been really eating a lot!!
Looks like she was having lots of fun!
I hope y'all enjoyed her as much as she enjoyed being with y'all! I know it was a special time for you all!

Mommy and Daddy brought Lily Grace another Build-A-Bear creation home. This time it was a dog named Spot. She loved him. That has now become our tradition to bring her one from trips that she is not with us to show her how much we missed her and was thinking of her the whole time! We love you darling!