Things I don't want to forget - 16 months

Lily,

Shopping with you has become quite the adventure.  You find a way to sneak away and play with whatever intrigues you.  (Mainly balls and dolls).

You still, still love going on any type of ride.

Or using our phones when we aren't looking.

But your Daddy sure doesn't mind you looking at the iPad, especially when you watch his soccer games with him.

I took you to the library for the first time.  It's kind of a sore subject for Mommy because minutes after these pictures were taken we were in a terrible car accident and I could have lost you.  Luckily, angels were protecting us and you are still my adorable, precious, cute little girl.

... who loves to help me... even if it is creating a mess!

And your fondness for stuffed animals has reached a new obsession.  You can't go to bed without about a gazillion stuffed animals in your crib accompanying you.  And they have to be very specific stuffed animals, otherwise they end up on the floor of your bedroom the next morning.  I love to sneak in and see what crazy position you're in, or what stuffed animal you're snuggled up against, or how terribly uncomfortable you look laying atop the animals.

This month we started to pack to move into a brand new home.  Our first real home.  Your official fourth home.  But it was hard to get anything done because you wanted to "help".

This month you found your first frog.  When you woke up the next morning, you went straight to where it was the night before and were so confused when it wasn't there.  Later in the week, we had another run-in with a frog and we tried to get you to touch the frog... but it terrified you, and you possibly started crying.  This is when I realized how much you love, love animals - from a distance.

On the fourth of July, you experienced your second parade.  Your first parade where you remained awake the whole time.  You loved it.  So I think that going to parades often will be in your near future.