JUST BECAUSE...

...there's one very excited little girl tippie-toeing around the house, thinking up names for the new baby.

Not much to see yet, but Lilee sure thinks there is.  Already taking the role of "BIG SIS" very seriously...giving lots of kisses and hugs.

WE HEART VALENTINES DAY...

Our Valentines Day was yummy!  Hope yours was too!

Thanks to everyone for all of the kind words on our new little one. 
We feel very blessed.

LILEE HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT...

(*stop music before clicking play)

Just found out... and couldn't wait to share!

Random Stuff...

Because right now, I'm lovin' the little things...

Had to get a shot of this...

Lilee takes her "dollie tea parties" very seriously.

Even with a flower centerpiece...giving it the finishing touch.

Why is it that a "home-made" tent is always more fun

than the other 2 "real" tents she has?

And they always seem to be munchkin size...

not Mommy size

                    Lilee's artistic interpretation of herself and Mommy                

Hunter...furniture flyin'~

 And yep...that's a black eye. Wonder why?

Why is it that our basement always gets turned into a gymnasium?

 Ming Ming and Tuck...Lilee's turtles she brought home from the beach last summer.

Had I known these things would be so stinky, I'd have said NO WAY!

But, Lilee loves 'em...so I guess there staying.

A MOM MOMENT...

I'm in the process of getting all of my pictures off of my computer, and onto an external hard drive. While transfering the past 4 years of pictures...my heart swells. All those pictures ~ all those moments and memories. As I think, "Whew...where has the time gone?", I realize it's February...which means next month is March...which means my baby girl will soon be turning four years old. (...gulp)

"ALL BY MY OWN"...

"All by my own"  is Lilee's way of saying "all by myself".  Since she prefers doing most everything "all by her own"...I wasn't at all surprised this morning when she said, "Mom, can I make my bed all by my own?"

I'm thinking..."are you kidding me...YES!...one less bed to make in the morning!"

Just had to get a few shots, so when she's 16 and refusing to make her bed, I can have this as proof .

Lilee's "ALL BY MY OWN" bed making skills.
Definitely not perfect...

but she really tried, so that's perfect enough for me.

Pretty good huh?

FYI...She could care less that her bed is a still a toddler bed.  She thinks the Hannah Montana sheets (which I despise...but she adores) make it a big girl bed...and absolutely loves it!  I swear, I think her legs will be hanging off the side pretty soon.  But hey...whatever works, right??