What A Delightful Child

Lilly has become such a delightful child. Not that she wasn't before, but she is getting so much easier as she gets older. She is also getting funnier. Here are some of the cute and funny things she has said and done over the last month or so:

I was quietly sitting on the couch reading a book and Lilly came up to me and put her little arms around my neck and said, "Mom, thanks so much for taking care of me." It melted my heart. It was so cute and so out of the blue. I told her she didn't need to get me a Mother's Day present now.

Lilly and I were in the car when we drove past the hospital. She remembered that it was the hospital where I had delivered her brothers. So of course we started talking about death and how they were living with Heavenly Father. I told her that when we die we will get to see them again. Lilly was a little stressed and said, "But mom, I don't want to die!" So I told her that she probably wouldn't die for a very long time, not until she is really old and had a really long happy life. She responded, "But I don't want to get old, I want to just stay new forever!"

I watched my friend's 9 month old little baby one afternoon and Lilly helped me so much by entertaining the infant for hours. She was seriously such a great helper! After the baby went home, me and Lilly started talking about how she was going to be such a great helper when I someday have another baby. She was telling me how it was going to be her job to change the baby's stinky diapers, feed the baby, put the baby to sleep, and play with the baby. I told her that those could definitely be her jobs. Then Lilly said, "Mom, its a really good thing you have me."

One day Aunt MJ came over to hang out with Lilly. MJ took her to Wendy's and bought her a happy meal and then they came home and had a dance party. After MJ left, Lilly laid down on the couch and said,
"Mom, MJ is just divine."

I caught Lilly hopping around with bunny ears on her head and depositing Easter eggs around the house. I said "Oh, are you the Easter Bunny?" Lilly replied, "No, I'm the Easter Bunny's wife."

Gus and I had to get our blood taken one day. I got my blood taken with no issues. Gus passed out (this deserves its own post - I'm still laughing about it). Lilly watched eagerly while our blood was drawn, and then sobbed on the way home because she wanted her blood taken too. So she did the next best thing and came home and stuck tacks in her baby and pretended to take her blood. She now has a fetish for needles and tells me daily that she is going to be a nurse when she grows up.

Lilly used to hate talking on the phone. Now she loves it, only if she can go to her bedroom and talk in private. Occasionally I will go in and listen because I want to hear the conversation she is having. Whenever I do, she always mouths "GO OUT!"

Lilly loves her friend Sadie's little brother Jack. One day she was going on and on about how cute Jack is and how she wished he lived with us. Then she said, "Mom, we should just go buy one". Oh, if it were only that easy!

Gus, Lilly, and I were in the car discussing Mother's Day and how it is a day to celebrate our moms. We also told Lilly that next month we will have Father's Day. Lilly thought about that for a moment and said, "Wait, so when is Lilly's Day?"

The last couple of weeks Lills and I have been driving Gus to the Metro at 6:30 in the morning. We usually have to wake Lilly up. One morning after we woke her up she layed on the floor and said, "Man, I dont think I got enough sleep last night". After we drop Gus off, Lilly always yells, "Adios Daddy!"