Poor Sick Baby

My little Lilly is so so sick! She has the stomach flu and has puked SO many times! She is finally in bed and I am hoping and praying that she wont wake up and puke again. I am really sick of washing sheets and cleaning up vomit. Lilly is actually really sweet when she is sick. She doesn't cry or whine; she mainly just lays around and stares at the air.
I have a hunch that she caught it from someone in nursery last Sunday. It's always awkward when Tuesday rolls around and your child gets sick. I guess that's when you know they brought it home from nursery. I am tempted to keep her home during this sick winter season, but Gus is the nursery teacher so I guess that would be weird. What is even more frustrating is that Lilly will likely pass it on to me and Gus. With my luck I will probably get it tomorrow on my birthday.

Its a Party

The Happy Birthday Girl

First, we put up the Happy Birthday banner.

Second, we hung cats from the ceiling.

Third, we opened presents.

Gus and I gave Lilly some extras for her dollhouse and a tutu that I made

Grandma Henshaw gave Lilly a cute PINK outfit and a book

Grandma Arnold gave her a super cute dollhouse

Fourth, we blew out the candles.

Lilly loves it when we sing Happy Birthday to her
Blowing out the candles, with a little help from Mommy AND Dad'n

Fifth, we ate the cake.

Before we could cut the cake Lilly went to work eating the frosting

Feeding her Aunts

Sixth, we played with our spoils.

Cat Cake

While my parents were here, my mom and I made a cat cake for Lilly. It was supposed to be the trial run for Lilly's real birthday cake but it took forever to make and I decided to just buy one for her birthday. It turned out SO cute that we had to throw on some candles and sing to her.

Kat and the cat cake

Lilly loves fire

Sneaking a little lick

More Family Time

Two days after my family left, Gus's parents came. We LOVED having them here, especially Lilly. She loves her grandparents! They were able to be here for Lilly's birthday party. They took us to Olive Garden for mine and Lilly's birthdays (my birthday is on Thursday). We had a really fun time with them.

Happy Birthday Nee Nee!!

Today Lilly turned two!! When we asked her how old she was she held up both of her pointer fingers and said "two" and then covered her face with her hands and laughed. It is way too exciting being two.

6 days old

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A Sad Goodbye

My family is gone and we are all really sad. I wanted them to stay forever. We had so much fun hanging out with them the last 9 days. Lilly became very attached to all of them.
She loved.....

“Ga Ga”


“Mommy”

“Jay”

“Bray” or “Bee”

She was so happy to have friends to play with everyday. The last couple of days have been hard with everyone gone. Lilly expects constant entertainment like she had the last 9 days. She wakes up every morning and wants “Ga Ga”. She looks everywhere for him and when she realizes he isn’t here, she cries. She pretended to call “Bray” today on her phone. She really misses them; I do too.

Arlington Cemetery

Last Thursday we went to Arlington Cemetery with my family. It was a great place for Lilly to run wild. While everyone went to see the changing of the guards, Lilly and I hung out on the steps and took a few pictures because I knew she wouldnt be able to be quiet.

Waiting patiently

Kisses from Grandpa