New Year's Resolutions

Don't play so hard...

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It's never worth it the next morning.

Help out around the house more.

Learn to use the potty!

Merry Christmas

Christmas is so much better with little kids around! Seeing Lily's pure joy on Christmas morning was wonderful. Her first experience with a stocking was funny. She shouted "sock!" and proceeded to take off her own sock, trying to put the stocking on her foot. She asked mama to help her and then walked around in her stocking. We hope you made good memories over the holiday, too!

December Fun

We have been enjoying winter this month. Michael and I had a much-needed weekend away in Chicago to celebrate our 4th Anniversary. Grammy and Grandpa Voorhees watched Lily for her first time away from us overnight and she did really well.

When we had our first big snow, Lily got to try out her new sled and loved to go really fast. Daddy showed her how to make and throw snowballs and now she gets excited when it snows and yells "sled" and "ball"! You can click on the pictures to see close-ups of her happy little face.

Thanksgiving Weekend

We're so thankful for our growing family!

It's a Girl!

We had our ultrasound this week and found out that we are having a baby girl! I am 21 weeks pregnant, due on March 27th...two weeks after Lily's second birthday. We are all excited about having another baby. Of course Lily doesn't really understand, but we told her there is a baby in my tummy and she loves to talk about it.

The ultrasound showed that everything is healthy with the baby and confirmed my due date exactly. This time the baby is right on track in terms of size - she's bigger than Lily was and I feel her move quite a lot. Michael can even feel her kicks already. So these are her very first pictures. We have four months left to prepare for our new arrival!

Trick or Treat

Lily had her first experience dressing up and trick or treating this year and she was very excited! She loved seeing all of the other kids in costume and was literally running after them shrieking with joy. What fun to visit houses where adults dressed up and handed out treats. When she checked out her loot her favorite treat was animal crackers because she didn't know what anything else was. It was quite an adventure for her!

October Pictures

Lately, Lily has had fun trying to fit into small spaces like cabinets...

and cat doors.

She also likes dressing up in daddy's things.

She has her own tool set and is extremely helpful in fixing things.

Lily is always trying to kiss and hug the cat.

We had a good time at McCormick's Creek State Park with Michelle's family over the weekend.