Look at me, I have no trouble walking in the sand.

I love the water...even if it is only in the 60's.

Wave jumping with Dada is the best!

"Come on Dada, let's go in deeper....I'm not scared"

Sand is so fun!

Lilly's friend Xander relaxing on the beach!

Lilly modeling a dress made by me!

Lovin' those blackberries.

All dressed up for a bridal shower!

We have been a busy bunch of days for us recently. We spent alot of time with Eenie and the Commadore while Fitz was out of town for nearly 2 weeks. We attended a bridal shower for one of my oldest friends, Miss Carole. With her shower came some of the great girls I graduated with and  spent a lot of time with while growing up. Lilly was the star of the shower, once we warmed up she was very friendly and showed off all of her tricks. Then when the weather warmed up (to nearly 80), we visited with our good friend Katie and her son Xander and took a trip to the beach. The kids just love the beach, and they are both getting better about not eating sand all of the time. Fitz got back on Thursday evening in time for dinner and Lilly was very happy to see him. On Friday we waited for news of our friends Katie and Chris to send us news of the birth of their little boy. He was born after 8pm and all are doing well. While waiting for that news, our other good friends, Meg and Nate and their girls made the trek down from Raleigh for some beach time. We had a great time together, but did not make it to the beach at the same time, due to different napping schedules. Fitz also did a local 5k, and won (sweet)! Then we did an adults night out for Meg's birthday Saturday night, and found a new favorite place to eat...The Ruddy Duck! We are getting ready to take Lilly to the beach again today since she loved it so much yesterday. We hope everyone is out getting some fresh air!

Some of our Easter Photos.

The playgroup we attend hosted an easter egg hunt for all of the kiddos. Lilly was dresses in one of her super cute outfits (Thanks Aunt Charlene and Family) along with her new pink chuck taylor high tops. She has gotten quite good at walking and had a great time when she got her hands of two eggs. Unfortunately, for her she can't have any candy...so I got to eat if for her :)! Then we got some photos of Lilly and her buddy Macy with the Easter Bunny. They did very well (as you can see in the photos). We got to attend another easter egg hunt with more of Lilly's friends on the Saturday before Easter, but those photos would not load properly. Since Easter, Fitz has travelled to NY to be with his family while his Dad has his cancerous kidney removed (it went great and Fitz's Dad is out of the hospital). I taught my second spin class, ran my first track workout in many, many moons, and even road my tri bike. We shall see if I can manage to get into shape somewhere in here. In our up coming plans, we have a tentative Raleigh trip tomorrow to visit a very good friend in from CA, and counting down the days until Fitz comes home...I hope Lilly does not do too much more before he gets here; I can only get so much on video. Hope everyone is out enjoying the GREAT weather!!

Everybody needs some Lilly video!

While in FL, we found a state park and did a quick run around it and then let Lilly do some swinging. She loves to swing and did not want to stop when it was time to go.

We also found a zoo in West Palm that I thought would be fun to go to...as you can see Lilly was very interested in one thing in the zoo.

Lilly become very adventerous with the ocean on our last day. She kept pulling Fitz into the water, and it caught up to her when a big wave hit.

As I mentioned in the last post, Lilly is doing more walking then crawling now; so here is a video of her new moves!

Walking and weighing in!

We had Lilly's 1 year check up today, and she is the picture of perfect health. At 23lbs even and 30.5 inches tall, she is in the 66 percentile for both! The doctor said she is doing great and was very impressed with her motor skills....YEAH!!! For about 2 weeks Lilly has been on the verge of walking...taking a few steps here and there, but not what I would consider really "walking" until today. She did more walking then crawling today. I guess she read in the books that you should walk at 1 year old, and she did! I have video and will post it tomorrow, but for now we are recovering from her vaccinations, and "traumatic" day! Tomorrow we have an Easter Egg Hunt to attend for our playgroup and then we say goodbye to Eenie and Commadore as they head north to visit family. We will hold down the fort at home and spend some quality time together before Fitz heads out of town for nearly two weeks!

Momma can I fit in the gators mouth?

Nope we could not get them to all face us at the same time.

Yah! Presents!

Lovin' the bounce house!

Enjoying my cake!

Happy Birthday Miss Lilly!!

I can't believe it's been a year....a whole 365 days with Miss Lilly and we can't imagine what life was like before she joined our family. We started the day at the exact time she was born (yes we are symbolic) to begin cooking the pig for the festivities. Fitz dutifully got up and started the charcoal and pig soon after so it would be ready for the noon start time. We had a flurry of activity to finish getting ready and luckily my mom took Lilly to insure that she got a nap (which she did). At noon we waited for the guests (and guest of honor) to arrive so the fun could begin. We could not have asked for a better day or better friends to help us celebrate. We had old friends and new attending, and everyone had a great time. The kiddos enjoyed the bounce house, and the adults were just all so glad the warmth had finally arrived. Lilly got to enjoy a homemade vanilla cake with buttercream icing (as did the guests too). She enjoyed the frosting, but was not really into getting it all over herself. Then she did some present opening, and when she was tired of that, it was nap time again. She then rallied and opened more gifts, played with everyone who came and then settled in for a night of final four watching. The birthday festivities continued with a trip to the aquarium with our good friends who traveled from far away and lunch outside enjoying the weather. We want to thank everyone who made the trip to help us celebrate.....you all helped to make the day special for Lilly as well as us! Thank you, thank you, thank you!