WARNING: SHE IS OFFICIALLY TWO

Oh my goodness! I can't believe that Lilly is turning two years old today. If you saw my previous post, I sort of feel like she has been two for too long and it has only been a day! Seriously though how does the time fly? I went through and picked out some of my favorite pictures of Lilly over the last two years.......I know there are a lot (and believe me there are probably 100 more that I would have liked to put up here), and you don't have to peruse them all, but I am using this more as a personal family record and so indulge me. But here is my ode to Lilly:

Enjoy the video (and of course she is dirty.... like always)and Grandma thanks for the card. Lilly was SO excited and you will see how "she" spent her money later.

Lilly with her very own birthday card!

The two weeks before Lilly was born I completely lost my voice. When I say completely I mean COMPLETELY! All I could do was whisper for almost three weeks. So for her delivery we pretty much had a silent birth. It is really funny how people react when you whisper. Even though they don't have to whisper they almost always do. So all the doctors and nurses were all whispering at me and Lilly came out the most calm quiet baby. I think maybe the Scientologists might have one thing right with the silent birth thing (and I really think that might be all they have right).

It's funny to look at this picture because she almost looks chubby but at this point I think she was under 6 pounds! She still has fairly chubby cheeks though! I just remember her being SO small!

I'll be honest, I never thought that I would have three girls. I would have bet money that Lilly would have been a boy before the technician told me she was a girl. I was so sure that I even held on to a scrap of a feeling that she might still come out a boy all the way until I held her. I had a hard time even thinking of girl names throughout my entire pregnancy. When I finally came to terms with having a third girl all I could think of was that I really wanted to name her Lilly. Unfortunately we had left the hospital already turning in her birth certificate application for Savannah Elizabeth Moyes. As you know that is not her name. After about a month of being Savannah and I don't think ever being called Savannah, Dustin and I came to the conclusion that that was not her name. We tried Lilly on for size and that was the point that I really finally came to terms with my third girl. My beautiful little Silly Lilly.

First bathing suit!

I love this picture of Lilly and Dustin.

One of my all time favorite pictures of Lilly. She had crawled into the shower while I was in it and thought it was the greatest time ever.

Lilly one year ago today.

Look at that belly!


And then the curls started to come. Oddly enough that was about the time that my very docile easygoing Lilly changed into Mr. Hyde! I think all you with curly haired kids out there were right. There is something about those crazy curls that must influence her crazy personality. And honestly I wouldn't change her crazy unruly curls or her crazy unruly personality. She has been obsessed with my earrings for a very long time.
Eating bluberries
Thoroughly enjoying her "gingerbread house"

We are ushering in the terrible two's with a vengeance. I am excited and terrified to see what this year will bring for you and me. Even still I love you my sweet Lilly and wouldn't trade you for all the boys in the world! Happy 2nd Birthday!