Little swimmer

Lily reached 13 months on July 11. She discovered "swimming" this past month, and she can't get enough of the water. We definitely have an outdoor girl. She cries when we take her back into the apartment again after being in the pool! Here are some pictures:

Tooling around on her birthday

Here are some pictures of Lily walking and tooling around on her first birthday (June 11).

Happy Birthday Lily Grace!

Happy birthday Lily Grace! Today is your first birthday. We praise God for bringing such a delightful, beautiful, wonderful little girl into our lives a year ago today. You are the most precious gift we could ask for, and we love you so much. It was been such a joy to watch you grow up before our eyes. You have changed so much in your first year. You’ve gone from a completely helpless infant to a curious, fearless toddler who loves to explore and climb and play. We have so much fun with you, laughing and playing together, and we live out each day in amazement of who you are and who you will become. We can’t wait to see what the years ahead have in store! We love you with all our hearts!


Here's mommy helping you blow out the candle on your first birthday cake!

A Passage to Narnia

Here's Lily two weeks before her first birthday. We laughed about how it almost looks like C. S. Lewis' famous wardrobe has been replaced by a bookshelf, and Lily is exiting Narnia after being a queen there for decades and hunting the white stag (and of course no time at all passed in our world)...

Reading with Daddy

Here we are this morning reading Animal Babies

Special delivery

This picture of Lily was taken yesterday -- 11 months and five days old... Who needs a stork when the postal service delivers packages like these!

Sweeter than Chocolate

Here's Lily earlier this week, wearing a shirt that was gifted to her by friends. It says, "Way Sweeter than Chocolate"... :^)