Becoming a big sister made Lili grow up faster. She is an amazing talker. For awhile she would get a hold of my phone and call people on my favorites list. Everyone kept thinking it was Gavin who was calling because they didn't expect little Lili to have so much to say! Lili also acts older because she likes to be very independent. This is awesome except when she can't do something or I am in a hurry and want to do it for her then we have a great temper tantrum.
Lili's personality is so different from the boys. She brings calmness in our home. Don't misunderstand. I love my boys' energy and passion for life. I also really love how Lili will sit and look at books or begs to be read to all the time. Books are her favorite. She tries to keep up with the boys and is very strong and daring (she can climb anything), but she also has this calmness about her. She loves to please me so she is very obedient. Zane and I can ask her to find her shoes and she goes and does it. It completely shocked me the first couple of times. My boys try to be obedient but along the way to finding shoes there is always something else to distract them from their original goal. Lili is very focused on what she wants and makes sure it happens. At times this also leads to temper tantrums...
I love watching the tender side of Lili come out. She is starting to pay attention to her dolls and if Talmage is crying, she will sit by him to sing him "I'm a Child of God." When we asked once what her baby's name was, meaning her doll, she looked at us and said, "Talmage" meaning she thought Talmage was her baby. Lately she is trying to carry Talmage which means she is trying to lift him by his neck. Since he weighs as much as she does, it is going to be pretty tough to carry him around. Lili is very polite and says thank you all the time.
Lili also loves singing. At night when she picks her song, I sometimes need her to sing it to me to know what she is saying. I can usually recognize the tune. Her favorite right now is "Master the Tempest is Raging." I taught this song to the kids at church (I teach the singing at church) and she loves it.
Lili is still tiny. She weighs 18 pounds. I don't think she has gained much weight lately. She is just growing taller. Lili is a fantastic eater and will try anything I give her including salads. I think she is the cutest girl ever but I am a little biased. Being the only girl in the family, she has a special place and those brothers of hers sure love her.
Lili wearing the dress my mom made her. Lili loves her grandma and monopolizes her time when she is visiting.
Our next door neighbor got this dress in the mail randomly and gave it to us. It is big on Lili, but it says Happy Birthday on it. Since her birthday was on Sunday this year, it was perfect.
The necklaces were one of her gifts. She loves accessorizing.
She also got books for her birthday. She is really good at these I Spy books.
Pushing her new shopping cart around.
Showing off her birthday dress.
Lili's not picky about desserts so I went easy this year with a pumpkin cobbler. We had my parents, Zane's mom (she just moved close by us), and my grandma who was visiting for the holidays over for dinner and dessert.
We love our little princess.
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