My little traveler

Lilly and I went on vacation with Mimi for a little over a week.  Unfortunately we were pretty busy so I didn’t take many pictures at all.  We had some flight mishaps (cancelled flights, bad weather, etc.) ending with my decision to never fly delta again.  But our first two flights were great.  There were a few extra seats on the flights so Lilly was able to sit all by herself, in her car seat of course. 

   

Blankie (Lilly calls it “bye bye”) was a favorite during this trip, the only problem with it is that as soon as you give blankie to Lilly her thumb goes directly into her mouth!

 

I was very surprised that Lilly allowed us to get off the plane without the SkyMall magazine, that was her very favorite “book” of the trip.  Every plan we went on she asked for the “book” an knew exactly where to look for it.

Tigger also made the trip with us.

We even spent one night at a hotel, and I had to get a picture of my baby totally exhausted.  She’s only 3 days into the vacation.

I also shared my love of Red Robin with Lilly, for those of you who knew me in high school, I worked at the only Red Robin in Baton Rogue from the time they opened to the time they closed.  It was a really fun job, and I really liked the food.  So now every time we go anywhere that has one, it is mandatory to go and get a burger, endless fries and a mud pie!

 

All in all we had a great trip, we got to catch up with lots of friends and family and we even got a few surprises along the way!

Lilly in a Box

Lilly loves playing in the guest room while I sew.  So I decided to put some toys in there for her to play with.  Her favorite is the box to her Cozy Coupe. Check out her cute GroBaby diapers!

 

Lilly Pie Creations

 

Did you know that having Lilly made me creative?  Well it did, enough so that I decided to start “Lilly Pie Creations.”  I started a Facebook Page to show off some of my creations.  Facebook only allows so much customization so I decided to start a blog so I could offer a few more details behind my projects.  My blog has gotten off to a slow start, partially due to it’s namesake, Miss Lilly is keeping me pretty busy these days!  There is my plug, feel free to visit my facebook page or my blog and feel free to email me with any questions or orders lillypiecreations@hotmail.com.

Gulfport Vacation

After weeks of begging Mike to bring Lilly and I on a vacation, he finally agreed!  There were a lot of obstacles, the oil to the south and east of us and the hurricane to the west.  After one reservation in Galveston, TX failed due to the first hurricane of the season, we decided to brave the oil and go to Gulfport/Biloxi, MS.  We found an amazing plantation home that turned into a hotel, called the Magnolia Plantation.  It was beautiful, it had peacocks, a full breakfast buffet, a pool and even suites, so we were able to let Lilly nap in the bedroom while we watched t.v. in the living room.

We took our first drive to the beach right after we checked into the hotel only to find a lot of clean up crews cleaning up tar balls. So the beach was quickly erased from our to-do list.  Instead we decided to play at the local park and take a quick slide.  The slide was a little wet….I think that I why Mike offered to take the camera and catch the special moment with my Lilly for me. 

 

The next morning after a wonderfully yummy breakfast overlooking the lake at our hotel we took off with our swimming gear in tow for a fun day.  First we went to a splash pad, where Lilly really enjoyed herself playing with the water.

 

 

 

Then we headed to Kangarooz, an indoor bouncy house.  Lilly had a great time here too!

 

Lilly had a fun filled day, that ended with a nice swim in the hotel pool.  The next morning we indulged in the hotel’s buffet breakfast again and left 5 lbs heavier.  Then we took another drive to the beach and saw more clean up crews, it was really sad to see the beaches so empty on a Sunday in the middle of the summer.  We took a short trip to the new Planet Hollywood and walked around to see all the cool memorabilia then decided to get some souvenirs from our first trip to the “beach”. 

All in all we had a great vacation filled with lots of Lilly laughs, giggles and smiles.  We ended our 4th of July weekend sitting on our back porch watching a free fireworks show compliments of some of our neighbors.  

Zoo, Spoons and Aliens, oh my!

Lilly and I took a trip with Mimi to the zoo for her company picnic. It was so hot I’m surprised we didn’t all melt.  We tried everything to stay cool, we  let Lilly play with super cold water bottles.

 

  

 

Lilly also just entered the “I don’t need your help” stage.  If she is handed a spoon or fork with her meal, it is NECESSARY for her to feed herself.  Then after a while she gets tired of feeding herself empty spoon so she switches to her hands.

 

This alien is a favorite at our house, we got it from the Metairie St Patty’s Day parade this year.  She just started carrying him around by his antennae.

 

 

Father’s Day, better late than never

Sorry this post is a little late we had a busy week.  Last year I started a Father’s Day tradition. So I thought I should share pictures of this years Father’s Day picture. Her shirt say’s “Daddy’s Little Cupcake.”

 

  

 

I can’t believe she has changed so much in a year!