Another birthday. Lillie, at two years you:

are almost three feet tall

love your baby brother to pieces


have started jumping off of everything, with no fear


are miss independent

can do somersaults over and over again


still love swim class


can identify most of the letters in the alphabet


sing songs by filling in the blank


recognize most numbers


still have a love for Elmo


can name many colors, but purple is still your favorite

love to run and fly kites

can climb up the jungle gym and slide down all by yourself

are talking in sentences


miss dad when he's away or flying on an "airbee"


love to talk on the phone (can with mom's iphone)


insist on taking the stairs all by yourself


love to draw and finger paint

get excited for pancake sunday (and who wouldn't!)

have brought two years of joy to your proud parents




Check out our weekend activities. Lillie turns TWO on Wednesday...stay tuned.








































We had gorgeous weather in Chicago over the weekend, 70 degrees on both days! We took advantage and went for a long walk along the lake and found a great spot for flying Lillie's kite. It's a beautiful butterfly kite and she loves to be outside and run around with it. In fact, we were along the running path and after seeing all the runners pass by, she decided to join in. I think we have a Forrest Gump on our hands...she could have kept running, and running, and running. I hope this isn't the last of the nice weather, but part of me is looking forward to that first snow so we can build a snowman and have a snowball fight.

















Quinn has started staying awake for longer periods during the day and we've started seeing him smile. Luckily, we caught this one on camera to share with everyone. Isn't he the cutest?!





















It's a little late, but here is Quinn's one-month-old picture. Today he is six weeks...what?! Two months is creeping up on us, and we already can't imagine our lives without the Mighty Quinn.