Lillie, time is going by too quickly for Mom and Dad. You're becoming a beautiful little girl in every way. At 18 months you:

have a red furry best friend, who's name you love to say

love to laugh

are running full speed ahead

are very generous and share when playing with others

get more curls in your hair everyday

love to have a dance party when daddy gets home from work

love to eat grapes

want to do most things that we do, and all by yourself

have to sleep with both elmo and bunny

are more and more excited to go to swim lessons with daddy

can relax on your back in the water and scoop, scoop, scoop

have almost all of your teeth

are an iphone/blackberry expert

love to swing and go down the slide by yourself

push every button you can (including all of daddy's)

want to be outside all day long

can kick a ball like a soccer pro

are going to make an amazing big sister

Thank you Aunt Kelly for sending this adorable outfit. Lillie really is kind of a big deal, don't you think? The weather here is nice and warm and we have the windows open today...perfect for wearing a tank top and tutu! Weekend here we come.

Seriously. Just look at how cute Lillie is in her swimsuit. I just can't get enough. Our Saturday mornings are now the most fun of the entire week. Lillie has started taking swim lessons each Saturday and is absolutely giddy from the time we pull out her suit until we make it to the pool! She loves to run around the house in her swimsuit and nothing else...as it should be, I think. Then she gets to spend some quality one-on-one time with dad at the lessons, and she rocks! BUBBLES. She loves to blow bubbles and lay on her back in the water (not at the same time, of course)! Our little fish. I'm sure she'll be a pro at butterfly in no time.

My birthday was last week and Conor made me these awesome red velvet cupcakes from Sprinkles. Don't you just love the signature circle sprinkle on top? Red velvet is my all-time favorite, it's just so sad that Lillie couldn't enjoy these tasty treats (the whole egg allergy). Still, we didn't let any go to waste, I am eating for two after all! I had such a great day, Conor even made one of my favorites for dinner: creamed salmon on texas toast. It was all perfect. I'll be dreaming of those cupcakes until next year...

For the past few months, I've been working on a very exciting project...my very first letterpress job! Annie and Brian were kind enough to ask me to make the invitations for their wedding coming up in June. It was so much fun and I really think that they turned out great. (Especially for being made on my little 5x8 Kelsey tabletop press.) I got to know my press up close and personal and can't wait to print more projects on it. I have a million ideas swirling around in my brain right now, I'm not sure how to choose which to do next. I'll post more photos of the invitation suite later...just want to make sure all the recipients actually receive them in the mail before seeing it on here!