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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!  We had a mild Easter at the Baker house this year.  I think our family allergies really put a damper on real outdoor Easter egg hunting.  But the girls still had just as much fun hunting for eggs in the house!  Then Grandma and Grandpa came over and, of course, we hid eggs all over again.  :)  Can't wait until next year when Lilly is older!

Getting ready to hunt for Easter eggs!

Raiding Jie Jie's Easter basket goodies.  :)

"I found one!!!!!"

Mei Mei found 4 out of the 24 eggs all by herself!  Not bad!  :)

I love Mei Mei's chubby little ballerina toes!  ♥

It's so hard to get a decent picture of the both of them.  Believe it or not, this is one of the better ones!  My goofy girls!

In her sweet, innocent voice "Mommy, can I pleeeeaaaase eat some Nerds?"

I'm not sure what they are both looking at but it ain't the camera!

Grandma and Grandpa came over and they each got little Easter baskets!  Abby was so nice - she helped Mei Mei with her doll.  So sweet!

Happy Easter everyone!  :)

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Family Outing

Yesterday we  had to go into town to pick up the Volvo so we decided to make a day of it and we went out for lunch with the girls.  It was our first time to eat out as a family since Sydney.  We went to Cedar Creek Cafe and Bryce and I split a Cowboy Burger and a Frito Pie.  YUM-MY!  Abby was entertained with coloring and Lilly was soaking in the whole experience.

"What's going on guys?  Who are all these people?"

Look how well she's coloring in the lines now!  Go Abby!

♥ My two beautiful girls ♥

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Happy 1st Birthday, Lilly! ♥

In just about an hour and 1 year ago, our sweet little Lilly was born.  :)  She had her 1 year check up today and she is 23 lbs (80%), 30.5" tall (90%) with a head circumference of 46 cm (84%).  We've got another tall Baker girl in the family!  She's a whole inch taller than Abby was at her 1 year check up.  She also got 4 shots today and her finger pricked.  There were some tears but I'm OK!  Just kidding, Lilly is OK now and is sleeping it off.  Lilly says about 4-5 words now and is starting to understand and respond to things that we say.  To be fair, I will make a list of what she can do and say just like I did for Abby.  But otherwise, we've got a happy, healthy baby girl who has brought so much joy into our family!  And Abby continues to be a sweet big sister.  I can tell she is proud of her sister when she sees her walk or do something new.  They make each other laugh and Lilly just thinks Abby hung the moon.  ♥  We'll see how long that lasts - haha!

Lilly and BEVO!  For some reason he's got real nostrils and both girls love picking his nose - haha!

1.  Lilly can say hi, diaper, jie jie and we think she says thank you.  And she randomly repeats words we say too.
2.  When we say "bi zhe", she knows to touch our nose, she comes to me when I say "guo lai!", she raises her arms up when we say "up!" and we're about to pick her up from her clip on chair and most importantly, she leans in for an open mouth kiss when we say "qin qin!"  That's my favorite!
3.  She is really out growing Abby's old clothes fast.  She's already fitting 18 month clothes really well.  She's got my BIG MAMA feet.  I'm not even sure what size they are (4 or 5?).  
4.  Teeth #7 and #8 came in a little over a week ago (top left and right lateral incisors).

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Lilly's 1st Birthday Party!

Yesterday we had a small party in honor of Lilly's 1st birthday!  She actually turns 1 on March 27th.  Yesterday also happen to be Ruby and my birthday so we sort of had 2 birthday parties in one day!  We were thankful that Lilly was able to nap before all of her guests arrived so we had a super happy baby for the festivities.  Here are a few pictures from the day.

First thing's first - a great big birthday hug from Jie Jie!  ♥

Lilly put on a great show with all of her walking now.  I just love this cute little baby!!

It was cousin Willow's first trip to our house.  I'm sure there will be many to come!

Lilly had 2 friends come celebrate with her - Cody (14 mo) & Alisha (15 mo).  Both kids of college classmates!

My sad attempt at getting a picture of the cousins.  Better than nothing!

Of course, Abby was all to eager to help her sister open presents.  :)

Lilly sort of got into smashing up her cake.  Again, Jie Jie was all too happy to help out!

YUM!

Aaaand....now time to relax after the party.  Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate this special occasion with our little Lilly!  :)

And lastly, proof she can walk!

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Remember us?

I know it's been over a month since my last post.  The last 2 months have been a blur but I promise to update it all soon!  Right now I'm busy planning Lilly and Abby's birthday parties!  Spring is a busy time of the year for us.  I just wanted to post a quick picture of what a typical day is like once Bryce gets home from work.  He basically gets a standing ovation, hears 2 screaming girls squeal in absolute delight and then they fight over who gets to hug and kiss him first (usually it's which ever one is closer).  I told Bryce "It must be nice to feel like a rock star every day when you walk in the door!"

  ♥  Daddy and his girls!  ♥