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her 2nd halloween, and she was a beautiful gypsy princess! she can even say "trick-or-treat" and " happy halloween"!
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she loves those dinananasaurs! At first, she was afraid to touch it, but after a few minutes, I could hardly tear her away! she's growing up so fast, she'll be 20 months old in less than a week. She says full sentances, has good manners, and her kindness and loving nature is so endearing. Everyone who meets her falls in love with her.
I<3U, babygirl!

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watching elmo together.
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singing and dancing

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She is so smitten with her brother. They 'nuggle, hug, kissies, and have little unintelligable conversations in their own language. She's counting to ten pretty well, already, and almost has her ABC's down! I'm always blown away by her intelligence and kindness. She expresses concern for anyone upset and gives hugs to them to try and cheer them up. Brushing her own teeth, now, too. My little 4 year old trapped in a 1 year old's body! I'm looking into getting her into gymnastics and swim classes. That's going to be fun!
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The Little Princess

Well, she's really loving having a Gramma around! It took her a while to warm up to everyone, but she's happy and playful with all her new family. Especially her Papa. She took to him quickly. Playing with Tristan and Aiden, running around the house, The Little Princess of the house. The only Granddaughter. She's getting equal attention, too. She has her Aunt Bermmy wrapped around her tiny finger.
She adjusting well to her new surroundings and has the whole family giggling at her girlishness that's been missing from their lives. She is even starting to let me put her down for long periods of time. Not being as clingy as she was the first couple weeks we were here. Her smiles keep me in a positive mood. She's my Silly Lilly.

A B Cs and poos and pees!

She is officially weaned from mommy milk!! I feel so proud of us for going as long as we did (14 months!!). We have a slight setback in the potty training because we had to postpone while we moved to a different apartment. Now it feels like starting from square one. But she still tells me when she pees or poos in her diaper. Plus, she can say 3 syllable words! She can't enunciate them well, of course, but it still sounds like "dinosaur" and "vitamins". But the most recent amazing thing is hearing her attempt the alphabet. She sings along and sometimes says the right letter at the right time! It sounds like: "ah ah ah dah ah ah ah, ah ah ah k ummhmmhm o hum, tah tah tah, t ah ah, ah ah, ah dah!!". So unbelievable!

Potty

Ya. She's potty training! She knows what the potty is, walks to it when I ask her if she has to go, ('cause it's in the livingroom), and half the time, she actually goes! Just had to put in a quick update, but, she's not feeling well lately, so she's really fussy. :)

Girly

Watching this little baby walk around is blowing my mind! She's been walking steadily for over a month now. She acts so sweet and silly. Now she's trying to climb as high as she possibly can. When I catch her climbing up the arms of the couch, where she KNOWS Mama doesn't want her to go, I say, "Lillian...!" in a warning tone and she slyly, nonchalantly pretends like she wasn't even thinking about it. With a look on her face that says, "I wasn't doen' nuthen', Mama", she slides down and lays back as if that's what she was intending to do the whole time. Her soft squishy body makes her irresistible to cover in kisses, for all of us, even Tristan. When the guys are off playing video games, I take her in to get kisses and I say, "kissies for Sissy?" and she throws herself back in my arms so that she's upside down with a huge opened mouth grin on her face, Dada and Tristan multi-kiss her little forehead and she giggles. Big Brother still calls her "Baby" instead of Lilly or Lillian, so she answers to Baby, Lilly, Sissy, Lillian, and Lilly Nicole. She'll be a year old next month! Already showing interest in books, music, and games, she is the most advanced baby I've ever met! Addicted to yellow, water, and heights, it's easy to see she knows what she likes without question. She's still breastfeeding, but she has gotten to the point where she will take her fill at night and fall asleep without it, unlike nap time, when she nurses herself to sleep. But with all the noises of daytime, I can understand the need... I plan on weening her at a year old, but she might have other plans. And with how insistent she is for everything else she is addicted to, I'm sure she'll win that battle for a long while. Not that I'll mind much. I love the bonding that comes with nursing. HAPPY NEW YEAR, Lilly Pie!