Oh, somebody's had a birthday . . .

Can you guess who's birthday it is? This is the day she came home from the hospital . . .

Evidence of first teeth and gorgeous eyes . . .
Playing outside in the park on a nice spring day in Denver . . .
Of course it's Lily! This is her showing us how she's started to grow some muscles lately, something she's very excited about.


Saturday morning, we woke up to excitement and anticipation, Lily had become 6 years old! (Well, technically not until a little bit after nine in the morning, but still. . . ) The night before, Benjamin was worried that he hadn't found something for her on his own yet, Jeff let them know it's not a big deal, there's still fun even if there's no presents. Lily was all on board, saying maybe she'd get something home-made. Hearing the story from Jeff, I thought was pretty cute. She is really a very gracious girl. I loved watching her face every time she opened something else, pure joy and thankfulness, regardless of what was inside.


We'd been talking during the week about where Lily might want to go on her birthday, to do something as a family: Charlotte, the Beach, maybe Raleigh and Lily chose:

Breakfast at Elmo's diner where she ordered blueberry pancakes and perfect temperature hot cocoa with whipped topping piled high. Benjamin, Grace and I followed the pancake pattern, but with different varieties: chocolate chip, bananna, and fresh strawberries and whipped cream respectively. Jeffery was able to finally enjoy shrimp and grits which he swears was awesome! Good choice Lil, we brought home the leftovers and had them for lunch later. Then . . .
We headed over to the science museum, and enjoyed the pretty blossoms and water features being open again. Lily also noticed the baby turtles out in the lake, and pointed them out to me. We then headed home to listen to General Conference.
If you look closely, you'll notice that Lily has two pretty cute cakes. One has some edible grass, toy bugs, and a big lady bug that says "cute as a bug," that's the one that I made after being given the ultra-cute cake on the left that inspired my creation. Thanks for the cute cake and accessories, they were a huge hit!
All day long, Grace kept singing "Happy you you, happy you you." Happy Birthday Lil! We love your enthusiasm for life and determination to succeed! We love you!