Beautiful Day!

What a beautiful day today has been! Lillian is an outdoor girl all the way, so when the weather is nice we basically LIVE outside! Today we walked down to the pond to feed the fish and turtles. Lillian had fun watching them eat the bread...she also had fun eating the bread herself! It was neat to see how much the turtles had grown since last year. After the pond we headed home and played in the backyard until I had to drag her in screaming "NO!" so she could get a nap. I have never in my life appreciated Spring like a do now! Hopefully the cold days are a thing of the past and this warm weather is here to stay!

Snow in Statesboro!

Pictures of Lillian in the snow! It's not everyday that we get "snow" down here! She had fun playing, but especially loved the snowman she found...she sat down right next to it and didn't want to get up! She also was so excited to see friends from Michelle's!

Merry Christmas!

Here is a run-down of our extremely busy Christmas...it seems like ALOT, but I think I might be bored if it were any other way! Lillian had a blast! I was sort-of surprised how "into" it she was...she like opening presents and like the other kids, when she got one open she moved right on to the next hardly acknowledging the fact that there was a present under the paper. She also LOVED the big boxes! She learned how to climb on EVERYTHING from her cousin Jay and she hasn't stopped since! We are now home and enjoying some quiet time just the 3 of us! Merry Christmas!

Christmas #5- Mom and Mike and family








Christmas #4- Daddy and Robin and all the siblings





Christmas #3- The Smallmans and Santa







Christmas #2- Memama and Pop & Mur




Christmas #1- The Smallmans and Hunts

Lillian's first Carousel ride!

Lillian enjoyed her first Carousel ride in Atlanta over the break. She loved it! She was a pro too...she held on to the bar like she had been doing it her whole life!

Breakfast with Santa

I took Lillian to have breakfast with Santa this morning at Vandy's. I was very nervous about how she would react to him since last year was not a huge success...but everything was great! We were able to get some OK pictures with Santa and ZERO tears were shed! I was so proud of her and can't wait for her to meet him again next week...maybe we'll be able to get some smiles out of her!

Tis the season!

We took LOTS and LOTS of pictures today trying to get the perfect pictures for our Christmas card. Here are some pictures that didn't make the card, but were still cute! It is VERY difficult to get a good picture of everyone! Lillian is loving the Christmas tree and loves looking at it and playing with the ornaments...but not taking them off the tree. I think she is also trying to say "Christmas tree" but I'm not 100% sure. One thing is for sure though...it is Christmas time at the Smallman house and we're loving it!

She loves her daddy!