Santa Came to Tilly Town!!

Tilly was pretty excited to see a PIANO from Santa this morning when she woke up... Check out the video, and you can see for yourself! Merry Christmas!

Tilly is TWO!

That's right! This little girl has already turned two. It seems like just yesterday I was praying that she would hurry up and get here so she wouldn't be born on Christmas day! :)

We had her birthday party at my parents house, and let me tell you, the house was FULL!! I think with kids included we had over 50 people here. This girl is LOVED!!

So, as if you couldn't tell, the theme was pink and green with brown zebra. Tilly's babysitter (who is SO SO SO SO much more than that to us!) made her the dress to match. LOVE IT!!!

Here is Tilly with her cousin Bailey. She loves Bailey..
And, here are Tilly with her friends eating hot dogs. I tried to get Tily to smile at me, but she was way too interested in her hot dog.

My parents got Tilly her first bicycle. Tilly was a little scared of it at first, but now she is seeming to like it! Here's the stool we got her. This should help her get to the potty better by herself!
While Tilly loved all of her presents, she really just wanted to play with her cousin Micah. (AKA Baaaaaaaaabeeee Guy-kuh!)
If you look in the bottom left hand corner of this photo, you can see the cabbage patch doll with red hair and blue eyes named Tilly Jade. SO cute!

Here are the PJs from Maw Maw and PaPaw. Do you think she likes them???

Tilly is so into "Dora and Boots" right now. She got 4 Dora dolls and many other Dora gifts. Every time she would open something, instead of trying to go to open the next present she would say "OPEN PLEASE!!!!" She was ready to get to playing!! This is a doctor's kit...she still wants to be one of those when she grows up!! ;)

I'm serious...all she wanted to do was show Micah her presents and make sure Micah was having a good time.

Here is Tilly with Aunt Haley. Haley took care of getting the AWESOME cake for me. She took the party invitiation to Lisa's Cake Boutique in Conway, and they made it to match--just perfect!! She L-O-V-E-D it!

You can see the invitation in this picture...and a sausage and cheese tray, randomly...

My nana was playing dress up with Tilly after her party. She got these glasses in her doctor kit, and she also got the Dora hat and gloves from Nana and PawPaw. CRACK me up!!

She was so good at her party and had a great time. Happy Birthday Tilly!

BIG time catch up

I very sadly just realized that the last time I "blogged" was Thanksgiving..that's TOO long. I mean, next week is Christmas!!! I have not finished shopping yet, but the good news is that at least I've started...

We've been pretty busy around here lately. Here's some proof:

We went to dinner at Josh & Mandy's a few weeks back..Tilly always loves being around Noah!

Look at him holding her up. Isn't that sweet!?! What a little gentleman!

Tilly's friend Isabel turned TWO two weeks ago. We went to her party and had a ball!

Aunt Amanda had fun too...maybe too much??

I didn't get any good pictures of the birthday girl, but that's her on the right.

TODAY Tilly and I went to where I used to work to visit with all the people who I miss SO much. We had a ball, and it was so great to see everyone.

Then, we had brunch (Okay, it was really lunch by the time I got there...I don't know why I can't be on time!!!!) at Mimi's with Noah and Mandy. SO GOOD! Then we went to play at an INDOOR playground and the kids and mom's loved it! Seriously, Mandy I and I were loving the "big slide!" We even made a new friend, huh Mandy?!

How fun that they match??!!

Sweet Noah (who likely had some help from his parents) got Tilly the cutest birthday present--an entire coloring set which she insisted on taking to her nap! Tilly says "Thank you so much, Mo-ah!"

We are in Louisiana for Thanksgiving again! Of course, I had to take pictures within the first 30 seconds of our arrival because of what we walked into:

What? You mean you didn't get EIGHT wrapped presents at THANKSGIVING as a kid? Or even this year? ME NEITHER!! :) My Nana and Paw Paw decided that Tilly needed a little practice opening gifts for her upcoming birthday and Christmas. She was thrilled, though, to say the least! And, apparently, Sesame Street wrapping paper is the appropriate choice for Thanksgiving presents...

Here are some pictures from Thanksgiving day:

Look carefully at what Tilly is doing on the computer...

...she's listening to Glee!!!

Doesn't she look like a big girl??? She loves to hold her fingers RIGHT UP to the keyboard and say "I not touch...I not touch."

That's a lot of food and a big table for one little girl...

I think this is where Tilly was getting tired of waiting for everyone to come to the table...

Here's the family (minus the photographer, Paw Paw). My parents and other two sisters and their respective boys are in Arkansas because of basketball. Next year, we should all be here!!!

Tilly really didn't eat that much for Thanksgiving lunch...

Let's be honest, you wouldn't either if you knew Dippin Dots were waiting for you!

Totally Tilly

(These next few are from Haloween...I've been SLACKING!)