Lillee is 7

Our sweet Lillee turned seven February 20. Wow! I really cannot believe it has been that long. Seven years ago we strapped her into her carseat (incorrectly) and drove 5 mph home from the hospital with my dad following us with flashers on! I'm really not exaggerating. She is so smart, beautiful and independent. She is doing so well in school and has lots of wonderful, close girlfriends already! There is a little pack of girls that are great friends and it’s so cute to see them all together.

Lillee is very into reading now. She has been getting up after we’ve put her to bed to read more! She’s also learned the game of rummy which she tries to play all day long!

Lillee and Elizabeth have birthdays 5 days apart so we try to do birthdays together. This year was no exception. Joy booked us two rooms at the Holiday Inn and we were set. We took 12 girls to swim and have pizza by the pool. Then we ended up with 8 spending the night, beading, coloring and staying up WAY too late! Thank goodness for adjoining rooms so Joy and I could rest peacefully! They were very sweet and I think it was a birthday to remember!

I'm not sure what we would've done without Bethany there to help us out? She had those girls crafting, playing dolls and behaving very well. What a great role model for these two girls to look up to!

Their sweet teacher came with their student teacher too! It is so awesome these four awesome girls get to share such a spectacular teacher.
Our tshirts turned out pretty darned cute.

We had a great time but Joy and I sure were pooped! Thank goodness for Winter Break! We had a great time playing at the park with friends and sleeping late. We went to my parents for a few days and ended up leaving Lillee for the weekend. Hence, her rummy skills were sharpened as well as her mini golf game. She and nana went to see Gnomeo and Juliet for the 2nd time and shopping for shorts. Baxter, Ben and I came home just in time for me to pack my bags again and head here for a nice relaxing time with some very sweet girlfriends. We all had spa treatments, a long enjoyable lunch on the lake and a fun night away. Thank goodness for those friends and for husbands to help with kids!