Balmex? Oh, Butt Paste

So, yeah, it's been two months and I kind of figured the blog didn't really matter anymore. Then, I got an email from a long lost friend who said I needed to update the blog. She's right, I do. It's not the best post, but I've posted some pictures from Christmas and Lily's birthday. As for the title of the post, Lily says the funniest and most adult-like things sometimes. The other night I was changing her diaper and putting Butt Paste on her bum. She kept saying, "Balmex?" It took me a second to realize what she was saying, (asking me if I was putting Balmex on her bum) so I said, "No, it's Butt Paste." And she said, "Oh, Butt Paste, okay." She's so much fun and says the cutest things everyday. I wish I had the memory to write them ALL down. I'll explain the pictures as we go....enjoy!







Christmas morning. Lily got this bag of food from Grandma Alyson and Poppy Mark. She was ready to go to Stanley's Market immediately! The third is of Lily putting my earrings "in" her ear. She's very focused.









"I DO IT MYSELF!!!" She now HAS to do everything herself. This was in December...now she REALLY has to do everything herself.

I love this series of pictures because it tells such a funny story. Ollie decided that no matter what Grandma Gayle was doing....praying, offering him food, changing his diaper, walking into the room...she should not be doing it. So he would say, "No Grandma Gayle!" At first there was no smile coming from Ollie, now, two months later both Lily and Ollie say it and laugh their heads off. Back to the pictures....



Everyone is wondering if Ollie is going to say it. You can see in my mom's face that she's kind of testing Oliver and is trying not to laugh...we all know what's coming.



"NO GRANDMA GAYLE!" My mom and dad obviously lose it and start laughing.



Okay, let's try this again. In the meantime, Lily's just wondering when she gets to eat the cake.



So telling of their relationship. Lily is ALWAYS willing to show the love, and does it non-stop. Ollie just lets her do it...for now.





Honestly, not staged. I was reading so Lily grabbed a book and "read" next to me. Seriously, she's pretty cute.



Grandma Madge NEVER forgets a birthday. She gave Lily and Ollie money for their birthdays. It looks like Lily is liking the idea. This picture was taken the day we said goodbye to my Grandpa Vic. He died the next day. Grandma is hanging in there but is quoted to have said, "I'm too old for this."



Seriously nasty. Lily had a super bad cold while we were in Utah. Of course we drugged her with Benadryl. As a consequence she slept until after eleven a.m. one morning. When we got her out of her crib, this is what she looked like. Dried boogers all over her cheek. It was seriously nasty but pretty funny too.



Grandma Alyson



Aunt Natalie and Uncle Cam

BACK IN CHICAGO

Kristal threw a birthday party for Lily and Oliver. Lily was pretty much just interested in the cupcakes, or more precisely-the frosting.



She sure loves her "Allya" (Ollie).



She blew out her candles first. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like she might be laughing at Ollie and maybe even challenging him to get his candles blown out.



I think she realized she was being mean and decided to help him blow them out.

Worth the wait?

The Lincoln Park Zoo has a festival of lights this time of year. Of course, it's free and Santa was waiting for us in the Lion House!!! We thought that Ollie would be the one to freak out, nope, not this time. Lily waited patiently but when the time came to sit on Jolly Ole's lap, Lily decided it wasn't worth the wait. She had the death grip on me and instead of scarring her for life, we just took the picture and ran.

Funerals bring us together....

Grandpa Neuenschwander (my grandpa, not Lily's...thank goodness) passed away almost two weeks ago. As a result, we got to go to Utah to see family and friends and pay our last respects with much love to Grandpa George. Here are a few pictures from the week in Utah.


Lily and Ollie got a little bored at the viewing of Grandpa George so they played on the ramp outside the room and had a great time. Lily made Ollie be the horse.



Lily loves to go "swimming" in Grandma Alyson's hot tub.


Taylor came down from Logan to see Lily, it had been six months since he last saw her!



Lily and Ollie took a bath together at Grandma Gayle's and did the "side by side" swim.



On Halloween we visited Grandma Madge in Provo. She was so happy to see how Lily has grown.



Lily was the cutest bear-pirate there has ever been.

Bear-Pirate

I bought Lily a bear costume thinking it would match Scott's requirements perfectly. While it was cute...it apparently was too boring so Scott decided to buy a pirate costume and make Lily a bear-pirate. As usual, Scott's decision to go the extra mile paid off and Lily looked adorable. She loved to keep the costume on, especially the belly part! Since we were in Utah for my grandpa Neuenschwander's funeral, we went trick-or-treating in our old neighborhood. Lily was definitely the cutest trick-or-treater out there. Her cousins, dad and uncle Coby were all a pretty close second though.