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.

The Visit from "Nani" and Cam

I got it! Here are the pictures from when Cam and Natalie came to visit us! We spent one afternoon at the beach. We were just walking along not planning to go down to the water but Lily talked us into it and we spent a long time there! Lily loved it. She still asks for Cam and Natalie and it's so cute when she says, "Cam!" out of the blue.

Something cute not related to Cam and Natalie: Lately she gets really happy/giddy before I put her in her crib. Last night she was laughing and when I closed the door she said, "bye!"

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