Lily's 1st Game at Husky Stadium!

We accidentally took Lily to her first Husky game yesterday! 

We woke up in the morning and decided we were totally missing out, since tons of our friends were already down at the stadium tailgating. So we headed down, planning to just come home and watch the game. 

We found the alumni band right away. Lily likes hearing the band, but apparently not from TOO close.

 We met up with Katie and Scotty to celebrate K's bday!

 Then we found Mary, and she hooked us up with a pair of tickets! Sweet! And they were good seats! It was perfect. An actual 12:00 kickoff, perfect weather, a Husky blowout... Lily loved seeing the airplanes and boats from the stadium, she liked hearing the band and the spontaneous clapping by the fans. With all that and a hot dog we managed to keep her entertained until halftime. Then we headed home!

Videos: Chatting and Climbing

Lily is becoming very independent! She likes to do things herself. She is climbing everything (high chair, crib, stairs) and loves swings and slides. She is also beginning to say sentences! And lots of stuff that sounds like sentences, but we don't actually understand (yet!) what she is saying.

Yesterday we decided to go on a stamina building bike ride...Lily is constantly asking for "helmies" and "ride," but we only make it a short ride before we hear "all done!" This time we biked two miles to our favorite local playground, played, and then rode home. I got these videos of cuteness that I had to share.

Lily says a sentence! "I did it!"

"Funny. I'm high!"

"Na Na"

September - 19 Months

Fall is coming in Seattle! The weather certainly has gotten crazy. We've been trying to sneak outside as much as possible. We went to a local beach on one of the almost 90 degree days for an evening picnic. That's KK in her swimsuit! Lily had no interest in the beach when there is a GIANT playground to play on!

 Lily is still obsessed with bubbles. Now she gets all the turns, though, so there aren't as many bubbles as there is soap all over everything!

 Last weekend, we had beautiful weather on Saturday! We met up with the T family for a sunset dessert on Lake Washington. It turned out to be an amazing sunset!

Last week Jason and Lily went to celebrate K's 3rd birthday!

Poor Uncle Justin, Lily is pouting because she would rather Daddy hold her. She is mastering this face. Who can say no to such an adorable frowny face??

 She loves K's new birthday present!

 Happy Birthday, buddy!

Lily's new favorite thing: wearing socks. On her hands. It started in the car, where she would take off her shoes and socks and put them on her hands. Then she mastered putting socks on both hands. Now she into it. Last night she even insisted on sleeping with one on. Here was her stylin' look today!

 It's good to wear protective eye wear while eating spaghetti!

Back to School

We can't believe 3 weeks of school have already flown by!

It seems like just yesterday we were helping Jason set up his classroom and taking this cute pic of Lily in his partner's classroom...

 Then the next day we were dropping Lily off at her new school! She's in the "Young Toddler" room now, which is on campus at my school! It is so special and lucky to have her right there. She is in the smaller group, and there are only 5 kids in her "class" right now (with one teacher).

 Here she is on the first day! This place is awesome! They have a whole tub of keys and phones. Sweeet!! Lily also loves the tiny furniture.

 And they have a SLIDE in the middle of the room! Best ever.

 Reunited with old friends from the infant room!

  Lily loves to play outside at school. I snapped this of her before she noticed I was there to pick her up. :)

 They have been doing all kinds of art at school! It's so adorable! We already got to bring home a pile of precious pieces, and must find a way to display them asap.

Jason and I also had great first days. Years 9 and 2 are off to good starts.

This is posted in Jason's school right now. If kids raise $100, they can dunk Mr. F in the dunk tank at the school fundraiser!!

We celebrate a long first week with Jason's staff at the back to school BBQ. Lily's outfit was a hit.

And now school is rolling! Lily quickly got the idea that Mommy leaves her in the morning. She hasn't cried EVERY day... Some mornings she comes to play in my classroom with me for a little while until we are ready to head to her school. She climbs the stairs and yells "I'M HIGH!" She likes to play with the other kids, and is beginning to say the names of some of her classmates. And she LOVES to play on the big kid playground, and tries to book it over there whenever she gets a window of opportunity. We had an actual lock down (we were safe the whole time), and it was after school so I got to go lock down with Lily and the toddlers. All three of us are able to carpool most days!