Happy Birthday Grandma Dorothy!

This lovely lady turned 85 this week!

 We met the Portland crew halfway-ish for a lovely birthday brunch to celebrate Grandma. Theresa found this awesome restaurant with a stunning view...who knew Tacoma could be so beautiful?

 Grandma loved the book that Lucy put together with everyone's pictures and stories.

 After brunch, we headed to Pt. Defiance Park to take advantage of some actual SUN! There was so much to do there, we really need to go back. We hit up the beach!

 Another one of Lily's "greats" turned 85 this week...Great-Grandpa Friesen! Nan and Ron were able to be there to celebrate with them, but we will have to make do with this picture from last summer and a phone call. Happy Birthday Grandpa Friesen!

Rain rain rain rain rain!

It seems like the last few weeks have been nothing but rain! We have been trying to get out and do things as much as we can, but it is starting to get a little old. And it means that most of our recent pictures are phone pics. Lily is busier than ever, though! Here are some things she's been up to recently.

 We took Lily to her 2 year old well child checkup. Dr. K said she looks great and needs to drink more milk! She measured 33.75 inches tall (45%) and weighed 22 pounds 11 ounces (5%).

 We got to go out to breakfast with friends Steve and Terri recently. Lily rocked her new backpack! She is also very much into Baby lately. Baby must ride in the car with us so that she and Lily can have lots of conversations. Mostly "it's ok Baby" and "sleepy Baby?" and "poopy Baby?" <-- complete with pants check!

 Last week we celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday with green eggs and ham!

 We also used green eggs to do some paint prints. And Lily added these post-its to make it quite the unique piece of art.

 Here is an adorable Dr. Seuss hat that Lily made at school!

 This was so fun to watch! Lily started making tiny marks on this piece of paper and said, "Mommy, Daddy, Lily, Rachel, Kenley, Cooper, Papa!" Is she really starting to draw people already?!?

 We've been trying to get to the pool as much as we can lately. Lily and Jason discovered the indoor playground at Mountlake Terrace is a great place to wait for the swim time to start!

 We celebrated Mom's birthday on the 26th. We went to Ivar's at Mukilteo after enjoying a lovely sunset at the Lighthouse Park playground.

 Check out Lily shoveling in Ivar's caesar salad!

 Lily needed to stay home sick on Monday. When she woke up from her nap, it was actually sunny outside and NOT raining!! We grabbed our sunglasses and sprinted outside to soak up every minute!!

 We found Daddy along the way!

 Do not question the methods of an artist at work...

 

 I tried to use the time at home on our sick day to take actual pictures of Lily with my big girl camera. I've been getting such great pics in this spot, that I hoped to get some good ones of Lily. Instead, I got super serious and super grumpy Lily. Mommy, seriously, do NOT get between me and the Lily videos on your phone!!

 Central Market is a great place to hang out when it rains. Lily is obsessed with their tiny shopping carts. And Baby. And her red boots (which still fit!).

 Lily and Jason both got their passports! One thing getting us through this terrible weather is knowing we will be on the sunny beaches of Mexico in Spring!!

Lily has been quite the chatterbox lately! She loves to sing, and is learning lots of words from the Frozen and Laurie Berkner CDs that we listen to over and over and over and over again in the car. She also tells us stories. Her favorites are the "Lily Goes Wheeee in the Snow" and "Lily Kenley Swings Park Higher and Higher."

 One last picture...Lily rocking chair!! Edited by me in Lightroom!! I finished my 4 week Lightroom course on ClickinMoms, and now feel a little more legit since I can actually correct and edit my photos. Hooray!!

Mid-Winter Break Day Trip!

We have been on vacation all week, and it is glorious!! We have been using the time to play play play play with Lily, catch up on projects at home, see friends and have playdates, and SLEEP! The weather has been disgusting, but we refused to let that put a damper on our fun. One of our highlights was a quick day trip to Bainbridge Island on Tuesday. It was POURING rain but we still had fun. We got to ride a ferry, went to the KiDiMu Children's Museum, had lunch at this adorable local cafe, and checked out a little local toy store. 

It's just a little rainy outside......but luckily Lily can entertain herself for house in the car! Waiting for the ferry...

 A little road trip entertainment...

We're finally on the ferry!! We had the outdoor decks all to ourselves. Haha!

 Lily kept asking to see the boat. "No water, no water!" Silly girl, we are ON the boat!

 We loved this adorable little children's museum, KiDiMu! It was just perfect for Lily. She loved the treehouse at the entrance, and kept going back to it to climb higher and higher on this ladder! She finally made it to the top, but never would go down the big slide. We also loved the upstairs, which was a ton of different ball rolling activities!

 On the way home, the sun came out and it was beautiful by the time we got home!

Two!!

Two year old portraits!

Lily was a tough subject....AGAIN. She thought the studio was very interesting with all the stuff and crazy lights, but she absolutely would not smile. Mostly she just jutted out her chin, and then cried. She really liked looking at the one of her crying, and kept asking for "More Lily cryin?" over and over! Luckily, she is still really cute.

 Look who else was super cute at age two!!