Lillie wrote her name today!

Today, at playgroup Lillie wrote her name without any help. I was talking to the other Moms when Lillie said "I wrote my name." I turned around and saw her accomplishment. I have been trying to help her with a smaller pencil, but today she wrote her name with a thick piece of chalk.

Giraffes

Tuesday, we went to Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek, MI. The highlight of the day was feeding the Giraffes leaf lettuce and biscuits. There is a video of Lillie feeding the Giraffes on the "Lillie and Sophie" page. We have settled into temporary housing until we close on our house in June. We found a house in Galesburg, Michigan, which is halfway between Battle Creek and Kalamazoo. The house is on a large lot with a lot of trees.

Prior to moving into our tempory housing, we stayed at a Holiday Inn. Lillie loved to stay there, because they had a pool. During our stays Brian taught Lillie how to swim. She can doggie paddle (with her arm floaties) from the stairs to Brian 6 feet away.

Sophie has outgrown all of her 0-3 month clothes. She is growing a lot faster than Lillie. She is also a better sleeper than Lillie, especially when she has very little acid reflux.

Reptileland

Today, was a free admission day at Clyde Peelings Reptileland for the WVIA (PBS) members. Lillie's favorite repitiles were the turtles and tortoises. After seeing all of the repitiles, she picked out a stuffed sea turtle in the gift shop.

Smile!!!

Sophie started to smile last week. This is one of the better pictures that we have gotten of her.

Lillie has been saying some cute things lately. 2 weeks ago, when I bought Mickey Mouse shaped chicken nuggets, she asked "are they made from Mickey Mouse?" Today, she said "It's snowing" when she saw the apple blossoms blowing off the trees.

Month long update

Things have been so busy around here, that we haven't had a chance to update the blog. In March, Nana, Grandma and Grandpa all came to visit. Lillie celebrated her 3rd birthday and went to see Sesame Street Live. Lillie and Sophie saw the Easter Bunny and he brought them lots of goodies for Easter. This is the first year that we were able to participate in the Church Easter Egg hunt/dash. Sophie has Acid Reflux and is on 2 medicines. This also means that Beth cannot have any dairy and has started to eliminate foods with dairy in them. Including Hot dogs, cereal bars and other processed foods. The biggest news is that Brian has accepted a job at the Kellogg's corporate office. The house has been on the market for less than 24 hours and we have had a few people drive into our circle to get a closer look at our house. We hope that this interest in the house will lead to an offer before we move to Michigan.

Lillie's first visit to the Dentist

Lillie had her first visit to the Denist today. She did great, while she let the hygentist clean her teeth. The Dentist said that her teeth looked great. At the end of her visit, She got a sparkly toothbrush and 2 Dora the Explorer stickers.

Sophie is here

Sophia Elizabeth arrived on Thursday, February 25th at 8:56 pm. She weighed 7lbs and 3 oz and was 20" long. Lillie enjoys being a new big sister and helping Mom out.