The Lilly Pad

TODAY

This is what happens when I try updating my blog during the day and not paying attention to my two year old Alexa.
#1 She took Makenna's smoothie and smeared it all over the computer.

#2 She destroyed the TOY ROOM!

#3 She took out ALL the BOOKS!!!

#4 I have also used the magic eraser 3 times today to get crayon off the table and window. And pencil off the wall.

I LEARNED MY LESSON!!! No wonder it takes me forever to update my blog. Who knows if I will get anymore blogs posted before the baby comes. Alexa keeps me on my toes, but wears me out at the same time. Three kids is definitely going to be a CHALLENGE!! Lord, help me!!

April Recap 1

We finally made it to April. Makenna has been asking since Christmas when Grant and Caitlyn's wedding was going to be here. She was the flower girl and SO EXCITED!! Before the wedding, we headed to Brett's parents house a few days to spend some time there. We only get there 2-3 times a year so it is always a special treat when we can go relax in the country and get away from the busy city life. The family had a little b-day party for Alexa. Aunt B made the wonderful cake. We had decent spring weather which made it nice that we could spend a lot of time outdoors.

Brett trying to work on the basketball skills early with Alexa. :o) She does love playing with balls, and isn't as "girly" as Makenna so we will see if she ends up playing any sports.

Aunt B blowing bubbles with Alexa.

The Lilly Brothers!

Alexa loves the Kitty. It's so cute because Makenna was obsessed with this same cat at Alexa's age.

Here I am at 30 weeks.

Alexa spent a lot of the wedding week taking cat naps because we were so busy. She made it through all the craziness though. I was impressed!

April Recap 2

Wedding weekend here we come. So Brett's youngest brother Grant got married on April 2nd. They got engaged last July and immediately told everyone they were going to have a costume party as their rehearsal dinner. Of course everyone was surprised, but yet thought it would be fun! Plus, they are a young couple so we all just went along with it. They had told us all they were going as Ken & Barbie. I think I had the hardest time with it because I was very pregnant and trying to come up with a costume idea was very difficult. But Brett and I decided we would go as the future Grant & Caitlyn. Brett was the overweight, still wannbe rock star, and I was the pregnant house wife. We even made them a scrapbook of pictures we collected of the two of them, and then Brett and I had some fun taking pictures of us as the future Grant and Caitlyn. Pretty hilarious, I will have post those pics later. Well.....turns out the rehearsal dinner was on April Fools Day. And turns out it was an April Fools joke that Grant and Caitlyn played on everyone in the wedding party. So we all showed up to the rehearsal dinner wearing our costumes and Grant and Caitlyn showed up late. They walked in wearing their normal dressy clothes holding a sign that said, "The Future Ken & Barbie- April Fools!"(picture below). And then proceeded to laugh at us all. So their plan paid off. But everyone in costume had a blast that night.

The Lilly Family

We even squeezed in some pool time at the hotel with our busy schedule.

Makenna was SO proud to be the FLOWER GIRL! And she did an amazing job during the ceremony. And she looked beautiful!! I'm such a proud mama!

The girls with their UNCLE!!

April Recap 3

What a BEAUTIFUL wedding!!! Everyone had SO MUCH fun!! I wish I could have had more fun!! I was mostly stuck to my chair at the reception and watched everyone dance. I was having braxtons hicks all day from chasing after my two year old. I'll tell ya what... I was glad when this weekend was over. I spent a lot of time taking care of the girl's all by myself because Brett was the best man and had so much responisibilty with the wedding. It was a lot harder than I expected being as pregnant as I was, and feeling as uncomfprtable as I was.
But I made it through, I did survive. And we have so many new wonderful memories with Brett's family.

We came home and had a couple warm days outside. And one day we realized that we had visitors in our backyard. A mother duck had laid her eggs in our backyard just below our family room window. She laid 7 eggs, and keeps her post pretty strictly. She must be used to children because she doesn't get scared when the girls are outside playing. We are excited to see the ends results and see little ducklings soon.

I had to say goodbye to one of my best girlfriends, and old neighbor here in IL. She and her husband are moving back to Iowa to live near family. Emily, I will miss our weekly coffee dates and long conversations. I am losing a GREAT friend, but I know our friendship will keep going.