Lilly's crazy sock monkey

Lilly's great-aunt brought her a patriotic sock monkey for her birthday. It really makes us laugh. My aunt had it special made by the woman that has this Etsy site:

http://www.hoffeeandanuffin.etsy.com/

It even has removable bows on the top of it's head that are on clips so that Lilly can wear them when she gets more hair.


Lilly did a new trick on her birthday (this past Monday) while we were at the hospital visiting her Pop. She opened her forefinger on her right hand for the first time ever! She opened it to about a 90 degree angle and has been opening it off and on ever since. We were all so excited to see this!


Here is a little birthday display for Lilly. Next to the sock monkey is a little 4th of July figurine. I'm not a knick knack collector anymore, but I did like this and thought it would be neat to get one for each of Lilly's birthdays. I wrote the date on the back of the girl's stand. I like decorating the little silver tree for each of my kids birthdays, and for holidays. It has flag stickers, some birthday related stickers on ribbons, some scriptures, and a few patriotic ornaments on it. (Combo Lilly's b'day and Independence Day tree.) A woman from our church made the paper firecracker. They were party favors at Lilly's birthday party and are filled with red and white peppermints.

This morning Lilly is going to have a special photoshoot with the photographer that came to the house to take pictures 4 days after she was born, through a program called Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep. (They take free pictures of babies that are not expected to live long.) Well here Lilly is a year later (praise God!) and so we thought it was appropriate to get some more pictures made. Hopefully she will cooperate by flashing some of her big smiles. If you live in our area, I recommend this photographer:
http://www.steverubinphotography.com/


"This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." - Psalm 118:24