Wow! Huge Catch-up!

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Cousin Time! Lilli always has so much fun with Alyssa!

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Pretzel Face! Once again, playing with playdough, always trying to be creative!

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Homemade Famous Bowls (mashed potatoes, corn, gravy, chicken, and cheese)! Yummy!

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Seeing Spots! Lilli's new bed covers! Matches perfectly with the mobile that I made for her before she was born! Love how it all goes together perfectly!

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V-day present from Brandon and Lilli - a new camera strap! Love it! So cute, soft, and chic!

Lilli's new love - Having fun at the playground!

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Slide...

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Beautiful dress on a beautiful girl!

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Look at those eyes!!!

Sorry, I got a little behind in posting with traveling and all, but nonetheless, I continued taking pictures. I foresee this happening again (frequently), but hopefully, I'll continue taking the pictures!!

Pow!

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It's so nice to have someone around the house to help with Lilli while I have to do the mundane tasks like cooking dinner after a long day at work! Tonight, Lilli and Liz were playing Pow! Apparently, to play, one must get two little stuffed animals (think: beanie babies), have a good set of lungs and a nice throwing arm. Next, you chuck the animals at each other as hard as you can (if you're Lilli) all while yelling, "POW!!!" So, there you go and now you can play Pow! Don't you feel so much more enlightened?!

Ramblings

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I guess because Lilli has been read to since before she was born, she loves to read books. Every day, she pulls out a ton of books and reads to her babies or to me. She has several books memorized down pat. I mean, to the letter, she can quote them! It's awesome! And I guess this is the teacher in me - she even reads them with the same inflection in her voice that I use! It's the cutest thing ever!

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Oh, how my school kiddos crack me up! Apparently one of them got a lot of shirts for Christmas with some really cute sayings! This one, along with the previous picture of a shirt about high energy, is very true of this little girl. I wish everyone had the chance to meet my darling dears. They zap me of energy, but I love them!

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Lilli found some socks in Liz's room the other day and (with her permission) put them on! Of course they were huge on her and looked like snow bunny boots! She loved prancing around in them. When she took them off, she put them back in Liz's room - where they were supposed to be. Tonight, we had to ask Lilli to show us where she put the socks since Liz couldn't find them herself! Fortunately, Lilli remembered right where she had put them - in a box of camp stuff - right where they belong!

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I'm still amused about Lilli's obsession with lining things up, but she did it again with her babies! She has also named all of her babies (with some assistance from us). From left to right: Bella, Kate, Tyler, Penelope, Sally, Sassy, Minnie, Olivia, Grayson, Jasmine, Alex, Frella, Cinderella, and Shay!

A few days worth!

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Saturday, it was absolutely gorgeous outside! I can't believe that just a couple of weeks ago we were iced in for a few days. Saturday was a teaser though...looking forward to spring!

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Drip, drip, drip...

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Drop, drop, drop...

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SPLASH!!!

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It's not too often that I get my picture in the picture of the day, but here it is. We were playing playdough and having a great time this afternoon. We tried calling Papa T for his birthday, but couldn't get a hold of him right then. Every time the voicemail would pick up, Lilli would start talking. She didn't quite get the concept of it!

Things that make me SMILE!

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After a really long hard day, but before I went to another meeting, I decided to treat myself to a Sonic lemon-berry slush. I thought to myself, "Self, you deserve it today and you deserve it even more since it's happy hour!!" I never get to go to Sonic during happy hour seeing that they are during the school day... I treated myself during the meeting then when I picked up Bug, she treated herself!! So it was a win--win all the way around!

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And the wonderful husband of the year award goes to...drum roll please...MY HUBBY! He's so awesome! Knowing how stressed things have been lately at school, he showed up today, at school, all dressed up, looking so dashing, and gave me these! Aren't they pretty!? I love them...I LOVE HIM!! Thanks for all you do baby!

Hmmm...

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Why is my child so OCD?! I walked into our room last night and this is how I found our shoes...lined up at the door. She's all about lining things up right now. Again, today she had to make a block train with all the colored letters facing up! Does anyone else's kid do this?!

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Lilli loves Maggie and Maggie loves Lilli. Maggie is so good with her, pulling on her and pushing on her. (ps - thank you Maggie...I know you don't have to be this good!) They're always into something. As I took this picture, they both looked up at me as if to say, "Who me?! I wasn't doing anything!!" Guilty!

Monday, Monday

I have a busy few weeks coming up at school and needless to say, I have a little stress. However, the best stress relief is laughter. And believe you me, there's laughter in the Reddock household (most of the time)! I mean, how can you not laugh when your child is so OCD about some things and not others?!

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How can you not laugh when your little princess dresses you up and asks, "Mommy's a princess, too?!"

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And how can you not laugh when laughter is radiating from your beautiful child's eyes?

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I'm so happy to call her mine!