1 month till Lilliana's 2:)

Lilliana and Daddy playing catch...St. Patricks Day party with friends, friend Ava's kitty

Lilliana just hanging out, being silly with Aspen, fell asleep on Daddy

Lilliana got St. Patricks Day Beads, Mommy and Lilliana at the St. Patricks Day parade, Lilliana helping Pape on the ladder (no fear)

Her Pape, At Uncle Jerry's 40th birthday party, Lilliana and Gavin tired from dancing

Happy 23rd month Lilliana Grace! Life doesn't get much better than having you in it. You are an amazing little girl with a strong will and a caring heart. You are a go getter and you love to make people laugh and smile.

Lilliana is 3 ft tall now and weighs 23lbs. She is growing so quick and we can barely buy her new clothes, to have her grow out of them.
Lilliana had an expected rough start to her new sister room and bed, but is loving every minute of it now. She is napping and going to bed smoothly in her bed. She now calls her "baby" room, "the baby room, where the baby is going to sleep." She still likes to go into the baby room and read books or play in the closets. I sometimes find her sitting next to the bed reading and I ask her what she is doing and she says "reading the baby." We could just cry.

She has been talking about the baby alot. We tell her how she is going to help change the baby, feed the baby and burp the baby and she just gets all excited. She loves to watch Aunt Sarah and her friends Mommies feed their babies and will just sit really close to them and watch, then ask if she can burp the baby. She is such a caretaker.
Before bed Lilliana still has to kiss my belly and wants to lay on it and talk to the baby with Daddy.

Speaking of the baby...the baby is amazing. Kicking Mommy all day long (maybe its already sleeping through the night:)))hahah) At night we enjoy just laying there watching the baby kick when we take our hands off of my belly. It def likes to hear the sounds of our voice. It is such a change from Lilliana, we can remember calling the Dr, because we never felt her. Mommies belly is popping out now and can def tell she is very pregnant. I think Lilliana thinks it drums or a basketball:)

Mommy feels great, except for the common back pain and leg tiredness at night. Still craving cereal (life and honey nut Cheerios with bananas)and could guess we go through 2 boxes a week and that is just Mommy eating it. I think Mommy is obsessed with belly bumps:) She loves being pregnant and seeing pregnant woman:)

Mommy and Daddy are getting excited for Lilliana's birthday! We have everything ordered and ready, now we just need the people and day. Lilliana and I will be sharing a birthday party this year for family and friends on April 16. While on Monday April 18, Lilliana's actual birthday Daddy and I have something really special planned for our family. Next week we have a week full of things getting done around our home to prepare for family and friends coming in town for the celebration. We are so happy to have such supportive and loving family and friends to share our daughters life with. Thank you all.

Hope you all had a wonderful St. Patricks Day and beginning to Spring. Lilliana is looking forward to her first babysitting job this week. Lilliana is babysitting our neighbors frog and fish. Lilliana was so excited this morning to see them she was screaming and giggling so loud. She just

sits by them and talks to them. I am sure by the end of the week we will have some new pets:)

Lots of love to you all

xoxoxo

Michael, Amanda and Lilliana