Lila's Cupcake Party!

Last Friday we celebrated Lila's first birthday with all of our family! We had guests drive in from Dallas, Lubbock and Andrews just to see this sweetie eat some cake:) We are so blessed to have two great grandmothers, four grandparents, three aunts, three uncles and seven cousins that love this girl as much as we do!!! We had a blast. Disclaimer*** Lots of party pics ahead!

Mommy and the birthday girl!

The Warren side of the family!

The Purdy side of the family!

Month counter.

Mantle and Banner.

Cupcake table.

Kids table and muffin tin lunches. The adults had little slider hamburgers in cupcake wrappers and au gratin potatoes in muffin tins. I can't find a picture of that?

Miss Priss loved opening her presents.

She won't get out of her new chair from Honey and GP!

Lila liked her smash cake alright, but was more interested in all the attention from her cousins.

The paparazzi :)

She is moving so fast with her new walker. So close to doing it on her own.

Thankfully the weather was beautiful that day so the kids played outside in the driveway. Lila had a BLAST celebrating her first year. Until next year!

Happy Birthday Lila!

I can't believe that one year ago my baby was born. One year ago my world was rocked, my life was changed forever! Lila was born at 4:01 pm at Hermann Memorial Hospital in Houston. I can remember in the moments before she got here wondering what she was going to look like, how she would act, what kind of mother I would be??? Then she made her grand appearance and it all melted away. She was PERFECT!!! She made us a family!

In the days since then (all 365 to be exact) I have learned so much about myself, Josh and her. I don't worry about being the best mom in the world, I just wake up every day and pray to God that I'll be the kind of mom she needs me to be. Lila has taught me to love mornings...even if it's before 7:) She has taught me that it doesn't matter how clean the house is or how cute my outfit is as long as we have time together she is happy. I fall in love with my hubby all over again every time I see him cuddle her. I have learned that no matter what kind of mistakes I make one day, the next is a new one.

Lila is growing into this beautiful, hilarious, stubborn, sweet, outgoing little girl and we couldn't be prouder. She has 8 teeth!! and loves to eat:) She has taken a few steps, but still prefers to crawl. It seems like she learns a new word every day. However, she starts each morning off with "Hi Puppy" no matter where Cooper is. Her favorite thing to do is "swing, swing" and she always wants to be outside.

I feel a little sad today that my baby is growing up so fast, but I am loving every minute of it!!

This was this morning at breakfast. She had a cupcake of course! Please excuse the singing and pjs. It was 6:30 for cryin' out loud:)

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year for Thanksgiving we had Josh's parents and sister's family here in Waco! It was such a treat! We played outside for three days straight. These sweet kids are the most fun ever! Lila LOVED crawling all over the sidewalk trying to keep up with them.

Last year on Thanksgiving I was anxiously awaiting miss Lila Lew's arrival. This year she is ruling the roost. OH MY!! am I thankful for all the blessings God has given me this year!

Great times with our Great-grandmas!

A couple of weeks ago Lila and I went to visit both my Nana and Josh's Granny in Lubbock. Josh came to meet us and in addition to going to the Tech/OU game (of course) we celebrated Thanksgiving with his extended family.

We went to visit the beauty shop in Crosbyton with Granny. Lila loved all the attention of all the grandmothers there getting their hair done:)

Then we went to stay with Nana. She always has dominoes out for the kids to play with. Lila loved chewing on them.

She also got her toenails painted for the first time! It took and army! I love this picture b/c I could recognize my mom's and my Nana's nails from a mile away. I love them wrapped around Lila's chubby feet!!!

Here are the kiddos at Thanksgiving. Such a fun group.

Josh and I left Lila there with his parents for the first time! It was hard, but much needed for both me and them.

Playground Princess

Is it November...Really?? The 75 degree weather has thrown me for a loop. While my inner fashionista is ready for a winter wardrobe, the little darling I claim is loving playing outside. We play in the front yard, the back yard, the driveway, go for walks, go to the park, but no where is as fun as Honey and Gp's backyard. They have all the toys that our poor back yard is lacking. Thank goodness they are just a few minutes away!

Lila loves climbing on the big cube and going down the slide.

But.... nothing is as GREAT as the swing. I think Santa might need to bring one of these to our house this Christmas!

Bear Crawling

This past week in Waco was Beautiful outside. Lila and I spent many afternoons playing in the front yard. It didn't take her long to discover that she could wonder off the blanket on her own. I guess the fall grass was too prickly for her sweet knees:) She did her version of the bear crawl. I can't believe how close to walking she is!!!

Happy Halloween!

This weekend we were in Lubbock for Halloween. Cha Cha and Grumps watched all 4 kids so we could go to the Tech game! When we got home we saw these 4 cuties ready to go trick or treating!

The new A team: Spider man (in cowboy boots:), sister mermaids and a peacock!

She loved being outside. Sorry for all the pics, but 1st time mom on Halloween. What did you expect?

A sweet ending to a very fun day!