Lilli's 1/2 Birthday

Yeah, our not so little Lilliann is almost a 1/2 a year old! Just to think about how much she has changed in the last 6 months and where she will be in the next 6 amazes me! She has been very busy lately GROWING, learning new things and making new friends.

This is Lilli with her cousin Cruz. Although she is all about him he is not so sure of her! Cruz was born in April so he is almost 3 months older then Lilli. I know size wise it is very hard to tell. Currently they are both in 12 month clothing! (just for the record her bib says "little girl BIG attitude" the attitude also seems to be growing!)

This is her newest friend Layla. Layla is 2 months old and lives in Texas. She was visiting Ohio for the holidays. She is actually Lasha's niece! Layla is smaller at 2 months then Lilli was the day she was born. (I'm not joking) The difference in the size of their hands gives it away! You have to love the hair! That by the way seems to be the only thing on Lilli that is not growing! She goes for her well check on Tuesday so I will post an update on her height and weight then! But until then a sneak peek at whats to come in another 6 months............

TA-DA

A PRINCESS party what else would you expect! (yes I am already in the planning stages of a party 6 months away, we are talking about me!) I bought this dress for her in October it's an 18 to 24 month. Lets cross our fingers and pray that with the way shes been growing she does not outgrow it before then! Ben is fighting me on the princess theme but it is so appropriate. It's not just that she is our only daughter she is also the only granddaughter! That has to at least make her a princess by default right? Not to mention that since Nathan and Lilli will be having their parties together he has the option of a prince, a knight, or even a king and you know Ben has no problem with that!!!

Happy 1/2 Birthday Lilli! you have filled our lives with such joy! We love you!
p.s. Don't worry you will always be your daddy's little princess even if he doesn't admit it!

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Jarrett Family Christmas 2008

Henry, Peg, Ben, Me with Lilli, Matt, Amber, Craig, Kelly, Christian with Cruz, and in the front Bryan with Nathan & Tressel. Missing from the picture is Becky who lives in California and will be visiting in January. And Kitty and Gregg who were unable to join us because they just added a new member to the family...

Jack Dylan. (congratulations!)

Our family had a wonderful Christmas again this year! We spent the day in Columbus at Bryan and Matt's house. We opened gifts had an amazing dinner and then the fun and games began. It started with wii bowling and Mario cart and then a game of Euchre all while you were dodging darts from the Nerf Guns! I wish I had some pictures to share but it was far to dangerous to snap any while holding Lilli! (according to the princess putting her down was not an option!) While sorting through the pictures today most of which Nathan snapped, I did come across this! Nathan and Uncle Bryan in true form! Nathan seems to have a very special bond with Uncle Bryan. I wish they lived closer! He was so excited to have a "sleepover" at their house. Two weeks ago when I told him we were going to stay the night at their house he went up to his room and then came downstairs with his Elmo backpack. When I asked him what was in it he told me he packed his suitcase for the sleepover. Curiosity of course got the best of me and when I looked inside I couldn't help but LAUGH! He had filled his bag with nothing but socks and underwear! He apparently planned on staying for quite a long time and although he would be wearing dirty clothes he would have clean socks and underwear!

THANKS BRYAN AND MATT FOR ANOTHER GREAT CHRISTMAS. EVERYTHING WAS WONDERFUL WE HAD A FANTASTIC TIME!

The Elf On The Shelf

Today we received a package in the mail addressed to Nathan and Lilli inside the box was an absolutely amazing book that I had once heard of a quite some time ago. It is about a little elf who visits your home every year around the Holidays. At night when everyone is sleeping the elf uses his magic and flies to the north pole to let Santa know if the children in the home have been naughty or nice. The next morning when the family awakes they must search the house to try and find where the elf is hiding for the day. Then on Christmas eve the elf returns to the North Pole to be with Santa and will not return to your home again until next year. The book came with this little elf whom we have named Alfred. Alfred made his first appearance today in our Christmas tree after Nathan got home from preschool. There was nothing else with the book the only address was the address of the company where it was shipped from. I am not sure who sent this wonderful gift but THANK YOU! I would highly recommend it for all families with young children who still believe. This book is the beginning of a wonderful Jarrett family Christmas tradition.

Christmas Pictures At JC Pennys

I took Nathan and Lilli for their annual Christmas pictures this past week and oh what a nightmare! I choose to use JC Pennys (opposed to Sears) since they had impressed me by doing a great job on Nathan's 4 year old pictures and Lilli's 6 week pictures, I'm not saying it was a bad choice but simply bad timing. Our appointment was at 6:40 a good hour before our "little flowers" cranky time which would have been great if the studio had not been running an hour behind. We went back for pictures shortly before 8:00 and were out out the door at 8:16. This was not because Lilli had become cranky but because the photographer was cranky! She had clearly had a long day and just wanted to go home (as did the rest of us!) This led to her being inpatient and uncreative and it showed in almost all the pictures! These are the only ones that were somewhat cute. I called the store after several days of stewing over the terrifying photo shoot. I was impressed by their desire to make things right. We went back in tonight (again at 6:40) for retakes and the pictures turned out adorable. The photographer was patient, creative and actually listened to my request! She worked hard to make the kids smile and just kept snapping until she captured their personality's with big grins and bright eyes! Thanks to her I will continue to use JC Pennys and will now have some really cute Christmas gifts from Nathan and Lilli!

The Results Are In

Our Christmas tree is up and if I must say so, it looks amazing! There is a bit of an imbalance when it comes to the decorations. Most of them seem to be on the lower level of the tree while the top has a few sporadic bare spots. I told Nathan that the bottom looked better because he decorated it , which is true. I just didn't tell him that it was because he hoarded all the ornaments! I can only imagine how great it will look when Lilli is old enough to have an opinion on where everything should go! All in all, I'll take the imperfect, imbalanced tree every year for as long as I can. Someday, all to soon my children will grow up and I will miss that "perfectly" imbalanced tree!

Sorry we did not get more pictures they were all blury. I will get some more with both Nathan and Lilli Soon!