Less than a month to go!

i cannot believe in less than a month i will be a mom of two beautiful little girls,holding my second daughter,and Lillian will be a big sister,wow this pregnancy flew by.I am so blessed i felt great for the most part for this pregnancy,some sore ribs and a little less energy but all in all pretty good, i can't complain! shopping for little girl's clothes has quickly become my new second favorite hobby :) but long before i knew i was pregnant i always knew i wanted my two little girls to be matchy matchy sometimes, and lillian loves dressing up and changing her clothes a million times so it works out :) Here is one of my maternity pictures,i'm 30 wks in the picture.

It's a......GIRL!!!!!!

We were really thinking boy but we are just as excited,now i get my two little girls to be all girly & matchy,like little twins!!another little princess :)I'm 21 weeks and she weighs almost 1 lb.

Oue new furry family member

Nate has been saying for awhile how he wanted a dog,a bigger dog that would protect it's family but also get along great with Lillian & be a good family dog.So long story short,May 2nd we went down to ARC http://www.animalrefuge.com/ a no kill animal shelter and we adopted Rita or as Lillian says "Rito" and we couldn't be happier. Lillian says, "She's my sister,she's my best friend" it makes my heart melt <3 she is a 11 month old female german shepherd and other than trying to eat food off the stove if we're not watching her or chewing an occasional princess teapot or play shoe,she's awesome,house trained,loving,obedient,loves to cuddle and gives kisses,a great addition to our family!

Some Of Lillian's 3 yr old photos

If you know me,you know i am a BIG picture NUT,and big is an under-statement ;) but i love taking pictures of my baby girl and i love getting pictures done professionally of her,for a few different reasons,she is very photogenic,a ham for the camera,she's beautiful,she won't be little forever,and she has so many different expressions and always showing different sides to her personality that i love to capture that in pictures in hopes that i always remember these moments.Here are a few of her at 3 years old.

Tj's surprise birthday weekend!!

Ash called and asked if i wanted to come up to Pennsylvania for Tj's birthday weekend as a surprise and of course i couldn't say no to that.This would be my first time visiting tj up here in his home in PA since he moved here almost 3 years ago,I would get to see my best friend,i got to go out of town for the weekend, and it would ultimately be the best surprise birthday for him EVER, so far anyways :)It has been jammed packed with fun,my weekend has included my first trip to the Cheesecake factory-DELICIOUS!the new Mark wahlberg movie with tina fey,Date night-super funny,a trip to the Shady maple Smorgasbord,all you can eat buffet,the largest here in Lancaster county with an even bigger & better gift shop downstairs!Kitchen kettle village,all these neat little shops & restaurants in Intercourse,PA(gotta love the town name)a trip to the arcade where i played laser tag for the first time,the first time i was not-so-good,but the 2nd time i was really having fun and getting the hang of it,running around in the dark with black lights shooting at people with my laser gun,some bowling & air hockey and the arcade had my all time favorite arcade game-EVER,House of the dead,a shooting zombies game and they had all 4 versions of it!! i spent a lot of my tokens on those games, i can't find that game anywhere anymore,they use to have one at the AMC theatre back home but they got rid of it and i haven't been able to find it since until now :)Followed by church with the family,Italian buffet for lunch with Italian ice for dessert-yummo,a lazy Sunday afternoon nap then game night with his family & friends & dq birthday cake for the birthday boy.I couldn't ask for a better weekend with my bestie! A big thank you to my wonderful hubby at home who didn't mind i left him and my princess for a couple days,while i came up here to celebrate Tj's birthday & the release of his first book,he truly is the BEST,love you hunny.Now i'm enjoying my last couple hours before i fly back home to the sunshine state!

Lillian riding her bike for the first time!

The weather has been beautiful the last couple days, most of yesterday after church and grocery shopping was spent outside bubble blowing and riding bikes. yesterday was the first time she actually started riding her bike rather than just sitting on it and now she can't get enough of it! we went over to grandma's house today and brought her bike and that's all she wanted to do!! i can't believe how well she's doing at pedaling by herself, looks like it's time for a bike helmet for my little bike rider :)That would be my mother making funny noises in the background of the video.

my baby girl turns three!

3 years ago Nathan and I were living in Orlando getting ready to welcome our baby girl, Lillian Rose into the world.Having her for my daughter has been such a blessing, more than i could ever ask for, I am truly blessed! having a child means less sleep,more messes,less money,more patience,and lots more love,other things as well but these are some of the main ones for me. 3 years later we are getting ready to add to the family and Lillian is becoming quite the sassy,sweet,tomboy,princess-great mixture of both little girl,definitely defining who she is and her personality is really starting to shine through!