So many changes!

Now that she's one, Lily certainly is blossoming into a little girl!! I will probably forget something, but I wanted to update everyone on her latest little activities.

Thanks to extra practice with Auntie Marissa, Lily does the hand motions of a spider crawling up a waterspout, when we sing the Itsy Bitsy Spider song. She enjoys it so much that she will do the motions out of nowhere, until we sing the song for her. Its the same with the Five Little Monkeys Jumping on a Bed song--she makes her pointer finger "jump" on her opposite palm and she shakes her finger "no" for the "no more monkeys jumping on the bed" part! Its so adorable!

Lily used to only wave "bye bye" when Eric left for work, but now she waves and actually says "bye bye" to people. She opens and closes her tiny fist instead of waving her hand, and she even bids us farewell as we go down to the basement.

My favorite of her latest little developments is the good night kiss! Lily must receive a hundred kisses on the cheeks each day, but she usually just brushes us off. A few nights ago, I was rocking her to sleep and she sat up to give me a quick kiss before falling asleep. After that, she laid back down and closed her eyes. It was such a precious moment--I wish I could bottle that feeling up! The best part is that since then, each night she stops in the middle of cuddling or rocking before bed to kiss me goodnight!

Children grow up too quickly!