Show the Love

Lucky you! The first five people to comment to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you! This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1. I will create something especially for you.
2. There's no guarantee you'll like what I make!
3. It will be done this year (might be a little while).
4. You have no clue what it's going to be and have no say.
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

If you are feeling the itch to do something nice for others, copy this post and put it on your blog. Be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!

Prodigy

We have realized early on that Lily has some prodigy-like talent in piano playing. So, we have been trying to help her develop these talents through practice. She loves to practice playing the piano every day, especially at 7:30am, much to our neighbor's chagrin. We have recorded a copy of one of her first recitals, so enjoy the music.

Head Case

Usually, Lily doesn't like to have anything touching her head, but lately she has been grabbing her beanie, putting it on her head, and running around the house. She looks so cute in it, so I just had to share!

Blog Facelift

I'm sure if you are visiting our blog for the first time in a while you have noticed the changes that it has undergone. I have been getting lots of ideas from other blogs and decided that our blog really is like our family scrapbook, so I wanted to make it look like one. I know that some of you that read this blog might be distracted by the music. If you want to stop it, just scroll down to the "tobbyharward's playlist" on the bottom of the page and click on the pause button. If you want to change to the next or previous song, then click the backward or forward button. You can also click on the song that you want to listen to. Just thought I'd put this out there just in case. Let me know if you have any questions about our blog page, like where you can find some cute backgrounds or how to add music playlists.

Tobby is giving script writing a shot!

For all of you interested in reading non-professional writing from the mind of Tobby, check out his script-writing blog at http://toughguytrieswriting.blogspot.com
He is required to post things there for his class at UVU. He would appreciate any comments you want to leave about his stories or ideas, not necessarily because he's looking to make this a profession or even a hobby... but needs some attention focused on this blog for class purposes.
He is looking to improve in his communication and story-telling, plus puts some effort into being creative, so check it out... Thanks

So Big!

Ever since Lily was a baby, she has never wanted her arms raised above her head for some reason. We have tried to play "So Big" with her since she was little, but she didn't like it. She finally started doing this on her own the other day.

Merry Days

Last year for Christmas, Lily was only two months old, so we really didn't decorate or have presents under the tree or anything like that. This year, we hung stockings, got a small counter top tree, and loved showing Lily the beautiful lights outside.

We got her a really cute reindeer stocking that sings Sleigh Ride when you hold its hand.

As you can see, Lily loved giving the reindeer kisses.


I was so excited for Lily to wear her little Santa dress on Christmas day. She even let me put a bow in her hair . . .



. . . at least for a minute!

Lily has been learning to walk around with shoes the last week, so she was fascinated by going up and down the stairs with her new shoes.



Of course, we all know that one of Lily's favorite thing to do is eat. She loved the Christmas oranges and ate about three that day.

Lily is so excited that Grandpa Thomas gave her an orange.

She is a very generous girl and loves to share her food.


And she didn't mind eating some chocolate too. I figured I'd let her indulge since she had eaten a lot of fruit already.

Lily looked like Little Red Riding Hood in her cute little cape.

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Clark for my new winter coat!