Who does she look like more?

We found our wedding video last night, and we were watching it and I started thinking, who does Lily look like more? I would love your opinion on this one!

Friends!

Vanessa and Lily
Yesterday we watched our friend's girls so they could go to the Oquirruh Mountain Temple Dedication. They have a 3 year old named Brooklyn and a one year old named Vanessa. Lily and Vanessa are such good friends! They LOVE each other! It was fun having them and playing with them for a couple hours yesterday. It's always nice to have friends for Lily to play with at home. Especially when they are so good and like us as well! He he

Talk, Talk, Talk, Talk!

So recently Lily has become MUCH more talkative! She is constantly jabbering on and on and on to herself! Sometimes it seems that she is talking to me and I act as though she's telling a great story. It's actually starting to sound like she's saying words though. Last week we were watching a Baby Einstein video about neighborhood animals. When they were showing a Cat, she repeated them. Then when they showed a dog, she repeated them. It was CRAZY to see that! She doesn't much repeat me, unless I say Daddy. She'll say Daddy all the time. Go figure, he's not around all day. But if I ask her where's daddy, she knows exactly who I'm talking about and looks straight at Todd. It's fun that we are able to communicate more now that she's understanding more. I do love hearing her jabber all the time, she's so funny!

Just Close Already!

So everything so far has gone well with getting our loan and all that fun stuff settled for our house. We're getting a USDA loan which basically means we're getting an AWESOME deal! Well they sent it up this week to get it approved by the state this week, and come to find out, their system has been down for days, and our loan is right in the middle of all that! They were already backed up 10 days, so now it may even take longer! It's so ANNOYING! Hopefully we'll get everything taken care of by the end of the month because that's when we need to be out of our apartment. It'll get there, we're just impatient! hehe

IT'S OFFICIAL!

We are going cruisen! We are so excited! Originally we were going to be going on this cruise with Liv Sxinney but then they decided to cancel it for the company, but we're still going because we deserve to! Hehe it's basically our anniversary gift to one another. We got a REALLY good deal for a cruise. For three days, it was $258 a person. That is EVERYTHING included. I can't believe how excited I am for this. We've never gone on a cruise and it will be VERY nice to get away just the two of us. My parents are going to watch Lily for us and it's going to be amazing! I love them! It isn't until Oct. 16-19 but it gives us something to look forward to!

Today, Todd and I attended a funeral for a 14 year old boy in our ward. Last Tuesday, this boy had taken his own life. As we walked through the line to the viewing and on into the chapel, I couldn't help but hold on to Lily just a little bit tighter. Todd is in the YM presidency and heard about what had happened soon after it happened. It amazed me how much this event has really had an impact on me, because I had never really met the boy. I watched his family as they shook everyone's hands while wiping their own eyes of tears. I couldn't help but think of the pain of burying your own child. The anguish that would cause. There are a lot of sad things to this story, but it has taught me a lot. I need to appreciate that I can hold Lily whenever I want. I need to take advantage of every moment I have with her. I know that Heavenly Father has a hand in everything, even such tragedies as this. Even when times are hard, and you don't know how you're going to get up the next day, hold on to your Heavenly Father. It was emotional for me, even though I wasn't close to him, but I still felt that sadness that emanated through that room. It was hard to see so many young kids deal with such a hard issue. He will be deeply missed and I wish his family peace and love from all those around them!