Our Lilah, 2 1/2

This little girl.

A classic Lilah outfit, hair, and face :)

She is at such a fun age, learning and changing so much every day!  She makes me laugh all the time with the surprising things she says and many cute expressions she has.  She is definitely full of personality and such a lively little person!

Lilah is a nurturer.  At most times, she has at least one of her many animals in her arms.  Her favorite are her kitties and monkeys.  She spends lots of time dressing them, reading to them, feeding them, talking to them, etc.  If I give her a drink or snack, she makes sure to share with her "kids." 

She lined all her babies up and covered them with a blanket.

She loves to play "storytime" (see above picture).  I've been taking her and Caylee (the little girl I watch) to storytimes at the many libraries around here and lately she loves to pretend that she is leading the storytime.  We do the hello song, then she reads us a book, then we do an action song and the goodbye song.  It's very cute, even if we sing that darn hello song 100 times a day.

She loves loves loves to sing.  When she is happy or excited, you can tell because she is hopping around and singing.  She makes up words and songs and also sings her favorites, "Twinkle Star," "Row Your Boat," "ABCs," "I Am a Child of God," or "Jesus Loves Me."  Her little voice gets so high, it's amazing!

She is a fashionista!  Our house is constantly littered with clothes, because she is constantly changing her clothes!  It is pretty ridiculous.  Her favorites are jammies and swimsuits.  Yesterday she came out with a jammy top, swimsuit skirt over leggings, rainboots, a Christmas lights necklace, and 3 headbands on her head.  She will wear that for a while and then spot something else she wants to wear and start all over again.  She also loves to change undies, just because she loves her monkey and princess undies :)  Also, many times she forgets to put on a top or bottoms, so she is half-naked in many of my pictures.  Oh, well.

She loves to talk, even though she is still pretty timid around new people.  She likes to tell "stories" with lots of hand gestures and some made-up words (and gets pretty upset if you don't listen to the whole thing.)  She just started using the word "actually" and it's awesome.

She loves her daddy.  She is usually a mommy's girl when she gets hurt or needs something, but she gets so excited when James get home every day and she loves to play with him!

 She also loves her new pink bedroom and the jacuzzi tub :)

And I think her brother is her favorite person, but there are too many wonderful pictures of them together for this post...

We love our little 2 1/2 year-old!