Lily's First Birthday Party

We were so excited to throw Lily her first Birthday party. Mommy went a little overboard, but it turned out to be so cute. We went to the West Bountiful Park and set everything up at the bowery. I really stressed out about all the decorations and the cake put me to tears, but I was really happy with how it turned out.

 

We all enjoyed the yummy food and talked with each other for quite awhile. I was so happy that we had so many people come to support us and the birthday girl. It is amazing how many people love our Lily Bug. I had her all dolled up in her cute red romper. She looked adorable like always!!

 

 Lily was incredibly spoiled, of course, and get a ton of presents! She had a lot of fun opening them, and I was really surprised how excited she got with each one, it was way fun. 

 

In the craziness of the party and everything I totally forgot to sing Lily "Happy Birthday". I don't know how that happened, but we just put the cake in front of her and let her go to town. She was being so dainty with the cake and that wasn't good enough for Papa so he had to smash it in her face. She did not like that very much, but it was quite hilarious.

 

It was such a fun Birthday for Lily, and I am glad everything worked out so perfectly!! Happy Birthday Lily! We love you so much!!

Zion National Park

We went to Zions to celebrate our anniversary and also Lily's birthday. It was the first camping trip we had ever been on as a family. We had to wake up super early and start driving because the camp grounds fill up fast. We got there at about 9 and were able to find a great spot. My parents let us take the tent trailer up there which was really nice. We got all set up at camp and then wanted to hit the Narrows to cool off.

 

We didn't go too far into the narrows because we had Lily with us and honestly it was a little scary with her. We turned around once we hit the spot that was waste deep water. It was so pretty and we enjoyed the short hike that we did. The next day we went on the Emerald Pools hike, which was pretty easy.

 

Lily fell asleep on the hike in so we set her on the ground to finish her nap. It was so cute to see her face all smashed against her carrier. 

When she woke up we hung out at the Emerald Pools for a little while. Lily liked to put her feet in the water and she figured out how the camelbak worked and completely soaked herself. When we hiked out she stayed awake and then we just hung out at camp for the rest of the night. Lily slept pretty well for us, but I did have to put her in our bed one of the nights because she woke up cold. She makes our life so easy!

The last hike we did was Angel's Landing, which I was pretty nervous about. I had done this hike before with my family when I was younger and it wasn't the best experience. Plus we had Lily, and I remembered the last part of the hike where you have to hold onto chains. Needless to say, I was freaked out.

The hike in was pretty tough, but we just tried to take it slow and we survived. The switchbacks were never-ending but Bryce did great carrying Lily the entire way. We got tons of comments from people on the way up about having Lily with us. Bryce definitely gets "Father of the Year" award in my book!

Lily fell asleep during the last part of the hike, even with Bryce bouncing her all over the place. We were very proud that we made it to the top as a family. And now Lily can say that she was at the top of Angel's Landing before she could even walk! It turned out to be such an amazing trip, and a great way to celebrate our 3 year anniversary.

Baby Farm Animals

Tara and I decided to take the kids up to Logan for the Baby Farm Animal Days. I was so excited to see Lily and Davis with the cute little animals. We started to day off great with Lily falling asleep on the way up there.

 

They had little horse rides that the kids could go on, but I didn't feel comfortable putting Lily on them. Tara tried to put Davis on one of the horses and he totally freaked out, so we were not successful. I did snap a photo of Davis petting the horse at least.

 They had so many different animals that you could pet and hold. They had horses, donkeys, goats, bunnies, chicks, and even a baby cow. The kids weren't as interested in the animals as we thought they would be, but we still got some cute pictures of them. Tara and I sure enjoyed playing with the cute animals. 

We had such a fun time with the cute animals, I think we will make this an annual thing that we do with the kids.

Lily's First Swimming Lessons

I heard about these Mommy-Baby swimming lessons that the South Davis Rec Center does, and I decided it would be so fun to do that with Lily. I already knew that she loved the water so I thought it would be fun for both of us. It was a five week course and we just went on Saturday mornings, so it worked perfect with my schedule.

I don't know that she really learned a lot, but the class was basically just to get the babies used to the water and learn some very basic skills. She was so cute with the other kids, and she absolutely LOVED being in the water. It was a great experience and I will most definitely do it again next year.