Lilly’s Nightgown

Several months ago Lilly and I were at target when she saw a princess nightgown. She decided she must have it. I hadn’t used nightgowns before but she was just so excited about it that I bought it for her. The nightgown has been one of the best things I have ever bought her. She would wear it every day, all day long if I let her. She looks so cute in her blue princess nightgown.

 

Lilly wanted to spin in her Princess dress (that is what she calls it)

Lilly is giving baby Bennett a hug.

 

Preparations

We have spent the last couple of weeks preparing for the arrival of Baby Bennett. Here are the things we have gotten done.

We finished the nursery.

We brought up all of the baby stuff from the basement, dusted them off and made sure everything was clean. Every time I brought something new up Lilly would say ‘Oh Cute’ in her sweet little voice she uses for that kind of stuff. She would then spend several minutes talking about the baby item and explaining to me how it works.  She is particularly enamored with the bouncy seat, car seat, and double stroller. She already knows what seat is hers in the double stroller (like Sheldon in Big Bang Theory).

My friend here in Iowa, Heather Bell, threw me a baby shower. It was an open house shower at our ward’s swim day. It was super nice of her and we all had a good time swimming and eating yummy food.

 

We finished buying everything that baby needs. We just need a new monitor now.

We have also been getting some things done around the house including painting the hallway, updating the guest bathroom, and cleaning the carpets. Lilly was hilarious while Tyson was painting. She sat in her little couch watching Tyson the whole time. About every 2 minutes she would comment on how pretty or cute Tyson's painting was and then she would thank him. Tyson had his own little cheerleading section for the chore.

 

Now I am just working on finishing cooking that baby – three more weeks!!