Oregon Vaughns

Andy was playing poker last night and Lily took a late nap.  So, we she awakened at 7:30pm, we decided to go out for a late dinner (just Lily and I).  She said she needed to go to a restaurant to eat some mum-mums.  When I asked her which restaurant, she replied “Tomo’s” (a sushi/bento place).  Tomo’s is on the opposite end of town, so I decided to take her elsewhere.

We ended up at Izzy’s.  A good move because Lily eats free there.  And, after I had got all of our food, Lily turned to me and said:

“Thank you Mama for taking Lily to the restaurant with pizza,” and then she gave me a kiss.

What a sweet girl.

Then, we (I) left her jacket there.  We called to make sure they found it, but we were already almost home and told the manager we would pick it up tomorrow.  After I got off the phone, Lily said: “Lily no needs to go get jacky, man mail it to Lily.”

On a side note, but also about Lily… In the past month or so, she has started drawing things.  Not just scribbling on a page, but drawing with purpose.  Good thing she is still able to interpret her art to me   She draws airplanes, houses, flowers, “LILY”, the number 2, robots, etc…. Yes, they all look the same, but her imagination makes all that drawing possible.

Lily has been waking up around 3/4am every night.  She no longer sleeps gated in to her room, so she is free to roam the house when she wakes…. However, when she wakes at 3am she walks straight into our bedroom (don’t worry, we aren’t worried that she will actually roam the house).  So anyway, she will climb into bed with us and finish her sleep until around 7 or 8am.

Well, let me preface this story by saying that Lily has never been lost (yet).  She has never been lost in a store or left behind or been in a situation where mom and dad have disappeared….

Continuing:  Around 4am, while in bed with Andy and I, Lily began to cry in her sleep.  I comforted her and she awakened a little.

Lily:  “Mama?”

Me:  “Yes honey, Mama’s here.”

Lily:  “Lily can’t find you in the store.  Lily cried.”

So there was her bad dream.  It is amazing to me that this is something she could create a fear for when it is something she hasn’t experienced.

We snuggled and she went back to sleep.

Here is an email that I received from Andy today:

“According to Lily, Shauna says that Lily is going to have a new baby soon. I asked her if it would be a new baby like “Stripes Baby,” and she said that it would be a new baby like Winter.

Also, Lily asked today if Shauna was an aunt. I replied yes. She then said, “Shauna is a little bug.”

Funny girl.”

Me:  “Lily, would you like to drink some hot milk and watch Modern Family?”

Lily:  “Yes indeed.”

Here are some random, recent photos:

Smiling girl:

At the airport with dad, looking at planes:

Her long beautiful hair right before we cut it short!  Goodbye tangles:

Holding a bunny at the Northwest Crossing Spring Festival:

And obviously, biking:

Stacey:  “Lily, you little monster, you kicked me all night last night while we were sleeping.”

Lily:  “Oh, that’s no good.”

Lily can set up a chess board all by herself!

She is currently jumping on my back saying “You’re freaking out!”

Since she likes Juno so much, she asked Andy if he had a baby in his tummy… So, not that much later I asked her if she had a baby in her tummy… Her response?  “Not yet…. Pretty soon!”  Oh boy.

Her most common phrase is “Say it. You say it.”  She says this when she can’t remember what something is called or can’t remember what happened, but what you to say it.

Andy and I have started watching Modern Family.  We aren’t that far into it, but it is enjoyable so far!

That’s all for tonight.

Lily:  “Lily needs to go get gas.”

Stacey:  “You need to go get gas?”

Lily:  “Yes.”

Stacey:  “Do you have any money?”

Lily:  “Yes.”

Stacey:  “How much?”

Lily:  “Too much.”

I am not sure how this happened… but Lily’s new favorite movie????