Eating her yogurt!
Happy Birthday Lillian Elizabeth Parry!!! Today is my little niece Lilly's birthday! I tried really hard to get her here on my birthday but it just didn't quite work that way!! Even before she arrived here into our family I knew she would be special---she has proven that time and time again! Oh this little girl is amazing! She was born with some health problems and has been a trooper the last 4 years as she has had a few surgeries and one of her ears is a little ear. She loves to talk about her belly button that the doctor made for her and her little ear. She is confident in who she is already----which is a good thing!
For the first few years of her life my mom tended her part time while her parents worked and it was fun to run home while I was living there to see her. I hated to miss her and had to see her at least every day or so. She makes you laugh at EVERYTHING she says! I don't know where she has gotten all her brains from but she is smart as a whip and has an imagination gone wild! I love tending her and playing what she has thought of! I am always laughing hard when I am there. She never disappoints in her creativeness! The other day I was tending her and her room was a mess making it hard to play in there. I told her that we needed to clean up a few things so that we could play better. She said it is so boring to clean! I explained that if we picked up a few things we could play a lot better. Her response to me was, "I want to do something exhilarating!!!" When I looked at her with a question in my eye how she knew that word (as I am sure her parents don't use it on a daily basis!) She says, "It means fun and exciting!" When I questioned her parents how she knew the word they had no clue! Maybe she reads the dictionary!! I wouldn't be surprised if she did either!
She loves to eat yogurt! Rarely can she be found without a cup of key lime pie yogurt in hand! And she loves sweets! I knew I liked her! She has a hard time eating much else but junk food......but she is skinny so she can get away with it! Just the other day we were having dinner and she asked her parents if something was junk food---they have been reading Bernstein Bears books to help her with a few things. And she is trying to be better! She plays well with all kids no matter their age. She is usually the center of attention at most family functions because she has some act or another that she has to show us. Many times we don't have anything else planned but dinner and watching Lilly! Oh what a joy she is to be around!
Lilly was named after my grandmother's sister and my mother. And it has been fun to learn more about her and see that they have some similarities. One of which is love. You can feel the love that Lilly has for many people. She is usually willing to give a big hug to you and make you laugh! She has such a calming spirit about her......she brings such a great peace into our family. She has made a huge difference in all of our lives!
She loves to read books.....she gets this from her mother! She is always trying to get you to read one more book to her before bed!! I know that she will excel in school because of this love. She has such aspirations for future. She wants to be an artist, a doctor, a painter and on and on. Every day it is something different. And I have no doubt that she will become something great!
Lilly I am super proud of you and all that you do! What a great blessing you are in my life and a great addition to this family!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! May the coming year be great! Love you lots!!!
Love that smile!!!
