We got home and I made her cake and worked on her backdrop. It was a bit time consuming and something I don't think I will ever do again unless I come up with a different plan. I am very challenged when it comes to making cakes. They always crack and turn into a huge mess. Surprisingly this time it turned out pretty good. I also made her a homemade party hat. I had to take a break from the backdrop. Eli saw me making it and wanted to know all about it. He begged and pleaded for me to make him one. I knew I would be up late if that happened. So I did everything for her and stayed up late to make him a hat because he cried in bed repeating over and over he wanted a homemade hat too.
He knew he was going to get cake the next day too. I figured halfway through her wrecking her cake we would let him join in.
I ended up sleeping in on Saturday as I was up late working on things. I woke up to remembering the day Lilliana was born. So many emotions. I can still remember that day like it was yesterday. It was a crazy day. She came much faster than I had ever expected she would come. Labor was not horrible but thinking about it now I am so not ready to do it again. I guess that is why we attend the birthing classes we do. I just can't believe she is one. She is such a joy.
We had a nice relaxing day and really enjoyed watching the kids have fun with the cake smash. I took her monthly photos first and finished her collage.
She use to be so chubby!! She finally was standing at 12 months. Not quit walking yet but so close. She will take a few steps and gets braver every day.
Then we let her have her cake. Honestly it was the funnest thing I have ever photographed that I set up. I love newborns but honestly I think I enjoyed this better. She was just so fun and I actually had to sit back and watch rather than take pictures which I don't normally do. I usually can enjoy and take pictures at the same time. There were so many fun ones too! She loved it even if she was still not feeling well and had snot running down her nose.
Eli had so much fun too! He didn't want to get dirty at first but once we assured him he was going right to the bath afterwards he was ok with it. He didn't want to wear his hat either becuase Lilliana took off hers and got it all messy. He was scared she would do the same to him. He did put it on later and wear it around. We are going to save it for his birthday.
I have another cake smash session this next week and I am really looking forward to it! We will have an actual birthday for her this next Saturday and the cake will be on a lot smaller scale!!
The kids still have felt crummy. This stuff really hangs on. We had planned to go to church on Sunday but Lilliana had a fever and so did Eli so we stayed home and relaxed. Eli was back to borrowing shoes.
' I was cleaning out drawers and found some old 3D glasses. We use to keep them for Eli because they would always get broke so we had them and would pull out knew ones. Lilliana decided she wanted them on. It reminded me of when Eli did the same.
Lilliana looks a lot like Eli did at this age. I love them!! They make our family so much fun.
All in all it was a great weekend! Anthony and I decided this weekend we are going to start school with Eli soon. We plan to homeschool at this point. Eli really wants to read. I know every parent says their kids are smart, but Eli really is smart!! He has always been advanced and it so many ways he acts like a 5 year old. We have a hard time rembering that at times when he starts acting 2. He knows all his letters and most their sounds so it really is time to start doing something. We started looking into curriculm this weekend and will start soon. I am not pushing it but will probably work slowly through this spring. We will take a break the summer and then start "preschool" come fall. That is the goal. I will have a year to decide it if it is really going to work and go from there. If we decide it is not going to work we can enroll him at school later. He knows so much already and is a fast learner I am not worried. I also know we have a great homeschool group around here so I will have wonderful resources. I can't believe it is getting to be time for school for him!! It just amazes me!! With that we are off to work on some art projects with the cricut. Happy Monday!!
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