With this ring...

Jason won this fancy, glittery ring at an arcade game.  Already having a dashing mustache of his own, he gave it to his best girl, Liliana.  She loved it, of course, and put it away in a special place in her room.  Yesterday morning, she told me that she will keep this ring until she's an adult and finds the boy she wants to marry.  When she finds that boy, she will give him this ring.  Then, that boy will give her a ring like the one Daddy gave me.  I can't wait to present this ring to that special boy...some 25 years from now. 

December, January, February recap

So it's a really good thing that I don't blog for a living or I'd have been fired long ago.  I'm really sorry to everyone (and to Liliana if she's reading this many years from now) for neglecting the blog for so long.  I have a 2013 resolution to do better!  Here is a quick recap of the past couple of months:  (please forgive the somewhat random order, Blogger does not seem to be cooperating and I don't have the patience to fight with it today)

One of my favorite places is here on the couch with Liliana and a good book

My first birthday card autographed by Liliana herself!

Christmas with Liliana's "brudders"

Buxton boys and Liliana

The funny face picture (the boys didn't get the memo)

Our traditional Christmas Eve picture

Camping out next to the Christmas tree

Liliana loves her some grandma!

And her silly face...again

My birthday cake being delivered by a hottie!  Happy Birthday to me!

We went in to check on Liliana and found her sound asleep, sitting on the floor next to her bed.

The angle of the shot makes her look even longer but seriously, when did this kid get so big?!

Santa brought her exactly what she asked for.  She must've been a very good girl!

My daddy made me a pair of stilts when I was a tween-ager and I loved them!  I think I probably asked for them on a whim and he whipped up a pair for me and helped me practice until I could walk on them by myself.  I ended up getting fairly good at using them.  I think they became a casualty of our house fire but I remember telling Jason about them at some point and how much I enjoyed playing on them.  So he made me this pink pair for Christmas.  I felt like a kid again!  :)

Liliana got a Silly String gun for Christmas.  Jason caught this neat pic as she took aim at him

Ready for some winter fun

Liliana tries them out

Fun with friends

Funny girls!

Then Liliana got ahold of the camera took our pictures. 

Miscellaneous fun in the kitchen.  Here she "helps me clean-up" after a baking job.

Self-portratit

The world from Liliana's level again

Hi Mary!

Phillip and Liliana, instant friends.

The beautiful Bennett family at their Baby "Sprinkle"

  

The Glorioso boys

I was so happy to meet Baby Daniel and even happier to love on him!