Lily finally made it, she wouldn’t accept that she was 8 years old until 3:24PM today. We were talking with Bishop Hymas and he asked her if she was 8 now, an she replied nope not until 3:24 PM. I thought to myself she is pretty set on being 100% honest, and good for her. She is set for her baptism date of Dec 5 and she so excited, I wish I could capture her spirit and share it here. She can be heard often playing "When Jesus Christ was Baptized" on the piano, and adding little twists to it to jazz it up a bit. I love it you can hear her excitement as she plays and smiles.
Jodi held a great birthday party for her with a long list of her closest friends. She even invited one boy :-). They each made their own little dish of Lasagna, baked it and ate it. The house was like having 10 blenders and vacuums on at once, 10 little girls and one little boy can get pretty giggly and loud. I would call it Chaos when I was trying to lead them in a game. They had fun and that is the important part,
This morning Lily woke up happy and excited again, she opened the gifts from her siblings and Mom and Dad, she was a real treat to watch. She was so excited when she opened each gift, but I think the Scriptures from Mom and Dad took the cake. To top it all off Grandma and Grandpa Parker came to church with us today to see Lex give her first talk in sacrament meeting and to help babysit as Jodi and I sang in the ward choir. Lex did a great job, but we will have to hear more from her on that.
Lily was able to Skype Grandma and Grandpa Baldwin this evening and she gave them about a 30 minute concert on the piano of all the songs she is learning. She received a piano book from her birthday from Grandma Baldwin (via Jodi from the BYUI bookstore ask Jodi how the CTR ring fit Lily sometime) and within minutes she had learned a new song out of it. She really loves to play the piano and to play on it.
We are all excited for her to be baptized in couple weeks, to make her a baptized member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She will be a great addition to the fold.
Comments:
John said…
What a great little lady. It looks like a good time was had by all. We can’t wait to see you next week. We are so proud that you are getting baptized soon.
Monday, November 16, 2009 9:12:30 PM
michelle said…
Happy birthday Lily-you are a great girl. Looks like a fun party-I love the aprons and hats.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:27:23 AM
Patricia said…
Lily, your birthday party looks like you had so much fun. Your Mom did a great job of putting everything together, huh? She amazes me! You look so happy and cute in the pictures. We are sure luck to have you as our grand daughter. You certainly are “grand”. Thanks for playing all of the piano songs for us. It was so nice to see and hear how good you are getting at playing the piano. I can’t wait to see your new music book, too. We are especially excited to come up for your baptism. We sure love you.
Grandpa and Grandma Baldwin
Friday, November 20, 2009 2:20:27 AM