Our Lilly has been in rare form in the recent months. I’ve been too busy to make an entry but have been keeping little notes to come back to. As I reflected on those notes today, I realized that they are overwhelmingly in reference to things she has said or done. So without further ado…here is your daily does of Lilly (with a pinch of Sophie and Evelyn):
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Lilly (while coloring a picture): Mama, I can spell my name. L-L-L-L-Y!
Me: That’s very close! Change one of those “Ls” and you’ve got it!
Lilly: No. I did it right. Because I’m a smart Lilly.
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Lilly: I can’t wait to be a grown up!
Me: Why are you in such a hurry to grow up?
Lilly: Because then I can cut things!
Me: (Makes mental note to hide all scissors/knives even better than they already are.)
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Lilly: I love you, mama!
Me: I love you too! What would you do without me?
Lilly: Bury you in the sand.
Me: Um, ok…what would my stone say?
Lilly: “Get out of the toy box!”
Me: (Silence. So THAT’S gonna be my legacy, y’all.)
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Then there’s this little gem: Sophie and Lilly take these tiny flashlight keychains to bed with them each night. Saturday night, Lilly went back the hall with hers. We tucked them in and said our goodnights. About 30 minutes later, she came up the hall with her head hanging down.
Me: Lilly, what’s the matter?
Lilly: (Looks up and starts bawling.) Mama, don’t be mad at me!
Me: Why would I be mad? What happened?
Lilly: I squallowed my flashlight.
Me: You what? Swallowed it? How? Can you even do that?
Lilly: I played with it and put it in my mouth and squallowed it.
Me: So…it’s in your belly? Did it hurt your throat? Did you choke?
Lilly: (Crying again) I’m sorry mama, it was a accident.
Hanging out in the ER on A Saturday night.
A size reference. (Hers was green.)
After searching her room THOROUGHLY and not producing her flashlight, off to the ER we went. I was afraid that IF she had actually swallowed the flashlight, the battery could corrode inside her and harm her. Have you ever taken a perfectly healthy, bouncing, singing, running, 3 year old to the ER? They look at you kind of weird when they ask you why you’re there and you tell them she swallowed a flashlight. By the time she had x-rays, we had already had to explain this to at least 3 people. I know I’m not lying when I say we were all pretty curious to see if she had in fact swallowed a flashlight. After the x-rays, the doctor came in to tell us it was all ok. There was NOT a flashlight in her belly. Needless to say, we were happy but we still haven’t found it and she still says she squallowed it.
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When did she get so big?
Sophie has been super excited about going to school. She doesn’t start kindergarten until August, but this is the year she starts and so she can’t wait. Just before Christmas, Walter took them Christmas shopping for me. They decided to get me a big red poinsettia to put on the table. Sophie couldn’t remember what it was called so she just kept telling me and everyone else that they got me a BIG POISON IVY for Christmas.
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Zoom, zoom!
Since my last post, Evelyn has learned to walk! Not only walk, but she’s practically running now. She had her big checkups with Urology and Neurosurgery in December and everything is still stable. No better, but no worse, so we are thrilled with that! She is so proud of herself toddling around the house and we are too. I can’t describe the emotions that stir in me to watch her take those first few steps. She still has Physical Therapy every week just to keep a close eye on things but she continues to impress us.
The Ballard Five 
Never a dull moment. 3 completely different personalities. Lilly, the entertainer. Sophie, the protector and Evelyn, the “watch me achieve (er)”.
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