And Willow's face at the same moment:
They had fun smelling all the flowers in the conservatory. Seriously - they had fun. I didn't have to force them like I remember from my own childhood.
Willow's babtism was this morning. Jen and Ross are her God parents. Pastor Bud did a beautiful job declaring God's purpose for Willow here in our family. Willow was happy and laughing most of the morning. Lily and I wore shirts from Guatemala. Willow wore a dress from Baby Gap - the irony!
1. Willow cheers "HOME!" every time we pull in the driveway now. It's so cute that she knows and says that words. It's one of my own favorite words too.
2. I have taken Willow to two movies (Hannah Montana with Jen's family) and the new Earth one. She sits great eating her popcorn and eating M & Ms. She hollers "UH OH" if anyone, anywhere drops anything.
3. Jen's family, grammy and us King Chicas all saw the Paper Bag Princess at the Stages Theater this weekend. Again, Willow sat like a super-star. I am relieved to know we can do these sorts of things and she can enjoy them (and so can Lily and I).
4. Tonight we were with about 20 relatives at Aunt Jo and Uncle Rick's house. Willow ran around laughing, dancing, doing acrobats, throwing things at Uncle Dave and laughing, playing catch with lots of people, and acting completely confident and happy. It is amazing that after 7 weeks, she has come so far.
The girls will be spending the week with grammy as I go back to work. Lily is going to have a blast hanging out with one of her biggest fans. Willow and grammy have a lot of ground to cover. I wish I could peek into the future and read the next blog post to know how this goes for them.