Lily's 4th b-day and Valerie walking

Lily has been having a great 4th birthday week so far. On Monday, we started the fun off by having Grandma and Grandpa Peters up. They brought Lily some fun presents. She got a Cinderella horse and Thumbelina labtop. These gifts have been true hits. She has played with them each day, especially in the car. Uncle Adam and Aunt Michelle sent a present. It was a bunch of paints and a paint pad. Lily has had so much fun and already made three pictures. Then we went for pizza and games at Incredible Pizza. The girls had so much fun with their grandparents.

The next bit of fun was today. Lily had her birthday party. It was puppy dog themed. So her friends and her dressed up as puppies with dog collars and dog ears. Lily was a dalmation! Here is Lily with Hailey. Here are two more of Lily's friends, Jack and JT.

My friend Jessica made Lily the cutest puppy dog cake. It almost was too cute to eat....but it was delicious as well. All of the kids loved it!

Notice the cute nose. We got there and it had a nose, but before I went to cut the cake, I noticed that someone snatched the nose away.

Lily loved her cake. She was even petting it. Doesn't it look like a real dog!

Oh before the cake, we had dog bone sandwiches. Those were a huge hit! Valerie really loved those!

So my friends that came were Amanda, Lisa, Kelly, Tara, and Melody and Jessica who aren't in this picture. Lily had her friends JT, Kayleigh, Jack, Boston, Bristol, Drew, Abby, Hailey, Caleb, Jaylen, and Caleb.

Lily loved all of her presents: two neat bubble blowers, sidewalk chalk, my little pony books, hair clips, lots of activity books and a paper doll house!

Valerie got to play with her friend Caleb. He is just one month older than her and so cute. He was trying to touch her little spots on her face.

Lily playing with her bubble blowers outside after the party.

So on to Valerie for a moment. She started taking her first steps last Friday the 22nd. By Sunday, she was walking across the room. By today, she was even walking on the uneven surfaces outside. She is really getting good. She was my late bloomer, but I am so proud of her. She is getting so big!