I am a material girl

Now that Lily is a walking pro, we realized it was time to break out the baby shoes (or toddler shoes, in her case). True to form, there was some strong resistance to change. We had found some lightweight "summer-y/sandle-y" shoes to start her out. Unfortunately, every time we put them on, she would completely meltdown. There was crying, convulsing, tears, screams, sad looks of desperation. Lily was also very upset. She refused to put her actual newly-shod feet on the ground. Instead, she would pull her legs up to her chest, or stick them straight out like a gymnast on the rings (Paul Hamm style). From a distance, it was a little funny.

At some point, seemingly overnight, something had changed her mind. I don't know if she was falling into a gender stereotype (so soon?!?) or maybe the peer pressure from her classmates (again, so soon?!?). Now, we have to hide the shoes, because once she sees them, she MUST have them. Does matter if they match, if she is already wearing shoes, or if there are even two shoes. Last week, I had to put a single shoe and watch her march around the house all morning....lopsided. Carrie took her to the Shoe Carnival where she went crazy grabbing every shoe she could reach, pulling them out of boxes, carrying them around....shopping.

We've created a Shoe-Monster!

I have a lot of pics to post here. We'll start with some of Lily in her toy room and the Greater West Chester Kite Festival, here.

The following weekend was Easter. I think this is the first time Lily has worn a real dress since Christmas. The dress was a little long, and so everytime she stood up, she'd end up standing on the hem, unable to straighten herself out. She looked too cute to change her clothes though! Here are Easter morning/day pics.

Last but not least are 1 year birthday pics! I can't believe it has been a year already. She looked fabulous in her pink tutu ensemble. Here are the pics. You can ignore the ones of her playing with my garbage can!