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Our First Give-Away to Start the New YearOur First Give-Away to Start the New Year

We just wanted to let everyone know we are going to have our first ever blog giveaway to kick off the New Year. Check back tomorrow to find out what it is and what you have to do to win. I will try to put up the post during Lillie's nap time, but if not, I will once she goes down for the night!Happy…

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31Dec2009

Another HUGE win!!!!!!!Another HUGE win!!!!!!!

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/34637646/ns/sports-college_basketball/Last night Lillabel, Dana and I drove up to the game against Maryland. Our seats were on the floor directly behind our bench which made me quite nervous that Lillie was going to try to get off of our laps and run up and poke Jon or …

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31Dec2009

Happy Birthday Moosie!!!!!Happy Birthday Moosie!!!!!

Today is my mother's birthday! (We call her Moose/Moosie). She is the most wonderful mother anyone could ask for and the most amazing grandmother Lillabel could ever have! She is also one of the designers here at Dear Lillie. She creates all of the darling tutus we sell. Happy Birthday Moosie! We lo…

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29Dec2009

It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!!!It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!!!

We had our first Christmas on our own this year. I thought it was going to be weird, but it wasn't. It was absolutely wonderful! It was so much fun watching Lillabel open all of her gifts and run around in excitement. We are so blessed to have such a precious daughter. It was so much fun teaching he…

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28Dec2009

EIGHT IN A ROW!!!!EIGHT IN A ROW!!!!

We won a tough road game Tuesday night against Radford 70-68! Another exciting one.http://www.tribeathletics.com/story.php/9691/…

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24Dec2009

Merry Christmas!Merry Christmas!

Here is the photo we ended up going with for the front of our Christmas card this year. It was quite an adventure. We have been soooooo busy that I hadn't had time to take some pictures of Miss Lillabel for our Christmas card until the end of the first week in December! We took Lillie down to Coloni…

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21Dec2009

SEVEN IN A ROW!!!!!SEVEN IN A ROW!!!!!

We won today 94 to 48! That's seven wins in a row now! How exciting. We play Radford on Tuesday and then Maryland next Wednesday. http://www.tribeathletics.com/story.php/9681/Here is Lillie in her William and Mary tutu about ready to head out to the game. It was a COLD day - we got snow last night, …

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19Dec2009

My MunchkinMy Munchkin

Just a picture of my cutie pie, Lillabel, about to give her doggy rocker a big smooch!…

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10Dec2009

HUGE WIN OVER VCU!!!!HUGE WIN OVER VCU!!!!

Oh my goodness! This season has been so exciting! We won again Saturday against a really tough VCU team. We ended up winning by one and it literally came down to the buzzer. I hate those kinds of games. The stress is just too much for me! Six in a row now! YAY!!!!http://www.tribeathletics.com/story.…

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06Dec2009

Five In A Row!!!!!Five In A Row!!!!!

We won again on Wednesday by 19! That's five wins in a row now. It is soooooooooooo nice having our house filled with happiness during basketball season! Yay! We have our first conference game tomorrow against our rival VCU! Should be exciting. GO TRIBE! http://www.tribeathletics.com/story.php/9633…

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04Dec2009

My Baby is ONE!!!!!!!!My Baby is ONE!!!!!!!!

Oh my goodness! Where has time gone? Our precious little Lillian Annabel turned one today. I can't believe how quickly she is growing up! She is the most amazing little girl and we just love her so very much and feel so blessed to be her parents! Here are some more pictures from her birthday party.…

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01Dec2009

William and Mary Basketball Getting Some AttentionWilliam and Mary Basketball Getting Some Attention

From William and Mary's Website:Tribe Men's Hoops Garnering National AttentionWilliamsburg - Fresh off a victory over ACC foe Wake Forest, the William and Mary men’s basketball team garnered some national attention from ESPN and Fox Sports on Monday. ESPN.com’s Andy Katz listed the Green and Gold am…

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30Nov2009

Our Old Living Room featured on HGTV!!!Our Old Living Room featured on HGTV!!!

Jon's sister told me today that a shot of our old living room from our house in SC came on the screen today while she was watching HGTV today. I just went to HGTV.com a few minutes ago to see if I could find anything out about it (I didn't submit anything so I was really surprised, but I did put pic…

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29Nov2009

HUGE UPSET!!!! We beat Wake Forest!!!!HUGE UPSET!!!! We beat Wake Forest!!!!

Wow! In quite the shocking upset William and Mary beat Wake Forest AT Wake tonight by 10 points!!!!!! This snapped a 23-game home non-conference winning streak for Wake Forest. W&M joined Utah as the only non-BCS teams to win in Joel Coliseum, but in comparison the Utes were ranked 11th in the count…

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28Nov2009

Sneak Peek of Lillabel's First Birthday Party!Sneak Peek of Lillabel's First Birthday Party!

Here is a sneak peek of Lillabel's first birthday party. We are having it in two parts. We were hoping to have it while everyone was here but due to games, and everyones schedules we had part of it last night once Jon got home and will have the rest on Sunday evening. Last night we had her cake and …

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27Nov2009

Happy ThanksgivingHappy Thanksgiving

Hello everyone! We all hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Everyone arrived late Tuesday evening and we had a fun-filled day on Wednesday which ended with a big William and Mary basketball game. We beat Hampton by one point! That's three wins in a row! YAY!!!! Then we had a wonderful Tha…

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27Nov2009

Late Night for Miss Lillabel!Late Night for Miss Lillabel!

Yay - We had so much fun last night at William and Mary's home opening win against Richmond!http://tribeathletics.com/story.php/9573/ Lillabel actually sat through the whole game and enjoyed some funnel cake during the second half. Afterwards, she had a ball running around on the court! She adores K…

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20Nov2009

Gotta Love the Antique Mall!Gotta Love the Antique Mall!

This Saturday Dana and I were at the antique mall hunting for a mantel for her place (which we did find!) and lo and behold this adorable vintage style toy car was sitting on one of the booths! We practically squealed with delight. I have been wanting to get Lillabel one since the day I found out we…

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18Nov2009

Finalist!!!!!!Finalist!!!!!!

So about a year ago I was contacted about having two of my rooms featured on Design Dazzle - Lillian Annabel's nursery and our guest bedroom. I gave them the info and sent my very amature photos and forgot all about it. This morning I received an e-mail saying I was one of ten finalists in their bab…

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15Nov2009

Our BedroomOur Bedroom

It was a little nerve-wracking going this dark on the walls, but I LOVE it and am so glad we decided to go with this color. I think Jon had a panic attack, though, when we first started rolling it on! =) …

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15Nov2009

Lillian Annabel's RoomLillian Annabel's Room

Lillian Annabel's Story Time NookLillian Annabel's Window Seat…

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15Nov2009

Yay! Our blog is up and running!Yay! Our blog is up and running!

Okay - so Dear Lillie now has a blog. I still want to play around with the layout and design of it, but at least we have it up and running! As I have time I will work on making changes!…

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09Nov2009
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