Lost and Found

OH MY GOSH, look at all the preppiness on that girl above!

So... I've been on a tirade lately because I lost the battery charger for MY camera. Sure, sure...we do still have that REALLY nifty REALLY expensive camera of Clay's, but I refuse to take it out of the house, and really, we're never home. Without my camera, I missed photos of Lila's entire first week of her new big girl room at school. I didn't realize how often I've been reaching for that little camera until I couldn't any more.

In a semi-genius move, Clay decided we should see if HIS camera battery charger would work for my camera batteries. I got into his camera bag to get HIS charger, and there it was. MY charger. WOOT!!!

Now that I have my camera back, I loaded the battery into it only to realize there is lost footage on there! There were a bunch of cute pics I could have posted, but forgot about! So...let's pretend it's early May again and delve into the lost files, shall we?

First, we have DERBY week!! Derby week in Louisville is a huge party week, and our school does it up right! We have different events every day. Lila's class was a bit too small to participate in some of the events, but we went all out for the ones we could! The whole school went on a Derby Parade through the hospital, and each class dressed as a different Derby event. Lila's class was the Marathon! Lila was all decked out in her sweatband (with a BOW, of course!), her leg warmers, and her shorts (you can't see in the pic) with ruffles all across the booty. I'm sure she would be taken VERY seriously if she showed up at the actual marathon in this ensemble! Instead of "bib numbers" like you would get in a real race, the kids all got bib NAMES, more like names the Derby horses might have. I can not IMAGINE why Lila's bib name was The Trendsetter, can YOU???
And on that note, I know you'll be SHOCKED to hear that Lila provided "sweatbands" and "tennis shoe" socks for many of her friends who were not quite so blessed with such accessories.
Rainbow Brite or Marathon runner? Hard to tell...
The class of older babies (that Lila is in NOW, but wasn't then) went through the parade as the Bed Races! Yes, that is a real Derby event!
The toddler class was Millionaire's Row! They turned the big buggies into Limos and all dressed to the NINES! They even had a "stereo" boom box in the trunk of their ride. Spinners on the wheels, a Mercedes symbol on the front bumper, and tinted windows! Ridin' in STYLE!

Here are the kiddos schlepping over to the hospital for their big debut. I think the class seen here is dressed as jockeys.
Unfortunately, I can't find any pics of Lila and her friends all dressed up for our Derby Fashion Show. I'll have to add those later.

In the random photos category, guess who's playing peek-a-boo like a champ?
I bet you guessed it right! Lila Jane loves her some peek-a-boo, and will cover her face with anything available. She thinks it's hysterical! And she's right!
Be sure to note Lila Jane's awesome outfit with matching shoes! Aunt Carrie Beth has been doing more big shopping for Miss LJ! CB actually picked out some SUPER cute flip-flop style shoes to match this outfit, but Lila's feet are TINY. I returned the 6-12 mo. sized shoes and intended to get the same shoes in 3-6 month size. Except they were also too big. As were the 0-3 month size!! I ended up getting these closed toed shoes in the 0-3 month size, and they are still big on her! At least she'll have room to grow in to them! I also went on and got the shorts in a 12 month size because that big ol' diapered booty made the 6-9 month pair a bit snug. I wanted to make sure she'd be able to wear them all summer! My goodness this girl is doing some funny growing!

We have a big day planned tomorrow! We're hosting our first party since LJ came along. We used to throw huge parties pretty often, but somehow having a baby changed matters a bit. I think we're going to have around 20ish people for a family-friendly cook-out tomorrow afternoon for Memorial Day. Clay laughed and said he NEVER thought he'd be sending out invitations for ANYthing that said "family-friendly". HA!