Off to Pre-K

Lillian — ready for her Pre-K class. Hair styling by ePa. Yia Yia saw it and fixed it. She had a few choice things to say about ePa’s skill as a hair dresser.

At A Favorite Park

Lilz loves Karl Young Park. There is a large sandbox. Need I say more?

Visited in a Dream

I have found Ashley’s birthday this year, the second since her death, particularly difficult. It’s a little surprising to me — I have always been pretty casual about birthdays.

This morning, she came to me in a dream. She stood in a room with her mother and her aunts Holly and Bonnie and her daughter Lillian — who danced and sang and twirled about. Ashley looked at me: her hair was dyed a deep blue, and her mom and aunts and daughter all smiled and raised their hands, dripping blue dye on the floor. Ashley laughed that deep laugh of hers and her eyes were full of mischief.

Remembering Ashley on her Birthday

Today would have been Ashley Elizabeth Graves Denby’s 35th birthday. We miss her.

Lillian’s Fourth Birthday Party

Cousins and friends: Lillian and Katelyn

Josh D, Cari, Lillian, Katelyn, Amy, Peggy

Katelyn, Lillian, NaNa, Elli, Wesley

Amy, Katelyn, Birthday Cake, Peggy, Lillian

Lauren, Nancy, Lillian, Josh D, Amy, Anne, Peggy, Keith, Katelyn, Wesley, Josh W, Elli, Cari, Sylvia

We celebrated Lillian’s fourth birthday at her new home in Clear Lake, which she shares with her dad, Josh, and his new fiancee, Amy Button. Lillian’s Aunt Elli and Uncle Josh, her five year-old cousin Katelyn and fifteen month-old cousin Wesley, her Aunts Cari and Sylvia, her great-grandmother Anne, her Aunt Lauren, and her grand-parents Peggy and Keith (NaNa and Paw Paw) and Nancy and John (Yia Yia and ePa) all were there to help celebrate and open presents and eat cake.

Four Years of a Miracle

1.5 lbs & 11 inches to 33 lbs & 40 inches

Happy fourth birthday, Lillian Grace Denby!

Last Day As a Three Year Old

Lillian and her Yia-Yia had lunch together on Lillian’s last day as a three-year old. Tomorrow she is four!