Little Lilly Turns One

Lilly turned one year old last Saturday, November 27th. We were in Houston at Christian's parents for Thanksgiving and celebrated her birthday there.

To start off the day we went and visited Santa. Obviously Lilly does not like strangers.
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Lilly ble ett år gammel sist lørdag, den 27. november. Vi var i Houston på besøk hos Tove og Gunther for å feire "Thanksgiving" og feiret hennes bursdag i samme slengen.

Vi begynte feiringen med å besøke julenisse. Og Lilly liker tydeligvis ikke fremmede.

But she was happy after a little time with Dad and some pancakes.
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Men hun ble fort glad igjen da hun fikk spise pannekaker og sitte på fanget til pappa.



Next we decided to head to the Houston Zoo since Lilly loves animals. She seemed to enjoy it, often woofing at various animals.
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Etterpå bestemte vi oss for å besøke Houstons zoologiske hage siden Lilly elsker dyr. Hun stortrivdes der og "bjefte" på mange av dyrene.

Checking out the Tropical Birds with Grandpa.
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Lilly inspiserer tropiske fugler sammen med bestefar.

Riding Daddy's shoulders to get a better look.
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Hun liker også å sitte på skuldrene til pappa, slikat hun kan se bedre.

Checking out the foxes.
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Lilly likte reven. Jeg tror hun mistok den for en vanlig hund.


Riding a turtle :)
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Og her rir Lilly på en skildpadde.

After a grilled cheese sandwich for dinner we headed home for birthday cake. Here is the Lilly Shrine on the wall of the kitchen.
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Etter et ostesmørbrød for middag var det tid for hennes bursdagskake. Tove pyntet fint for bursdagen hennes.

Her Birthday Banner.
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Lillys eget bursdagsbanner.

And her Princess cake.
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Her er hennes prinsessekake.

Sadly, I did not get any pictures of Lilly in her pretty pink birthday dress as we tried to convince her to dig in. (I will try to post some, once I get them from Christian's mom) We failed and she did not want ANYTHING to do with her cake. As you can see below I finally cut out a piece for her and she still didn't want to touch it. Later, she did eat some pieces of an unfrosted cupcake so we think it was the frosting that turned her off. But oh well, at least she didn't need a bath afterwards :)
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Dessverre så fikk vi ikke bildene vi så frem til. Vi kledde henne i hennes rose bursdagskjole og prøvde å få henne til å slå seg løs på bursdagskaken, men det ville hun absolutt ikke ha noe av. Til slutt gav vi henne et lite stykke av kaken, men selv den ville hun ikke røre. Men senere om kvelden spiste hun en del av kaken uten "frosting" (den søte sukkerkremen). Hun liker tydeligvis ikke frosting.

Earlier in the week, Lilly received an early birthday present so she could play with it while we were there. Her new doll stroller. She loves it!
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Et par dager før bursdagen hennes fikk hun sin første gave, slik at hun kunne bruke den mens hun var der. Hennes første dukke og vogn. Hun elsket dem!

Checking to make sure her dollie is safe.
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Hun passer på at dokken er trygg.

So proud.
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Så stolt.And her "piggy" face. Up close and personal.
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Hun har et morsomt ansiktsuttrykk som hun viser oss her. Ingen vet hvor dette ansiktsuttrykket kom ifra.


Lilly says: "Thanks for all the birthday presents!!!" And so do we. She really did love all her presents and loves playing with them all day long.
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Lilly sier: "Tusen takk for alle bursdagsgavene!!!" Og det sier vi også. Hun elsker virkelig å leke med dem hele tiden.