Thursday night Khale and I got to go to a Red Sox game. Red Sox games are crazy, mostly b/c Sox fans get REALLY into it but it's so much fun that way. The game we went to was their third here in Boston so the fans were a little extra happy. Anyhow, it was a really fun night, Lily had a babysitter and little friend come over (apparently Lily cried when Ella's Dad came to get her but not when Mom left. Ouch!) so it was just the two of us...something that doesn't happen too often. :)

The Detroit Tigers got their bottoms whipped by the Sox.

Sadly we don't own any Sox gear...but we were feeling the team spirit nonetheless.

Lil has started wanting to walk. She's been having quite a few playdates the past couple of weeks and at each play date the babies tend to be a little older than her so they're already walking around. Lil's gotten envious and now she loves walking around while holding onto my fingers...or furniture.

This is my new favorite of Lil's shirts b/c it's not really all that babyish looking. I got her the cutest pair of shorts the other day at Target which she looks adorable in...she has the cutest little muscular legs (which she must get entirely from the Lenhart side because us Diff's don't have the most impressive legs).  

Well that's about it from me for a little while, it's time to "buckle down" (as my mother always says) and get some school done since the year is rapidly coming to a close. *Hallelujah!!*  I'm contemplating taking a one week intensive Special Education (as part of the Education degree...not b/c I need a little extra help mentally) this Summer from LCCC but we'll see if that ends up happening. Either way, it'll be really nice to get a break from school for a little while and just focus on being a wife and Mommy.

Update: I added a few new videos of little miss Lillian in the videos section. Check them out.

Life has been going pretty darn well lately. Both Khale and I are having an easier semester which gives us quite a bit more time to spend with each other, thus making us happier all around. It's also given me more time to bake, making us pudgy all around. :)

Last weekend Khale and I went to the Harvard Law Couples Association annual Sir Thomas Moore dinner. He's a Harvard Law alumni who continually donates money to the couples association so they can put on a formal dinner because when he was a student there wasn't anything like that available for the Harvard Law couples. It was really fun. Although I will admit that I was a little distracted and kept checking my phone for missed calls because we had hired Lil's first non-grandparent babysitter to take care of her. Luckily, Lil loves strangers and she's actually better behaved when I'm not around so it all went really well. I just don't like leaving my little baby.

I also had a birthday, exactly one week ago. It was really nice and relaxing. Khale gave me a beautiful journey diamond necklace and photo album and then we went out for lunch at Ruby Tuesday. We also did a little shopping at the mall which was really fun. Then we came home, had dinner and watched Vanilla Sky. I've decided that next year we either need to have a bunch of our friends over or I need to make a much tinier cake. It took Khale and I quite a bit of determination to finish that thing off but we finally did the other day.

Wednesday my friend Chelsi, Lil and I had a little girls date. We went to lunch and then shopped/browsed around the mall for a while. It was really fun. Normally when we get together Khale and Eric are part of the fun but as much as we love our boys, it was nice to have some girl time. Chelsi is due to have a baby any day now so we've been getting excited about having little play dates with our babies. Lil loves Chelsi...she was the first person besides Khale and I to get a baby smooch from Lil.

Speaking of which, Lily is a little flirt. I took her to the grocery store yesterday and she would make faces at the guys walking around (I love how the only time you see a bunch of guys at the grocery store is on Valentines Day) until they looked at her and then she would break out her cutest smiles and baby noises. She especially loved a one-year old little boy we ran across; she pulled out all the stops, making the other baby completely unable to do anything but stare at her.

Our Valentines Day was pretty nice. Khale made me the most delicious dinner I've had in a long time which we ate entirely by candlelight. I'm a huge fan of it whenever he cooks because he always makes really yummy food.

So yep, that's what we've all been up to. I'll leave you with photos of Lil and for those of you who love Lost - I know who the Oceanic 6 are...you can ask me but after I tell you'll wish you hadn't.

Her newest way to express herself

Every so often she'll be sitting the floor and reading this book to herself when she'll start busting up laughing. For some reason it's just the most hilarious book in the apartment.

Climbing the Dad is another one of her favorites

Newest favorite thing to do - crawl under chairs. This one would be her most impressive one to date; her highchair.

Things have been going pretty well the past couple weeks.

Traveling

Since my trip to Florida was so short, I had decided that I needed to take another trip to TN to spend a little more time with my family. So after a great deal of conspiring, Lil and I flew into Nashville Thursday evening, were picked up by John and Mel, and then drove to the Diff casa to surprise my family. Momma Jane and Pops had just fallen asleep by the time we got there so I scared them a bit by knocking on their door at 1:30 in the morning but after their initial shock, I think they liked it. :) Both Miss Lil and I had such a wonderful time with everyone even though we really missed Khale (he had decided to stay behind to study for his final exam). That was the first time either Lil or I have spent more than a day away from Khale so by the end of the weekend I was getting pretty excited about seeing him again.

Caitlin, Erica, and I went to Davids Bridal to do some wedding shopping Sunday (for those of you who don't know, Caitlin will be getting married in June). My parents volunteered to watch Lil so I got to spend some time alone with the girls for the first time since my Bachelorette party. We had so much fun. Although I still feel really bad about my horrible planning skills and how they got in the way of Bethland and Chelsey having lunch w/ us. Next time I'll leave the planning up to someone else.

I've decided that I hate US Airways, as far as airlines go. Every single time I fly with them my flight gets delayed. I almost didn't make it to Nashville Thursday night b/c due to delays with my first flight I missed my second flight. I was fifth on the Standby list for the last flight out for the night and thankfully a couple decided to volunteer their seats which gave Lil and I the last available seat on the plane. It did turn out to be a first class seat which was pretty sweet. I was slightly tempted to order some wine b/c the whole thing had made me a little stressed (spending the night in an airport with an 8 month-old baby is not my idea of fun) but I didn't...even though first class apparently gets a drink for free. Anyhow. On my return flight from Charlotte to Boston I had yet another delay which added to my annoyance with US Airways. From now on I am refusing to fly with them...unless the temptation of their ridiculously low fares sucks me in again. JetBlue, Frontier and Southwest are by far my favorites. Yes, I've been flying so much these days that I have developed favorites.

The Pursuit of Higher Education

My third semester at BHCC officially began yesterday. My painting class is the only one I'm taking on campus b/c I was able to take it in the evening one day a week. Last night we had our first class and it was pretty fun b/c we just did a few things to introduce ourselves, played a game to engage our minds to think about art in other ways than we normally do, and went over the class overview. I think it's going to be a really fun class to take. I'm sure it'll be a little challenging b/c I have no experience painting, but hey, sometimes it's nice to be challenged.

Khale finished his final exam yesterday morning for his winter class, Foreign Relations Law, so he has a few days off before his Spring semester starts. He also just got his grades back from the Fall semester and he's satisfied with how they turned out. I'm very proud of him. Harvard Law isn't easy but he's been doing great with everything and doesn't ever seem to be stressed by any of it. He's pretty much brilliant.

Harvard Clubs

This year I've been getting a little more involved with both the Harvard Law Couples Association and the Harvard Law Women's Club (basically a club for all wives/girlfriends of the Law students...although we do have one female law student!). Both of those are really fun. I recently joined the planning committee for HLCA. It's really nice to be closer to campus this school year as it has afforded us the ability to do more stuff and spend more time with people.

Anyhow. That's pretty much what I've been up to. Oh, also, I just wanted to come out and fully endorse Mitt Romney for President. He's been doing great so far and I can only hope that Floridians show as much sense as the people of Michigan, Nevada, and Wyoming - my future home state. I highly suggest you go research Romney and while you're doing so, read this cute article:  http://www.mittromney.com/Learn-About-Mitt/Photo-Album/The-Romney-Family/Mittxs_Tribute_to_Ann

Miss Lillian Claire

Momma Jane and I spending some quality time together

I look so darn tired.

He was just trying to copy Bethany's favorite "pouty face"...turns out Beth had the "fairy princess"  background on.

P. Diffy in da crib

My pretty little sister.