This also served as Lily's first time in a bathing suit (thank you Auntie Syd for providing the cutest suit and photo op ever!). I have yet to buy Little Swimmers, so we just went "baby commando" aka no diaper! I figured she'll be peeing in many pools so may as well get her started now. So we started slow...eased Lily in--feet only.
Once she got used to the coldness, Lily discovered kicking her feet equaled splashing the water leading to water in the face. Lots of fun!
Kickin' it watching the game! Just chillin' in my bop sportin' the sweatsuit, that's right.
Yo party people, what up? Grab me a cold one while you're up...the usual--mama's milk straight up!
Ok, so Lily obviously gets her chillin' skills from dad. Ken had his usual all set, too!
We arrived on Friday, June 12th and were off to our first graduation! My cousin Laine graduated high school--canNOT believe it...not because we didn't think she'd make it--I just can't believe she's that old. It was a realization that I'm THAT old--yikes. And my cousin Elise just graduated from college at Washington State...geeeeeeze.
So I was hoping Lily would do ok with all the people around, sitting through an entire graduation, wouldn't get too antsy, etc. Come to find out, all we needed were my Aunt Rosalie's sisters and definitely, Sid (Rose's sister's husband)! Not only did Jeanie and Robyn snag Lily right away (love you Lily, but the break was ok by me), but they entertained her and put her to sleep in Jeanie's arms. Wonderful! Below is just a glance at Lily ogling at Sid...she'd even be facing forward and just her eyes would look over at him...pretty dang cute.
The Daly Crew...Taryn, Laine, Elise, and Nolan...pretty ugly kids, huh? :)
Lily checking out her Uncle Craig
It worked out that my Aunt Susanne's (my mom's twin sister if you didn't figure that out!) was in town from Missouri the same time we were up there for Sydney's baby shower. So Susie and Lily got to meet each other! Now we just have to work on my cousins Megan and Amanda and we'll be set! 
And to the reason we ventured up to Washington...Baby Fee! And Syd, too, of course! My mom, Aunt Rosalie, and myself co-hosted my sister's shower who is due August 12th. Yeah, we can't wait to meet Baby!!! Although it's hard to tell, Syd is holding up her first gift she opened...PeePee Tee Pees. It's a boy! Which means he will be only the 2nd boy on the Daly side (finally Nolan has someone) but he's entering the Swenson & Fee side on more of an even playing field.
Thanks to all the lovely ladies who helped Syd get one step closer to motherhood and joined us at the baby shower. 
Leave it to Sarah to make collecting the gift wrap garbage into a drinking game!
My little cheeseball! Somewhere along this trip, Lily learned how to "cheese" for the camera. I tested it out and pulled out the camera at various times this day and sure enough, this smile was boasted just about every time! I think Megan taught her.
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck! Mickey Mouse...
Minnie Cheeeeeeese!
After the shower, we drove over to Megan and Ryan's house to visit our favorite 2-year-old gal-pal, Hadley! Here she is showing off her "summer" pajamas as Meg calls them (Sar called Meg out right away to point out they were about two months too small) and accessorized with Lily's headband. Lily has one great role model to look up to--knows how to ham it up that's for sure!
Seriously, where did this devilish grin come from??
We had a great babysitter for the night. Thanks Rudy, you're the best! Although Lily looks a bit guilty...I think she bribed him with treats to stay up past her bedtime.
Lovin' her Great Grandma Jay!
On their way to being BFFs!
Hey Grandma, is that present for me? I'll show you how I roll over again!
Too much fun with Grandpa!
Lil did amazing in the church during the ceremony! Just one little peep of joy as we celebrated our friends Jessica Jacob and Matt's wedding. And I about died when I put on this dress because (gushing mom) she just looked sooooo cute - love her!
Joining us at the big shin-dig was our great friends Jessica, JT, and their lil' man, Sevin - who could be in the top ten of cutest kids ever...the strawberry blond hair and baby blue eyes--Lily has definitely tagged him as her future boyfriend, one of many I'm sure!
Since I'm usually the one snapping all the photos, I made Ken take a pic of Jess and I...so Lily actually knows she had a mother growing up!
So it looks as though Ken and I better watch out cuz we have a partier on our hands! Lily totally rocked it out on the dance floor and I'm pretty sure she and Jess could perform a seriously awesome duet!
Lily was not as worried about the big birds as I was...
This is for Grandmas and Grandpas and Aunties & Uncles...well and anyone else who isn't bored by Lily's "1st Time" videos. They can get a little long but, of course, completely entertaining to us proud parents and we don't want to get yelled at when she's making her wedding slide show montage asking why we weren't good parents and didn't record all momentous occassions?? We'll remind her she's lucky she's the first child cuz you know the 2nd kid and so on get totally jipped! Anyhoo...here's Lily's debuting in her 2nd time eating rice cereal (and don't pay attention to the baby talk coming from behind the camera)!
Then to sitting in the pool...this took a bit longer. The first time, tears added to the pool water. The second time...kind of a smile, kind of wanting to cry...for now, we'll stick to dipping our toes in!
