99 Red Balloons

...well, one blue one anyway. Lilly was given her first balloon on Friday night during our little family's "Big Night Out", by "Big Night Out" I mean Red Robbin and Target. We're SO exciting. We made the plan on Monday and then looked forward to it all week. My how times change.
Anyway...back to the balloon. So Lilly got her first balloon. She wasn't too interested at first, but after further review you can see by the pictures that the balloon brought much joy into her little life. She figured out how to pull on the string to bring the balloon down to her, then she would violently shake it and bounce it off of her head and the high chair, laughing and squealing the whole time. The cutest thing (sorry no pics) was the next day as the balloon lay lifeless on the ground she would crawl around, holding onto the string. Then she would stop and turn, looking back to be sure that the balloon was still following obediantly behind.
The life of Lilly's balloon was very short, it's time with us brief. But, the happiness it brought will last a lifetime and the blue balloon will live forever in Lilly's memory...at least until we get her another.