Grandma and Grandpa's Little Princess

Liliana and I headed back up to the Bay Area this past weekend to visit friends and family and to celebrate Shannon's wedding shower. My parents surprised Liliana (and I) with the most over-the-top "printsy" (princess) room for Liliana filled with every one of her favorite things. They worked so hard on it and the reaction that it elicited from Liliana was priceless. First, let me name Liliana's favorite things at the moment: Abby Cadabby, Elmo, Princesses (especially Disney Princesses and ESPECIALLY "'Rella"(Cinderella)), Dorothy and Toto from the Wizard of Oz, bows, music, soft blankets, and Mom and Dad. My parents made sure that her room had every one of these things in it.

The carpet is covered in Disney princess faces, my mom sewed bows on a mini down comforter to fit her princess bed, there are pictures of Abby, Elmo, and Zoe framed in pink, a Dorothy and Toto doll on her bed, a hot pink cd player, Mommy and Daddy's bobble head doll on her princess nightstand, and the room is so pink that it glows from the hallway. She walked in and YELLED, "WOW, PRINTSY! RELLA! ABBY! ELBO! BOWS! DETHY! TOTO! DA-DA! OH MY!" and thanked my parents many times and crawled into her bed to cuddle up with her blanket and satin pillows.

The whole weekend was a blast. She planted flowers with my dad, chased the cat and the wild turkeys around the neighborhood yelling "dobble, dobble", played with our friends that came to visit her, spent a lot of time with "Unca-B" (they have become one identity to her) and Mama and Bahmpa, went to Tilden's Little Farm to feed the animals, shopped in the city, and ate her way around the Bay Area. I had a lot of fun joining in on most of those activities and also got some time away with friends in SF and rested. Great weekend!

On our way! She is finally at the age where she understands and is excited that we are on a "ay-pane." She's such a good little traveler.

Here is her room. She didn't sleep in the bed (there is a crib in the corner), but she loved laying in it and wanted me to hop in too. She became so attached to her comforter that we brought it home with us. Now she has "nigh-night" and "bew" (her 2 stinky blanket bears) and a big down comforter that she is attached to and needs to have in order to sleep:

My parents got her this castle that she loved to play with. Here is a picture of her screaming with joy while she plays. She kept trying to crawl into the castle and sit in the mini chairs and lay in the mini bed. Weird, right? She didn't understand why she couldn't join the "printsy" and the "man" in their castle fun. Hilarious! I wish we got that on camera!

Playing with the "Unca" half of "Unca-B":

Looking at the "Wobies" in the backyard with Grandpa, one of her favorite pastimes:
Cooking it up with Grandma:

Her first taste of caviar. She loved it of course:

Shop 'till you Drop! We had dim-sum and did a little shopping on Sunday. Liliana picked out shirts with princesses and 'Rella and "Butta-ties" (butterflies). She also chose and hat, a "purk" (purse) and some "la-las". She was so excited about her new purchases that she wouldn't let them go and ran through the store with her arms full of loot looking for other must-haves: