I nearly forgot!

Layla had her 1 year appointment on Wednesday and is weighing in at 22 lbs 8oz and is 30 inches tall. She is in the 90% for both. (For anyone wishing to compare - Hannah was 22 lbs and 32 inches tall) So our Layla is just a little more compact, but still tall!

We gave her a birthday present today from us since she will get a few tomorrow and well - we needed something for her to do this evening. We put her in this and here she stayed for the remainder of the evening. She loves it!

Last day to be 0.......

Today is Layla's last day to be 0 years old. She is home with us today since she has a terrible cough and we wanted her to get some good rest for tomorrow. I don't think she will be all better but it is still her birthday and a good day today can only help.

Check this out!

This is my living room. There are no toys in MY living room. There are no bibs or spit rags adorning my sofa. As long as we don't feed her anything that she can't handle or any dairy, Layla keeps all her food in her belly these days. I'm living the dream!. There are no balls or cups or play tables hiding in my living room. We have reclaimed our adult room (for approximately 4 months until the swing and bouncy seats come back out)

All toys are located here, in THEIR room.

They have about 225 sq feet of their OWN space and my new goal is to keep all toys HERE. Wish me luck.

Girls

We went to a play date this past weekend and after a little outside time, Hannah and Layla each had their own ideas of indoor fun. Hannah decided to dress up in someone else's princess clothes and yes - that's Layla in someone else's crib. She just wanted to get in there so bad - so I figured why not. They had fun.
I can remember hours of pushing Hannah in similar little cars in the basement of our old house. She would squeal with delight and cry whenever you stopped pushing her. This is not east to do for mommies or daddies who have to bend over 90 degrees to push little cars, but it is much easier for 3 year-olds! Hannah doesn't mind doing it and it keeps Layla happy so it is a win-win. How devine!

I thought I would share a random video of how my evenings sound with the girls. Little girls are cuddly and sweet and LOUD! It is also not a special occasion - this is Hannah's after school garb. She is very fancy in the evenings.

Layla got 1 more tooth this week (upper left) and is working on the upper right. Poor baby is deffinately having a hard time with the teeth and we have lots to go.......

Layla is trying to let go now when standing which is cute. She is so proud of herself and gets so excited and then - boom, on the tush. She doesn't mind though and gets right back up. She'll be taking steps here soon (sniff, sniff) and then be off and running. My little baby is getting big so fast.

Speaking of little babies, the new baby is a kicking fool. He is very busy for a baby. Of course I'm not helping things by ingesting massive amounts of sugar. I'm sure I need an intervention relating to my over-eating, but hey - it's my last baby. I'm gonna enjoy it!

Blue

This is my very first set of blue anything. Thanks to grandma for the immediate baby gift :) I know it is entirely possible that grandma was hoping to get one more girl out of me, but she also is happy for us because she knows how excited we are about our boy. That's a good mom for you.

In a house of all pink, tutus, frills, jewlery, and baby dolls, this is a welcome change.

What a day!

We got to see our new baby today and it's a boy! I can't believe it - our very own boy. I had resigned myself to having a house full of girls, and I am so happy we get to change it up a little. I love my girls to death and they are a lot of fun, but I am very excited about a boy too. Hannah is thrilled to be having a brother. She already has a sister so she was pretty sure it was a boy all along. He is measuring a few days ahead of schedule and is doing great. Here's a shot of his boy parts :) The part nearest the BOY sign is an arm and a hand - you can't see the arrow in the picture, but it really is a boy.

Here's a shot of Layla from this week too. She's a ham. She is not doing too well with food still, but she is starting to climb which is fun. She is down to 3 bottles a day in hopes she will start taking the cup better. I don't feel we need to push it too much with her since she is a bit behind on eating. She will get 3 bottles until her birthday and hopefully we can cut to 2 after that until she is eating normally. A few more teeth couldn't hurt either since she still only has two.

Nothing much else new here. I went away on business for 3 days last week and everyone did great. It was nice to have a little me time and the girls got to bond with daddy. We are all looking forward to some nicer weather here soon!

Getting Better

Yay. The girls are getting better and are at school today. They both slept all night - on the same night, can you belive it? Me neither. I thought I was dreaming when I woke up and it was not dark outside. I'm a new woman today.

Layla has yuckies coming out of her ear again. We have to go back to the ENT to make sure there is nothing else wrong. She doesn't seem to mind though which is nice.

Here is a little morning video of the many things Layla has to say. You can also get an idea of how bad she wants to climb somthing. She is a standing machine. She is trying to cruise and let go now too (which is followed by falling - always as she is not ready for this yet) Busy bee.

Here are some recent pictures too.

What's up here that I can get into? (she often finds hannah's snacks and drinks here so this is her favorite table)

This is how you play with a pretzel in your mouth.

Hah - I can get this car all by myself now. Now how to I get in?

If you really need to concentrate, stick your tongue out - it really helps.