Riding in my hood

Today my dad took me on a ride in my hood. We did circles around our house. It was so much fun!

Aunt Jemima Treatment

My daddy said that he gave me the Aunt Jemima treatment this morning. Boy...did he give it to me! He also said he was going to flip me over like a pancake. He is so funny!

Bubbles...

I haven't been sleeping so well because I am teething. I woke up at 1 am crying and my mom brought me in bed with her I took up the whole bed. I woke up and woke my dad up and he watched while I pulled my moms hair to wake her up. She would not wake up so my daddy took me to the kitchen and gave my apples for breakfast. I guess my dad was wanting my mom to wake up because at 9 am we went and woke her up. My mom said that she was tired because she was up until 11:30 putting the Christmas tree and decorations away and she was awake at 1 am to take care of me.

My dad went running this morning and my mom took me on a walk around our block in my buggy. It wasn't as fun going around the block as it is going up and down the hallways at home chasing the dogs and cats! I scream chasing the dogs and cats!

Anyway-we went to lunch with Whitney today. I love the weekends because I love to get out and look at all of the different people. My mom and dad took me to Tom Thumb and while they were checking out I sat in the cart and tried to touch the different people checking out in the opposite check out line. I also touched the lady checking my mom and dad out and got to touch the bags!

When we finally got home my mom played with me while my dad put together a bubble machine he got me for Christmas. It must have taken an hour for him to get it to work but he finally did and I had a blast.

After the bubbles, I was really tired and took a nap. My mom had to wake me up at 6:30 to feed me and give me a bath. I was so tired that I didn't want to eat. I kept yawning and rubbing my eyes. My mom gave me a bath and brushed my new 3 teeth and then I didn't want to go to sleep.

I sat on the couch with mom and dad and played peek a boo with my blanket. My mom taught me how to hold my blanket up and say "peek a boo" ...and then I started holding it up above my head all by myself. I thought it was so funny and laughed all night long!

I started getting tired so my mom did those crazy exercises with me but I fought hard ....I didn't want to go to sleep. My mom gave me a bottle and rubbed my head and finally I passed out backwards with my head up towards the ceiling on her lap. My mom and dad laughed at my and then my dad tucked me in.

I can't wait until tomorrow-Lauren (Matt and Julie Townsend's daughter) is coming over! We are going to play and then go to dinner so I will make sure that my mom takes lots of pictures!

Ball Pit

My mom came home from work today and I was sitting in this huge ball pit that I got for Christmas screaming at the top of my lungs. Laura is so great-she blew this pit up for me.

Do you like my new outfit? Gigi gave it to me for Christmas!

I had some visitors tonight too! Whitney and Crista came over to see me. It was so much fun! I can't wait for Crista to bring Jude over in two weeks.

Mom did those crazy exercises with me again tonight and I fell asleep in only 5 minutes....

Tuesday

Hello-This is Layla writing. I am taking over from here. My grandpa (I hear my mom call him Don 1) had the idea for me to write this instead of my mom and I think that is a great idea. Thank you grandpa for your Christmas card. My mom said she is saving it and putting it in my baby book-whatever that is!

My mom came home today with these great new shoes that Gigi bought me for Christmas. My feet are getting bigger so my mom got a bigger size for me. I can't wait to wear them and show them to all of you. My mom said that the lady in the store said that she remembered my grandma Gigi.

Do you want to know what I did today? I played with all of my toys. I rode around on my 2 step buggy a lot. My mom got home and I was screaming really loud while Laura pushed me up and down the halls. I had my seatbelt on but that didn't stop me from standing up! My favorite part about the buggy is when we chase the dogs!

I also rode my duck around. It was fun but not as fun as it was when Damian pushed me at Gigi's house during Christmas. There is something about Don and Damian-they really know how to push me around to where it feels like a rollercoaster!

My dogs ate my Curious George doll that daddy bought me for Christmas. It's ok though-I like to share.

My mom and dad got home and I did this new thing I started where I blow fart noises out of my mouth. I did it on my mom's face when she got home. My mom fed me and I didn't really want to eat. I was crying and trying to stand up backwards in my highchair so she would stop feeding me. If she did not have that stupid seat belt on me I would have crawled right over the top.

My mom gave me a few Cheerios and made up this stupid rule. She said for every 2 Cheerios that I ate that I had to take a bite of my Gerber chicken and rice dinner. I did it for a little bit and then started screaming so she would stop feeding me that gross stuff. Dad came in the room and got out this really great banana pudding that Gigi made for Christmas and I ate a lot of that. I wanted more and more and kicked my legs and made this mmmmm sound so my dad knew that I liked it. Dad had to run and get the camera and take pictures of me because he thought it was really funny. I don't think it was funny because he only gave me 5 bites. I could eat the entire bowl...Don't tell mom. Between you and me ... she thought I was full from the chicken and rice and cheerios.

Mom put my new night clothes on that Gigi gave to me for Christmas. My mom said that they looked really big but they fit me perfectly. She says that about all of my clothes! Guess what I did tonight? I tried to pick the penguins off of my outfit but they would not come off.

Next my mom got out this weird blue thing and let me rub my teeth on it for a while. My mom told my dad that she was surprised that I liked it. The stuff on the blue thing tasted like strawberries, bananas, and apples. My mom said she was brushing my teeth-don't tell anyone but I did all of the work. I can't wait to do it again. It felt really good!

It was time for bed and I was not ready to go to sleep. I kept putting my blue pacifier in my moms mouth. I like to try to put things in her mouth...it is fun.

After playing the pacifier game I tried to scratch the patterns off of the couch. They wouldn't come off but I kept trying. Did I tell you that I pulled a picture off of the wall yesterday? Mom was changing my diaper and like always I had to do something besides just lay there so I pulled a picture right off of the wall! Tonight while she changed my diaper I tried to pull every wipe out of the wipe warmer. I got about 3 of them but then my mom took them and put them back. My mom is no fun!

My dad got mad at my mom because he was trying to put me to sleep and every time my mom looked over at me I would start laughing. My mom then took me and did some crazy dance that Aunt Heather taught her...I think she was doing exercise while holding me...and I fell asleep in 10 minutes. That really works!

Oh and PS-thanks 'Ria for my new outfit for Christmas. I wore it today! I don't know if you read this because my mom says that Uncle Damian makes fun of this blog all of the time...but in case you do read this I really like it and I hope I can wear it again tomorrow!

Christmas

I can't get over the video of Layla in her pink car laughing her head off. Please take note of her standing up during her ride! LOL LOL.

I just wanted to say Merry Christmas to everyone. I am so happy to have all of you (who are here interested in Layla) a part of Layla's life!

We had such a nice Christmas and Layla is so happy with all of her amazing presents. Really....I am thinking that we may be running out of room for things..which is crazy coming from me because I love to buy her new things!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Layla's First Christmas

Christmas Eve

We had our own little family Christmas tonight. Did I say little? Layla had so many presents...it was insane. Thank you Mom, Dad, Heather, Neil (oops! I forgot you in the video title!), Whitney and Carolyn for being so sweet to Layla! Everyone did way too much! I have some pictures and took a few videos of her opening and playing with her new toys!

Don put together a Radio Flyer horse that my mom gave Layla after she went to bed. It is SO CUTE! I don't have pictures of it yet but just wait....once she wakes up she will get right on it for a picture!

Riding the Dog

Layla and her dolls

And Good Night!

Morning Hair

This is what happens the next day when you put pony tails all over a babies head! LOL

More standing and sitting

I thought her night outfit would be a good fit with the hair style. Layla has two teeth coming in. She was crying all night because her teeth hurt. I finally had to get up and give her a teething tablet and let her sleep from 2 am to 6:30 am with me. What a night! She is already in bed now-she fell asleep at 7:15 so hopefully tonight will be a better night for us!

I think Layla's attachment stage to me has changed. She was crying every time I left the room and every time she heard my voice. She would do this even when she was with Don. Now she lights up when Don is around again and seems to not care so much when I leave the room. It made me sad to think she would cry every time that I had to walk away.

We are all ready for Christmas. All of the presents have been mailed out and almost everything is wrapped and ready to go. It was so hard this year to work, take care of Layla, send Christmas cards out, Christmas shop, and wrap presents. I took an extra day off after Christmas-I think I need some time to catch up on some rest.

The only way I could get Layla to sit still for a few pictures was to give her the remote. Otherwise she would try to crawl off the couch.

The video is another of Layla standing up, sitting down, standing up, sitting down. She does this over and over and over until she gets out of breath and I stop her. I think she would go on forever. Changing her has started to be a challenge too. I started changing her in her crib because she tries to crawl off the changing table. Now when I change her in the crib she is trying to stand up and sit down the entire time. She even does this with her shirt above her head when she can't see. Crazy girl!