A Toddler Love Affair

It's no secret that Laila and Adam are in love, but today we got proof. Please notice the nice line of saliva between their mouths in the 3rd photo. It was a legit kiss my friends. I heart toddler love.

p.s. my child is shirtless because they had just been playing in the water table outside and she got soaked.

Fun with Photobooth

Baby #2 New Items

Whether Baby #2 is a boy or a girl, we will need very few new items for his/her arrival. The few things we will need/would like are these:

{baby jogger city select with extra seat}

 

{beco gemini carrier for front in, front out, side or back carrying}

{swing for new baby - assuming I won't have as much time to be 

holding 2nd baby whenever I want, like I was able to do with laila}

Tree Lighting at Fashion Island

On Friday night we attended the Christmas Tree Lighting at Fashion Island. We were planning to go with a group of our friends, and that morning we got an email from Collin's brother Kyle asking us if we wanted to go. We told him we'd be there and we'd love he and his girlfriend Katy to join us! Laila had so much fun playing with the bubbles that this sweet man was making for all of the kiddos and then enjoyed Mickey Mouse and his crew sing some holiday favorites before they counted down and lit up the beautiful tree. 

Baby Updates

Yesterday I had my 15 week checkup for baby #2 and all is well.  Baby's heartbeat sounded just right, although the nurse had a hard time finding it because the baby seemed to be quite active! As soon as she'd find it, the baby would move and she'd have to go searching again. All of the results from my blood work and tests from my last appointment came out fine...especially good to know I am not HIV positive nor do I have syphillis...I was worried about those ones :)

We're thrilled to have had another successful appointment and know that our baby is still in there growing away. I have been feeling pretty good every since I hit the 12 week mark, too. My only complaint would be general fatigue - but that's normal and it's not too bad.  I am trying to make more of an effort to get out for hour long walks every day to get in some sort of exercise. I think I am going to try to start up yoga again at the beginning of the year if I can find a class schedule that will work for me.

Today, I took Laila in for her 15 month well check.  She is currently 22 pounds (40%) and 32.5 inches (95%), so she continues to be long and lean, just like her mama was. She had to get 3 vaccinations which was hard but she took it like a champ and was rewarded with a sticker and a lollipop afterward.

Laila is at such a fun age and continues to be a joyful member of the family.  She is experimenting with her words a lot, although she is very selective about when she chooses to speak.  She currently says Mama, Dada, Nana, DeeDee, Baby, Boat, Ball, Ice, No, Up, Off, Down, Bubble, Elmo (sort-of...her own version of it which is hard to put on paper), Shoe, and probably a few more I am forgetting. She is a total sponge right now - soaking up every possible bit of information she can wrap her little head around. It's fun to watch her learn and to be a part of helping to teach her new things.

She continues to love music and currently her favorite is "This Little Light of Mine". She knows how to put her finger up like a light, covers it during the "hide it under a bushel" verse, and blows on it during the "don't let satan blow it out" verse.

We are starting to have a much busier schedule and I really like it that way.  We go to storytime at the library every tuesday, have started going to "little gym" (like gymboree class) every wednesday (thanks to an early Christmas gift from deedee and grandy!), and have lots of park visits and play dates with friends. Little Gym has turned her in to quite a monkey...she can now climb up onto our couch and has become much more adventurous and aggressive when climbing on things. She doesn't have much fear. 

Laila is really starting to develop an imagination and is doing a lot more independent play. She is still a Mama's girl and can be very clingy when she wants to be, but she can also be very independent and play by herself. It's really fun to watch her imagination run wild as she holds her baby or feeds her Elmo doll, or talks on her phone. 

I have lots of videos of her playing around and will get to posting them soon, I hope.

Laila's Christmas Wish List

1 | 2* | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6*

*2 - unable to find online. Saw at Kitson Kids at Irvine Spectrum

*6 - nothing specific, just seasonally appropriate cute and trendy clothing

adidas girl

congratulations are in order

My bestest friend from NYU had her first baby early this morning - a week ahead of schedule! 

Because she went into labor on 11/10/11, she refused to push until the clock hit midnight so she 

could have her baby's birthday be 11/11/11. Crazy girl. But it worked, and after one push, 

Amelia Beatrice Scott was born on 11/11/11 at 12:04am. 

Congratulations Katy and Tommy!

eating with utensils

The past week or so Laila has become very interested in using a spoon and fork to eat her food. She used to let me feed her oatmeal or yogurt in the morning, but now she is insistent on doing it herself, which leads to a very messy breakfast! She is getting better and better every day though, and how else is she going to learn unless I let her practice, right?

Eating fruit with a fork:

Eating yogurt with a spoon:

growing up too fast

I'm sorry, but she is growing up way too fast...ready for church!

Kisses for All

Collin's sister and her husband had dinner with my sister and her husband last night so naturally since they were all together they wanted to Skype with us and Laila (well, really just Laila). We got to catch their simultaneous kiss in a screen shot. Precious (and funny) to say the least.

Jeff, Courtney, Courtney and Freddy 

(and Laila in the left corner)

Ultrasound Video

I uploaded our ultrasound to YouTube (I am assuming mostly for the grandparents and aunties in the family). It's 11 minutes long, but pretty cool to watch. You can see the lobes of the brain, some pretty clear shots of hands and legs, and the heart beating. You even get to hear the heartbeat when they measure the beats per minute :) If you click on "Tube" in the bottom right corner you can watch it on YouTube in full screen.