My Big Girl

Here is Lyla Jane with some of her latest and greatest pictures!!! Hope you enjoy!!

Cruisin' around

So this is a very unprofessional video cut of Lyla Jane cruising around with her walker. She is very proud of herself when she does it and normally checks back for approval. Sometimes its freestyle with one hand, sometimes one-handed with a toy, you just never know what this little one will try. I hope you all can see it alright, I know its a little shaky and a little dark but it'll give you an idea of how much fun we are having with her. = )

Santa baby!

It was all about tradition, Lyla had no idea whose red lap I put her on and wasn't quite sure what was going on. She was fine until I walked away to let them take a photo and the picture they captured is one that had shown her pouty lip. Not the best picture but cute to mommy because I know that pouty bottom lip. Ha! Grandma, Grandpa and myself took her to Bass Pro Shop in Garland, and they had an oversized aquarium that Lyla just loved to look at. There were like 200lb catfish in there, hard to miss and she sure enjoyed it. Just wanted to share her cute dress with everybody.

Milestones

It's official! Lyla is independently sitting and crawling since last week. At just six months old, she's about a month ahead of her "class". =) She's got very good balance and she is always on the go. Today she had a very busy day. We took her to her first service at First Baptist Church in McKinney and then to lunch at the Texas Roadhouse. She had on her pretty dress for church and was so excited to see all the people while we were in the foyer waiting on some friends. She was laughing at all the people (in excitement, not at them) and they all just thought she was BEAUTIFUL. When we got into the sanctuary, my friends mother asked to hold her and she got passed down the pew, everyone just ooo-ed and aww-ed at her. After a long, fun-filled day with Grandma Jane, Lyla had her bath and bottle and is sleeping peacefully. I feel so blessed to have such a beautiful baby that is so good natured and happy. It's so wonderful to share her, but the most rewarding part of all is when she finds comfort in me, more than ever. The music was very loud in the church and she fell asleep in my arms, even through all the noise. Grandma said, "only in the arms of her mother could she fall asleep through all of that." That's one of the most wonderful parts of being mommy.

All fours

Look at her trying to crawl. She's rocking back and forth, not sure what to do next. She's still only 5 months, almost 6. Karen, the daycare lady said most babies begin crawling at 7 months. Lyla is really impressing me!

This week: Growing fast, again

She's changing so much and growing so fast. It sounds so cliche but it's true. She is rolling over and over and over. Her little arm no longer gets stuck, she's a pro. And she likes sweet potatoes and her rice cereal now. I am impressed on how she is eating it so well. Mommy and Lyla have dinner together, then she gets a bath and playtime til she gets sleepy. I have attached a picture of her Lovie, a bunny that one of our friends gave her. She usually wants to hold my hand to her face so I decided to try out the bunny. It's very sweet. We also went through the Sunday paper with Grandma Jane, Lyla seemed to really like the Best Buy ads.

Oh, what a face!

Lyla had her 4 month checkup last Wednesday and passed with flying colors. She is 24 inches long, 13.8 lbs and 75% percentile for height, weight and head size. Dr. said she looks great, healthy and happy. We also got the go ahead for rice cereal and baby foods. We tried out some rice cereal and she made several faces and pushed it back out of her mouth several times. I thought, well, maybe she would like fruit. So, I should have known better than to try a fruit that her daddy can't even stand, Peaches. She made the worst face I have ever seen and gagged on them. I felt bad for her and thought they couldn't be so bad...so I taste tested them. The final verdict is that Peaches are more tart for a baby than you would remember.Oops. We'll try those another day. Her latest hobbies are looking at books, trying to turn the pages and exploring her new Baby Einstein Activity Center. She is so excited about the activity center, she doesn't know what to look at first. It's pretty cute watching her experience cause and effect. Here are a few of her latest pictures.