Who wants Liquid Squash? mmmm....good

We thought it would be fun for Laela to try out her first vegetable. Since she seems to enjoy eating everything else, we didn't think it would be a problem! :-)

Her first few bites seemed to go well but I think she realized squash is not the tastiest food out there. I also tried the squash and thought it tasted like tomato paste. I am not sure how babies eat the stuff they do! Laela will pass out from pure happiness when she eats her first pizza roll!

Today...

Today was such a beautiful day! Laela got to wear a new dress and she looked so pretty! Tomorrow we will be back to long pants and shirts. Crazy Texas weather!

Also, the family got together to see the kiddos in their costumes. Well, of course we have 20 pictures of Laela in her costume (which we are not posting until Halloween) and one of cousin Kenneth. He is the latest addition to the family. Oh so sleepy...

Jumperoo!

One of our newest toys...the Jumperoo! This one is made by Baby Einstein and for some reason she absolutely adores the yellow sun. Laela is working on trimming down her thighs as she jumps up and down!

3 month pictures...a little late

Once again, we are a little late at posting pictures. Here are the pics we had taken at three months, but we just got around to scanning them. The family picture did not turn out so great, but Laela did an awesome job!

We changed Laela's clothes to have a more casual picture and Laela started getting fiesty during the next round of pictures! (I know...you can't believe it.) Anyway, we learned a lot from this picture setting. Hopefully we will have more fun at the 6 month picture shoot.

4 months!

Today Laela is 4 months old! YEA! Here she is this morning when she woke up. Ro and I were getting ready and she was telling us all about her plans for the day!

Laela was so excited just to be alive this morning. She almost could not contain herself when I told her she was going to Granna and Gramps' house. YIPPEEE! Of course G&G said that she was a perfect angel. She talked, laughed, and even got pulled around in a wagon! WOW! I know why she loves to spend the day with G&G. Gramps even mentioned that she is quite the character...hmmmm...you don't have to tell me!

As I mentioned, she turn 4 months today so she went to the doctor. What a wonderful report from the doctor too! Laela Grace weighed in at 16 lbs 6 oz. (She is in the 93 percentile for weight) YOWZERS! If you haven't seen her lately, I can assure you she is being fed. :) As far as length, she is 24 1/2 inches long. (She is in the 76 percentile for length.) YEA...She just might have a chance to be taller than her daddy! The doctor said her neck strength, ability to follow objects, and push up are all fantastic. She even smiled and laughed for the doc! Then the dreaded shots. I could not be there, but Ro said that she really hated the oral vaccine. She screamed more during that than during the actually shots. What a nut! The only thing we can think is that maybe those rolls on her legs are coming in handy. Finally, we started her on rice cereal about 2 weeks ago. We were a little concernced because she seems to be very gassy afterwards. The doc said we are doing everything right. We just need to give it another week and possiblily switch her to an oatmeal type cereal inside. No prob! Oh man! I almost forgot...they gave us the okay to start yellow veggies. Yum! I can't wait to take pics of that!

My hat and rattle!

We went to watch my nieces play soccer this past weekend. It was a little chilly outside so we bust out the sweater and hat! Here is Laela and Aunt Karri.

Also, Laela is making huge improvements and showing interest in holding and grabbing objects. Here she is playing/dancing with her Nana and rattle. Also, she kept and eye on the soccer game. She gets her multi-tasking from her mom!

Dear God

Thank you for this day's cereal. YUM!

She is still trying...

Laela is STILL working on rolling over. This morning she was very determined, but just couldn't figure it out!

(Make sure your volume is on when you play .)

Cereal time!

Well, today it seemed like Laela could not get enough to eat. She has been like that a lot lately, so we went ahead and tried cereal today (we are only a couple days early from the time the doctor suggests to start). I am not sure what she thinks, but we will continue to try it!

Monday night football and "Griselda"

We have a Monday night football fan! Laela was talking up a storm, then she turned her head and noticed Monday night football was on the tv. There was no getting her back after that!

Continually we remind everyone how wonderful and awesome Laela is. Well...she is a real baby who occasionally cries or fusses, so I wanted to make sure you saw her other side too. This is "Griselda".

She turns into "Griselda" about 4-5 evenings a week. Laela thinks that she needs to be awake and watching everything, so she waits until she is exhausted and then tells us about!