Spaghettios!

Laela tried spaghettios tonight. She has a smile on her face in these pictures, but too bad she didn't really take to them.
Oh man! I don't know what to feed her. She doesn't want to have anything to do with food unless it comes from a Gerber food container. AH!

Doritos!

Laela loves Cool Ranch Doritos! I was having a small snack before dinner, and Laela wanted one too. She has not taken to many table foods, but she loved the Doritos!
She even came back for more!
PS - I know this is not the best choice for an 11 month old, but she just had a few bites. :)

A head scare!

Today I got the dreaded phone call from daycare. "Laela fell and hit her head. She has calmed down now, but she was very upset." Oh lord! I dropped everything and sped to the daycare. When I opened her classroom door, she was sitting in her chair smiling at me! She did not look like a baby with a bonked head. When I looked closely, she had a red, 2 inch bump. The bump was not raised too much, but it was still there. Of course I called the doctor and checked with them about everything. They said that it all sounded pretty "normal". Here is the story:
Laela was sitting on the floor with a blanket on her head (playing peek-a-boo). When she was pulling the blanket over, it got stuck on her head. She was pulling really hard and lost balance. Then her head slammed onto the tile floor. The teachers said they heard it hit! They immediately put ice on and she calmed down a bit later. No signs of tiredness, or any more crazy than usual.

Doesn't look too bad, right? Hopefully it doesn't turn black and blue. AH!

not feeling good...

Oh man! What a day. I got to daycare right at 4:00 to walk in and find my baby girl with bright red cheeks and the teacher on the phone leaving me a message. Laela had a 102 degree temperature. Of course we immediately took her to the doctor. They are really great about getting us in. It is so confusing with little ones. Laela has been teething and then Saturday she started showing signs of a cold (runny nose and a cough). Eventhough she has not felt too wonderful, she is still truckin' along. She went to daycare yesterday and today. Even when they told me about her temp they said that she still wanted to play with her friends. It was really sad to see her look so yucky.
Well...long story short...she has a really bad left ear infection and small infection in the right ear. Also, the runny nose, cough and congestion. YIKES! Well, of course we filled the prescription immediately and gave it to her when we got home. She was SOOOOOOO tired and worn out from the day that I was sure she was off to sleep with no problemos tonight. HA! FUNNY! NOT SO TRUE!
As I am writing this, she is playing with her toys in the living room. Let me tell you two things: 1)The current time is 8:00. 2) She typically goes to bed at 6:00. We put her to bed and she fussed for a minute but then sat up and played. She would fall over and lay down and just when you think she is asleep she would pop up again. Then she started crying and crying and crying. This was the "I am in pain" cry, not the "I don't want to sleep" cry. I went in and rocked her and got her to sleep. Next thing you know she is awake and giggling...crawling all around! Of course we did not make it any better. We joined her for some fun on the floor!
Okay...no more fun. Back to the crib. She sat up and played a little more and cried a little more. Again, I went in and rubbed her head (this is a new thing that she seems to LOVE). Oh yes...I normally do not go back into her room. Once we put her down with music and paci...that is it! Tonight I think I feel so bad that she is in pain. Poor baby girl! Okay...so the head rub. It was working perfect. I just thought now is my time to get out. One more rub and she opened her eyes, looked at me and belted out the loudest giggle. Loud enough that Ro came in from the other room to see what the heck was going on. Oh man...and that is what leads to her now playing with her toys at 8:00 on a Tuesday night.
Oh...yes...Ro will have "daddy duty" tomorrow since Laela had fever today. What will tomorrow bring...oh how I wish I was a fly on the wall! :)

Pudding Fun!

Laela was very hesitant at first, but quickly became a pudding expert! Honestly, I think it has taken me so long to let her explore messy stuff because I hate messes. Well...I will have to get over it and let her do this more. She loved it!

AH! We have a crawler...

Playing on a Sunday...

Rocking in Gramps' chair...

Reading Granna's newspaper...

And getting in a bit of crawling...

Splish Splash!

Ever since Laela was born, she has always loved baths! She must get that from her dad. If it were socially acceptable to shower 5 times a day, I would. Tonight, we caught Laela being her goofy self during bath time.

Naked baby on the loose!!

I love my ducky!

I don't know if I like this hair do......

The crib...

Our to-do has read "lower Laela's bed" for the last two weekends. Well...Ro did it this morning after we woke up to this:

She woke up at 5:30 very happy and talking to herself. I waited about 10 minutes before clicking the monitor and taking a peek. This morning I clicked and saw that she was sitting up talking to her stuffed animals! It was so funny...Ro and I both flew out of bed! I knew this day was coming and now it is here. She is getting so big and everyday will hold a new adventure. I love this little girl!

Oh yes...a few funny pictures from dinner the other night! She MAY have my attitude....oh no!

"If I don't see the food go in, then it doesn't really count....right?""Did you say eat my squash?""You talking to me?"

Pajamas and Pigtails...

Okay, okay...they are not really pigtails, but you have to admit that they are funny! I was so excited to get her hair into two sprouts this morning!

Yesterday was pajama day at Laela's school. They were celebrating 5 more weeks left of school! Yipeee! Of course we went out to get new jammies and she seemed to love them! I don't have any pictures from school, but here she is after her 4 hour nap when we got home yesterday.