Lovin' her Pancakes!

Today and other stuff...

Today was just hanging out at the house and going to the mall for a bit. While we were at home, I caught a few pictures of Laela doing what she does best right now...

Crawling under the dining room table, standing up and pushing the chairs out or sneaking up on mommy!

Doesn't she look like so much trouble in the picture above?

One of her favorite toys to play with right now is the barn and animal magnets on the refrigerator. You can match up the front and back of an animal, then the barn plays songs. Really cute! We haven't forgotten about Allie Mae either. Seriously...Laela changes her mind about the dog everyday. Today she screamed everytime she heard her paws clickety-clack on the floor. Yesterday she was rubbing her belly. Oh man...Allie Mae just wants to be loved!

Yesterday Laela got her walker and zipped right past Allie. She just smiles at her and zooms by. It is hysterical! Oh...and the walking. She is doing a lot more of "assisted" walking. She loves to walk with her little car/walker. Also, she is occasionally letting go of things and standing for 3-5 seconds. It is funny because she does not know what is going to happen so she just freezes. Then she laughs when she grabs back on to something. :)BTW...the blue shirt in the picture was given to Laela from the Murthy's the last time they went to India. It was really cool taking the tag off because it was hand-written with the person's info that made the shirt. No size info, but I do have the name of the person who sewed the shirt! :)

My cleaning buddy...

Our Serene Sunday...

What a fantastic, calm Sunday! Grandad is in town visiting from Florida, so we met with him this morning. We all went out to his hotel pool and had a fun time in the sun. The sun must have done something to Laela because she fell asleep in the car, got transferred over to her crib and still slept for 3 hours. YIKES! She was one tired fishy!
After nap time we cruised to Frisco for an early dinner at La Hacienda. YUM. Oh! Laela ate several bites of the refried beans. WAIT...I know what you are thinking...we are in for a lot of tooty-toots. Well...we will make it through. We were just excited for her to eat something in the "people" food category. She is having such a hard time transitioning from Gerber jar food to "people" food. I feel like the transition should have already been made, but she is one smart puppy when it comes to food. She knows where it comes from and whether or not it was processed in the Gerber food plant. Anyway, she is now eating cherrios, pancakes, granola bars, egg, french fries, biscuits, refried beans, mashed potatoes, goldfish, yogurt....hmmmmm...do you see a pattern...LOTS of carbs. AHHH!
Oh yes...also at dinner she used her crayons for the first time. Laela thought it was fantastic to see the color come off onto the paper. Too funny!

When we got home she enjoyed a ride on her car. Daddy was pushing her very fast and she loved it!

Before bedtime, Laela enjoyed a great ride on the rocking horse. She even sang a tune during the ride. :)

Cute outfit alert!

Is it bad that I love to post pictures of Laela wearing cute outfits? :)

Hot outside. Great arms. Fantastic tan. Why not wear a halter top? :)

Vacation time!

We took our first summer vacation this weekend. We planned to leave at 9:00 on Sunday morning and we did! We pulled out of the garage at 8:59 and we were on our way to Horseshoe Bay Resort in Austin, TX. Just a couple of days out of town and just the three of us.

Ro was a great driver and he got us there and back safely.

Oh Man...We knew going into this that Laela seems to be talking more these days, but HOLY COW! She talked, and pointed, and talked, and laughed, and talked and ... Nap time!
Then she woke up and laughed again! Laela did fantastic on the car ride down. She even got to read a few magazines during the trip!After checking in, we immediately threw on the swimsuits and made our way to the pool. AH! So nice. Yes, it was a little hot outside, but we did not care.After swimming, we went for dinner and a nice walk around the resort. Kinda reminded us of Kauai (okay...just a little bit...wishful thinking!) If you know us, then you know we love to shop! We were about an hour and a half from San Marcos' outlet shopping, so we made a morning of it. Again, we jumped in the car and off we went. Through Austin and off shopping in San Marcos. Laela had the greatest time on this rocking lion and rocking horse from Pottery Barn. :) On the way back from San Marcos, we stopped at the DQ and got a blizzard (Ro's first Blizzard experience). It was marvelous.

This morning, we just sat in bed for a minute this morning talking and playing until Laela decided that she wanted to order room service. She "read" everything on the menu!

Then we were out of there. A short vacation, but it was nice to get out of town. Here is the cool picture we took on the way out. When you drive in or out of town, you have to go about 5 miles on this little stretch of road next to the lake. WOW! The houses were beautiful and we decided that is our next big purchase...a lake house! :) (Oh...Ro doesn't know that yet, but now he does!)

Laela's 1 year picture session...

Here are more of the pictures from Laela's one year picture session. I loved all of the color in these pictures!

And we threw this one in just to have in the scrapbook!

I wonder...

I often wonder what is going on in Laela's brain. Well, here is what she told the remote today. Oh man...she may have a lot to tell us about when she starts really talking!

Laela's 1 year check-up

I thought this was funny! Laela was chasing after the dog. Hmmm...you never know about her and Allie Mae. :)

We went for Laela's one year check-up yesterday. All is good! At one point the doc said "WOW...she is easy!" It was so funny because our pediatrician's office has a storybook theme. Each room is a "chapter". Yesterday we were in chapter one which is a room that has a dog them and tells a little rhyme about dogs. The entire visit Laela was saying "dog, dog, dog". The doctor and I had to talk over her saying that and after awhile it probably sounded a little crazy in there!
Here are her stats at one year:

Weight: 26 lbs (96th percentile)
Length: 30.5 in (87th perecentile)
Head circumference: 18.75 in (97th percentile)

She also got her Hep A, MMR, and Varicella shots. She screamed the entire time she got the shots and the nurses commented on how strong her legs her. YIKES! Doc said that she is progressing like normal. The average walking month is 13, so we hope to have her walking about 13 or 14. We are working on the milk tranisition and that is going great. She is only getting 2 ounces of formula per bottle. Our next step is to take out the formula completely and no bottles! She loves her sippy cup, so I really don't see that as a problem. Also, doc just recommended we continue to try new table foods. She will eat them soon. Like yesterday, she loved the insides of my burnt strawberry cheesecake muffins. YUM! Finally, Laela is turned around in her carseat and loving it. She is forward-facing and she absolutely loves seeing everything!

Here she is playing on me. If you watch closely she stands all by herself for a few seconds!

Bubbles Anyone?

Laela does not care that it is pouring rain outside. She just wants to play with the bubbles!