Camoflauge...

Can you find Allie Mae?
Let's get a little closer... We just had this tree ring done in our backyard and Allie loves to lay in the mulch. YUCK!

22 months!

Happy "22 month" birthday, sweet girl! WOW! It almost makes me nauseous to think that Laela will be 2 years old VERY SOON! Oh, believe me...she is already acting like a two year old!
Some things Laela loves:

• Her daddy.
• Reading books.
• Word and number cards.
• Being sneaky and tickle time.
• Fruit...especially blueberries.
• Washing her hands.
• Playing outside, water activities, and running!

• Milk.
• Going to school everyday and Little Gym on Saturday mornings.
• The pillow mommy made.
• A paci (multiples if she can find them).
• Helping anyone! (cleaning, food in the dog bowl, laundry, etc)
• Real gadgets...especially our wallets and phones.

Stats about Laela:

• About 33 lbs.
• Wears size 5 diaper.
• Wears 3T-4T clothes and size 7 shoes.
• Has 16-18 teeth.?.? (kinda hard to get into her mouth!)

Laela is not a fan of:

• food.
• unstructured environments.
• new things.
• discipline or being told "no".
• diaper changes.
• Allie Mae playing with her things.

Bluebonnets 2010...

Here are a few pictures that Ro and I snapped...
and there will be more to come!

Outside toys!

A sweet family from school was ready to pass along a few outside play toys and we were happy to accect them! Thank goodness for big items being passed along or everyone would be spending hundreds of thousands of dollars! We got a Little Tikes car, picnic table, and sand table. Laela doesn't know there is still a playhouse coming too! We just couldn't fit it all in the car. Laela noticed them right away and wanted to check them out! They need a little scrub before we use them, so I told her we would play another day. Well....another day came (the next day to be exact) and she was ready to play. She went outside, went straight to the car and said "washy, washy". HA!I got out the wipes and we wiped it down so she could use it immediately and daddy would powerwash the toys later. She gave the horn an extra shine and made sure it worked. Laela is a great helper and she had a wonderful Friday evening playing outside! Then today we looked out the back window and found this...Oh man! Allie Mae thinks she has found a new "cozy spot." Oh man...once Laela sees her in there, Allie Mae will be told "no ma'am!" I can already hear it!

Easter and catch-up time!

Last Easter...

WOW...the difference a year makes!
HELLO! I am back! I think I just got spring fever or something. Blogging was just put on the back burner, then a co-worker called me a slacker...so here I am! Back to the blogging world. I have a ton of pictures to show you. GET READY!
Easter at our house was fun this year. This was not Laela's first Easter, but it was her first year to really be invovled! In the morning, she found a duck basket from the Easter bunny. I was thrilled that the Easter bunny did not make the traditional Easter basket, because I requested "no candy". Truthfully, Laela really doesn't like candy right now, so that is great!

Laela loved discovering bubbles, books, number cards, sunglasses, etc in her basket!She loved the duck basket so much she gave him a kiss! Too cute.After naptime, we headed over to spend some time with family. By the time Laela woke up, it was a little cloudy and yucky outside. Then when it was time to hide eggs, it started raining. BUMMER, but we still had fun. We hid the eggs inside the house and Laela had a blast searching for them! We even had to use a few people as egg holders.Seriously, Laela was all about hunting for eggs. At one point, she gathered several at a time and she would crawl under anything to get to an egg!
At the end, Laela sprawled out on the floor and opened EVERY egg. She had a FABULOUS Easter!The girls showing off their beautiful Easter day outfits and smiles.How about these toes? I found these flip-flops and snatched them up! I love flip-flops so much and I have a feeling Laela will love them for the summer time. The first day she wore them, she did fantastic! I thought she would trip over them and not be able to walk well, but she did great! Next...painting her toes! Oh man...what an adventure with this little mover and shaker!
The other night Laela and Ro were playing outside while I was talking to a friend on the phone. Well, of course, Laela noticed I was not giving her all of my attention, so she made it a point to ask me to come into her playhouse. Oh man! How could I resist! So...I continue to talk on the phone and crawl in! Laela got to talk to "Shim" (Kim) and I had fun in the playhouse! BTW-It was a little harder to get, than to get in. :)Just an update on eating...Laela still does not eat well. We have tried many different things. Pretty much it is chicken nuggets, cheese, pancakes, cereal, fruit, ravioli, yogurt, applesauce and several snack foods. Either way...she just doesn't really take to a lot of foods; however, she could devour a bag of "doritos" in a heatbeat! (I think she got that from her momma!) Oh! She asks for them by name too..."Doritos Teas" (Please). I was looking through pictures and found this...is there a trend?Good night!

Craftiness...

I create this yesterday...I have been wanting to make Laela a little dress forever! You are supposed to use a pillowcase, make a few snips, sew it up and add ribbon. Well...of course I don't own a cute pillowcase that I think Laela would like to sport around town, so I found these two adorable fabrics, a little bright green ribbon and VOILA!

Also, I ordered this super-fun tree for Laela's room.One of our friend's has a similar tree and Laela loved it! Very easy to put up and it just adds a little more excitement to her room! (BTW-That is not all of the tree. It should be about 3 feet taller and have about 15 more leaves, but I will add those when she gets bigger!)

Good Friday...

Today was Good Friday and we were all off, we ran a few errands and just had some plain ole fun! At the end of the day, Laela still loves jumping into Nanna's bed and getting comfy. Tonight, Laela gave us "cheesy" smiles...posed with her new "fish" face that she learned from the fish she saw at the restaurant...and finally got cozy with a good book...Oh how we love Friday's at our house! (P.S. If you look closely, she is reading "Relentless Hearts"! Oh dear.)

Thursday's thoughts...

A few random thoughts...

1)Laela's hair...I am hoping it will always be this beautiful! I love the combination of straight and curly. I love the color. I am jealous!
2) Daycare...Have we made the right decision? We finally decided to change daycares at the end of the school year. We (okay...I) have been very concerned with the lack of skills being taught to Laela in her current daycare. I have been complaining and questioning it all year long and I finally decided I had enough. Luckily, we ran across what seems to be the "perfect" place. They have lesson plans which incorporate a letter, number, color, shape, and word for each week! We toured and all of the kids looked like they were having fun and doing great! The creativity was fantastic and to top it all off...they off spanish, music, computers, and gym on a weekly basis! We plan for Laela to start there in June, and she will attend part-time while I am off for the summer. Hopefully that will give her a nice, smooth transition time. These are the kind of decisions that I do not like making as a parent, hopefully we have made a good choice for Laela.
3)Laela and me...Do you think Laela is looking a little more like her mommy? Okay, okay. I have to admit...when she was a baby, everyone would say..."she looks just like her daddy." Yes, I did like it...for a bit. Then I got tired of it. I wanted her to look like me! :) It is so interesting to watch her grow and become a beautiful little girl. I love each day for that very reason!
3) Blueberries...So, from other posts, you should have noticed that Laela LOVES blueberries. Well, I was at Sam's the other day and saw a blueberry plant. Yes...a plant. I thought if I could get 3 bundles of blueberries then we would get our money back. I bought it and I brought it home for Laela to help me plant. We had a great time! Now she helps us water it and we hope for blueberries in late summer. If you have any suggestions or prior experience, please let me know! :)