Sunday, August 26, 2007

Stepping out!



It loaded! Last night I waited almost a half hour to load a video using the new Blogger feature and nothing ever happened. I eventually shut down - hopefully that explains my amazing disappearing comments on some peoples blogs.


Anyway to the subject of the post - Look what Laney can do! We shot this last night and she has gotten so much better in the last 24 hours. We've had quite an exciting couple of weeks while I've been barely posting. She's gone from standing and cruising with extreme speed to taking small steps to taking about 5 steps at a go. She's still not ultra confident, but she's getting there.


I also haven't bought baby food in a couple of weeks - she's been eating the day care lunches most every day and either what we're having for dinner or the occasional Chef Boyardee. And there is no question that she's learning - she can assist us with getting out of her car seat, she recognizes her favorite toys and the apple juice bottle, it's a remarkable time around here. She's also learned to play peek a boo - which basically entails putting both hands somewhere on her head, pulling them away real fast and then laughing.

It's also a big time for Kathryn - she starts 8th grade tomorrow. Wow! It still blows my mind how fast time has passed. Here's my oh-so-mature teenager and her dad after a dinner of homemade corn dogs Thursday (he's a bull, she's a walrus):


We had a quiet weekend at home. I have been so lapse at posting I thought I'd share a few in addition to the video:

Laney plays in her house for the first time since my parents brought it here in June

Before and after shots of the Rory-dog. She had her quarterly hair cut and style this weekend.

Hanging out in her rocker. She's learned to climb in and out of this chair and now insists on doing it herself:
Hope you all have a great week!

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Happy birthday to me

Today's my birthday, so I'm doing the obvious - posting pictures of my baby. We had a pretty normal day (running errands, hanging out at the house) with a nice lunch out at Red Lobster. Laney had her first restraunt food today, she ate the seasonal vegetables side and loved the summer squash! Then we went to the mall (which was nuts thanks to the Sales Tax Holiday) and got Kat new glasses & jeans.

This evening we all partook of my birthday cake - Poppyseed Cake - it's a pudding bundt cake with no frosting and quite popular with the short set, so I thought Laney would like it. In fact the first time my mom made it many many years ago, I apparently looked up from my piece and said, "This is good, Mommy!" and she knew the recipe was a keeper.

"This is good, Mommy . . .
"And it looks good in my hair and down my onesie.
"So good, I'm gonna clap."

The first cake experience went well. Twelve days until frosting!

Friday, August 17, 2007

Hanging out in the big chair

A little trip back in time:

Wednesday night:
Late January:
New Year's Day:
September 30th
Rob took the first pick earlier this week and I thought it demonstrated so well how our girls have grown.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Random comments from my crazy world

2 days and counting
8 cases left to file (out of around 50)
There's a light at the end of the tunnel . . . hopefully it's not a train
My cold's almost gone, too.

Oh, and cool announcement at work - as a bonus for all the hard work (in addition to free pizza for lunch tomorrow) we're going to a baseball game during work hours in 2 weeks! I love free baseball. Even if the Astros can't seem to get themselves out of this slump.

Finally, I'm a little blown away that my daughter is 11 1/2 months old! And Evan is 8 months and Derrick is 6 months. Time is flying . . . And it's been pretty fun.

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

A visit from Marilyn

Saturday my godmother, Marilyn was in town and she came by to meet Elena and take the fam to lunch. I really hope my girls have a as wonderful and durable a relationship with their godmothers as I have with Marilyn.
Elena and her Mimi (that's what Marilyn wants to be called)
Me and Elena at the Olive Garden
Kat and Rob
Laney's newest skill - walking while holding only one hand.
This is the best picture I have of the onesie - it says "I'm the little sister". How cute is that?

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT!

That about sums up the last two days and the next 10.

Friday, August 3, 2007

Mr Mom

There was a story on the news this morning about the fact that more and more men are staying home to help out with the kids. I know a several of my readers have hubbies who watch the munchkins during the day sometimes due to their non-traditional schedules.

Well, I've been working more and more late hours, so Rob's been doing more than his part to help out. Last night I left work at 7 PM and came home to the best sight ever - Laney crawling around the corner into the kitchen with a GIGANTIC grin to greet me.

She'd had a some Beefaroni for dinner, since I didn't make home in time for the family to eat together. Rob knows I love a picture of my daughter covered in food, so he took some shots
Queen of the Sippy Cup!
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.