Lyla 11 month

She's almost there, almost a year, what the heck?!?! She is such a happy, funny, wild, sweet little girl. She RUNS everywhere she goes, and because she is petite I still get plenty of comments that she looks way too small to walk. She is always just as busy as she can be; usually getting into things she is not suppose to be in to (like the trash, the boys homework, in the cabinets, eating play dough, etc.). She can play and entertain herself pretty well, but LOVES to play with Cade, Jax and Ella. She loves to dance, she will dance to any sound that even resembles music; she also loves to dance when Ella sings :) She still loves to wave "hi" and "bye" to everyone she sees. She also loves the sandbox, her and Ella will play for hours in there and she never even tries to eat the sand. She LOVES baby dolls and will hug and kiss them and try to feed them bottles (super CUTE!). She loves to put things inside of stuff and take it back out again, over and over. She is very into anything Ella is doing, weather it is drawing (Lyla will help her by eating the crayons), playing barbies (Lyla helps by eating their clothing, or chewing on their faces), reading books (Lyla will tear out and eat the pages) or even helping Ella go potty but unrolling the whole roll of toilet paper and stringing it all over the bathroom.

She has a temper and will throw herself down on the floor, very dramatically, and cry when she doesn't get her way or you take something away from her. She also makes hilarious faces, it reminds us of Jaxon when he was little, he always had the craziest facial expressions. She often tries to copy people's facial expressions, or noises they make (l Ike Ella's "piggy" noise, or blowing bubbles with her mouth or screaming really loud).

She loves any food that we are eating (favorites being corn, peas, broccoli and rice) and her favorite snacks are: Freeze dried fruit, veggie sticks, grapes, raisins, bananas, goldfish, and strawberries. I'm also told she is a fan of Britts donuts; but I had no part in that :/

She is wearing size 18 month clothes, size 3 diapers, finally in size 3 shoes (if they run small, she can still wear some size 2 shoes). Her hair is getting so long, and just like Ella, she has a nice little mullet, so I put her hair in piggy tails. She has 2 teeth on bottom and 3 almost 4 (and when I mean almost I mean probably by the time I finish posting this it will be through) on top.

She has a beautiful, infectious smile, amazing eyes and an awesome laugh and is so much fun; man, I love this little girl...










A good shot of one of her piggy tails








Her "pouty" face...and boy does she break that out a lot








And there are those eyes :)








"YAY, I'm 11 months old!"


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I love this goofball...

This was after our bowling date, he was entertaining me at dinner. Haha, I love hanging out with this kid :)

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A big hit..

This was his 2nd good hit tonight, his first one was actually better, but I didn't get it on video. I almost missed this one because he usually let's the first pitch go by; but if you watch closely you can see it in the first 1/2 second of the video. I will have to get some of Cade's hits on video, he has been ripping the ball this season. At least once a game he hits one a few feet from the fence; one of these days, he'll get one over :)

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Practice makes perfect...

And I truly believe as hard as this kid works, he WILL someday reach perfection ;)

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Random...

Just some random pictures that I don't want to get lost in the 4,500 pictures only iPad...

The girls hanging out at yet another baseball game...








Lyla passed out after a baseball game, thank goodness for other fellow baseball moms who love my girls!


My sweet, sweet Jaxy


I know you don't see his face very well, but he just looks ridiculously old in this picture to me....kinda like a glimpse into the future :(


This is what happens when I you turn my back for less than a minute


Ella was quite disturbed by the huge mess Lyla was making


More pics from the ball field




























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My little monkey

Well, Lyla has discovered what fun climbing can be, just this morning I have pulled her off of several objects that are probably not the best place for a 10 month old to be hanging out.




This one is a little blurry because she is rocking back and forth...





And this one is yesterday...


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Fun in the sun

One day during Spring Break we took the ferry over to Southport, had a picnic by the water, walked through town and got some ice cream, then rode the ferry back and hung out on the beach for a while. It was a great day and makes me very excited that summer is just around the corner! Please be prepared for picture overload, I was having a hard time narrowing them down!

On the ferry



Jaxon was, as usual, very protective of Lyla...I love it :)








Lyla really enjoyed sitting and watching all the birds fly around, she was lucky she didn't get pooped on....Tripp wasn't so lucky!


Ella loved to chase the birds, until once when she was holding a potato chip and a whole flock chased her, it was hilarious!








During a friendly game of tackle football


Taking a break


Before wrestle mania!





Once again Jaxy hanging with and protecting his baby sis :)





They found a lovely climbing tree











"what???"


Yummy ice cream








Fort Fisher





When dad showed up with that hat and sunglasses Lyla looked at him very suspicious for several seconds. He took them off and she saw it was him, she then smiled really big and starting clapping and reaching for him; it was sooo cute!


Climbing the rocks, they LOVE this area of the beach


Grandaddy and his girls






Haha, cute little beach "bum"



Lyla loved the sand, she just sat and played forever, she only tried to eat a little bit of it, this summer might not be too bad



So pretty






My boys





More rock climbing


This single bucket held her attention for about 30 min





It was a fabulous day, this summer during our beach trip we need to visit the south end and climb the rocks again!
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