She finally crawls!

I don't have a video of her yet because it's dark in here right now. I'm just making this post in case I forget to write it down somewhere so I will know when she actually did it! She has been crawling backwards for several weeks now; getting stuck under everything! But she finally figured it out at 7 months 11 days ;)

She is also OBSESSED with standing up...


Taking off...


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Super Star

My goofy Bella Ella at baseball practice today...












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Just stuff...

Snow!



These pics were all taken by my neighbor, she got a new zoom lens and was trying it from inside her house. I hate to admit I didn't take any pictures..thank goodness she did!



















Cade and his most favorite hat ever


Loving her new art board





Goofy girl


"ta da"





Pretty girl.....she looks sooo old here :(


Cade, some friends and "The Rock"


Jaxon hopped out of my room and said "hey look, I'm a tree frog"






Standing girl



I have been asked more than once if I run a daycare!


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Lyla 7 months

Well, our little Lyla girl has had an explosion of personality in the last week! She has pulled up to standing, started saying "dada", she can wave and sign "nurse nurse", she makes the most hilarious faces and cracks up at everything. Separation and stranger anxiety are in full effect (somewhat annoying) but once she realizes she does in fact remember who you are, she is ok. She is soooo close to crawling, she can crawl backwards, but not forwards. Though she can somehow get anywhere she wants to go with this little scoot thing she does. Problem with the "backwards crawl" is that she is constantly getting stuck under things...she gets stuck under chairs, and tables and her little activity table and cries until you get her "unstuck".

She is now eating solids; she has tried peas (we all remember how well that went over ;) avocado, carrots, bananas, apples, sweet potato, squash and rice mum mums (think a theether biscuit but made out of rice that dissolves into a nice gooey soft mess the minute she slobbers on it). Though she still prefers to nurse, I can only feed her "real" food if she is not starving.

Her sleeping isn't the best these days, I think it's because she is either teething, or her brain and body are in overdrive with all the stuff she is learning right now she can't settle into a good deep sleep. Or she just doesn't feel like being a good sleeper! She usually wakes up at least once during the night, but she will sleep way in in the morning if she wakes up during the night, so that makes up for it sometimes!

She seems to have somewhat of a temper. If you take something away from her she throws her head back or forwards (reminds me of when Cade would head but everything when he was little) and "yells" at you. Though she is still a very "chill" baby. She will play in the playroom with Ella for close to an hour before she even makes a peep (minus when she is stuck under something ;) And she seems to be very easygoing.

She went to the doc around 6 months and weighed 16 pounds 9 ounces and was 25 inches long. She wear 6-12 month clothes and size 3 diapers. She has rolls everywhere and I LOVE it!

My sweet blue eyed girl :)


Right in the middle of the pictures, she scooted over to the toy chest and pulled right up to standing for the first time! I guess she figured she needed a new trick for the 7 month pictures!








The faces of Lyla Lu


Blurry, but hilarious...


"Ella, you crack me up"


Trying out the crab walk





Drool much?


I love those cheeks, they are ridiculously kissable :)


Mmmmm, a mum-mum





Here Ella was telling her to say daddy, she was screaming "dada dada dada"












Stuck under the table....for 85th time that day!


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Goooood hot chocolate

I know we have a recipe blog, but I don't have it set up on my blogpress app quite yet, but I just made some really good hot chocolate for the kids from a recipe I found online (they just got in from playing in the snow...and I'm a horrible mother because I was inside with a fussy baby and didn't get out to take any pictures; hopefully they will go back out)

Ingredients

8 teaspoons sugar
4 teaspoons baking cocoa
4 cups milk
1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions

In a saucepan, combine the first four ingredients. Cook and stir over medium heat until the marshmallows are melted, about 8 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Ladle into mugs.

I didn't actually use the vanilla because I forgot...but it was still really good


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Lyla's 1st food

So we finally gave Lyla a taste of solids on January 2nd...she wasn't a fan! I guess maybe I should have started out with something a little more mild tasting than sweet peas. Oh well, I'm in no hurry for her to start eating "full time" ;)

Before...So unsuspecting ;)





"Well, that wasn't so bad"


"Wait, it just hit my taste buds"


"Oh gosh, gag me"


"Oh, this stuff is really bad"


(this was just a cute picture of her ;)


"ok, now I'm ready for some more"



"ewww, it still tastes horrible"


"Hey Ella, did you used to eat this stuff?"


Yes, I know you are technically suppose to wait several days in-between trying different foods, but I figured none of the peas actually made it down her esophagus, so I made a little oatmeal to see if she would eat that...



"ok, this stuff isn't so bad"





"YAY, I survived my first solid food experience"


"but I'm keeping an eye on those peas...don't get those things near me"


My sweet girl :) I've since given her avocados and bananas, she liked those much better!


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