Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Lyla~ 12 months old!

Well your first birthday has officially come and gone!! We had a simple celebration with mostly family and a few friends at a park...seriously couldn't have asked for more beautiful weather! It was the perfect way to celebrate you:)





All smiles on the morning of your official bday!

I will go ahead and do the final monthly post of tidbits from the past month;)

• You were 16lbs and 27inches tall at your one year check up. So below the 5th percentile for height and weight- 
just petite all around!

• You love love to eat though. Sometimes it seems you eat as much as the boys at a meal. Mango, banana, blueberries and scrambled eggs, are some of your favorite foods.
 Still do not care for cheese or milk at all! Therefore the transition to milk is not going well..still nursing you exclusively, but planning to try some milk alternatives gradually to see if you like something!

•You can't get enough of playing with your brothers. You just follow them around and laugh/smile at everything they do. You guys have started playing games together and just makes my heart so happy to watch y'all interact.

•Becoming very mischievous and love to still do something when we tell you not to..with a big grin on your face!
 
• You are still not sleeping through the night! I really was counting on you hitting that milestone before your 1st birthday haha. Breyton was 14 months when he finally started sleeping through..so maybe we are close. You have started falling asleep on your own quite often for naps and bedtime....and without having to do 'cry it out' which makes my heart soo happy that your reaching this milestone on your own finally.

•Slowly started to transition to one nap a day. Then you started napping better for the two naps..so we are waiting again!

 

• You are not walking quite yet! Part of me feels like that's why it doesn't really feel like your one yet. You stand very well on your own and take 5-6 steps by yourself quite often, but that's it so far!(update: now two weeks after your birthday your walking across the room very well!)

• Favorite things are peek a boo, walking/pushing any of your push toys around, being outside, playing with magnets on the fridge or dishes in dishwasher, and anything to do with your bubba's. 

I'm beginning to wonder if your hair is gonna be sort of curly on me!? It curls up especially in the back. Breyton's never did this at all (his is stick straight like mommas)..but I could tell you guys have different hair from early on. It will be interesting to see what your hair is like as it grows out!

Photos recap of last month:

You went to the state fair for the first time with the whole family!


This is your favorite outside toy! You love climbing in this car and pushing it all over!


First pigtails!

Cute outfit:o)

Your 'lovey' bunny...this bunny plays music and is your favorite stuffed animal to carry around or put in your crib.


Bath time!

Hanging out with the scare crow the boys made!



Such a sweetie!

You have a huge grin every time you put on sunglasses!

I still can't believe how fast the year flew by and that this is the last 'monthly' post!
The past year has been so blessed and I continue to look forward to soo much with you. 
Love you forever sweet Lyla Grace!

Sunday, September 7, 2014

Lyla~ 11 months old.


The last monthly post before the big 1 year!!! I have not taken your chair pic, but plan to tomorrow...just a few days late:)

• You haven't had your weight checked this past month, but would guess your around 17.5-18 lbs...still wear 6-9 months stuff and have itty bitty feet!

• You are a great eater! You have tried just about everything and love it all except cheese!!! Which is just crazy to me. That was(and still is) one of both your brothers favorite foods. You will not eat it by itself though...always spit it out. You have started eating it some on quesadillas, pizza, etc.

• Still nursing every 3 hours or so, but only for about 5 min. You nurse overnight about 2 times still as well. Probably will start having some milk in a cup this next month to practice a slow transition.

• Your favorite thing to do is to walk, walk, walk! Technically your still practicing to do it on your own, but you walk behind anything you can find to push all day. Standing on your own and have taken a step by yourself a few times. We joke that we should put a pedometer on you bc you walk up and down the hall 100 times a day haha! You are definitely my latest walker...but you'll be there soon enough:) You won't be as late as your mom was being 13-14 months before walking.

• Love baths still and giggle almost the whole time.

• Your top two teeth have now came through so you have 4 total. The ones on the side of the top two appear to be next!

• Sleep had improved at night earlier this month. For about 7-8 days you were only waking once or twice all night. The nights you woke once meant you were doing a 7/8 hr stretch. Which was awesome! Then the night before you turned 11 months you woke up 3 times again;(

• While nights had improved you naps declined quite a bit! This entire month you took 30-40 min naps twice a day and that was it. No matter what I tried you refused to sleep anymore. Surprisingly you are still happy, however, mommy has not been happy about the catnaps. This too shall pass.

• All in all you are learning new things everyday and usually are a joy to be around even if you don't sleep much!
Sometimes I just look at you and can't stand how cute you are. Ok all the time I think that. Your so adorable and sweet that it makes up for you trying to kill me with sleep deprivation. 




Daddy's girl!





Your becoming quite mischievous...you go up to daddy's xbox and look back, smile, then turn it on and off over and over.





Standing on her own earlier this month!

Just a little messy and tinted orange/red from spaghetti! 

Playing blocks with bubba's!

Last day at the pool for this summer:((


Trying on a dress to see how it fits...love her expression:)

Pushing the grocery cart around with a big smile!

Sean was keeping you company while pushing your carts arounds!


Happy girl!