Leila's First Bedroom

We moved about a month ago, and had to leave Leila's first bedroom behind. It made me very sad, so we made sure to take pictures of it before we left. :(

I only painted this about a month before we moved. It was so hard to see it painted over.

I painted these branches to match Leila's crib bedding.

I made this wreath for her door.

Better Late than Never

Well, it took me forever to get this posted, but I couldn't not put up some pictures of Leila's first birthday party.
We had decorations galore!

I had been planning this party and making things for it since Leila was only a few months old!

Since I was in school, Aunt Becca was nice enough to help us make these fun face cards.

Leila was all dressed up in a tutu and shirt I had made her...

It's crazy to think that she couldn't walk independently just a few short months ago!

We had yummy food and lots of fun presents...

We had a make-your-own-trailmix bar.

She loved her cake!

She got a fun Fancy Nancy backpack from her Deedee.

A special book of Mother Goose nursery rhymes by Mary Engelbreit from our friend Katelyn. We got her mommy the same book for her baby shower before Katelyn was even born, and they were sweet enough to get us one!

A Leila-sized rocking chair from her Aunt Christina and Uncle Jesse...

And a Big Olivia doll from me and Ryan, among other fantastic things.

Even though it's really late, thank you to everybody who came and made it so special!

Meet Our Friends

These are our friends Katie and Madison. I met Katie in our nursing pre-requisite classes just a few months after Madison was born and Madison will turn 3 in October! Where did the time go?

They weren't able to make it to Leila's birthday party this year, so we got together the next week to celebrate. We didn't have any birthday cake left, so they were sweet enough to bring a special cupcake just for Leila.

She wasn't too sure about the pink icing, but she seemed to enjoy it anyway.

Thank you, Katie and Madison, for celebrating with us!

On a side note, I saw these and thought they were too funny not to post...
We moved into a new house about a month ago and this is what I uncovered behind Leila's bed when I started packing up her room...

I knew she had a couple of socks back there, but I had no idea it was this many!

Crazy kid! She cracks me up!

Hello Again!

It's been quite a while since I was able to blog. But, I know it's been a disappointment to Leila's aunties, who follow us daily, so here's a new one for them.

Pudding Fun
It began with Aunt Danielle feeding Leila some chocolate pudding, but it quickly became a new way for Leila to experience some tasty textured fun.

This is Leila's new surprised face. She makes it often. :)

Such a proper smile - all covered in pudding

Look at all those teeth!

Yummy

She says "Go?"

Her favorite thing to do right now is drop things on the floor from her high chair and ask "go?", as in "where did it go?"

"Up!"

Today, she started throwing her hands down and saying "down" too!

Squinting her eyes... Another of her new faces

Aunt Dani using the scraper that came in a set of utensils brought back from Europe by Leila's aunties.

Such a good shaver. Makes me wonder if European children often get dirty enough to warrant having a scraper as a normal utensil?

Much Cleaner

So Serious...

Aunt Becca takes such cool pictures.

Another Cool Shot