First, we'll say Happy Anniversary to Nan and Poppy! We love you!!
And, we miss you Aunties and Uncle Jesse, and hope you're having lots of fun! Enjoy all of the history for us!

On Monday, I had a cake tasting to get ready for, so Leila spent some time playing in her bumbo. I learned quickly last time that it works in my favor if I put the bumbo on a clean blanket so that the toys end up on the blanket and not the floor... because, either way, they're going down.

Here are videos of Leila playing while I worked in the kitchen - here and here and here.

She also spent some time on her playmat. Watch a video here.

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On Tuesday, we were having our air conditioner worked on, and Ryan didn't want Leila and I to be at home alone, but Aunt Rebecca was leaving for Europe, so Deedee and Grandfather came over to spend the day with us. It was quite a bit of fun.
Leila was playing with one of her favorite toys (the one in the above picture on Leila's left) when she got her first self-inflicted injury. She hit herself in the forehead with it! She cried just a tiny bit, and then shook it off.
This is a picture of the injury. If you look closely, you can see a red spot over her right eyebrow.

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On Wednesday, Ryan came home and found Leila napping like this...

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Yesterday, Leila and I went up to Ryan's work to see some of his co-workers and then go to lunch. When we were getting ready, I laid Leila on the chaise while I fed the pets.
When I laid her down, it looked like this...

When I came back in, I found her like this...

Can you tell the difference?

She's getting so good at grabbing and pulling things, now. The pillows didn't stand a chance!

Also, please look at the length of her pants. They started out as boyfriend jeans, but are starting to look more like bermuda shorts. They still fit in the waist, though, and they look cute either way, so she's going to keep wearing them!

Here are some pics with some of Ryan's coworkers.
Another civilian contractor - Carmen. She's the one who organized our baby shower for us, which we really appreciate!

Another civilian contractor - Patty. She works in the same department as another friend, Mr. Steve Harbers.

Ryan and Leila doing their balancing act

She seems to constantly drool and chew on her hands now, so we've taken to wearing bibs, in order to avoid her clothes getting soaked. (Please note the short-pants, again.)

Leila's first time to see her daddy's office.
You can't see it, but he has multiple computer monitors on his one desk...

She fits in well, doesn't she?

Then we went to lunch. We thought it would be fun to take Leila to the sandwich shop we were at when we got the call that we were pregnant last year. It wasn't until we were seated (in the same booth, of course) and eating, that Ryan realized it was around this same time last year that we found out about our pregnancy. I looked it up in my phone, and we happened to have gone to eat at the same place, on the same day, at the exact same time as we did last year when we got the call!!
For those who don't know, Ryan and I had some trouble getting pregnant that required medical help, and we couldn't have been happier or more surprised to find out we were actually pregnant after our first attempt. I remember the feeling of surprise and elation. Needless to say, the sandwich shop now holds a very special place in our hearts.
We asked an employee to take this one picture. It isn't great, but we're all in it.

Here she is, our little miracle baby...

When we got home, Leila spent some time talking with her daddy.

Here are videos 1 and 2.

And then tummy time before bedtime. I always try to take pics early on, before she gets frustrated and starts to cry!

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So, last night was the best night we've had so far. Leila was in bed, asleep, at 7 p.m., woke up to eat around 1 a.m. and then again this morning at 7 a.m.!! It's amazing how different the amount of rest I get is between a longer night of sleep broken up by 3 or 4 feedings vs. a 6 hour night of uninterupted sleep! I'd be so pleased if we had more nights like last night.


Here's some new information about Leila from this week...
-I heard her make an "l" sound for the first time.
-She's napping in her hushamok, now, with little-to-no fussing. We haven't quite gotten a schedule down, but we've got time to work on that.
-She is also going to sleep much earlier - around 7 p.m. each night! (The only issue I have with that is now we've gone from her practically sleeping through the night, to waking up 2 or 3 times to eat - 9 p.m., 1 a.m., and 4 a.m.!)
-She has discovered that she prefers chewing (and sometimes sucking) on her thumb, rather than her forefingers or her fists.
-She's still drooling like crazy, but we have no teeth buds.
-We're starting to wear 3-6 month clothes - mainly for 2 reasons... 1) the 0-3 clothes are getting too short and her dresses are starting to all look like Shirley Temple dresses, and 2) I'm ready for her to have some new stuff to wear! We haven't actually worn any of it yet, so I think we'll try something today and see how it goes. We'll let you know.