83rd birthday

We celebrated Tom's mom's 83rd birthday today. It was great to have his family over for some grilled out hamburgers. I had coconut cake for her again - her favorite.

17 months

Today L. is 17 months! She's doing alot more babbling and she tries to repeat alot of words we say. I get tickled hearing her trying new words. She has just taken off walking this past month and in the past week has been walking around the house (without holding our hand). We are enjoying the beautiful weather and look forward to the months ahead.

Fun with Family

We recently enjoyed a weekend with my family to celebrate Dad's birthday. It was a good time catching up with family.

Beautiful Weather

We are enjoying this spring like weather. I walk with my new friend Renee and her 8 month old son once a week. Today we enjoyed a picnic after our walk. Outside of going to the playground to swing, we really haven't done much playing on the ground.

Playground with friends

We enjoyed our afternoon with our new friends that I met at Moms n More at church. Lisa and her 10 month old girl Rebecca played with us on the playground. Lisa fed the geese cheerios and L. would giggle the few times the goose got the cheerio off her stroller. L. is still not confident to get up and walk...so we enjoyed the swing , sitting in the pinestraw, strolling around and feeding the geese. I'm thankful for this warmer weather and for new friends!

15 month appt

Lela had a good 15 month appt at the Dr. She's in the higher percentages for everything. She's trying to talk more and will now take steps walking between T and me. She's gotten lots of teeth in this past month. She continues to be a sweet and cuddly girl (which is so fun). T. loves to play with her (swinging around and throwing in the air) and get her to laugh. We enjoyed a nite out on the town for Valentines Day while L. slept at my in-laws. It's great to have them close by and really nice that they're willing to keep her.

Visit from Mom

We had a good time visiting with Mom the past few days. We enjoyed play time with L, shopping, eating out, and good movies. I'm thankful she can drive up during the week and spend time with us.

Snow

We had several days of snow and ice and were housebound. L. was not so impressed with the snow. I am thankful to see it melting. We're looking forward to a visit from my mom and to getting back to normal activities. I enjoyed a get together with friends from AU (some of which I'd not seen in 18 years!)

New Year and Walking

We enjoyed seeing in the new year by dancing the night away - our tradition over the last years. L. continues to learn more and she actually babbles in sentences now. She can say more words too - tries to mimic what we say. She took her first steps yesterday and was walking back and forth to T. and me today. She's cutting more teeth and has been hit or miss on her naps.

Christmas

It was a fun Christmas as L. is almost 14 months old. She knew how to "open" her presents by pulling the paper. We spent the day with Tom's family and it was fun watching L. interact with all the family members. L. got this cute red hat from one of her great Aunts. We ended up with a white Christmas and no troubles getting around on the roads as was predicted. It was a great time!

Christmas fun

We had a fun week meeting with a new mom's meet up group, visiting people at my previous work, having the neighbors over for a party, having Tom's parents over for dinner and then visiting with Tom's aunt who loves to see L. We are blessed indeed!

Christmas plans

L. just turned 13 months. She is becoming more expressive - showing excitement over seeing certain things (animals, balloons, etc). She also says a few words and now points to things in books. She just cut her 5th tooth as well.We put up our tree this weekend and decorated the house. So far L. hasn't seem too interested in the tree. I'm looking forward to fun holiday activities including having friends over from MTW for a visit, Christmas music and programs, enjoying time with L during the season and spending time with Tom's family for Christmas.

Thanksgiving

We enjoyed time with my family in AL for Thanksgiving. L. did well in her travels and enjoyed seeing her cousins. We stopped in Auburn on the way back and saw Toomers Corner rolled from the big AU/AL game. It sure had a lot of toilet paper on it for a holiday weekend when most students were away!