More Fun Gym Time

This just keeps getting cuter and cuter....

New Friends

Today I had a nice visit with friends Tina and Erik. Layla enjoyed meeting her new friends, 3 year old Finn and 5 week old Gus. Seeing Layla next to Gus really brings home how huge she's gotten in a relatively few short weeks!

Pat-A-Cake

Chris is out of town the rest of the week (and all of next week), so I'm playing single parent for a few days. Tonight Layla and I entertained ourselves with Pat-a-Cake. She was much more smiley the first few times we did it. Then I got behind the camera and I guess I wasn't quite as entertaining as before!

Tummy Time Gets More Interesting

Who's that??

Play Ball!

Layla is all decked out for the start of Spring Training.

Go Sox!

(What you can't see is that she's even wearing Red Sox booties....and of course we are using her Sox paci today!)














A worn out Red Sox fan.

Mimi and Layla

These past two weeks my mom has been living with us to take care of Layla while Becky is at work. Becky and I are so thankful that my mom, Mimi to all her grandchildren, is here. After taking care of Layla the first 9 weeks it was tough for Becky to return to work. Having Mimi here at home has made things much easier.

Layla wasn't feeling well last week. She's recovering now and Mimi reports that they are having a great time getting to know each other.

Layla loves her time with Mimi. I'm so happy that they have this time together.













Each day, Layla is growing and learning. She "discovered" her hands a few weeks ago, but lately she is enthralled with them. She's a little too enthralled with her "chupa" tho' as you can tell from her reaction to Becky taking it away.

Little Time to Blog

Clearly, going back to work has left me with insufficient time to update the blog. Something about getting out the door at 6:45 am means I have less time on the computer these days. Our afternoons and evenings are pretty full, too. Between making dinner, bathing Layla, feeding Layla, ironing clothes, making lunch, etc, I feel like I barely have a spare moment...and this is WITH Chris's mom still here helping us out a ton. Having a baby has certainly made me much more appreciative of what my own parents (and all parents) went/go through in order to raise their kids. This is not easy work! I'm sure we'll figure it out someday, but right now I can't imagine how people parent more than one child at a time!!!

Judy and I went to the pediatrician today for a follow up for the bronchiolitis. Layla's just a tad stuffy in the nose, but her lungs are clear and her breathing sounds great. We were able to ask some questions about the scream fests that Layla has been putting us through at night, and about the massive poops she's been producing. As I figured, the doc couldn't give us a ton of definite answers, but gave us a few things to think about. The good news is, that Layla only pooped through ONE outfit today (instead of 4) and she managed to get through the night without wailing her head off and turning beet red. Let's hope the good luck continues and she sleeps through that midnight meal she's rediscovered since being sick.