Layla's New Game

Layla loves, loves, loves to put her favorite ball in her toy pot, put the lid on, take the lid off, take the ball out, and repeat. I was actually trying to get a shot of her cute tights, but caught her in the act of this fun game in the process.

Latest Tricks

Since mastering clapping, Layla has moved on to conquer other tricks. This week she has perfected the art of pulling off her socks while in her car seat. No matter how frigid the temps are outside, I routinely arrive at our destination to find her grinning and sockless in the back seat. She has also demonstrated that she understands the word 'No'. When you say no to her, she stops, gives you a cute look, and rapidly shakes her head back and forth. Today I even caught her playing with a cord to one of our many devices; before I even said anything, she looked at me and shook her head. She knew...

October Fun

We've had a great weekend so far, and the best part is that there's still another day to it! Layla is still coughing, but it seems improved and we're managing the neb treatments as best we can. This morning she came to our soccer game and cheered us on to our first non-loss of the season (we tied, 2-2). Later, while Daddy golfed, Layla and Mommy hung out at the park. Layla had a blast exploring the leaves and she didn't even try to put them in her mouth!

Sneak Peek

Today I did a dry-run of the cake I'd like to make for Layla's birthday next month. Here's a sneak peek!

More Coughing

Long story short, we headed back to the doctor today because Layla was still coughing quite a bit...less wheezing, but still intense coughing...to the point that yesterday she coughed up a bunch of her morning bottle in the car. Tonight the doc listened to her and said she still has asthma-like or reactive airway type symptoms. This totally, totally, totally stinks because her recommendation is that we give Layla Pulmicort 2x/day via the neb and Albuterol every 4-6 hours either via the neb or the inhaler. There is nothing fun about this. Oh, and while we can discontinue the Albuterol in a few days if she's doing better, we have to do the Pulmicort for two lousy weeks. Last time we did this we were on vacation. These days Layla and I aim to be out the door by 6:45 each morning. These will be 2 very long weeks!

Evening Serenade

(The problem is that when I'm taking video of people, my instinct is to hold the phone vertically. But that leads to sideways video. I guess that's why phones are phones and cameras are cameras!)

Rainy Day Fun

It poured rain all day today, but that didn't keep us from having fun. Before heading to our church's fundraiser, the East Village Fair, Layla decided to hang out under her exersaucer. It was fun until she realized she didn't know how to get out.

We headed over to the soggy Follen grounds around 9:30 to man the prize table in the children's games area. Layla was a big help hanging out in her backpack, though she eventually tired of it and demanded to be held.