Layla Turns One!

Happy Birthday, Layla! Mommy worked hard to make this cute cake. Hope it's yummy!

Party Time!

Layla isn't going to daycare tomorrow (Mommy and Daddy took the day off of work for some pre-bday preparations and visit with Grandmommy and Granddaddy) so they celebrated her birthday today. The kids all sang to her and she got to enjoy a scrumptious cupcake. They made her a crown and Denise told me that Layla was the first one year old to actually keep the crown on. She wore it for several hours at daycare and she kept it on while we went to the grocery store. Layla's cuteness usually gets us lots of comments and smiles, but today it was like she was a rockstar!

Layla's First Steps

Layla was so excited and proud of herself!

So You Think You Can Walk!

In the past, when you were holding Layla and she wanted to be put down, as you lowered her to the ground she would go right into a crawl position and take off crawling as soon as she hit the floor. Lately, it's clear that she thinks she can walk. As you put her down she just takes off, still completely upright. She's getting really close to walking on her own. Maybe she'll figure it out just in time to celebrate her bday next Saturday!

In other news, she now says "hi" when she puts a phone (or her hand, or her diaper cream, or whatever else she can find) up to her ear. She also says "uh oh" when things drop to the floor, and I'm pretty sure she now says "mom" in the proper context sometimes. Chris and I were both surprised today when she brought me the book Hug and as I read it she repeatedly went "Ah, ah, ah" in a way that I hadn't really heard before. I'm pretty sure she was making the sound for the monkey in the book. What's weird is that I haven't ever (maybe once a long time ago) read her that book before and Chris has only a handful of times. We're wondering if she's seen it at daycare.

Walk to Church

Today was so beautiful (and we were organized and ready early, for once...even after prepping a leg of lamb in the slow cooker!) that we decided to walk the 20 minutes to church. Along the way we stopped to play in the leaves. This hill will be a fun one for Layla to roll down in a few years, but for now the hill and gravity won.

Busy Saturday

Saturday morning: Visit with Great Uncle Al and Great Aunt Jean in New Hampshire with cousins Ally and Casey.

Saturday afternoon: Post-season soccer party at Nicole's.

Saturday late afternoon: Layla completely lost her cool after having no afternoon nap. Screamed her head off and had probably her biggest fit ever.

25 minutes later: Daddy distracted her by building a tower. Through her sobs she knocked it over. Everything was better after that.

7:00: Out cold.

Double Dose

Today we had Layla's appointment for her 2nd dose of the regular flu shot. We were supposed to go last week but couldn't because of the fever. Things worked out for us, though, because her doctor's office just got their first shipment of H1N1 vaccine today. They only got enough for 2% of their identified at-risk population and so for now they are only giving it out to people who already have appointments scheduled. With Layla's history I was able to score her a shot while we were there. Now we just have to go back in a month for one final shot. In the end she'll have had 4 shots just for the silly flu.....poor baby!