Leila HATES Bottles

Poor Jer.

New Toy

I got out a new toy for Leila.

She finally has almost enough body control to be in here successfully and is actually interested in playing with the toys!

This is the first post on the new blog address.  I decided that there are too many creeps in the world to have the blog under our name.  I wanted to be a bit more anonymous.

The Big Thirteen

This was us way back in the day.

Jeremy and I had our first date 13 years ago today.

And now he is the father of my child.

I always knew you were the one! I love you Jeremy!

A Cold

Someone has a cold...you wouldn't know it from these pictures, but Leila has a nose full of snot and a cough to boot. All three of us have this cold right now, and it is not too fun.

This one illustrates it a bit better, but she is mostly ok with the cold, as long as I don't try to suck the snot out of her nose with the bulb syringe.

Last night my sisters came over for dinner and so did Reid. This is the first good cousin shot we have gotten, other than in the beginning when he held her at the hospital or helped Kari hold her once she was home. I love how they even match.

Tummy Time

It is fun to put Leila on the floor for some tummy time.

She can hold her head up higher, but by the time I got the camera out, her muscles were getting tired.

So we flipped her over.

I swear she is the most adorable kid ever. Love her!

Took me a while...

but I finally put together the pictures that I took every week while I was pregnant with Leila and made a slide show out of it. Enjoy!



I think it is fun to watch my hair grow, see how long flowers stay on the counter, etc :)

Labor Day Weekend

I decided that it had been a while since I took a picture of Leila napping, so I wanted to do it again, and of course the flash woke her up...but she fell back to sleep, so I have no regrets :)
On Labor Day we started the morning with breakfast with Jer's family as usual. In the afternoon we decided to have an adventure and explore a new city - we went to South Haven for the first time (together - Jer has done some work there). We invited Bill to come with us. It was fun to just take the first exit and figure out where town was, then explore on foot. We saw an interesting boat (look behind them)
that was being docked in the harbor.
Leila was more interested in the elephant Aunt Duie got her.
Below is a picture of Leila in her bumbo next to the rose from her baptism.
And we went for a walk with her in the carrier - she can face out now, and enjoys seeing the sights.