Laney climbing the stairs at 11 months

She is getting way too mobile!

Easter

Laney was so cute on Easter. She was quiet during the church service, flirting with the teenage boy behind us (oh no, not already). She charmed everyone at the Perry/Miller brunch and enjoyed playing with her plastic eggs. Of course she was wearing a custom made headband and haute couture, but not for long as all she wants to do these days is crawl around and be on the go!

Easter Sunday outfit

Easter-Sunday-crawling-around-in-the-sun-outfit

She loved rolling the eggs around and banging them together, but could have cared less about the Peeps inside the eggs! Who doesn't love Peeps?

Get me away from this guy!

At the San Elijo Hills Egg hunt, where we discovered her hatred for Easter bunnies and grass ...

...at least she loves the eggs

Still can't figure out why he was dressed for a disco, but she hated him all the same. In fact, this bunny made most of our neighbor's kids cry.

10 1/2 months and learning to walk

Our backs are rejoicing as Laney no longer needs us to hold on to her while she pushes her stroller around the house. We predict she will be running around the house on her own by her birthday!

Kissing herself!

Cuddling her soft toys is a favorite activity

Cruising down the hall

Laney at 9 months

Wow! I can't believe how long it has been since I added pictures to the blog. Laney has changed so much since Christmas. She has figured out crawling, finally, and now LOVES to stand holding onto the coffee table. She has pulled up a few times on her own and I am sure will be walking soon! She finally got her 3rd tooth, one of her upper "fangs" with the other "fang" on the way. In true Twilight spirit, she will soon be our little vampire baby! The pink dress she is wearing here is a sneak preview of her Easter look. The ribbon is negotiable, but knowing her mommy, she will be wearing a fabulous headband Easter Sunday!

At a wedding shower for Stevie, my cousin's fiance

The shower was a vintage tea theme. We wore hats and party dresses

On the plane coming home from Tahoe. She is wearing ear plugs and her blanket "somehow" ended up as a turban...

Baby's first shopping trip to Nordstroms (thank goodness she was able to find the perfect Easter dress)

On the tram at the Wild Animal Park

The W.A.P. with cousins Brodie and Kiersten

Christmas pictures

Laney meets Santa!

What a cute present :)

Opening gifts on Christmas morning. Laney liked eating the paper better than the presents!

Almost 8 months

Sitting in the bathtub like a big girl. Bath time is her favorite. She starts "happy hands" (flapping her arms) as soon as she hears the water running in the tub.

Laney and her beloved "chewy spoon"

pretty blue eyes!

helping mommy fold the laundry

so cute in her sweater from Andi's mom!

Laney and cousin Brodie (2 months younger than Laney)

My little Laney Bug!

Current obsession: playing with rings

Laney likes hiking with us in her backpack

Finally, more pictures of Laney!

Laney is now 6 months old, and will be almost 7 months at Christmas. She has been teething for at least a month, and finally cut her first tooth on Sunday! She also began sleeping through the night last week (finally). We have had to let her "cry it out" a few times at night, but we are much happier with our new sleeping arrangements. She started eating meat last week, and voraciously consumes her meals with gusto. She loves eating so much, that we have to cut her off during meal time so that she will still take a bottle. We discovered that she likes to chew on dry toast, so Laney and I are headed to the store to stock up on dry teething biscuits and Puffs. Celebrating baby's first Christmas is so fun. She loves to feel our tree and stare at the lights on it. She also likes nighttime walks to look at the Christmas lights in the neighborhood. We even took her for a visit with Santa and there were no tears, just curious glances at his face. Santa pictures to come :)

Buying our Christmas tree. Laney liked to feel the trees. She even did it with a very studious look as though she was evaluating each tree.

I love bananas! This one was mommy's, but I attacked it and now it is mine :)

Christmas baby!

Laney's 1st Thanksgiving outfit

Lake Tahoe

Sean proves that he can be just as flexible as Laney

Baby's first snow outfit! It was cold in Tahoe

Laney enjoys her first Thanksgiving meal (sorry, no turkey yet)

6 fingers in her mouth at once! She looks like a Cabbage Patch Kid

Special outfits

The sweater I knit Laney while I was pregnant.

This is my outfit from when I was a baby!

Halloween threads

Halloween is my favorite holiday...

This is Laney's costume for Halloween!

Her Halloween jammies!