February 18, 2010
She's starting to feel better and even slept 12 hours last night. Then this afternoon she took a 2 hour nap for me! I needed to write this down because in 6 months that is probably the longest nap she's ever taken! :) She's isn't coughing as much but still sounds like an old man that has smoked his whole life. Still a cranky little thing, but she's on the mend!
I'm on a redecorating kick and got my new bedding in the mail. The UPS guy forgot to drop it off this afternoon. He must not know that I'm completely impatient when I want something and I pretty much stood by the door all afternoon waiting for him. Numerous times I thought I could hear the ever.so.wanted UPS truck but many times my heart was broken. Finally at 6 I called and he had forgotten earlier and personally drop it off himself at 7-ish.. How sweet UPS guy. Thanks for making all my dreams come true tonight!
So I'm off to put some decor on the wall and fluff my new bedding! So excited!
February 17, 2010
Holy Moly!
Lyla is 6 stinkn' months old already!
- You were at the doc Tuesday and weighed in at 14 lbs 13 oz. You have croup for the first time :(.
( More stats next Tuesday!)
-You are a super great eater! You love all foods! You've tried sweet potatoes, butternut and acorn squash, green beans, and applesauce and love them all! You just started eating twice a day today!

- You are still in 3-6 month clothes and I have a feeling you'll be in them for another month or maybe even two!

- You finally rolled over from your back to your tummy but have yet to do it since. Well, you did roll over twice one night in bed when you were fussing, but that was it. You'd much rather be standing, jumping in the jumperoo or sitting. If you do lay, you prefer to be laying on your tummy. You also have yet to roll over from your tummy to your back since you first did it at the beginning of January. You are completely happy being stationary!

- You sit up independently and are starting to semi-catch yourself whenever you start to topple over.
- You are the most laid back baby I've ever met. You are happy 90% of the time but sometimes it can be a struggle to get you to smile, especially when I pull the camera out! You are definitely more smiley in the mornings!

- You almost always wake up a happy baby and give me a huge smile whenever I come get you! You also love to smile whenever we talk to you.
- You are the hardest baby to get to laugh. You have the softest little giggle ever!

- You started reaching, but only reach for mommy! And mommy loves it! You are also a total mommy's girl!
- You love Reesie and will stare at her whenever she's in the room. She loves you too, but isn't fond of you pulling out clumps of her hair!

- You've figured out how to blow spit bubbles and spit out food and love doing it.
- You now sleep about 10 hours straight at night. You normally lay down between 7 and 8 and wake up around 5:30-6.

- You grab at EVERYTHING and it automatically goes into your mouth.
- You are still in a size 3 diaper for daycare and are still in the smallest size on your cloth diapers.
- You have gotten 2 teeth so far!!- You only take a paci if you are super tired or bored. No paci's at bedtime for you!

- You started making the mmm sound just yesterday! Mommy would be thrilled if mama was your first word!
- The jumperoo is still your favorite thing and you can play in there forever!

I still can't believe a half a year has passed already! We love you so much Lyla and you bring more joy into our lives then we ever thought!
Happy 6 month birthday!!
February 15, 2010
*Love* day!
Hope everyone had a great Valentine's weekend. It went super fast on our part. Friday my parents came to Hays and we spent the afternoon together. We went to a coffee shop for lunch and then did some shopping at the downtown stores. My mom stayed the night and then the next day we headed to Salina for some shopping. I'd have to say that I was disappointed with the shopping. I didn't find much and for once didn't buy much. I did get some new curtains for our bedroom that I'm redecorating and a few crafty things. Things that I'll sometime blog about. That night I stayed in GB and Sunday Sean came up for a lunch of my fam and extended fam for a not all that great lunch at the country club. A nap later and we headed off to Sean's parents for a bit and then home. Sean got me some flowers and new bedding and I got Sean some new KU shirts (imagine that). Miss Lyla got a bunch of clothes from her Aunt Kelci and Uncle Kev and a stuffed puppy that sings from my parents. We got her this cute little penguin inflatable toy that is about as tall as her whenever she's sitting. It's weighted at the bottom so whenever she hits it, it comes back up to her. We also got her a little golf set (that was more for Sean then her!). Overall, I think it was a successful first love day for Miss Lyla and all of us as a family.
Hope you had a wonderful love day as well and enjoy our pics!
February 14, 2010
February 9, 2010
Stuff
Sweet girl and her momma!
Lemon Ale Beer. Mmmmm! Love it!
Lyla napping with the good ol' thumb!
Lyla and I Christmas morning at my parents!
Drinking some water from a glass!
Aunt Kelci and Lyla
Abi, Lyla and I Christmas Eve!
February 8, 2010
Omigoodness!
Eating some cereal!

Eating butternut squash while hanging with her best friend! She loves Reese and has her eyes on her at all times. Reese loves her too, but loves her the most when Lyla isn't pulling her hair out!

Lyla is learning to blow bubbles and spit and this is her in process. It is super cute until she figured out how to do it while she's eating. Spitting = momma covered in baby food.

One of her favorite toys. This is the toy I bribed her with to get her to roll over!

Big girl sitting up!

Oh the faces this child makes!

Have a great night!
February 7, 2010
Lazy day... again.
So we had plans to go to church this morning, but a certain cute girl is kinda sick with a cough and runny nose so she decided that 5 would be a good time to wake up. Luckily a little food did the trick and she was back asleep for about 30 minutes. And while I was trying to fall back asleep a certain dog in our house thought I should wake up to the sound of her puking all over our house. And a certain boy decided he should snore all night. Pretty much that meant no sleep for me until 9 when he decided to wake up and I went back to sleep til about 11:30. And since I've been awake all I've heard today is "I don't feel good". The Mr. I don't feel good guy is driving me nutzo! He's grumpy and whiny and on top of that I have a semi-sick little girl too. It's been a *fun* day at our house!
So it's been a lazy weekend and some of it has been very much enjoyed. The whining part, not so much! Other than that, not much to report about!
February 6, 2010
She melted my heart...
So, we got the honor of spending some time with our adorable 5-year-old niece Abigail yesterday. She's the cutest thing and I've come to realize she's slowly becoming a teenager. Since having Lyla we haven't spent as much time together as we have before and I must say, I've missed her! She was such a great little girl yesterday and enlightened me on many things in her life. I remember thinking at least twice, "When did she become such a mature little girl"? We were making homemade pizza's and she says, "Aunt Andrea, I love you. We really need to schedule some more Aunt Andrea and Abigail time". Seriously, she about melted my heart, right then and there. And guess how she wants to spend her time with me? Baking cookies and making bows. Oh, I love her. Anyways, she spent the evening with Sean, Lyla and I and we all went to the basketball game in town. It was homecoming and a friend of ours and Abi's was the little girl that hands out the flowers and crown (so can't think of a title for her right now,) and plus our next door neighbor was up for homecoming queen (and she won!). So we got to spend some time together and we all had a great time. I seriously love her to pieces. It was great having a conversation with her and watching her interact with Lyla bug. To sum it up, we have totally awesome nieces, and love em' to pieces!!
Unfortunately I have no pictures to post of our time with Abi because we were a little rushed for time between Lyla's nap, dinner and getting girlified! But since it is Saturday and KU plays, Sean dressed out little bug to a T in her KU attire. Sean put his hat on her and all I can say is she soooo looks like a boy! :) That girl needs a little more hair.
Other than that is has been a lazy, lazy day around here. We've all napped. Even Lyla took a 3 hour nap for her daddy which never happens at home! I think Sean and I are going to watch a movie and that's about it! The exciting life of the Rodger's! :)










