Laynie is 12 Months Old

 This little girl DOES NOT want to sit next to her chalkboard

Wearing 12-18 months clothes and size 3 diapers
Still mostly crawling, but starting to take steps.  She usually starts out with a few steps and then falls and crawls.

Sleeping awesome! From 8:00pm-7:00am.  Sometimes I can rock her for a little bit, but most of the time she just wants me to put her in her bed.

Takes two naps a day around 10:00 and 2:00 if we are home all day.  Otherwise, just whenever we can squeeze them in.

Still loves to play in the refrigerator and will pull out whatever she can

Likes to make noises with me

Eating everything like a champ.  Freaks out when I get out a banana or some blueberries

Loves story time at night and also likes to sit and read during the day

Still loves bath time is her favorite.  She stands by the tub and squeals until I put her in.

Has two teeth and working on a third
Transitioning to whole milk.  I wanted to be done nursing by the time we went to the beach, so we are doing about 1/2 and 1/2 right now.  She will not drink milk cold.
Loves to laugh and play with her big sister
Last month I was pretty sure the owl with her name on it is her favorite, but this month it has been this bear.  She crawls all over the house with it.

We have had so many changes in the last week that it has been a little much for me.  Turning one, switching to whole milk, no more bottles, starting to walk, new class at school...all in one week!  I was a little emotional, I'm not gonna lie.  I love to watch her grow up, but she is my last baby and it is hard to let things go this time around.  And it doesn't help that she is so darn sweet.  I love you to pieces Laynie, aka Laynie Lou, aka Lou Lou, aka Lou Lou Bird.

Weekend at Home

It feels like we are gone every weekend so it was nice to spend an entire weekend at home last weekend.

We went swimming at the neighborhood pool,

Played dress up,

 and made it to church without tears from either one.  

It was a good weekend.

Marlee Lately

Marlee got to spend the day with Josie a couple weekends ago.  They are always so excited at first and then so sick of each other by the end of the day.  Haha!  They went swimming at Memaw's house.  Marlee calls her swimsuit her "swimsoup".

 Marlee is into reading her books.  She has a few that she has memorized for the most part and likes to read them to me.

A few highlights as of lately:

Loves the grand old flag.  We have to listen to the song on repeat every time we are in the car and she will point them out as we drive by.

Really likes bridges and driving fast.

Deathly afraid of all bugs

Doesn't like being dirty.  Not even a speck.

Likes watching Frozen and singing all of the songs

Loves her new big girl puzzle

Loves swimming in the pool or in the lake

Starting to really carry on conversations with us and it is the best

Laynie is 11 Months Old

 
 
 
She is a moving target these days so this was the best I could do!
Wearing 9-12 months clothes and size 3 diapers
crawling really fast.  Dada said she crawls like a banji.
Standing for lengths at a time.  She really wants to take off and walk, but crawling is a safer option.

Sleeping awesome! From 8:00pm-7:00am.  Sometimes I can rock her for a little bit, but most of the time she just wants me to put her in her bed.

Takes two naps a day around 10:00 and 2:00 if we are home all day.  Otherwise, just whenever we can squeeze them in.

Loves to play in the refrigerator

Says "uh,oh." and "Dada" and stills growls kind of like Chewbacca.

Still stuck to me like glue, but getting better at venturing out on her own
Her new favorite toy:

Eating everything like a champ.  She definitely loves fruit (mainly bananas and blueberries) and yogurt best

Loves story time at night and will look at the book and then look up at me the whole time we are reading

Bath time is her favorite.  She stands by the tub and squeals until I put her in.

Has two teeth
I have thrown all of her lovies in her bed, but I'm pretty sure the owl with her name on it is her favorite.  She just grins when she spots it.  I'm going to need to find another one.
She is such a sweet baby and people tell us that all of the time.  I wish I could just freeze time and keep her at this sweet age.  We love her so much!!

Swimming Lessons

Marlee took her first swimming lessons this summer.  She worked on going under water, dog paddling, climbing out of the pool, jumping in, and floating on her back.  She did really well and we loved Ms. Kelsey.  We can't wait to go back next year.

July 4th 2014

We went to lake Ouachita for the July 4th weekend with Memaw, Papaw, Brad, Jess, and Hayes.  It was a nice, relaxing weekend.  As relaxing as it can get taking care of my two. ;)

 Marlee loved the lake and the boat.  She always want to go fast.  Laynie just went with the flow.  We also had a good time playing hopscotch on the deck at the lake house.

Creekmore Train

Jami and Maggie took Marlee on the Creekmore train last week.  I have been wanting to take her for a while, but we never have a chance when we are in town.  It is so crazy to think that I rode this train when I was her age.  Marlee loves trains so I am sure she was soaking it all in.