Monday, May 17, 2010

Hold the oats please...


Lyla seems to be changing by the minute these days. She finally rolled over from her front to back and is quickly on the move to roll from her back to her front. She is getting up onto her side and reaching. She has another tooth coming in- that makes three now. We made the move to give her rice cereal this past Sunday and she loved it. She has been reaching for our food and just showing a lot of interest in what we are eating. We decided it was time. No complaints out of her. We are going to go rice cereal for a week and then move to either carrots or butternut squash next. We are going to make all of our baby food since the market has started. No reason not to take advantage of fresh local organic food.

Lyla still sleeps through the night. She is a pretty happy baby and plays a lot. She loves music. It always seems to be on in our house. Matt also takes her to a music class once a week where they sign and play instruments. She does a lot of watching since she is the youngest there but she really seems to be taking it all in. She could watch Charlie and Alice all day. She has discovered that we have a rabbit. She loves to be outside. Everything rights itself in her world once the slider opens and we go outside. She is reaching for everything. As we walk around with her, her little arms are just swinging to grab anything. It is pretty funny.

Dog Days

I am in love with this time of year. So happy to be in our house with our own yard. The puppies are filled with delight as they trapse around the yard. Alice brings all her toys and a few of Charlies outside each day and works hard to get someone to chase her. If only she knew that Lyla is going to be on the move one day. These puppies have no idea what is about to come. It has been warm enough to get Charlies' pool out, which he loves. Anything to make my sweet wise old soul Charlie Muppets happy.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Alice Mae turns 3


Alice Mae had a birthday on May 3rd- she turned 3. Of course we had a party for her and she was pretty excited. Alice has chilled considerably as she has gotten a little older. Nice to see. She is just about the sweetest little girl. She still has moments of puppy that come out mostly playing in the yard.

Bliss

Giggles and Toes


Last Wednesday Matt and I were in Lyla's room just before it was time for her to go to bed and we were playing and she giggled for the first time. It was a full belly laugh and it just kept going. It was the best sound in the world. However, much to our dismay, that is the ONLY time she has laughed for us. She hasn't even shown signs of wanting to since then. This isn't because we haven't been trying. Let me tell you, Matt and I have cracked ourselves up trying to get this girl to laugh but she is an iron gate. I don't give up easily though- we just have to figure out what she finds funny.

She has discovered that she has toes and she is now trying to pull them to her mouth to eat them. She is almost there- maybe another day or so and she will have a new toy to chew on. Hilarious to watch her struggling to pull her feet to her mouth- she makes little grunting noises the whole time.

Lyla is making a million new noises. Music to our ears. She has two teeth on the bottom. She goes to bed at 7:30pm- we are still swaddling her and it works perfect. She sleeps through the night with no problems and wakes up at about 6:00am every morning. She is on a pretty repetitive schedule these days. She takes a morning and afternoon nap and will usually lay down after just a few snuggles and then fall asleep. Lyla LOVES to be on the move. She doesn't like to sit at all. She would rather walk and look around- she loves to just watch. She is pretty observant to movement and sounds. Her little head never seems to stop moving to see what is happening.

We are going to be starting her on solid foods pretty soon. We will try the rice cereal first. We have decided to make all of our baby food. Because the farmers' market is starting next weekend it just makes sense to make our food- we will have a weekly supply of organic food. I am also really excited to see what options there are. We have gotten a few books with recipes to try so that will begin soon.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Changes

Lyla is 4 months and 3 weeks old. She currently weighs 13lbs 11oz and she is changing all the time. She has two teeth coming in on the bottom. She is trying with all that she has to roll over but she just doesn't know what to do with her arms. It is so hard to not help her. We assist every now and again so that she knows what it feels like to roll but we really want her to get it on her own. In time. She is considering laughing more and more but no real belly laughs. She is playing a little more all the time. She loves looking in the mirror, songs, a red silk scarf that we drop and let fall on her belly and her Sophie giraffe. It is astonishing to watch her change and grow.

Outside


Lyla loves being outside. I think she would spend every minute out there is we let her. This makes me pretty excited since summer is on the way.

No tv for this little girl, she would much rather watch birds and squirrels with her Charlie Muppets brother.