1 Year Debut

Yes, I know, she is 14 months, but here are Lila's 1 year pictures I never posted. The pictures in the dress at the end is my grandmother's dress. All of the girls have had their picture taken in it, so it is very special. I can't believe these were taken almost 2 months ago. My, how she has grown(and gotten a little more hair.)! In addition to these, we got some REALLY cute ones from Portrait Innovations that I will post when I find the CD! :)
http://web.mac.com/boulayphotography/iWeb/Lila%201%20year/Photos.html

What is it about....

these old, worn out, handme down shoes that brings out my daughters bad temper? Last week, I put these shoes on her. She loved them and has really taken off with her walking while having shoes on. Anyway, the left shoe kept coming off. I had to put it back on like 5 times when I decided I would just take both of them off until we were ready to leave. I was trying to finish getting ready and could be done in about 5 minutes if I didn't have to keep stopping to put her shoe back on. I took both of them off and boy did she pitch a fit! She actually threw both of the shoes down on the ground and then proceeded to throw herself on the floor and scream. I was really taken aback by this outburst that I didn't know what to do. I just walked away into the bathroom to brush my teeth. I decided that ignoring her was the only thing I could do at that time. The next thing I know, she is crawling towards me as fast as she can with a shoe in her hand and then stands at my feet handing it to me. As soon as I get the shoes on her, she is fine. Unbelievable! I am seriously going to have to start hiding them because again on Thursday she found them and started screaming. She throws such a tantrum that it would make you think she was scared of the shoes and wanted nothing to do with them, but it is all because she wants them on and wants them on NOW. ...even if it is over her footed pajamas! I don't like this little attitude that she is displaying, but I can't help but find it a little humorous. If this is any indication of how it is going to be, then I am not looking forward to the days when she is strongly opinionated about what she wears. Lord help me!

Yes, I am sure, I am just having ONE!!

If you see me...no, I am not having twins, and no, I am not due any day. I still have 2 months left! I don't know what it is, but everyone keeps asking me if I am having twins or if I only have a few days left. I did get this with Lila, but not until like the last 3 weeks. Oh, the stories I have with her from people. This time, it actually started the 4th of July weekend when I was only 27 weeks. A lady, who knew I was not due until Oct. said to me, "I am not trying to be rude, but are you sure you aren't having twins? You are really big for how far along you are!!!!" I about died. Then, let's see if I can even remember all the comments I have received. A lady at the airport in Alaska said something to the effect of me about to pop, as well as a man in my office. A lady Michael works with asked me if I was having twins the same day someone else said I was due anyday. Just last night, 1 man said, "Were you not due to have that baby yesterday?" and five minutes later another guy said I was due anytime. It is mostly strangers who ask me if I am having twins. Just tonight as I am up on the swingset with Lila, my neighbor came over and asked if I knew there was a weight limit on it! I guess I am just going to have to quit eating my bowl of ice cream everynight. Actually, I think it mainly has to do with what I wear. I have been in a lot of dresses this summer because it has been so hot, and I think they make me look bigger. That's my story and I am sticking to it! Above I am at 30 weeks. Here I am at 31 weeks. See, I am not that big.

HELYO!

As I am sure most all babies do, Lila loves the phone. I just recently got a new phone. I was kind of excited because she loved my old phone so much I thought I would just be able to give it to her and she would no longer try to jerk mine out of my hand while talking. Nope, didn't work. Those little ones know better, don't they? There is no fooling them. Here is my little chatterbox. Considering I average 4000 minutes a month on the phone, I would be worried if she didn't know how to use one! :) She use to just say "Hi, Hi" all the time, but now she likes to actually say Hello (Helyo). She also can tell when I am about to get off the phone because before I even say goodbye, she starts saying, "Bye Bye." I guess when she hears me say, "Ok, I will talk to you later, yada yada yada yada" she knows I am about to hang up so she starts saying bye bye. I love it!
I love this face!

So I will remember....

Yes, I am behind once again. So that I will remember, I need to jot down a few things about sweet Lila over the past few weeks. If anyone actually reads my blog, this will probably be a boring post. Remember, I am keeping this blog in order to document things since I don't tend to keep up with a journal very well and never started a 2nd year calendar. You will probably also find lots of bragging on my part. But hey, isn't that what mommas are suppose to do? Anyway, one thing that I failed to write down about our trip to Alaska is Lila's new word she came home with courtesy of Mr. Mason. Usually Lila calls Mason...Yiya (Lila). She now calls him yeayoh(Yellow). His favorite color is yellow and he likes to call all colors this as a game. We played with him all week, saying, "I said Blue!" He will say, " I said Yellow!" All of the sudden one day, Lila bursts out with Yeayoh! She now still says Yiyah when she sees him, but adds Yeayoh after it. It is so cute. She also says Baby now a lot clearer. She said it before, but right before we left for the trip, so likes to enunciate...BAAABEEE! (Lots of syllables... like her momma, I guess?!) Lila hasn't been herself this week as she is cutting 3 molars at once. She has been quite fussy and very clingy to both Michael and me. She is usually very outgoing and a dancing machine, but she has been very quiet compared to normal. However, one thing that made me go...."She's a genius!" is this: Our neighbors got a new kitty cat, Elvis. We went over to visit and Lila loved him. She wanted to hold him and kiss him. He was meowing up a storm. As we left, on her own she started meowing over and over. I thought to myself, "Good Job." I guess it really is better for them to hear it in real life than me imitating it. Anyway, the very next night, while we were eating dinner, Michael was talking to her and I just decided to ask her what a kitty cat says not thinking she would do it. "MEOW!" she said. I about fell over. Yes, I know.....all moms think their child is the smartest. I don't really, but I was very proud of this new accomplishment. She has continued to say it even when we are not talking about it and I just ask her out of the blue. One thing I have noticed now though is she says meow when I point to a cat in her books instead of "kitty cat" like she use to say. I guess I have bragged enough for one night.

14 months!!

Can she really be 14 months? She is not suppose to be able to reach the door handle! They really do grow too fast! Here she is being silly playing with Mamaw and Papaw. She loves her red rocket rider!

My little climber

For those of you that were concerned, we have actually been working on baby boys nursery this week AND I bought a few outfits for him so he won't be wearing all pink. :) As I was trying to clean everything out of the bedroom so we could paint, I turn to find this: (Please excuse the nudiness...we had spaghetti for lunch so Lila was only in her diaper cover.)