New milestones... Layla Rose

I have hit a new milestone!! Not only did I start eating baby food this week but I also learned how to hold my bottle by myself!! Layla Rose 5 months

My first bite of sweet potatoes 

Followed by eating the entire bowl!

Snow Days

This year we had record lows and bad ice storm, schools and businesses closed and I got a four day weekend with my family.

Sledding down our side walk

 Watching movies with my sister

Nap Time by the fire

6:00 am pancakes!

 No bread or meat at the store and this is after 3 days of being home we ventured out to walk around

A little Christmas Craft project

Making Christmas cookies

The Cutest marshmellow I have ever seen, She wouldn't stop laughing because she couldn't move

It's Beginning to Look Alot like Christmas

Nolan helped me decorate the tree and he put all his ornaments on the same branch. I had to leave it because everytime I walk by it made me smile!

2013 Thanksgiving Houston

All packed and ready to go to Houston

When we arrived at 11:00 PM Wednesday night everyone was still up and awake waiting to see us. Jacob (4) ran outside and grabbed Nolan's hand and said "come play with me Nolan!"

Great Grandpa Theron, Asia (11) and Jacob (4) with Layla Rose 

Great Granpa Theron and Layla Rose

Asia was so much help all weekend, she was Layla's personal babysitter

The best picture I could get of all the cousins, Nolan would not and will not sit for pictures anymore

Jacob's pirate face

Layla, Jacob and Asia

All the cousins without Nolan

Best Buds having a blask riding around in the truck together. All I could think of while watching them is "Bad boy Bad boy what ya gonna do, what ya gonna do when they come for you, we ride together, we die together BAD BOYS FOR LIFE" If we flashed back 30 years ago I'm pretty sure this is just what John and George looked like

Roasting Marshmellows on Thanksgiving night with the kiddos

As we left and said our goodbyes Nolan looked at John and I and said all on his own "Mommy, Had fun, had fun mommy"

Me and my big cousin Arielle

4 Months Old-Layla Rose

Where have the last 4 months gone. The life of a mommy is hard work, whether you are full time working mom or a stay at home mom- IT IS HARD WORK! But it is the best job I have ever had and would not trade it for anything in the world. My house is rarely clean, the laundry is piled up and we need groceries in our fridge but we are happy, healthy and blessed in so many ways.

Layla Rose I never knew how big my heart was capable of being until you entered my life. You have taught me so many things about myself in these last four months that I did not even know I could do. I have learned that as long as I get 5 hours of sleep I am good to go, 4 hours I’m tired 5 hours I can make it through the day. I prioritize what is important and what can wait, and usually if it waits it means it will not get done. For example your bottles must get made every night before bed and clothes laid out on the bed for daddy to dress you and take you to school, the laundry can wait because we have more than enough clothes for all of us in the house. You have taught your brother a thing or two about patience whether he likes it or not because he can’t always come first anymore.

Enough about me, now time to talk about you! You love to eat, you are a very good eater and healthy baby. At your 4 month checkup you weighed 14.8lbs (65% for weight) 25.25 inches long (79% height). You currently wear size 6 months in clothes. You started daycare on October 23^rd and for the first 30 days you had a very hard time sleeping at school. Your temperament was fine you would just sleep about 45 minutes in a 9 hour period and it made me very worried. Since talking with your teachers you are making improvements and have settled in. You love to be swaddled still but there are moments you let me know you want your hands out of the blanket. Your favorite toys are your elephant, keys and butterfly. You love to hold objects in your hands and put them in your mouth. You like objects that are soft whether it is a blanket or a toy you like to hold and snuggle them, it is your security blanket. We put you in the jumper and you love it, you also spend a lot of time sitting in your bumbo chair. You can roll over on your own from tummy to back but you have not gone from back to tummy yet. You don’t sit on your own but you can sit in the tripod position for a few seconds before falling to the side. The doctor didn’t believe me that you could do that already and he said it was a 6 month milestone-you are ahead of the game already.

Technically you can start rice cereal and food but I am going to wait closer to 5-6 month mark before I introduce them. You are not hurting in any way for food in your life baby girl. Currently you sleep in the pack in play in the toy room. You wake up around 3:00 to eat and then get up by 6:00 to start the day. As soon as you start sleeping through the night I will move you into your own crib in your room.

You are very smiley and love to see where your daddy is. You have started to laugh and you babble all the time. Daddy said it is an indication of what is to come but I think you just want to share what happened in your day with us.

We love you to the moon and back!