Budda Belly

Our baby girl is growing so fast!! Here are what her stats were as of last Friday...

Weight: 21lbs 9oz (just under the 90th percentile)

Height: 29in (again, just under the 90th percentile)

Head Circumference: 19in (90th percentile)

She is now wearing 12-18 month onesies and tops and 18-24 month pants. They're pretty long on her, but apparently all her weight has settled in that cute round tummy of hers! Gotta love a baby Budda belly! All of her 18 month pants are getting snug on her middle but are still too long. She isn't a big fan of adult food yet, but she eats baby food like a champ! She goes through 2-4 Gerber 2nd foods every meal along with her rice or oatmeal! She finally started crawling last week, but hasn't been too interested in exploring the apartment yet. She is also working on pulling herself up. Anyways, here are some pictures for ya'll!!

Daddy's teaching her how to get off the couch safely...

Step 1: Wiggle down til your legs hang off.

Step 2: Flip over onto your belly (Not pictured.. my camera's not fast enough!)

Step 3: Plant feet on floor.

Step 4: Have daddy help you walk over to your toys :)

Watching Franklin in her jammies while mommy gets breakfast ready. No, I didnt' put her that close to the TV! She scooched up there on her own.

"Don't play with your food. Eat it! ... Starving people would be happy to have that."

Chillin with Aunt Krista before bedtime.

After church playtime!

Giraffe Outfit :)

Update on my mom... For those of you who didn't hear, my mom is in the hospital. She's going to be 100% fine!! She went in on Saturday with what turned out to be a blood clot in her leg. She had a procedure done to remove it and is on medication to thin out her blood a bit. We're not sure when she gets to go home because she just has to wait until the tests they're doing on her blood levels come back normal and stay normal. She is doing better each day and I know she would appreciate any prayers or happy thoughts that could be sent her way!

Love ya'll! xoxo

She speaks!

Loralye has started speaking English! She has been fluent in gibberish for many months now and yesterday she not only spoke her first word, she spoke her first three words!! Just like every other tricked she's learned, she said each word a few times and hasn't said them much since so I don't have it on video or anything yet, but I'm trying! She said Hi! Yum! and Yay! yesterday. She said Hi! as she was looking out the office windows and waving her arms at an airplane, Yum! when I was giving her yogurt melts after lunch, and Yay! when I was clapping! I'm a proud momma :)

Yesterday at work...

Giveaway!

A friend of mine from one of my home wards in Clovis is having a giveaway on her blog! She is super crafty and talented so you should all go check it out!! The giveaway is for an adorable apron set! Here's her blog--> http://santasgiftshoppe.blogspot.com/

Love ya'll! xoxo

Middle of the night antics...

Let me start by thanking everyone for the warm thoughts that were sent my way the other day. I was feeling down and you all were so kind!

I just have a funny little story today... A couple of nights ago Loralye woke up around 4am to eat. I went into her room, fed her, and put her back in her crib. Once in her crib she rolled onto her tummy and tucked her legs up underneath herself and pushed up with her hands and started rocking. This is a normal thing for her to do when she's playing on the floor, but she was doing it in her sleep! I watched her rock for a minute and then she pushed up really high and pushed herself right into the sitting position! She doesn't even do that when she's awake! She started to wobble as soon as she was up so I grabbed her and snuggled her in my arms for a bit before laying her back down again. It just cracked me up that she hasn't sat up on her own while she's playing on the floor, but she did it in her sleep in her crib! I guess she's taking after me... I talked and walked in my sleep a lot as a child. It'll be fun to see if this continues!

My silly girl with a cereal puff stuck to her nose :)

I probably shouldn't be blogging today. I try to only blog when I'm in a happy mood so that my blogs are happy, but alas, today has been one of those "I want to be a stay at home mom so badly that I would give up just about everything in my life to do so" days. I don't have these days too often, thank heaven, but when I do they make me feel very sad and lonely and insignificant. I know that I am beyond lucky that I don't have to send my daughter to day care to be watched by someone else all day and to have the father-in-law that I have who has allowed me to bring Loralye and all of her baby stuff (there's a ton of it!) to his office every day, but some days I just have a hard time counting my blessings. I feel like I could be a much, much better employee if I wasn't a full time mommy and I feel like I could be a much, much better mommy if I wasn't a full time employee. I know that there are probably a few people who will read this and think that I need to stop complaining and look at the glass half full, and they are right. I have so much goodness in my life, but as it gets closer and closer to Loralye's first birthday and I am not any closer at all to being a stay at home mom than I was when I first found out I was pregnant, it makes me want to something drastic like sell my car and Aaron's bike and move into a cardboard box so that we could afford for me to stay at home in said box with my sweet baby girl. Ugh. Life will get better though. I know it. I just need to survive the storms and wait for the sunny skies. Thank goodness for my husband and daughter who bring rays of sunshine into my life every day.

And here's a little something for my mom who is probably most unhappy about this post. Sorry mama. Here are some pictures from Sunday of your little cupcake to make up for my sour attitude ;)

I know Aaron's camo shorts don't really go with Loralye's outfit, but I had to get at least one shot of her new little jumper. I love it!

Happy Monday!

I hope you all had a marvelous weekend! Here's a little rundown of ours...

Saturday Morning: Took pictures of Loralye outside.

Saturday Late Morning-Late Evening: Aaron worked while I did laundry, dishes, cleaned, and played with Bun.

Saturday Night: Famous Dave's (Yum!) for Aaron's little sister's birthday.

Sunday Morning: Church. I was set apart for another calling as the Assistant Enrichment (or whatever they're calling it now) Leader. I was not released from teaching Sunday School to the 12 year olds, but Aaron and I will be taking an 18 week long marriage and family class with the rest of the young marrieds starting the week after next, so I will have a substitute for 18 weeks.

*Sunday Afternoon-Late Evening: Aaron got a call that took him almost 8 hours to fix so I hung out at home with Loralye and discovered that her high chair is the perfect height for the piano. We play duets now :)

So our weekend was kinda sad since Aaron had to work so much, but we very much enjoyed all the fun things we did get to do! Now for pictures.

Can you tell that she didn't want to stand up in the grass?

Still not too happy about the grass, but at least she put her feet down. Not too bad... Hey Mikey, she likes it! Persistence paid off!" Okay mom, that's enough. Pick me up please." Sitting in a basket is apparently a million times better than standing in the grass.Blowing raspberries on her own feet. Playing peek-a-boo with the bunny and daddy.She loves to clap!I love her little fingers and toes.
"Okay daddy. I'm done being in the basket."
"Hey mom, look what I found!"
"It's me!!"Loves for herself :)

The cutest double chin I've ever seen!

I put Loralye on her blanket in the middle of the family room with some toys so I could go around the corner and hang up some clean clothes. She stopped making noise and when I came back into the room this is where I found her...
And this is what she was doing... Silly baby. She sucks on everything.

I know this is an awful shot, but I only got two pictures and this was the better of the two. My friend Susan's little boy is just a couple months younger than Loralye and she loves him. She tried to give him kisses... and pull his cheek off. Since she does that to me all the time I'm just going to assume it's her way of saying I love you :)

One of our coworkers and his wife got this for Loralye. It's a little too big for her right now, but I love it and had to put her in it!
The back side :)

Happy Monday my friends!
xoxo

Towels

Loralye is finally getting a real schedule established. I love it! She gets up between 6:30 and 7:30am, naps in the morning for 2-3 hours, naps in the afternoon for about an hour, and then goes to sleep between 6:30 and 7:30pm. She is still getting up anywhere from 1 to 3 times a night, but all she wants is a little comfort or food and she's right back to sleep. It has made my life easier now that I can plan things around her schedule instead of just hoping that my plans would work with her sporadic naps and unknown bedtime. Anywho, Loralye, Aaron, and I are doing wonderfully. I'm still working full time and Loralye still gets to come with me everyday. We're currently moving into a new office about ten minutes further away from our apartment (the one and only bad thing about the move!) and I am so excited. The office we've been in for the past two years is pretty nasty. The carpets are beyond repair, the tile floors are chipped and stained, and the bathrooms are not only disgusting, but they're out in the shop, so if it's summer, they are crazy hot, and if it's winter they're freezing. So yeah, not the best place to spend the day. Our new office has bathrooms inside and everything is pretty much brand new. We'll be officially moved in on October 1st and I just can't wait! Loralye is going to love the space too. I don't let her on the floor here because of how nasty it is, but I'll be taking the walker to the new shop with us so she can cruise around and we'll eventually get a bigger play pen for the office too. In other Loralye news, she is now over 20lbs! I had never weighed her at home before because I didn't think she would stay on the scale, but she did! I think that puts her right on track for her growth... We'll find out in a couple weeks when she goes to the doctor for her 9 month check up. She's also learned a couple new things lately... She knows how to clap now and does it often. She is finally starting to push herself up onto her hands and knees and rocking back and forth a bit. She knows how to say mama and she knows how to wave, but she rarely does either. She just does everything on her own terms. We have also learned that she likes to be scared. If we startle her or toss her up in the air, she gets a scared look on her face and then immediately smiles or laughs. I'm curious to see what she'll think of Halloween! Okay, enough writing. Time for pictures. We got Loralye some new bath towels (kid ones instead of baby ones... the baby ones are just so small!) and pajamas and that's all I've gotten pictures of in the last week. Maybe the weather won't be too hot this weekend and we can go outside to take some pictures!

Hello Kitty towel

Showing off her new purple jammies while trying to bite the rubber ducky's head off.
Disney Princess towel
Practicing her princess wave. Clap! Clap! Clap!
She's so big! We just had to move her into size 3 diapers!
Pretty in her pink jammies.
Everyday Aaron and I are so amazed at how gorgeous she is. We fall more and more in love with her everyday and are so grateful that the Lord blessed us with such a sweet baby girl.

Hope you all have a fabulous weekend! I know we will!
xoxo

*Edit: I forgot to mention two super cute things Loralye's been doing! I need to think more when I blog. I type too fast! She has started giving kisses! You know, the open mouth, let me lick your face kind of kisses. It's adorable! AND she plays peek-a-boo now! She'll take a blanket or burp cloth or whatever is near her and pull it over her face and then pull it back down. I love it! She's a cutie :D