v.44

Today Lila is 44 weeks old. She is still not 100 over her illness. It morphed into a snotty nose and a cough... She feels fine but is ready to be done with this nasty virus. Needless to say the week has been pretty quiet. Lila started to feel well enough to play at the park on Thursday. Friday the family drove to Houston for Great Aunt Lil's wake. It was a very brief trip, daddy got off work early and we drove to Houston. Nana and Papa got to see Lila for a bit then we headed to the funeral home. Lila fell asleep on the way to dinner so we started our drive back. She slept all night long. Today Lila and dada took a nap together while mommy had a client.... So sweet. Family naps are the best.

Fava

I am addicted to yogurt. Not just any yogurt. Greek yogurt (brand: Fava) it is simply delicious. I ate it twice a day when I was pregnant. It is low in sugar (no carbs) and full of protein. Then I would put in a tablespoon of granola. Now that I am diabetes free I will add berries, pomegranate seeds, sometimes honey and of course a few more tablespoons of granola. If I don't have my yogurt before I go to bed I wake up starving in the middle of the night. (Lila uses my calories all night)
Well of course Lila loves the yogurt too! The "baby" yogurt is terrible and full of sugar (like most baby food on the shelves) so Lila and mommy share Fava. This morning she had it with blackberries (just like mommy) I thought the yogurt and berries made a beautiful color... Don't you agree??

v.43

Today Lila is 43 weeks old. This week started off fun. Daddy took Lila to locomotion while mommy worked on Sunday. She got to show him all her favorite things, and discover some new ones. Monday Lila saw her first live concert at the Children's museum and loved it ( including the bubble mosh pit at the end).
This week Lila has been working all her wonderful words. She says two words together (bye bye dada) (hi cat)
One day when dada went to work Lila missed him so much. All day long she said " dada bye bye"
Lila also started saying bye bye when she is ready to go (or go to sleep) she has added night night to her words and a few others I can't recall at this moment.
Lila has been really busy while playing. She loves taking things in and out and off and on. She loves to stand on her chair facing out the window and play with her stuffed animals. She shakes them around, talking the entire time.
On Thursday Lila got sick. She threw up on mommy in hobby lobby and wasn't herself for the rest of the day, that evening she developed a fever and that night tossed and turned (and cried) and kept mommy and daddy up all night. Friday was not better and Friday night was even worse. mommy held Lila all night. Today Lila seemed to be feeling not quite so terrible. But mostly she just slept and wanted to go on walks. It's no fun to be sick and hard for daddy and mommy but soon Lila will be better and her immune system one illness stronger.

10 months

Lila is 10 months old. Doesn't everyone love a good top 10 list? The "tops" of this past month are really the little things. Lila's different smiles and faces. Watching her see the world.....But here is a list...
1. Words, words, and more words. Lila said her first words months ago. She said hi and milk. Soon after we moved back to Texas is when she really started talking. Lila has a long list of words she says and it grows every day. Mommys favorite is sqir, ba, and of course, mama.
2. Lila loves people (as long as they don't get in her personal space). She waves and says "hi" to people everywhere, Target, the playground, and everywhere else. At the park if someone is swinging next to us she MUST get the attention of the other parent. Then she laughs and smiles and jabbers to them.
3. This month we really settled into a routine. Mommy is back home most of the time and Lila likes that a lot. Mommy likes that a lot too! (thanks dada) We have found some regular activities that we like and some we haven't made it to yet (but will soon) 4.Lila likes to snack and loves most foods (tomatoes is the only one that maybe is not her favorite yet). She makes a sour face when she takes a bite but goes back for more... It must be the texture that is so weird. She loves Momals green beans, which she tried for the first time this month and now when she sees a green bean, he wants it!
5. Lila loves to move things in and out and even (sometimes) gets the right shapes in the right holes with her toys Mommy helps her figure out where the square, star, etc go and she catches on so quick.
6. She loves the bath. Plays and chatters mostly the entire time. When she is done she pulls the drain, we put away the toys, mommy wraps Lila in a towel but she prefers to air dry! ("get that towel of of me!")
7. This month Lila has taken a few steps by herself. I want her to walk, she wants to walk (hasn't that been the goal since birth)... But at the same time it makes mommy a little sad that her baby is going to be walking soon.
8. Bye bye dada. Something that is a little sad but so very cute, the way Lila misses her dada when he is at work (other places too). She sometimes gets upset when he leaves. She watches him out the bedroom window drive off. " Bye bye dada" then a little whining. Lila likes to call dada on the phone when he is away. She lights up when she hears his voice on the other side. She smiles and puts the phone right up to her face . Sometimes she laughs, sometimes she says hi, and sometimes she smiles silently. Lila lives her dada.
9. Lila has started to play by herself a little (but she wants someone in the room watching). We have seen her imagination. She talks to her toys. She sings without any music or mommy singing. And she even offered her stuffed giraffe (Daniel) a picnic cracker. He didn't want it so Lila pretend ate it. Daddy and mommy thought this was the cutest thing.
10. Kisses kisses! Lila started kissing this month. Maybe she has open mouth kisses before but now she puckers! It is too cute. She mostly kisses mommy and daddy but she also kisses a few of her stuffed animals. She air kisses pictures and Lila and mommy air kiss all day. She air kisses daddy and giggles when he kisses her! The best thing in the world is getting a kiss from the sweetest little lips in the world!

Monday morning at the museum

Lila and mommy went to baby bloomers today. Lila enjoyed it so much. She played musical instruments... Listened to books during story time.... Participated during story time, she knows so many animal noises and names she got to call out too.... Lila enjoyed music time it even included a bubble machine. Lila bounced to the beat and clapped with the songs.
Then home for a nice nap...

v.42

Today Lila is 42 weeks old. Lila is busier then ever this week. He has taken a few one or two steps by herself and is testing her self everyday. She loves to climb. She has excellent balance and can pretty much stand however long she wants. Her new words this week are ack (oink) and "hoo ooo" (choo choo). She
also started saying tada along with her "tada" move (see previous post). She will try to repeat anything back.
Lila is discovering and rediscovering things everyday. She is really developing her fine motor skills with her hands. She has been watching them every closing and enjoying the she can control them now, better then ever. This week she has been rubbing them together a lot and clasping them weaving her fingers together.
When Lila is ready to be picked up she raised both hands so high and sometimes even stands on her tippy toes.
Aunt Avery came and spent a few days with us and it was so fun. Lila took three steps while mommy and daddy were out on their first date in a long while. They went ice skating maybe Lila thought if she walked she would get to go next time. Later that evening Lila took some more steps playing in between daddy, mommy, and Avery. A few time she took very deliberate steps. She was very proud of herself and smiling every time she did it!
(I have been taking pictures with my camera and will update with them as soon as I can.. For now a few more iPhone pictures)

House. Rocks. Fridge.

Lila had so much fun playing in the house with Eli on Monday. She climbed inside a tree too!
Tuesday Lila explores the gravel some more... It was chilly outside.
That evening she helped put the groceries away.

v.41

Today Lila is 41 weeks old. Yesterday she said her 10th word. Mamama
In the morning she was whispering mamama but when I would say "mana" she would repeat back "baba". Before her bath in the evening she crawled over and put her hands on my legs. "mama". Her 10th word is the sweetest word I have ever heard.
This week has been all about exploring our neighborhood, which includes the playground (little Stacy park). Lila crawls up the stairs and slides down the slide. She crawls over the bridge and beats the drums. She loves the squirrels and dogs on their walks. Today she saw the park in another whole new way. Pea gravel. She usually tries to put the rocks straight into her mouth but today she didn't. She crawled all over the play ground. She explored different areas... Played tic tax toe then crawled to the next area. She was a part of all the action today.
Also this weekend Lilas friend Elan and his daddy and mommy came to play all weekend. Elan is 8 months older then Lila and running and walking but they still got to have lots of fun together.. Lila has been missing all her baby friends, so it was nice getting to play with someone (almost) her own size. Lila noticed the moon in the sky this week. It has been up during the day, she noticed it on a wagon ride home from the park. She is always looking up trying to spot "cas" and "sqirrs"

The first Thursday of 2012

We went to the park first thing this morning. We had it all to ourselves. First the swings. Then Lila climbed the stairs... Then discovered the little bride to more stairs... Climbed those too... Played with the rocks... Spotted some dogs and squirrels... Even a bird or two.
Back home for a nap... Then songs while we waited for Amber to come over. Lila had fun playing with Amber... Mommy is happy to have her friend close again.

There's an app for that...

There is a app for blogger... So posting is pretty simple. The pictures with my real camera and posting from the computer is my preference but this is fun too. Once I get a wifi card in my computer I will add the pictures that are missing from my camera. (I hope that is soon because I need to empty my memory cards)
Here is our day do far in a few pictures. (they post in right order for some reason...??)
Oatmeal for breakfast.... Target for errands.... Then we enjoyed the backyard swing and listening to the birds sing.

The words Lila says...

And that mommy mostly understands.

Hi
Dog
Dada
Cat
Quack
Ba (means ma and milk)
Ca (a noise outside; birds trains planes or sirens)
gigi
squirr (squirrel)

They are listed in the order she stared saying them.
Lately Lila has gotten so chatty. She has many more words but I havent figured them out yet.
She is getting so good at repeating sounds too. She is singing with mommy all the time or just echoing the noise. We walk around singing to each other.
Here are some pictures I took today of our adventures... Heb in the morning, walking to daddy's new job after nap 1 then to the park after nap 2. Lila noticed the moon in the sky this afternoon. How pretty. She kept pointing at it. I sing a song about he moon so I told her what it was.