Mommy is working part II

Yes mommy is working so the blog has been written ( I could never go back and remember week by week in such detail) but I was waiting to update until I had the pictures to upload too. This requires getting on the computer and I have not had ANY extra time. So I decided I will add the pictures soon, but publish the updates now.
Love
Ashley

v.39

Today Lila is 39 weeks old. Today is also Christmas Eve. The last week has been full of exploring. Lila loves the new house and is crawling around everywhere. She helps mommy unpack by sorting the clothes and pulling them out of boxes. It actually has been quite helpful. Lila and daddy got to spend some time together while mommy went to work. They love to listen to music and Lila loves to dance. Since it is Christmas we have been listing to lots of Christmas music and Lila really loved the from Charlie Brown Christmas music.
We discovered something so wonderful about our new house. We love a 5 minute wall away from Little Stacy park. They have bucket swings and a playground designed for 2-12. The park even has a wading pool that opens during the summer. We are going to be spending lots of time there for the next couple of years! Lila has loved being back to the park and swinging (now she just needs some baby friends). And at the park we have traded the ducks (that lived at Alice Keck in Santa Barbara) for all the squirrels that live in Little Stacy.

v.38

Today Lila is 38 weeks old. What has this week been full of? Lots of love and laughs and new things but between all of that was a lot of snot and whining and sneezing and not feeling too great. Lila got her first cold. Daddy and mommy shared in all the fun and both had a cold too. So the house is still a bit messy and things are still in boxes. Mommy still hasn't hung all her clothes in the closet. The weather matched our health this week, it rained almost every day.
Monday mommy and Lila went to the children's meuseum. Thy have a program designed for 0-3 years every Monday morning. The entire place is open to the babies and their moms ad dads. Lila was one of the youngest, most of the babies were actually toddlers. Lila had lots of fun during the music time. She loves to dance and shake along. They also had a great area with all sorts of things for Lila to discover and play with. Her favorite... The blocks and a golf ball, she held it for a good hour while she played with other things.
One of Lila's new things is to hold on to a toy for a long while. Mommy took her in the store and her held into a piece of pie from her play picnic set the entire time. Another one of her favorite things now is to take things in and out of boxes and bags.
She also made up a fun game with daddy, she folds out something to him (for example, her jacket) he tugs on it "give me that jacket" and she laughs and attempts to climb up the couch.

v.37

Today Lila is 37 weeks old. This week she became an Austinite. On Tuesday daddy waited for the movers while mommy and Lila spent the day napping and playing in Wimberley. We will miss the Shelton zoo. It was the perfect transition from Santa Barbara to Austin. The sunsets are amazing and unique there. It feels as though you can see the earth's curve and the sky hugging it. Lila will miss all the animals. She learned so much while we were there and grew up a lot. She got several teeth (the count is 8 with another top one popping through today), she started taking. First "hi" with a wave, then "dada", "hi dada", "dog", "cat", and in the last few days "quack" and "bye bye". She started waving, clapping, and mommy taught her to "tada" this week, which is both hands up and she throws her head back. Lila will miss the "unkies" who she can't get enough of. She watches everything Addison and Andrew do. She loves them so much. A special thank you to Gigi and pappy for having us in your home (and some of our stuff still in your home), we enjoyed it and really appreciate it.
The rest of the week was busy with mommy working, papa coming for a quick visit (Lila said bye bye for the first time as he was leaving), and running errands for the house. Of course there has been a lot of unpacking. Lila's new favorite thing is to unpack. Any box, bag, or object that holds other objects, she wants to remove everything inside. So everyone has been packing the house and starting to build our nest in Austin.

v.36

Today Lila is 36 weeks old. "Anything you can do, I can do too!". She might not be able to do it all, yet but she sure is trying. Lila is more able then ever to copy what people are doing around her. Mommy knocked on the window, Lila balled up her little hand and did the same. She calls to the dogs in wimberley and knocks for them. Mommy clicked her mouth and so did Lila. She loves click click clicking her mouth.
Lila also added a new word to her vocabulary. Da da da da. It is so cute. The first time Lila said dada Gigi was holding her hands and she was walking towards daddy. "da da da" she said. A few times. That night (or the next, I dont remember). Daddy had just fallen asleep and Lila and mommy were on there way to sleep too. Lila crawled toward daddy and stopped right at his face. "Hi dada". Mommy tried to wake daddy to tell him and Lila said it again "hi dada". Since then she has said "hi daugggk (dog)" and waved.
Lila loves being a little birdie and picking up prices of bread, fruit, veggie, or anything for that matter and putting it in her mouth. She also love Topocico, a yummy mineral water. Lila wants to do everything daddy and mommy do...

v.35

Today Lila is 35 weeks old. Today is also November 26, which makes Lila 8 months old.
Lila is making more noise then ever. She has a new word. I am not sure how to spell it maybe "chagg"?? Probably not. Mommy and daddy are not sure what it means. She says it a lot at the window to the dogs. First Abby, then Aggie and Hunter. But she says it when there is no dog around... Andrew also taught Lila to say "aaaa geee" and she does. Everyone loves Lila's sweet little voice.
Lila also learned to clap this week so she has been clap clap clapping away, even in her sleep.
Lila also started using her fingers to touch keys on the iPhone. She watches everything daddy and mommy do, and wants to do it to.
This week Lila celebrated her first thanksgiving. We went to momals house for lunch and had a big yummy meal. Of course everyone cared more about Lila then lunch, she had an audience. There was a cute puppy to play with too! And lots of cousins to sing and bounce with. Lila has been loving picking up bits of food to eat. Most winds up on the floor, or down her shirt but it seems like lots of fun. Lila got to sit at the adult table and enjoyed her bits of roll. She even had a green bean, and a taste of sweet potatoes. The tooth count is now 5. Three on bottom (I think bottom four is on its way) and two on top. We love her cute little smile.
A game she really loves is "I'm gonna get you". She tried to crawl away (or sometimes to you) so quickly. Or se laughs over mommys or daddy's shoulder while someone chases her. Lila also loves to get daddy in the mornings or anytime. She lights up and giggles all the way to get him. Lila mommy and daddy love you. happy 8 months.

v.34

Today Lila is 34 weeks old. The week last couple of weeks have been so busy and this week was no different. Pappy and Andrew celebrated their birthdays on Monday so the weekend was full of family and parties.

 Lila has a pretty early bedtime and unfortunately with so much excitement she has a hard time sleeping. She decided to stay up until midnight on Saturday. Andrew was having a sleepover and Laila wanted to stay up all night and play! Luckily for mommy she went to bed much earlier then the boys.
We all went to look for a house in the few hours of free time this week, Lila decided daddy can do the house hunting from now on.... It's no fun to sit in the carseat any more then she has to. Daddy and Lila got to spend Wednesday together while mommy went to work. Daddy hung a swing the front yard on Tuesday so Lila got to enjoy swinging again! Which she loves so so much.

 Thursday Lila and daddy went to work with mommy. Thursday was long... Waiting for mommy then driving to Longview to visit nana and papa. Lila fell asleep after the pit stop for dinner and candy. 


 But sadly she woke up very unhappy to be in her carseat again. "let me out!" she said. Poor baby couldn't fall back asleep in the contraption... So instead Lila and mommy played and sung songs and anything else to pass the time.... 


















We got to the Magown house at 10 and visited... Poor Lila, at 11:30 mommy put her to bed. Friday was very nice. Lila slept in and took a nice morning nap. She must have known she needed it because for the rest of the day we went antique (ing) in Gladewater. Mommy and daddy found lots of fun stuff and Lila got to wave at lots of people.
Lila had fun playing with Abby at nana and papas house. Abby wanted to lick all over her face, much to Abby (and possibly, Lila's) disappointment, mommy never let that happen.
Lila has been pulling up on anything she can, which is basically everything. Walls, couches, people, boxes... She wants to work on balancing... Because once she gets that down moving her feet is next. She can stand on her own for just a couple of seconds and either grabs back on or falls gracefully by just sitting down. There have been a few falls and a few cries but nothing a little cuddle can't fix.

Today we are going to visit daddy's grandmother and herb. The last time Lila saw them she was only 6 weeks old. Oh she has so much to show them today. Then we will be packing back up and making the drive back home. We had a nice time in Longview though it was a short trip. It is nice knowing we can visit more often and much easier now. We will be back soon.

Lila says "are we there yet?? Let's just stay put for a while please"