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.

v.40

Today Lila is 40 weeks old. She also turned 9 months this week. "9 months in... 9 months out." this saying is science based, basically meaning that 9 months after a human is born it is on par with other mammals who are just born. Humans have a shorter gestational period because our heads are so big... Most mammals are born with the ability to walk, at 9 months Lila is getting there. Her balance gets better every day. As Andrew observed "shes really starting to put her feet flat now" She holds onto mommy or dada's hands and walks so fast. Lila has played peekaboo since she was very little. First with a see through scarf so she wouldn't be scared. Paired with a song "peekaboo, I see you, in your hiding place, peekaboo, I see you, and your smiling face... Peekaboo!!". Then it evolved into the where's Lila game, throwing a big blanket high and over her, quickly pulling it down. She giggled and laughed and loves it still. Now Lila plays her own peekaboo games. All the time... Behind a curtain, a couch (with Gigi), behind her clothes, a book, pretty much anywhere she can. Sometimes I can see her mouth but not her eyes. She gets so serious when "hiding" then soon before she peekaboos a big smile comes across her face. She is so proud.
We are really settling into the house. Lila explores but stays close to mommy. I never have to check on her, she checks on me. Since the house is all hardwoods I can hear her little hands slap slap as she crawls around.
Lila celebrated her first Christmas on Sunday. We woke up and Lila opened her stocking. She laughed when I showed her Santa had filled up her stocking. He brought her lots of little books about animals. After that we loaded up and headed to Wimberley. Lila was so excited to see we were t the unkies house. She loves those boys so much! Pappy cooked a pancake breakfast. It was yummy, Lila enjoyed the pancakes too. We opened presents, the unkies got Lila a stuffed horse which she rode on right away. It goes perfectly with her denim diaper cover from Addison. Pappy and Gigi gave Lila a awesome red wagon that she has already had lots of fun in. Avery handmade Lila the cutest little sock monkey. Lila giggles at its cute face. We had a nice time at the Sheltons but Lila didn't take one nap... WAY to much fun to nap!! So as it was time for us to start to leave she started to fall asleep nursing... Mommy had I stop this so Lila would instead sleep in the car on the way to the next Christmas. Lila was not happy with this and sadly protested until she was sleeping in the carseat. Daddy drove as Lila slept. We arrived at the Beer house and opened presents right away. Papa and Nana gave Lila a perfect little reading chair. It even has her name on it. We have the chair in we play area next to a couple of shelves with her books. Lila also was given a walker from the Beer family. She is still a little too young for the walking part of it (it slips out from under her) she loves all the buttons and noises. Lila was pretty pooped but had fun listening to Christmas music with Aunt Brandy. We had a yum-o christmas dinner prepared by Nana. We didn't make it until the apple pie, Lila was so tired we headed home. She fell asleep right away in the car and didn't even wake up when mommy put her to bed. The next day the beers and nana and papa came over to our house and dada fixed lunch. We went to the park and played on the swings. The rest of the week went by quickly, and Ikea trip, then daddy worked while Lila and mommy discovered Locomotion. Mommy worked, Gigi and Lila played. Friday morning dada worked then mommy in the afternoon. Afterwards Aunt Avery came over. We ate dinner, Lila had a bath and Avery read her a story. The hungry caterpillar. Lila has heard this story before but paid close attention to everything Avery was saying. Too cute. Lila has always enjoyed listening to the stories and looking at the pictures in books but in the past two weeks has discovered all the other things she loves bout books too. The pages! She has turned the pages in the past but now she wants to turn, flip, open shut... She can spend a lot of time trying to figure out everything they can do. She received a couple of peekaboo style books that she is absolutely crazy for. The pages open up and down too! Everyday she is discovering the amazing world around her. Today is the last day of 2011. We will spend most of the day playing with Avery until she meets up with friends for tonights celebrations. Dada is working but will be home in plenty of time for the ball to drop. We will ring in the new year at home, much like we did last year but now Lila wants to stay up until midnight too...

Locomotion

Today we went to a inflatable world.... They have an area for 2 and under. Lila had a blast. We will be back often.

In pictures....

Lila's first christmas in pictures....
Playing with all the gifts at Momals house on Christmas Eve.
Opening her stocking on Christmas morning.
Posing for a picture with the Unkies...
Christmas picture time!!!
Nap in-between houses.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!