More Videos!

As I promised a long time ago, here are some videos of Lanie and her goings on. In the first one James was just eating watermelon and spitting the seeds into the sink. For some reason Lanie found this hilarious. The second video is of Lanie crawling. It was the second day she had been crawling.

Moblie!

Oh boy, she is crawling and she realizes she is mobile! Fortunately Lanie is just too darn cute so this is a happy moment, not a sad one.

Pictures to follow.

Home Hinges

Hello world. I thought I would share a new blog with you. My sisters thought it would be fun to start a blog together chronicling the adventures of life, the universe, and everything...but more specifically our adventures with our homes and families. It's called Home Hinges and you can check it out here. Or you can remember it as homehinges.com .

I'm on a roll...just call me butter.

I'm on a roll with blogging. I haven't posted this many posts in this short of a time for a very, very long time. I guess that is what happens though when you have a cute little baby.

Here are some great pictures of Lanie in front of our growing garden. She is such a blast.

Disneyland

Last month we took a trip to Disneyland and to San Diego to visit James' family. It was so much fun. Here are a few pictures we took while we were there.

Lanie was so good in the car. She was a real trooper for the 10 hour drive.

The first night there she and Jessie got to bond.

Jenn of course spoiled her with Mickey Mouse hair clips

Jessie Sporting her Graduation Mickey Mouse cap.

Lanie felt so special when she got to be with the big boys Dalton and Connley.

Joy petting the Moose at the "It's a small world" ride. (I quite enjoyed the scenery before the ride).

Should Joy really be driving?

Lanie met Mickey Mouse and LOVED him. He had her smiling so big. I'm sad there isn't a better picture than this but we had to hurry to take the picture.

Joy was not so sure about meeting Mickey. "Don't worry Joy, he doesn't bite."

Sometimes we had to entertain Lanie. Here she is trying to get the camera.
(I just love that gummy smile)

All tuckered out. For the first two days she was so amazed by all the scenery and people that she didn't sleep. Finally by day 3 she was so wiped out that she took several long naps.

Finally, just some pictures to show off her not-so-new trick of sitting up.

Teething

Oh yummy cork coasters.

Pictures and Updates

It has been too long since my last post. Here are some very overdue pictures beginning all the way back in March.

Everyone, even strangers, tell me how much Lanie looks like James.

Speaking of people who look like James...

Darling. (I apologize for any red eye, I don't have photoshop at the moment).

More pictures from my graduation. My family was even there...well, maybe half-there.

Whenever I put Lanie in our bed, she is always surprised and quite pleased with herself.

This is when I was headed to one of my first night shifts. It was our anniversary so James and I got to see each other for a whole 10 minutes from when he got home and when I had to hurry and leave. It was still a good anniversary anyways.

I got James Maccaroni Grill which is what we had when he proposed to me. He also got to have a candle lit dinner with Lanie and a picture of me. It sounds cheesy but it was kind of meant to be funny.

James got me beautiful flowers.

Here is Lanie enjoying her high chair. It has become very convenient now that she is sitting and eating solids. It also helps keep her distracted while I make dinners.

Random picture of Lanie lounging in her robe after a warm bath.

Lanie lounging in her bed after a tiring day of playing, eating and having messy diapers.

Lanie being quite the diva even in her PJ's.

Sitting!