And so it begins...

She didn't see me in the room watching...

BIG NEWS!

Leila has officially started crawling. As most of you have seen, she has been scooting across the floor and not using her knees. Well, today (Thursday) she did it!!! She has been crawling on her hands and knees all day. I cannot express how proud of her I am. What a big girl! Hopefully, I will get new and updated pictures up soon.

Tomorrow, Luke has the day off and we're taking Leila to go see Santa Clause. I can't wait. I'm hoping she doesn't scream... I would like to get at least one good picture of her and Santa. Wish us luck!

On Halloween this year Leila was a monkey. We started out the night by visiting Luke's friends, May and Dino to show them Leila's outfit. Then, Melissa and I went to my parents where we took Leila down their street. After taking Leila trick or treating, we went over to Grandma and Grandpa Baldwin's house.

Showing off for Daddy

Hanging out at Grandma and Grandpa Looten's

Mommy and Leila

MMMM... Mickey Ways are great!

Playing with her glow stick that the neighbor gave her

We thought this was so cute!!

Hanging at Grandma and Grandpa Baldwin's

Hangin' with Grandma

Playing with Grandpa

Today (on our one year wedding anniversary) we went and had our first family pictures taken by Swift Shots, the photographer that did our engagement and wedding pictures. Here is a preview of some of the pictures. Over 200 were taken so there is a LOT more to come!!!!

ENJOY!!!!!!

6 Month Check-Up

Yesterday, I took Leila in for her 6 month doctor's appointment. She was such a good girl. She was playing when Dr. Fusselman came in... When she made eye contact she starting smiling and jumping up and down. Little did she know we were there to get shots.

Dr Fusselman looked her over and said she looked wonderful. After looking her over and watching her, he said she was three month advance for her age. I was very surprised but very proud. He joked with me and asked if she was nine months and if I had just forgotten when she was born. Haha. He said she will probably walk early. So, I guess we'll be having to buy baby gates before too long. He also questioned me about her eating habits. For all of you that have been around Leila... she never stops moving. She's always looking or reaching for something. He said she's such a big eater because she's burning off a lot of calories. The shocked of it all was that he told me to go ahead and start table food. I couldn't believe it. He said to start her on mashed potatoes, mashed peas, mashed carrots, mashed chicken, ect. Luke and I are going to hold off on giving her meat from the table. But, we are going to try some of the things that will be easy to go down.

Last night, Luke fed Leila her dinner.She had mixed veggies (which looks SO gross) and strawberry,banana, apple. That has been the first time he's done it in months. I sat by him and laughed most of the time. Leila had it ALL over her. I told Luke he needed to do it more for the practice. She was after the food and was cracking us up. Leila was also trying to get the spoon and feed herself. What a goober! Well just a little update for everyone. I'm trying to get on here more.

Here are her stats for 6 months:

Weight: 15.12 lbs (50th percentile)

Length: 26.5 inches (80th percentile)

Head Circumference: 16.93 inches

Picture of Great Grandma Looten with the girls. Isn't this sweet?

Hey everyone!!! I just wanted to stop by and add a couple pictures. These were taken at Elena's first birthday by Liz's sister, Jessica. Thank you so much Jessica for taking these. I love them!!!!!

Leila is growing like a weed. She is over 17 pounds now and hard to hold on to. She is always on the move. She never sits still. She isn't crawling yet but she has learned to scoot backwards. So, we can't leave her in the room alone anymore. She is also fascinated with faces. She loves to rub them but it soon turns into pinching. Haha. She is very lovey though... a big sweetheart!!!

Just another update. Luke, Leila, and I are taking family pictures on our one year wedding anniversary by the photographer that did our wedding. So, I'll post those as soon as I get them as well. I'm really excited to have some great pictures of all three of us.

So, as you all know I haven't updated the blog in months. I just don't have much time anymore. Leila has been growing a lot. She is around 17 pounds now. She's been trying to sit up on her own and she laughs all the time... mostly when mommy and daddy are acting silly. We are also on our third bathtub for her. We got one of the expensive ones to start out with but it really didn't have a good design. It was great for when she was a newborn but she wasn't able to sit up on her own in it and the hammock part of it, she was hanging over the sides. So, then I got another one... turns out that one didn't have enough butt room for her. So, she wiggled around in it a lot. Finally, I got another one at walmart. It turned out to be the cheapie one and it's our favorite, who would have thought? hehe. Leila is also talking ALL the time. We have been working with her to try to say her first word. So, far... no luck. She is also about to cut teeth soon. She is drooling all the time and biting on things.

Well, here are a couple pictures from the last couple of weeks. Sorry there's not very many. My camera needs to have the battery charged and I keep forgetting. Leila and I are headed to Columbia tomorrow for Elena's first birthday so I'll make sure to take lots of pictures.

Passed out with Daddy in the bed

What a pretty girl!!!

Story time with Daddy

Take a look at that big belly

(just after eating)

Passed out in our bed after her 4 month shots :(

Thursday,my mom, Josh, Liz, Elena, Leila, and I headed down to Branson to Silver Dollar City. They found a coupon where Leila and I could get in for only $10, what a deal! It was a long day but both babies were great! Here are a few highlights for the day

Leila hanging out in her stroller as we walked into SDC

Grandma Looten and Leila

Take Two

Both girls wore out...

Passed...out...

Her new favorite thing to do

Passed out on mommy walking to the car at the end of the day

In the car after a long day

Nothing cuter than a sleeping baby

Trying to get Leila to smile. She would be cracking up and smiling but as soon as I pulled out the camera, she would just stare at it

(love the onesie??? hehe)

Showing off the cute onesie Jeff and Connie got her