Poor Laynee!

A rough day yesterday for Layna bug! She is trying to walk to things and ends up falling face first into stuff. First the coffee table= split lip and cut gums. Then the dog knocked her over=black eye(not really that bad, can just barely see the bruise) then she goes face first to the ground trying to get to the couch= re-open lip. Later 2 bonks on the back of the head. Fell onto a heater(that was not on) re-open gums. Plus a new tooth just popped through (#5) and #6 should be close behind....Lets hope today is much better!!

Family Haircut Day!

After much debate it was finally time to trim Layna's mullet that when wet was halfway down her back. I trimmed a few inches off the back and only needed to trim a little off the sides. although one side curls and one side doesn't it kind of looks uneven so I may need to do a few more snips here and there.
It was a family haircut day. I gave myself bangs in the morning while I was getting ready for work. Then after Jake got off work I cut his (he wanted a 2 all over then he realized how short a 2 is..oops!) Then trimmed Layna's hair while she sat on Dada's lap.

She is wearing her hand me down Cabela's camo overalls from her 2nd cousin Eli

I of course had to save a snippet of her hair. That is why there is an envelope!

Don't we look great? Its nice to be a hairdresser I can take care of the whole family! (I couldn't figure out how to get this picture right side up..I am still a blog in progress!)

11 months old!

Layna and Banjo. She loves to climb on him, LOVES to play with his tail and taste it!

He is a very patient older brother...but he does whack her with his tail or bump her over sometimes.

Mother's Day. Daddy reading Layna her favorite Elmo book!

This is my 11 month old! I said say cheese and she said AHHHHHH! So cute!

Here she is looking for the kitties at Nana's house. They eat right outside this door and she loves to look for them and watch them.

Layna currently knows and does 4 signs. More, All Done, Doggy, and Milk. Nana and I are working on lots more signs with her but she has only done those 4 so far. We are building quite the vocabulary in American Sign Language....mostly animals and things pertaining to eating.

Layna also can point out animals in books like kitties and birdies. She took 3 steps the other night which is the most she has done so far! Nana and I took her to the pool the other day. She was apprehensive at first, it has been a while since we've gone swimming, but after a few minutes she was having lots of fun..my little fishy! I am busy planning her 1st birthday party and can not believe it is time for that already!

Exciting Updates

my Eugene Marathon - 2011 - Half Marathon results

these are my results from my first ever Half marathon. I trained to walk it and ended up running the first 4 miles walking 4 miles ran 1 mile walked 1 mile then ran the last 3 miles. A total of 8 miles ran..the most I have ever done. Needless to say I am very SORE today!

Last week Layna took 1 complete step!! She was trying to get to her Nana and successfully took one step and then on the 2nd step she fell. But she did one and I am so proud of her! I love her more and more everyday if thats possible!!